#backyard resident

Delete is a harsh word, as is “core data” to sum up individuals.

We don’t really know enough about the Backyard to say what all is possible in either case.

Up to now, most Backyard residents (like Izuna) preferably exist in peace and avoid humans.  Ariels and the Valentines she created were the only exception.

Arguably, the Backyard seems to have close ties to Tuning, which Kum Haehyun is very familiar with.

Here’s the secret to being a Backyard Resident: you don’t have to have been born there to eventually understand how things work!

Bedman was born a bonafide HUMAN, but because his Dream World is a means of connecting with the Backyard and understanding how the world works in such a place, he eventually adapted to it and gained inhuman abilities!

This is why Asuka was so strong compared to Sol the last few times Sol clashed with him as the Gearmaker.  "That Man" was exploring the Backyard this whole time!

This is also why Sol has gotten stronger recently, because he’s begun to adapt and Tune himself to the Backyard’s Soul-Crushing Information Density.

Lastly, consider the “Original Sage” who discovered the Backyard in the first place.  He’s been there the longest of all Humans and was responsible for the  Merciless Apocalypse called the Universal Will.

If Beast-people do exist, they are most likely Magic Foci or Youkai, like Izuna.  Backyard residents by nature, born from Human will and imaginary wishful thoughts.

Dragons and other mythical ‘exceptions’ (Vampires like Slayer, Angels,  Immortals, Ghosts, and whatever Bedman is) all fall in a similar category.

Though Dragons in particular are closer to Gears and were also used as a genetic base for Gears as well.

Jagan Eye is far removed from GG Lore, as most supernatural beings (Youkai, Gears, Ishu/Vampires, Immortals) exist on the physical plane as much as any Human (though Gears have more than just a “third eye”, they often have six or more!).

Backyard residents in particular (like Izuna and Bedman) and Magical Foci (like I-No / Flament Nagel) aren’t some low-level ghost, illusion, or apparition phenomenon, they interact with Humans just like anyone else.

Arguably, S-Ko isn’t any different from the physical manifestation of a Masterghost or Servant via the Soul Sinker method of Magic.  As you know, a Masterghost is the physical manifestation of a person’s Soul (somewhat like a “Stand”)… so if it gets attacked, someone’s soul will get damaged.

It’s disputed that ghosts don’t have a physical body, but instead act through the energy of another’s body, such as with Zappa.

Ki is the foundation element and energy compared to other Magics from the Backyard, so being able to summon spiritual energy and channel it from other beings and manifest it, seems to be one of Zappa’s talents as a spirit medium.

A.B.A. as a Homunculus has a body that interacts and is very conducive with Alchemical substances, so being able to react to spiritual energy from other beings appears to be a talent she has as well.

If they do, it might be some time yet before we see anything, since they are technically Backyard Residents.  

Right now the threat from the Backyard is mostly an unknown, though Sol, Sin, and Ramlethal are most likely going to go there and try to retrieve Elphelt at the very least (perhaps with Ky Kiske’s help).