Puppeteer (人形使い Ningyōtsukai) is a person who controls a puppet by transmitting magic energy into it. There are several types of puppets that one may control; a wooden doll, an automaton, a Banned Doll, or a Maschinensoldat. The type of puppet one can use, the number of puppets one can control, and how the puppet is manipulated depends mainly on one's skills.
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Condition of Doll Manipulation[]
The manipulation of a puppet depends mainly on what type of puppet is being used by the puppeteer. An ordinary doll without any form of autonomy such as a wooden doll requires the puppeteer to skillfully transmit magic energy onto it to be able to control every part of its body; the tension on its joints, its balance, and its overall movements. An autonomous doll such as an automaton and a Banned Doll requires the puppeteer to transmit magic energy into them in order to function and to properly synchronize with them in order not to waste the magic energy transmitted into them and as well as not to depress their movements. A Maschinensoldat on the other hand does not require the puppeteer to transmit magic energy into it in order to function and to control it.
