Talk:Mana Manipulation/@comment-1695916-20160214143719/@comment-4041420-20160214213937

The reason why it is a subset of life energy is because mana is an an energy source with a life of its own, making it sentient. Mana is present everywhere including in animate objects while Life energy is only tied down to living being. In addition to this, Mana has more requirements such as as magical objects or spoken incantations and spells to achieve the desired affect while life force energy does not.