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.

"I-impossible!! That was...that was my greatest technique, and you brushed it aside!?"

― Nappa to Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z)

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

Also Called

• Attack Dispersion/Negation/Nullification/Stopping

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

• Elemental Negation
• Energy Negation
• Persuasion
• Power Negation

Variations

• Visual Nullification

Associations

• Attack Manipulation
• 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)
• Oboro (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)
• Nagato/Pain's Tendo/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

• Benders (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
• Echo Echo (Ben 10)

Video Games

• Golem (Final Fantasy)
• That Man (Guilty Gear)
• Ayano (Luminous Arc 2)
• X (Mega Man X), when equipped with the Gaea Armor or Blade Armor
• Zero (Mega Man X/Zero series), when equipped with the Shot Eraser ability
• Zangief (Street Fighter)
• Ryu (Street Fighter)

Known Objects

• Drawskin (Chaotic)
• 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.

Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) negating Azula's fire attack.

Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender) negating Zuko's fire attack.

Oboro (Basilisk) can cancel out any attack/technique with her Mystic Eyes.

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 Z) using a Kiai roar to easily nullify Nappa's Bomber DX...

...and used his Kamehameha to cancel out his ultimate technique, the Break Cannon...

...and while using the Raw Power of his Ultra Instinct form to catch and disperse Jiren's super-charged and compressed Power Impact.

Beerus (Dragon Ball Super) neutralizing Goku's Kamehameha....

...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 Super) 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.

Nagato/Pain's Tendo/Deva Path (Naruto) using Shinra Tensei/Almighty Push 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 nullify 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.

With only 80% of his demonic power, Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) is able to completely negate Genkai's blast of Spirit Energy with only one hand...

...and used his 100% muscles to block off Yusuke's Spirit Gun, and then a Kiai to cause it to disperse harmlessly.