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The character [Shisei
Kaburagi](http://shinsekaiyori.wikia.com/wiki/Shisei_Kaburagi) in Shinsekai
Yori has double irises. At the same time, he is (one of) the most powerful
telekinesis users.

After watching the anime, I haven't found any reason why he has double irises,
nor why they help him (if they do).

Is this explained in the manga?


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Shisei's double irises


This is probably not explained in the manga, because [the manga is... well,
not great](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/6373/1908).

Kaburagi Shisei's eyes are mentioned in the novel, though. On page 666 of the
one-volume edition (book V, chapter 3; right before Hino Koufuu is slain), we
have:

> 切れ長の非常に大きな目は、澄みきっていた。顔の造作も整っており、ハンサムと言ってもいいくらいだ。その異様な眼球を別にすればだが。
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> 鏑木康星氏には、片目に二つずつ、合わせて四つの虹彩があり、薄闇の中で、ぎらぎらと琥珀色に輝いていた。これは鏑木家に代々伝わる特異な遺伝的特徴で、一般人とは隔絶した呪力の証なのだという。

Roughly translated,

> His unusually-large, almond-shaped eyes were limpid. His face was so well-
> sculpted, I might even have called him handsome - save for his bizarre eyes.
>
> Kaburagi Shisei had four irises - two in each eye. They shone through the
> darkness, glowing the color of amber. That peculiarity was genetic in
> origin, and had been passed down the Kaburagi lineage for generations. They
> were a testament to the fact that his cantus was on an entirely different
> level than that of the common people.

So I guess it's just some sort of genetic weirdness in his family, probably a
benign phenotypic side effect to whatever mutation makes people of his family
particularly powerful PK users.


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