Attack Cancellation

Attack Cancellation
The Ventriloquist of the Dead (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using "Negate Attack" to create space-time vortexes that absorbs attacks.
Power/Ability to:	Cancel any attack.

The power to cancel the attacks of one’s self and others. Technique of Enhanced Combat, Weapon Proficiency and Combat Merging.

Also Called

• Attack Negation/Nullification

Capabilities

User can stop nearly any attack once initiated either by the user themselves or others. This includes melee attacks like Heavy Strike, projectile attacks like Hand Blasts, and even otherwise unstoppable attacks like Juggernaut Momentum.

Applications

• Energy Negation
• Persuasion
• Power Negation

Variations

• Visual Nullification

Associations

• Combat Merging
• Counter
• Enhanced Combat
• Weapon Proficiency

Limitations

• May be limited to either canceling the attacks of one’s self or others.
• May only be able to cancel out certain kinds of attacks.
• Cannot stop Absolute Attack.

Known Users

Anime/Manga

• Touma Kamijou (A Certain Magical Index)
• Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk)
• Myotismon (Digimon Adventure)
• Kiai users (Dragon Ball)
• Beerus (Dragon Ball)
• Toppo (Dragon Ball)
• Boro (Tower of God); via Fluid Martial Arts
• Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
• Onodera (Gokukoku no Brynhildr)
• Soma Sanzo (Grenadier)
• Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier)
• Goddess of Dawn (Invaders of the Rokujouma)
• Bankotsu (InuYasha)
• Battle Cry users (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)
• Deva Path (Naruto)
• Monster Chopper (One Piece)
• Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
• Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin)
• The Ancient Dragon (Seiken Tsukai no World Break)
• Meliodas (Seven Deadly Sins)
• The Ventriloquist of the Dead (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Merry Nightmare (Yumekui Merry)

Cartoons

• Echo Echo (Ben 10)

Video Games

• Golem (Final Fantasy)
• That Man (Guilty Gear)
• Ayano (Luminous Arc 2)
• Zangief (Street Fighter)
• Ryu (Street Fighter)

Known Objects

• Yata Mirror (Naruto)
• Aegis (Saint Seiya)
• Certain Magic/Trap Card (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Gallery

Using the power of the Imagine Breaker, Touma Kamijou (A Certain Magical Index) can theoretically nullify virtually any attack, esper, magical, or divine.

Koshirō Chikuma (Basilisk) creating a localized vacuum to absorb a projectile attack.

Echo Echo's (Ben 10) sonic screams can stop projectile attacks in midair.

Myotismon (Digimon Adventure) cancels out MetalGreymon's Giga Blaster with a simple gesture.

Tenshinhan (Dragon Ball) using a Kiai roar to easily nullify Tao Pai Pai's Super Dodonpa blast.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) using a Kiai roar to easily nullify Nappa's Bomber DX.

Beerus (Dragon Ball) catches and nullifies Zamasu's God Split Cut with his bare hand.

Toppo's (Dragon Ball) Energy of Destruction aura nullifies any energy attacks weaker than himself.

Using a small ball of Energy of Destruction, Toppo (Dragon Ball) completely nullifies Frieza's Death Ball.

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) uses Hakkei no Hō to halt projectiles thrown at him.

Using the Voice of God, Soma Sanzo (Grenadier) produces sound waves that stop Rushuna's bullets in mid-air.

In response, Rushuna Tendo (Grenadier) spins her gun barrel with such force that it produces sound waves that cancel out Soma's own sonic attacks.

Bankotsu (InuYasha) uses his Heat Blast to nullify Inuyasha's Wind Scar.

The Deva Path (Naruto) using Shinra Tensei to nullify attacks.

Monster Chopper (One Piece) roaring so viciously that Kumadori's hair attack stopped in fear.

Using the Muei Tou, Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire) nullifies Akua Shuzen's Jigen-Tou attack.

Having seen Kenshin's Ryu Shou Sen before, Shishio Makoto (Rurouni Kenshin) easily nullifies it when used against him.

Meliodas (Nanatus no Taizai) uses Counter Vanish to completely disperse the attacks used against him.

The light of the Aegis (Saint Seiya) can nulify any attack, evil personality or damages caused by any attack.

Zangief's (Street Fighter) Banishing Flat can nullify projectile attacks.

Ryu (Street Fighter) using Mind's Eye to nullify an opponent's attack.

Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) using his 100% muscles to block off Yusuke's Spirit Gun, and then a Kiai to cause it to disperse harmlessly.