Accelerated Perception

The power to perceive everything at an accelerated rate. Sub-power of Time Reduction and Enhanced Senses.

Also Called

• Accelerated Vision
• Blade Mode (Metal Gear series)
• Bullet Time
• Bullet Time Effect/Motion
• Dilated Perception
• Enhanced Time Perception
• High-Speed Perception
• Speed Thinking
• Time Perception

Capabilities

The user's mind and senses process information at such speeds that time appears to have slowed down, allowing them to perceive what would normally be moving too fast to see and respond accordingly.

Applications

• Accelerated Eyesight
• Accelerated Hearing
• Aim Dodging
• Body Language Analysis
• Causality Perception
• Enhanced Reflexes
• Evasion

Associations

• Accelerated Activity
• Accelerated Probability
• Acceleration
• Adrenal Activation
• Danger Intuition
• Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Senses
• Enhanced Speed
• Speed Perception
• Slow-Motion
• Time Perception Manipulation
• Telekinetic Reflexes

Limitations

• May only last for a limited period of time.
• While the senses and mind can follow the attacks, the body may not be able to act in time to do anything about it.
• May be constantly active, making rest of the world look extremely slow.

Known Users

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Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics) can see bullets fired by high speed machine gun.

Link's (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) reflexes are heightened during various parts of combat, like dodging attack and retaliating with sword strikes…

… or nocking and shooting with bow faster than normal while in air.

Tigervrumud Vorn (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)'s eye processing is so quick, it allows him to land an arrow on small fast moving animals like a rabbit or catch fast objects like an arrow.

Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man's (Marvel Comics/Marvel 2099) accelerated vision...

...allows him to see a figure up on a rooftop.

Captain America (Marvel Comics) can dodge bullets because he sees faster than them, as if time itself is standing still.

Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)

Tommy Shepherd/Speed (Marvel Comics)

Meifeng (Marvel Comics)

Raiden (Metal Gear) uses "Blade Mode" to slow down his perception of time, enabling him to make extremely precise cuts and strikes.

Neji Hyuga (Naruto)

Living to his nickname, Dracule "Hawk-Eye" Mihawk (One Piece) managed to track down Monkey D. Luffy's Gear Second enhanced speed due to his accelerated vision.

Rebecca (One Piece) using her Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki to see through Hakuba's movements despite his extremely blinding speed, and managed to barely survive his attack that took out everyone else.

After being fused with Migi, Shinichi Izumi's (Parasyte) brain is able to process visual stimulation to the point where a normal human appears to be standing still, when they're actually attacking him.

Tennessee Kid Cooper (Sly Cooper) achieves this ability by using his Crackshot technique, allowing him to make precise shots and fire up to six bullets at once.

Clark Kent's (Smallville) accelerated perception allows him to deflect projectiles.

Bizarro (Smallville) can move so fast the world freezes around him.

After pushing his powers to the limit to stop two missiles, Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Comic) found himself moving so fast, even when just walking, that time appeared to have stopped.

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog/Paramount) is so fast that he perceives a slew of missiles and bullets fired at him as completely frozen.

Jedi Master, Saesee Tiin (Star Wars) was able to focus while traveling at high speeds.

Using Zone Speed, Mario (Mario Tennis Aces) perceives time as slowing down, allowing him to reach any balls hit to the other side of the court he couldn't normally reach.

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