Afterimage Creation

Afterimage Creation
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using his Bankai's high speed combat in combination with Shunpo to create afterimages.
Power/Ability to:	Create afterimages.

The power to create afterimages. Sub-power of Illusion Manipulation and Enhanced Speed.

Also Called

• Afterimage Technique
• Speed Mirage

Capabilities

The user can create images of themselves by various ways, including moving at incredible speeds or through illusion.

Applications

• Location Displacement
• Speed Clones

Associations

• Enhanced Speed
• Flash Step
• Illusion Manipulation

Limitations

• Images may not last long.
• Images may appear "static-like", not appearing real.

Known Users

Cartoons/Comics

• Honey the Cat (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Speedsters (DC Comics)
• Noriko Ashida/Surge (Marvel Comics)
• Adam (Di-Gata Defenders)
• Darcy (Winx Club)
• Nabu (Winx Club)

Anime/Manga

• Kurosu Nobunaga (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
• Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats); via Guard Skill: Delay
• Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)
• Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach)
• Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)
• Shunsui Kyoraku (Bleach)
• Suì-Fēng (Bleach)
• Yoruichi Shihōin (Bleach)
• Zommari Rureaux (Bleach)
• Chiropterans (Blood+)
• Layfon "Wolfstein" Alseif (Chrome Shelled Regios)
• Miria (Claymore)
• Generals (D-Gray Man)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• Racer (Fairy Tail)
• Rufus Lohr (Fairy Tail); via Memory-Make Magic
• Kenshirō Kasumi (Fist of the Blue Sky)
• Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier)
• Ruruko Nimura (Highschool DxD); Procellarum Phantom
• Mikumo Kushinada (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
• Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
• Gon Freecs (Hunter X Hunter)
• Sesshomaru (InuYasha)
• Dire (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I: Phantom Blood)
• Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Silver Chariot without its armor
• Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• God Gundam (Mobile Fighter G Gundam); via Domon Kasshu's "God Shadow" (Burning Shadow) technique
• Hayate Gekkō (Naruto)
• Itachi Uchiha (Naruto); via Sharingan
• Might Guy (Naruto)
• Rock Lee (Naruto)
• Shisui Uchiha (Naruto)
• Hou Ken (Kingdom)
• Dellinger (One Piece)
• Nami (One Piece); via the Clima-Tact's Mirage Tempo
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Speed-o'-Sound Sonic (One-Punch Man)
• Cologne (Ranma 1/2)
• Poseidon (Record of Ragnarok)
• Rasetsu (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Gemini (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Black☆Star (Soul Eater)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Rinku (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Video Games

• Taylean (Bakugan)
• Makoto Nanaya (BlazBlue)
• Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers); via Mirage Body
• Jevil (Deltarune)
• Mysterious Figure (Kingdom Hearts)
• Braig (Kingdom Hearts)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Mega Man (Mega Man series)
• Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
• Numerous Characters (Pizza Tower)
• Pokémon that can use "Double Team" or "Quiver Dance" (Pokémon)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Spider-Man 2099 (Spider-Man: Edge of Time)
• Farah Oersted (Tales of Eternia)
• Reisen Udongein Inaba (Touhou)
• Katsuragi Keima (The World God Only Knows)

Live Television/Movies

• Eobard Thawne (The Flash)
• Barry Allen (The Flash)

Web Series

• CT (Red vs Blue)
• Adam Taurus (RWBY)
• Blake Belladonna (RWBY)

Gallery

Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach) uses Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shihō: Utsusemi which utilizes Shunpo's high speed to leave behind an afterimage that appears to have taken damage.

Zommari Rureaux's (Bleach) Gemelos Sonído allows him to move at such speed that he can create up to five "sound clones".

Wally West/The Flash (DC Comics) creating a trail of afterimages via his incredible speed.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) creating many afterimages in the hopes of confusing Korin while aiming to take the Sacred Water.

Dodoria (Dragon Ball Z) using the Afterimage Technique .

Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash (Flash) can use his super speed to create an afterimage of himself.

Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier) creating an afterimage to attack an opponent from behind.

Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter) using Rhythm Echo.

Gon Freecss (Hunter x Hunter)

Jean Pierre Polnareff's Stand, Silver Chariot (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders) is so fast that it can create up to eight copies of itself as it moves between all the different positions simultaneously.

One of the fastest members of Team MÄR, Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance) can create afterimages with his speed.

Surge (Marvel Comics)

Shisui Uchiha (Naruto) using the Afterimage Clone Technique.

While in Gear Fourth - Boundman, Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) can use Gum Gum/Gomu Gomu no Kong Organ to create afterimages of two extra pairs of arms being materialized.

Dellinger (One Piece) creates temporary duplicates with his speed.

Nekomamushi (One Piece) is able to make after images with his speed.

Speed-o'-Sound Sonic (One-Punch Man) using his Tenfold Funeral technique during his rematch with Saitama.

Saitama's (One-Punch Man) Serious Sideways Jumps that his side hops left behind countless afterimages of himself.

Poseidon (Record of Ragnarok)

Blake Belladonna (RWBY) can use her Semblance to create afterimages of herself.

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) uses his super speed to create multiple afterimages.

Spider-Man 2099 (Spider-Man: Edge of Time) uses Accelerated Decoy to create an afterimage for distraction.

Kenshirō Kasumi (Fist of the Blue Sky)

Hou Ken, the Bushin (Kingdom)

Touta Konoe (UQ Holder) using Instant Movement to move at burst of speed that leaves an afterimage.

Racer (Fairy Tail)

Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho) moving at bursts of high speed that he leaves behind afterimages.