Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20170121144613/@comment-4010415-20170121181441

Ovidkid wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: Ovidkid wrote: I think Ren semblance is more like he can conceal his presence making it hard to be noticed But the first time he activated it, it went like this:


 * Having a panic attack (which prevented him from taking action like his father told him to)


 * Turns gray


 * Calms down


 * Gets his colors back


 * Runs to Nora

As if his Semblance removed or dulled his fear. Your forgeting that Ren said he was still afraid so his semblense doen't remove fear.

Hence me saying "removed or DULLED his fear", as in made him less scared.

If his Semblance is only "conceals presence", it makes literally no sense for its unlocking and reveal to be at a moment when he's already hiding. He didn't conceal himself from any Grimm the first time (the Nevermores were just circling around and making him even more scared, plus to show us where the one that went near Nora came from). The first time his Semblance activated, he calmed himself and stopped his panic attack.

While his Semblance may reduce or stop detection from Grimm, it probably also dulls the feeling of negative emotions, which also, by the way, reduces/stops detection from Grimm, who can sense negative emotion and are attracted to it.