Lightning Ward Incantation

The Lightning Ward Incantation (けの, Kaminariyoke no juka) is a song used by shinki to dispel electricity.

It has only been used against other shinki, and it is unspecified whether it would be effective against Near Shore electricity.

Casting Sequence
Like all songs, it requires an incantation to cast. "われむ / いたづらに / なしはてば / またわけて / るばかりぞ (Original Japanese text)" "Ware tanomu / Hito itazura ni / Nashi hateba / Mata kumo wakete / Noboru bakari zo (Romaji transliteration)" "If thou pray'st to me / And yet deem thy faith to be / Of little value / I have but to part the clouds / And return to the heavens (Official English translation)"

Usages

 * Kazuma uses it to render Ouki's attacks ineffective. Kiun later breaks the incantation, but it is not shown how.

Trivia

 * This incantation is tanka poem found in the Shin Kokin Wakashuu poem collection, although its original author is unknown.