Li Wei

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Li Wei (李维)
Alias(es)	Commander Dalwei (while impersonating a Yautja commander) 84
Gender	Male
Occupation/Role	Parallel-world traveler; Blacklight Virus wielder; organizer of the Victory Day movement 25 208
Affiliation	Victory Day organization 208
First Appearance	Chapter 5

Background / History

Li Wei emerges from Blackwatch experimentation with enhanced strength, speed, resilience, and wall-running ability. Pursued through the base by soldiers and a Hunter, he escapes despite helicopter fire and Blackwatch’s containment efforts 5.

After meeting Alex Mercer, Li Wei agrees to exchange arms with him to acquire each other’s abilities. Unlike Alex, Li Wei remains principally focused on gaining power and finding a route home 8. He later reaches the Ark ship Dawn, where he identifies himself as a traveler from a parallel universe and demonstrates his transformations to Shi Dong and Captain Fan Guojun 25.

Using the Key, Li Wei travels between worlds. His explorations include a submerged city, an American town, a Yautja hunting ground, a world afflicted by urban legends, and the Empire ruled through nobles and Teigu users 27 29 61 92 184. His repeated assimilations expand both his combat capacity and his knowledge of each world’s political structures.

In the Empire, Li Wei kills abusive Imperial forces after discovering murdered children in Kivnora Forest. He takes responsibility for Akame and Kurome, teaching them survival, literacy, combat principles, and a breathing technique while supplying them with weapons, clothing, and Blacklight Steeds 184 192 197 198 200.

Li Wei eventually organizes the Victory Day movement against the Empire’s nobles and wealthy merchants. He scouts the Imperial palace, destroys its leadership during the operation, and later spends months eliminating Teigu while Blackstone City develops under the revolution’s new order 208 211 213 214 215.

Appearance

Li Wei can alter his body and identity extensively, appearing as an ordinary Asian man, a white man, a black humanoid monster, or specialized biological forms 29 191.

• His hands can shift into armored or tentacled configurations 25.
• His full combat form is described as a black humanoid monster 191.
• He can imitate specific individuals closely enough to pass as Yautja Commander Dalwei 84.
• He can create flight-capable, deep-sea, armored, and Brawler Beast-derived forms 26 27 44 213.

Personality

Li Wei is pragmatic, curious, and highly adaptive. He prioritizes returning home and acquiring useful abilities over emotional investment in other people’s histories, as shown when he meets Alex Mercer 8. His curiosity often drives him into dangerous environments, including deep-sea ruins, unstable portals, cursed locations, and hostile worlds 27 61 179.

He can be playful, manipulative, and sarcastic, using charm or intimidation to extract information when necessary 29 347. Against people he considers cruel or oppressive, he is notably ruthless: he kills corrupt nobles, Imperial soldiers, and Teigu users without mercy, often absorbing their memories afterward 184 195 215.

Despite this brutality, Li Wei is capable of sustained care and responsibility. He protects, educates, and mentors Akame and Kurome, and grants Toyama Koizumi Blacklight power so she can help save her world 135 192 198 200.

Abilities & Skills

Blacklight Assimilation

Li Wei can absorb organisms and corpses, gaining memories, biological material, and new traits.

• Absorbed a tentacle monster whose hardened limbs improved the defense of his armored form 44.
• Absorbed Darkseekers to study their intelligence and hierarchy 47.
• Absorbed Teketeke, acquiring her memories and learning about her past 92.
• Absorbed Imperial officers and nobles to uncover the Selection Plan, the Empire’s power structure, and Revolutionary Army information 184 191 197.
• Absorbed the Atomic Brawler Beast after recovering from mental exhaustion 178.

Biological Transformation

Li Wei can reshape his body into weapons, disguises, and specialized forms.

• Forms claws after exchanging abilities with Alex Mercer 8.
• Creates armored hands, tentacles, spikes, whip-like limbs, and crimson tentacles 25 190.
• Can disguise himself as different human identities and impersonate Yautja Commander Dalwei 29 84.
• Transforms tentacles into Brawler Beasts during combat 213.
• Manifested a black humanoid monster form that overwhelmed Gozuki, Bill, and Kevin 191.

Mobility and Environmental Adaptation

Li Wei’s body adapts to extreme environments and movement demands.

• Can run across vertical surfaces while evading Blackwatch forces 5.
• Survives high-impact falls through a protective airflow layer 8.
• Developed a bird-derived Flight Form after assimilating a hawk 26.
• Manifested the Deep Diver form for efficient underwater movement 27.
• Can fly into the sky while remaining unharmed by gunfire from armed forces below 113.

Combat Resilience

Li Wei possesses exceptional durability, strength, and recovery.

• Initially withstands gunfire without feeling pain 5.
• Remains unharmed during an exchange of gunfire with the Special Assault Team 113.
• Breaks shackles and uses his arm as a whip after being arrested by FBI agents 173.
• Easily defeats General Budo, described as the Empire’s strongest combatant 213.
• Absorbs 80% of a lightning strike’s energy during the fall of the Imperial palace 214.

Pulse Sensing

Li Wei can detect concealed structures through Pulse Sensing.

• Located an underground facility after being taken to a warehouse by FBI agents 173.

Blacklight Virus Creation

Li Wei can spread or grant Blacklight Virus power to others.

• Released the virus inside Count Sfor’s manor, turning abused serfs into infected who killed the Count’s guards 195.
• Granted Toyama Koizumi the Blacklight Virus and showed her visions of a devastated world to prepare her for its burden 135.

Language Skills

Li Wei speaks multiple languages.

• His multilingual ability helps distinguish him among Ark refugees and earns him a room in the special talent dormitory 24.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• The Key — enables inter-world portals; after absorbing a white crystal, it gains the “Repair Function: World Retrieval” 27 44.
• Wristblade — used during the Yautja conflict; Li Wei unsuccessfully attempts to deflect bullets with it 67.
• Teigu — acquires and uses Teigu during his campaign against the Empire, including Tendril Barrage 197 213.
• Koro — assimilated Teigu that enhances his strength and speed 215.
• Dragon-type Danger Beast — controlled as a mount and weapon against Imperial forces 189 190.
• Blacklight Steeds — two mounts provided to Akame and Kurome for travel 200.

Relationships

• Alex Mercer (A-God) — Meets Li Wei after the Blackwatch escape; the two exchange arms to obtain one another’s abilities 8.
• Shi Dong — Administrative supervisor aboard the Dawn who brings Li Wei to Captain Fan Guojun after witnessing his transformation 25.
• Captain Fan Guojun — Captain of the Dawn; accepts the reality of Li Wei’s unusual origin and abilities after witnessing them 25.
• Toyama Koizumi — Li Wei entrusts her with Blacklight power and the responsibility of helping save her world 135.
• Akame — Li Wei’s adoptive younger sister and student; he teaches and protects her, later giving her a Teigu 192 198 215.
• Kurome — Li Wei’s adoptive younger sister and student; he provides for her and trains her alongside Akame 192 198 215.
• Aobozu — Reveals that an Outer God controls the world, influencing Li Wei’s decision to alter its trajectory 135.
• K and J — Travel with Li Wei to the Pacific Ocean before his attack on the Arquillian Royal Fifth Fleet 171.
• Dendar — Yautja Elder interested in Li Wei’s unusual abilities and longevity 67.
• General Liver — Meets Li Wei in Kivnora Forest and is shocked by Akame and Kurome’s circumstances 198.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Blackwatch Escape

Li Wei escapes a Blackwatch base after becoming enhanced, surviving armed pursuit and fighting a Hunter through the facility 5.

Prototype and Ark Journey

He meets Alex Mercer, exchanges biological abilities with him, survives the disaster aboard the Ark ships, and reveals his parallel-world origin to the crew of the Dawn 8 24 25.

Early World Travel

Li Wei develops Flight Form and Deep Diver, discovers a submerged city, and begins using the Key to enter other worlds 26 27.

Yautja Conflict

After entering a Yautja hunting world, Li Wei battles Celtic, Chopper, and Scar, kills Chopper, and later clashes with the Yautja Elder’s forces and technology 61 63 67.

Japanese Urban-Legend Incident

Li Wei absorbs Teketeke, investigates the associated curse, and confronts authorities while attempting to eradicate the phenomenon in Nerima Ward 92 113.

Imperial Revolution

After discovering the Empire’s cruelty, Li Wei protects Akame and Kurome, establishes the Victory Day movement, destroys the Imperial leadership, and helps create conditions for Blackstone City’s post-revolutionary rule 184 198 208 214 215.

Trivia

• Li Wei’s first attempt at a bat-like flying form fails because of poor control and appearance, prompting him to assimilate a hawk instead 26.
• While impersonating Commander Dalwei, Li Wei deliberately acts kinder than the real commander would have 84.
• After a mental breakdown, Li Wei chooses “Earth, peace, daily life, healing” as the keywords for his next destination 178.
• He once attempts wilderness survival without relying on his advanced abilities or technology 179.