Airborne Element Fixing Device

The Airborne Element Fixing Device  is a special device that the numerous versions of the character Honey Kisaragi use that is always worn as a choker with a hear-shaped emblem (though other characters have different versions of the device). It is described as being able to make anything from air, allowing Honey to create costumes and weapons.

Functions

The Airborne Element Fixing Device's main function is to manipulate existing matter and change it into new forms. Honey commonly uses the air molecules in the atmosphere to fuse them together to create something simple like a rapier or as complex as a motorcycle. The device can also change Honey's appearance to any form she wants, whether it is her clothing, hair or eye color, or even skin. However, Honey needs to eat a lot of food for the system to work to its fullest as it runs on her caloric intake.

Weaknesses

While the system is limitless in what it can create, it still suffers from flaws and limitations. The limitations vary depending on what franchise installment it is portrayed in.

Anger and Hatred: Befitting of her title as "The Warrior of Love", in Cutie Honey: The Movie and Re:Cutie Honey it is shown when Honey uses her powers for vengeance or hatred, the system will malfunction and threaten to destroy her.

How this is depicted is different in both incarnations. In the Film, her choker turns red and begins overheating which will eventually force her body to shut down. In Re:Cutie Honey, it is depicted as the device going out of control and creating unstable copies of Honey made from her body's nanites, which then slowly strip her of her human form as she sheds them to reveal her android body. This leaves her in a weakened state and seemingly mindless and eventually would have shut her body down completely if not for the intervention of Natsuko. This was counteracted by Natsuko's physical contact causing the remaining nanites to convert her biological material into Honey, restoring her human form.

Removal of Air:As the device is powered by air molecules, some villains have taken advantage of this knowledge by placing Honey in a vacuum sealed room or sucking the air out of a room which neutralizes her transformation or cancels it halfway into the transition, leaving her defenseless and open to attack.

Overuse and lack of caloric intake: Each time Honey "flashes", it burns a certain amount of energy that she must replenish by eating a lot of food or high calorie foods. If she overuses her power, it will eventually run out and her ability to transform will shut off, rendering her powerless until she gets a sufficient amount of calories to reactivate it.

Berserker Honey: In Cutie Honey: The Live, The Airborne Element Fixing Device is shown to have negative side effects for using it. For Honey, on rare occasions it makes her sleep for three days, which causes a massive power build up that results in her changing into a blond version of her Cutie Honey form which has a violent and aggressive personality. Red sparks of energy and intense heat emit from her body and she corrodes anything made of metal in proximity of her. The only way to reverse this is to use a special device in Hayami's possession which drains the excess energy from the choker. The drawback of the power drain is that Honey cannot transform for three hours

 Trivia

• The device's name has been changed in certain installments of the franchise. It has also been called The Honey System (Hani Shistemu), The I-System (Imaginary Induction System),  or the Airborne Element Condenser/Solidifier.
  • Another change is how it operates, in earlier incarnations it was what can be best described as an alchemy machine which converted matter from one form to another. In RE:Cutie Honey it was powered by nanotechnology which converted matter at a sub atomic level and in Cutie Honey Flash it was a mystical device similar to the transformation devices of a standard magical girl series.