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On multiple occasions, Seigi's tattoo is described as "triggerless" (this is the wording used on Crunchyroll). The first time we hear this is near the end of episode 1, around 22:08. However, when Seigi is talking with Izzy and Tom on the school roof in episode 2, Izzy tells him that his tattoo is triggered by blood.

It hardly makes sense for a "triggerless" tattoo to have a trigger. What's the deal?

(At first glance, this seems like a translation mishap, since the Japanese word in question is mugen, and I don't know of any way to get from there to "triggerless". But perhaps there's a good reason for this - I've only seen 3 episodes of the anime to this point, so I'm not very knowledgable about Taboo Tattoo.)

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The manga refers to it as 無鍵 or "keyless." The anime uses the same term (see the Ep. 3 summary).

As for what these keys refer to,

There are actually 4 Void Makers and they are the keys to the Tattoo Ruins. It seems that every Void Maker needs a host to become a "key." So apparently Seigi's Void Maker had no compatible host prior to him, thus making it "keyless."

His trigger however seems to be blood.

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  • I am new to the taboo tattoo series and thus I apologize for the necro.But has this been revealed in the anime yet? Or is your answer based solely off the manga? – Callat Sep 07 '16 at 18:13
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    @KazRodgers (FYI, unlike on traditional forums, posting comments on questions/answers doesn't bump posts, so you don't need to worry about necro-ing.) – senshin Sep 07 '16 at 18:42
  • "Blood" explains this in episode 6. – кяαzєя Sep 07 '16 at 18:44
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Seigi's Void maker has no other compatible host(For now because of the fact that he's the only known host that is compatible with it).. So that makes it keyless. And the reason why the Void Maker looks like it has a trigger(Blood) because the Void Maker Simply loves blood.. and Seigi uses blood as a trigger(Even though it's not necessary) because he doesn't know how to activate Void Maker without it.. I think

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