The power to bind, imprison or otherwise stop targets. Opposite to Freeing.
Also Called[]
- Apprehension/Bondage
- Caging/Capture
- Entrapment
- Immobilizing/Immobilization
- Imprisonment
- Jailing
- Restraint
- Restricting
Capabilities[]
User is able to use mental, physical, spiritual, etc. traits that bind, imprison, paralyze and/or otherwise stop targets moving normally and possibly completely freezing them where they were. It can be achieved using various means including energy-based or physical restraints or mental effects.
Applications[]
Techniques[]
Variations[]
- Armor Imprisonment
- Astral Trapping
- Astronomical Imprisonment
- Artistic Life Force Imprisonment
- Binding Magic
- Binding Mimicry
- Balloon Imprisonment
- Body Imprisonment
- Container Imprisonment
- Card Imprisonment
- Coin Imprisonment
- Cloth Imprisonment
- Deity Imprisonment
- Dimensional Imprisonment
- Dream Imprisonment
- Eternal Binding
- Elastic Binding
- Food Imprisonment
- Fantasy Imprisonment
- Force-Field Imprisonment
- Illusionary Binding
- Imprisonment Energy Manipulation
- Inorganic Imprisonment
- Mind Imprisonment
- Metal Imprisonment
- Mirror Imprisonment
- Organic Imprisonment
- Picture Imprisonment
- Space-Time Imprisonment
- Subvert Imprisonment
- Technological Imprisonment
- Tail Binding
- Vehicle Imprisonment
- Video Imprisonment
- Wall Imprisonment
There are several different ways for binding someone:
- Caging: surrounding object with barriers or otherwise restrict their actions, so they can move inside but have no way getting out. Examples: Cocoon Generation, Entrapment Field Projection, Force-Field Imprisonment, Gut Imprisonment, Personal Void, Video Imprisonment, Wall Imprisonment.
- Disabling: disabling the target by preventing their bodies/nerves from reacting. Examples: Electricity Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Telepathy.
- Entombing: surrounding object completely by a substance or another medium, so they can't move at all, or at best wiggle slightly. Examples: Burying, Drowning, Elemental Imprisonment, Telekinesis.
- Immobilization: object is locked/anchored on certain spot but can otherwise act. Examples: Body Immobilization, Immobility, Inanimation, Motion Lock, Telekinesis, Time Stopping.
- Restraining: surrounding object by robes/chains/lines that keep them confined. Examples: Bandage Manipulation, Chain Manipulation, Cloth Manipulation, Constriction, Ribbon Manipulation, Silk Manipulation, Rope Manipulation, Tail Manipulation, Tentacle Manipulation, Thread Manipulation, Whip Manipulation, Wire Manipulation, Handcuff Manipulation.
Associations[]
- Absolute Storage
- Adhesion
- Adhesion Manipulation
- Aura Trapping
- Binding Arts
- Binding Manipulation
- Compression
- Container Creation
- Container Manipulation
- Dimensional Storage
- Dollhouse Monarchy
- Entity Tethering
- Freezing
- Insertion & Removal
- Irremovability
- Isolation
- Labyrinth Creation
- Labyrinth Manipulation
- Mass Binding
- Mass Reduction
- Personal Void
- Prison Domain
- Sealed Form
- Sealing
- Spirit Barrier
- Task Binding
- Temporal Trapping
- Trapping Mastery
Limitations[]
- Users of Freeing and Unfixed Movement cannot be bound.
- Depending on the way used to bind the victim, they may be able to overpower/break their bindings.
- Users of Teleportation/Intangibility can escape.
- May have to stay close to the victim or the binding may break.
- May be unable to generate the ways to bind and be limited to existing material.
- The victim can be freed by outside help.
- If the prison is damaged in any way, the victim may be able to escape.
- May have to perform a certain action in order for the target to be contained.
- May only be temporary.
- The prison might not be strong enough to contain the victim.
Known Users[]
See Also: Can Only Move the Eyes.
- Force Stasis/Force Stun Users (Star Wars)
- Mara Jade Skywalker
- Ben Solo/Kylo Ren
- Yoda
- Firelights (Arcane); via crystal bombs
- Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
- Uzumaki Clan (Naruto); via Chakra Chains
- Various Shinobi (Naruto); via Sealing Jutsu
- Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach); via Senkei Senbonzakura Kageyoshi
- Users of Bakudō Spells (Bleach)
- Hachigen Ushoda (Bleach)
- Quilge Opie (Bleach); via "The Jail"
- Dorian Havilliard (Throne of Glass)
- Magic Users (Harry Potter); via Freezing charm, Incarcerous, etc.
- Doctor Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
- CROW members (D.Gray-man)
- Ecto-Energy Constructions Users (Danny Phantom)
- Dark Danny
- One of assassins (Denma); via Body Immobilization Quanx ability
- Hades (Denma); via Cube Quanx ability
- Eclipse Virgo (Fairy Tail)
- Jellal Fernandes (Fairy Tail)
- Millianna (Fairy Tail)
- Nebal (Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest)
- Wirbel (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)
- Übel (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)
- Anicento (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Guido-Fire (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Bruford (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I: Phantom Blood)
- Joseph Joestar (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure); via Hermit Purple
- Muhammad Avdol (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders); via Magician's Red
- Yukako Yamagishi (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Love Deluxe
- Black Knight (Konjiki no Gash Bell!); summoning a cage via throwing his lance
- Zaruchimu (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
- Users of Capture spells (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha)
- Hina (One Piece); via Ori Ori no Mi
- Paulie (One Piece)
- Shura (One Piece)
- Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece); via Ito Ito no Mi
- Leo (One Piece); via Nui Nui no Mi
- Charlotte Perospero (One Piece); via Pero Pero no Mi
- Tazma Grimm (Mysticons)
- Users of the Temporary Paralysis Technique (Naruto)
- Users of the Shadow Possession/Paralysis Jutsu (Naruto)
- Pokémon with the "Disable" or "Imprison" moves (Pokémon)
- Mami Tomoe (Puella Magi Madoka Magica); via Ribbon Manipulation
- Aquamarine (Steven Universe); via Wand
- Komon Kyoshi (Wonder Egg Priority)
- Marko (Image Comics)
- Pyo Wol (The Reaper)
- Mages (Black Clover); via Restraining Magic
- Julius Novachrono
- Magna Swing
- Charmy Pappitson
- Yami Sukehiro
- Engen/Smiling Man (Hero Killer)
- Bareknuckles (Hero Killer)
- Franken Stein (Soul Eater)
- Jillian (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Radicles X (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes)
- Alma Jinnai (Jewelpet Tinkle)
- Andromeda Shun (Saint Seiya)
- Corset (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
- Rima Mashiro (Shugo Chara!); as Clown Drop
- Amu Hinamori (Shugo Chara!); as Amulet Spade
- Tadase Hotori (Shugo Chara!); using Holy Crown or as Platinum Royal
- Nagihiko Fujisaki (Shugo Chara!); as Yamato Maihime
- Atticus O'Sullivan (The Iron Druid Chronichles)
- Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha); using the Beads of Subjugation
- Alexia (Ángel o Demonio)
- Sylar (Heroes); via Telekinesis
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed), via Crystal Cage
- Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate/Stay Night); via Mystic Eyes of Binding
- Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)
- She-Ra/Adora (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
- Ruka (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Asato Kido (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Walescu (Chica Vampiro)
- Ariel (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
- Dune Bug (Skylanders)
- Sorcerer Doomlander (Skylanders)
- Flowey (Undertale)
- Various characters (Dragon Ball)
- Cole MacGrath (inFamous); via Arc Restraint
- Kaguya (InuYasha)
- Miranda Kane (Shadow Falls); via Magic
- Haruka Amagiri (The Asterisk War); via Imprisonment
- Various Characters (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Trix (Winx Club); via Cage of Sorrow
- Tolietnator (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Siege (Card Captor Sakura: Clear Cards)
- Jafar (Aladdin)
- Carter Kane (The Kane Chronicles)
- Sadie Kane (The Kane Chronicles)
- Zia Rashid (The Kane Chronicles)
- The Beldam (Coraline)
- Cure Whip/Ichika Usami (Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode)
- Cure Custard/Himari Arisugawa (Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode)
- Yubel (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
- Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear)
- Shinji Ogawa (Symphogear)
- Decim (Death Parade); via Threads
- Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Various characters (Sonic X)
- Metamorphia (Sonic the Comics)
- Changelings (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic); via slime and cocoon
- Alien Zarab (Ultraman series)
- Experiment 054 "Fudgy" (Stitch!)
- Hakea, Witch of the Woodland Green (Worlds Beyond Number)
Known Objects[]
- Chest of Demons (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo)
- Maruta (Denma)
- Caballeros' Amulets (Legend of the Three Caballeros)
- Papyrus of Binding (Ducktales Reboot)
- Acēdia Katathlipsē (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
- Beads of Subjugation (InuYasha)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - Artifact
- Hide of Bondage (Kubera)
- Ito Ito no Mi (One Piece)
- Nui Nui no Mi (One Piece)
- Ori Ori no Mi (One Piece)
- Pero Pero no Mi (One Piece)
- Pokéballs (Pokémon)
- Aquamarine's Wand (Steven Universe)
- Utility Gauntlets (The Incredibles)
- Seven Ribbons of Hathor (The Kane Chronicles)
- Sphere of Yun (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Spellbinding Circle (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Cyber Cage (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Known Powers[]
- Hold Person (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Mass Hold Person (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Hold Monster (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Marvel Comics)
- Locking Eyes (Kagerou Project)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]
Wan Ronga (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) uses the "Fist of Jail" allowing him to instantly imprison his opponents in cages. He can also attach heavy weights onto his opponents limbs, making it difficult for them to fight back or run away.
Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) uses Bakudō # 1. Sai to bind Ichigo's arms behind his back.
Hachigen Ushōda (Bleach) using Kidō spell Bakudō #75: Gochūtekkan to create iron pillars that pin down targets...
... Bakudō #99: Kin, the strongest binding spell there is.
Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach) using Senkei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi to create a dome in which is comprised of all the blades of his Zanpakuto and prevents his targets from getting far...
...and uses the Kidō spell Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō, which prevents its victims from moving in any way.
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Quilge Opie's (Bleach) unbreakable Reishi cage can imprison all except a fellow Quincy, living up to the name "The Jail"...
...or use Reishi to forcefully seal up dimensional pathways like the Garganta.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) binds Son Goku to a mountain using energy rings.
Decim (Death Parade) uses his Threads to bind Takashi.
CROW members and Third Exorcists (D.Gray-Man) can use Binding Feathers and Binding Wings to completely restrict targets.
Muhammed Avdol (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders) using Red Bind to restrain Jotaro Kujo.
Yukako Yamagishi's Stand, Love Deluxe (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamonds are Unbreakable)
As an ice manipulator, Snow (Marchen Awakens Romance) once imprisoned herself in ice to protect herself from the Chess Pieces.
Loco's (Marchen Awakens Romance) Darkness ÄRM, Negzero paralyzes the target.
Using his ÄRM, Phantom Glass, Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance) can imprison people in a mirror. Should the mirror breaks, the person inside breaks along with it.
Kouga (Marchen Awakens Romance) activates an ÄRM to bind Alviss in ropes.
Magical Roe (Marchen Awakens Romance) used his magic to imprison Snow in a ball and deliver her to Diana.
Cure Custard (Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode)
Cure Whip (Kira Kira Pretty Cure A La Mode)
The Boom ghosts (Sonic X) pull Sonic in a space inside the walls.
Dark Oak, Black Narcissus and Pale Bayleaf (Sonic X) in first Final Mova form swallowed and trapped Sonic underneath the surface of Planet Aqurius and put him into a deep sleep.
Chaos (Sonic X)
E-47 Pumpty (Sonic X), trapping Tails, Amy and Chris into its super strong holding chamber.
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Hina (One Piece) phasing a pirate through her arm to restrain him with her Cage-Cage Fruit/Ori Ori no Mi ability...
...Awase Baori.
Charlotte Perospero's (One Piece) candy is strong enough to even bind and hold down the superhuman children of the Vinsmoke Family.
Thanks to the Beads of Subjugation around his neck, Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha) can subdue and restrain Inuyasha at any time by simply telling him to sit!.
Kaguya (InuYasha) binds Inuyasha to a wall with vines.
Yugi Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!) using the Spellbinding Circle to bind Slifer, if even for only one turn.
Cartoons[]
The Chest of Demons (The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo) is meant to bind and contain the thirteen most terrifying ghosts ever to walk the face of the Earth.
Firelights (Arcane)
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10)
Dark Danny (Danny Phantom) binds his former loved ones and teacher with ectoplasm.
Queen Chrysalis (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)
Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (Artifact)
Pokéballs (Pokémon)
The giant ancient Gengar (Pokémon) absorbing Ash's Pidgeotto inside itself.
Experiment 054 "Fudgy" (Stitch!) ate and imprisoned Stitch's friends and others in his chocolaty stomach-prison.
Hakea, Witch of the Woodland Green (Worlds Beyond Number). Hakea is capable of casting ninth level imprisonment spells, trapping her enemies in demiplanes sealed within small objects like acorns.
The Sphere of Yun (Xiaolin Showdown) traps the opponent in an impenetrable prison even can be used on the user for protection.
Tazma Grimm (Mysticons) using shadow tentacles to bind Piper and Zarya.
Cyber Cage (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Balloon (Sonic the Hedgehog/Sonic Frontiers)
Comics[]
Metamorphia (Sonic the Comic) becomes a net to bind Sonic.
Live TV[]
Giles (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) uses the Binding Field Spell.
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Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice 2024) entraps peoples inside their phones
Video Games[]
The M2 Bind armor (Pokémon) lives up to its name to bind Mewtwo and sap it of its energy.
Cole MacGrath (inFamous) captures a person using Arc Restraint.
Web Animation/Comic/Series/Original[]
Malack (The Order of the Stick) casting Hold Person on Belkar.
Videos[]
LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring - Saruman the White-2
Joseph Joestar vs ACDC (part 1)-2
JJBA Joseph defeats Esidisi-2
ジョジョ- Jotaro vs. Avdol 『HD』-2
JJBA Diamond is Unbreakable - Koichi defeats Yukako-2
Sonic X Moments - Sonic Finds Ghosts!-2
Sonic X - Sonic and Knuckles Save Chris From Dr. Eggman's Tenderizing Tendrils-2
Sonic X - The Metarex's Final Evolution!-2