- "Every living thing you consume makes you stronger. You take their shapes, and you take their memories."
- ― Alex Mercer to James Heller, Prototype 2
The ability to evolve by absorbing and consuming. Variation of Absorption. Combination of Digestive Assimilation and Evolution.
Also Called[]
- Absorption/Biological/Consumptive/Digestive/Organic Evolution
Capabilities[]
The user can absorb organic biomass and gain the abilities, traits, attributes and physiologies of the being the biomass was from. They can assimilate in order to survive anything.
Applications[]
- Adaptation Absorption
- Consumption Shapeshifting
- Digestive Technoforming
- Evolving Absorbing Replication
- Infinite Digestive System
- Personal Mutation Manipulation
- Self-Evolution
Techniques[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Certain biomasses may be impossible to absorb.
- May only have certain traits until new ones are absorbed, especially if the new trait renders the previous one obsolete.
- Absorption Immunity/Absorption Negation
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Users of the Nine Titans (Attack on Titan)
- Users of the Female Titan's power
- Aptom (Bio-Booster Armor Guyver)
- Hollows (Bleach)
- Pernida Parnkgjas (Bleach)
- Liltotto Lamperd (Bleach)
- Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
- Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
- Moro (Dragon Ball Super)
- Franmalth (Fairy Tail)
- Take Over Users (Fairy Tail)
- Chimera Ants (Hunter x Hunter)
- Mōryōmaru (InuYasha)
- Naraku ("Inuyasha")
- Kaiju No. 9 (Kaiju No. 8)
- Tamaki Amajiki (My Hero Academia); via Manifest
- Goblin Rou (Re:Monster)
- Alucard (Rosario + Vampire)
- Shadow Dragons (Shadow Star Narutaru)
- Geld (That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime); via Starvation
- Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Gourmet Cell users (Toriko)
- Rentt Faina (The Unwanted Immortal Adventurer)
Comics
- Predator X (Marvel Comics)
Movies
- Mogwais (Gremlins); evolve if consuming after midnight or if injected with genetic material
- The Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
- The Thing (John Carpenter's The Thing)
Literature
- Yidhra (Cthulhu Mythos)
Live Television
- Krillitanes (Doctor Who)
Tabletop Games
- Kroots (Warhammer 40,000)
Video Games
- The Monster/Carrion (Carrion)
- Eaters (Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth)
- Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (Dark Souls III)
- Android 21 (Dragon Ball FighterZ)
- Mira (Dragon Ball Xenoverse)
- The Flood (Halo)
- The Monsters (Evolve)
- Bass.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Riki (SaGa Frontier)
- Zerg (StarCraft)
- Primal Zerg
- The Visitor (The Visitor)