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

Comics/Cartoons

• 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

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

Video Games

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

Live Television/Movies

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

Web Series

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

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".

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

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

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

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

Killua (Hunter X Hunter) uses Rhythm Echo.

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

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

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

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

Shisui Uchiha (Naruto) using Afterimage Clone Technique.

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.

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

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

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.

Surge (Marvel Comics)