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I just thought of an interesting concept for Juane's semblance...they say it is "protective", but that is a vague concept. But if you take the idea of protection and break it into pieces, you'll find mulitple elements. The elements I chose to focus on were shields, armor and consitution (Think of what you give a Tank character in any MMO or MOBA game, which usually equates to massive armor and health.).

Now remember the time Cardin punches Juane and we hear the bell ringing...Monty mentions in the DVD that this is a hint to Juane's semblance, and the ringing futher helps illustrate that, as there is usually is a unique sound to everyone's semblance. When Cardin hit Juane, he took the brunt of the attack, while Juane barely took anything. Then Juane healed up for the time it took to fight the Ursa Major, and returned to his beat up condition afterwards, showing that it wasn't his aura that healed him per se, as he fully healed a cut using his aura in the Emerald Forest.

Thus my concept of semblance for Juane is, for lack of a better word, "Juggernaut". When activated, Juane briefly can ignore all damage taken, and physical damage is redirected back at the user, making it like punching something unbreakable (That made Cardin's punch the initiation, negating the damage, and causing the bell ring noise). Then during its duration, Juane rapidly and repeatedly heals himself to a state where he is nigh undownable, thus why during his fight with the Ursa Major he showed no visible damage despite taking some serious blows even with his aura as low as it was, as well as why he healed immediatly after taking the hit from Cardin. Additionally it coats his weapons in an invisible aura of protection that allow them to perform at peak efficency by becoming unstoppable when in motion (Even if Juane was pretty strong, I doubt he could cleave straight through an Ursa Major's neck with one swing, especially if he made contact with bone. But if the sword has an invisible barrier that removes all resistances it encounters, it could slice through like butter. Plus it should be noted it was harder for Pyrrha to move Juane's shield, which if it was unstoppable would make it harder to redirect) Once the duration runs out, Juane will return to the state he was before going into his semblance state (This could be attributed to Aura, as once he exits this mode he would have exhausted most of his aura, and additionally it explains the damage returning to Juane after his fight with the Ursa Major, he only temporarily staved off the damage to allow his body its full potential). Additionally, I do believe his semblance will also have to do with his resolve (it activated when Juane resolved to not let Cardin hurt Pyrrha, and stayed active as he resolved to protect Cardin from the Ursa Major), thus having a greater or stronger resolve may boost the time he can stay in this state, possibly by forcing his Aura to last longer before running out, or allow him to control its activation time (Not constantly taking blows until it happens randomly).

To put it more simply, the damage negation at the activation of the semblance is the shield, the rapid healing is the constitution, and the aura of protection on his weapons is the armor, turning Juane into a temporarily unstoppable force of defense for a period of time, hence the name I gave it being "Juggernaut". Just a thought I came up with and expanded on, still can't wait to see what it actually is.