Afterimage Creation

Afterimage Creation
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.
Power/Ability to:	Create afterimages.

The power to create afterimages. Sub-power of Illusion Manipulation and Afterimage Manipulation. Variation of Decoy Creation, Enhanced Speed and Supernatural Speed.

Also Called

• Afterimage Technique

Capabilities

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

Applications

• Decoy Creation
  • Substitution Creation
• Location Displacement
• Multi-Hit Strike
• Speed Clones

Associations

• Illusion Manipulation
  • Illusion Generation
• Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
  • Flash Step

Limitations

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

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Akame (Akame Ga Kill)
• Kurosu Nobunaga (Akatsuki Otokojuku)
• Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats); via Guard Skill: Delay
• Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)
• Taylean (Bakugan)
• Wind Aquario (Beyblade Metal Saga)
• 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
• Rebecca Bluegarden (Edens Zero); via Cat Leaper
• 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
• Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba) via Fake Rainbow
• Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• God Gundam (Mobile Fighter G Gundam); via Domon Kasshu's "God Shadow" (Burning Shadow) technique
• Burgie (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Various Characters (Naruto); via Clone 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)
• Stussy (One Piece'); via Kami-e Zanshin
• Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Various characters (One-Punch Man)
  • Saitama
  • Speed-o'-Sound Sonic
  • Flashy Flash
  • Garou
  • Awakened Cockroach
• Cologne (Ranma 1/2)
• Poseidon (Record of Ragnarok)
• Rasetsu (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Gemini (Sakigake Otokojuku)
• Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
• Black☆Star (Soul Eater)
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Rinku (Yu Yu Hakusho)

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)

Live Television/Movies

• Speedsters (Arrowverse/The Flash)
  • Barry Allen/The Flash
  • Eobard Thawne/The Reverse Flash
• Chuck Noris (Varios Media)

Video Games

• Makoto Nanaya (BlazBlue)
• Jon Talbain (Darkstalkers); via Mirage Body
• Jevil (Deltarune)
• Spirit (Friday Night Funkin)
• Tabi (Friday Night Funkin)
• Young Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
• Braig (Kingdom Hearts)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Mega Man (Mega Man series)
• Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
• Johnny Cage (Mortal Kombat)
• 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)

Web Animation/Series

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

Known Objects

• SCP-314 - The Motion-Seeking Blade (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using his Bankai's high speed combat in combination with Shunpo to create afterimages.

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)

Sakura Haruno (Naruto) using the Clone Technique to create afterimages of herself.

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.

Ash's Froakie (Pokémon) using Double Team.

Cologne (Ranma 1/2) using the legendary technique Splitting Cat Hairs to produces an array of illusionary doubles.

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 (Marvel Comics) uses Accelerated Decoy to create an afterimage for distraction.

Kenshirō Kasumi (Fist of the Blue Sky)

Hou Ken (Kingdom) creating afterimages of his podao to enhances his strikes.

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.

Videos

ジョジョ- Dio vs. Dire 『HD』-2

Rhythm Echo - Hunter X Hunter-2