Direct Control

The term "direct control" refers to an ability in which the user can take complete control over someone's actions and speech.

This form of manipulation is absolute, meaning the target is not able to resist it. As long as the target is physically able to do whatever the caster wishes, the target will execute such action.

In the case of Mirai, direct control is simply made by imagining a person doing something ("I simply imagine it happening, and it does."). To prove his point, Mirai made someone come close to him, spin around and yell then fall on his face.

When direct control is released, the target is usually confused about the things that took place and, if they did something completely outrageous, they will reach the conclusion that they have indeed been controlled in that period of time.

Direct Control is not efficient for long-term usage and the target is usually within the line of sight of the caster (although no eye contact is necessary), and the effect starts to "break down" after about 30 minutes. "I tried making an executioner sing me a lullaby but I had to concentrate on it a lot since, if my mind slipped, he'd immediately stutter or stop")

This form of manipulation is put in direct contrast with Indirect Control, which is used more often by Mirai and sometimes Arcane

The downside to this is that any and all actions performed by the target are directly dictated by the caster, so information previously unknown cannot be acquired by using this. ("I can't just take him for a spin and ask him to tell me the password to some safe, I'd need to know that myself first and maybe make him input it.")Entities that are very powerful, such as gods, have complete immunity to this but they will usually not realize it has been attempted on them. ("You can't expect gods to be able to control other gods. That's not really how it works usually; Not like this.")