Skin Hardening

The ability to harden one's skin. Sub-power of Skin Manipulation. Variation of Dermal Armor.

Also Called

 * Blut Vene (Bleach)
 * Busoshoku Haki (Color of Armament Haki) (One Piece)
 * Harden
 * Hierro (Iron) (Bleach)
 * Skin Reinforcement/Toughening
 * Tekkai (Iron Body) (One Piece)

Capabilities
The user is capable of hardening their skin, increasing their defensive and/or offensive capabilities.

Applications

 * Enhanced Durability
 * Supernatural Durability
 * Unbreakable Skin when used at full capacity.

Associations

 * Dermal Armor
 * Elemental Mimicry
 * Diamond Mimicry
 * Earth Mimicry
 * Ice Mimicry
 * Stone Mimicry
 * Layer Reinforcement
 * Muscle Mass Enhancement
 * Organic Metal Skin
 * Scale Manifestation
 * Skin Manipulation
 * Transformation

Limitations

 * Can be countered by Defense Break.
 * User may be slowed or rendered immobile while this power is active.

Anime/Manga
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 * Female Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * Armored Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * Attack Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * Beast Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * Jaw Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * War Hammer Titan (Attack on Titan)
 * Kaku (Akame ga Kill!)
 * Arrancars (Bleach)
 * Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
 * Quincy (Bleach); via Blut Vene
 * Cang Du (Bleach); via The Iron
 * Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach); via The Visionary
 * James Ironside (Blood+)
 * Ryuichi Sendo (Code:Breaker)
 * Ki Users (Dragon Ball Series)
 * Eclipse Pisces (Fairy Tail)
 * Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
 * Sylar (Heroes)
 * Chuuoh (Houshin Engi)
 * Hitomi Uzaki (Killing Bites); via her Therianthrope Form
 * Kongoh Family (Kongoh Bancho)
 * Eijirou Kirishima (My Hero Academia)
 * Kakuzu (Naruto)
 * Fudo (Naruto: Shippuden)
 * Hiruko (Naruto: Shippuden)
 * Parasites (Parasyte)
 * Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
 * Users of Busoshoku Haki (One Piece)
 * Users of Tekkai (One Piece)
 * Garon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
 * Ruin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
 * Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge)
 * Yaya (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
 * Momotaro Tsurugi (Sakigake Otokojuku)

Cartoons/Comics

 * Mister Shifter (Sonic the Comic)
 * Vision (Marvel Comics)

Live Television/Movies

 * Ethan James (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
 * Brass Body (The Man with the Iron Fists)

Video Games
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 * Sekka (Double Dragon V)
 * Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
 * Parasite Unity (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
 * The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3); via barkskin perk
 * Pokémon that can use Harden (Pokémon)
 * Pokémon that can use Iron Defense (Pokémon)
 * Pokémon that can use Iron Tail (Pokémon)
 * Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
 * Ridley (Metroid); in some of the game series