Blindsight

Blindsight
Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) fighting and navigating while blindfolded.
Power/Ability to:	Interact with one's environment without the aid of vision.

"You won didn't you?"
"Oh, you knew that?"
"Yes. Perspiration, body temperature, the sound of muscles, rather than losing light, what I can see has increased... I know your fate for tomorrow too."
"Really?"
"Yes. Tomorrow won't come to you."

― Bungo Stray Dogs

"Taking away my sight still leaves me with four very sharp senses."

― Son Goku (Dragon Ball GT)

"Oh. My. God. What happened to your eyes?"
"Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see."

― Miller and Dr. William Weir (Event Horizon)

"He taught me that my blindness wasn't a disability, that sight was a distraction."

― Matt Murdock/Daredevil on Stick (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

"Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it. I couldn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"

― Bane (The Dark Knight Trilogy: Rises)

The power to interact with one's environment without the aid of vision. Variation of Disability Compensation and Handicapped Prime.

Also Called

• Blind Sense/Sight
• Sightless Sensing/Sight
• Blind Prime

Capabilities

Users can act, fight and navigate while blind, in darkness or otherwise sightless. The user's eyes may or may not have an influence on this power. The user can be blindfolded or is permanently/or naturally blind.

Applications

• Unaffected by the Light or Darkness
• Immune to Hypnotic Vision, Petrifying Gaze & Penance Stare
• Danger Intuition
• Echolocation
• Radar
• Seismic Sense
  • Lie Detection
• Sonography

Variations

• Danger Intuition
• Enhanced Senses
  • Enhanced Hearing
  • Enhanced Touch
• Negative Vision: See your surroundings by inverting the light absorbed in the eyes, allowing you to "see" darkness
• Psychic Navigation
• Sonar

Associations

• Crow Manifestation
• Disability Compensation
• Mortal Physiology
• Superior Human Physiology

Limitations

• Depending on the methods used, may be hard to use in an unfamiliar area.
• May not be effective against Killing Eyes

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Mujuro Utsutsu (Ninja Scroll)
• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Yuujiro Hanma
  • Baki Hanma
  • Hector Doyle
• Hyōma Muroga (Basilisk)
• Gennosuke Kōga (Basilisk)
• Kaname Tōsen (Bleach)
• Saigiku Jono (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Tsukuyo Inaba (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism)
• Yin (Darker than Black)
• Noise Marie (D.Gray-Man)
• Son Goku (Dragon Ball Series)
• Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Super)
• Yamada Asaemon Shion (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku)
• Lugh (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
• Suzu Mukai (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
• N'Doul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders)
• Johngalli A. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean)
• Daiya Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VIII: JoJolion)
• Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Muteba Gizenga (Kengan Ashura)
• Uzu Sanageyama (Kill la Kill)
• Gyomei Himejima (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Iguro Obanai (Kimetsu no Yaiba); via Kaburamaru
• Ryo Shimazaki (Mob Psycho 100)
• Shigaraki/All For One (My Hero Academia); via Infrared
• Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki Users (One Piece)
  • Issho/Fujitora
• Qin Shi Huang (Record of Ragnarok)
• Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Usui Uonuma (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Nina Drango (Shingeki no Bahamut)
• Nai (Zettai Karen Children)

Cartoons/Comics

• Seismic Sense Users (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
  • Aang
  • Toph Beifong
• Wildmutt (Ben 10)
• Ultimate Wildmutt (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
• Antroz (Bionicle)
• Vamprah (Bionicle)
• Chirox (Bionicle)
• Jaller (Bionicle); via Great Kanohi Arthron
• Doctor Mid-Nite (DC Comics)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Superman (DC Comics)
• Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
• Blindfold (Marvel Comics)
• Astrid Hofferson (How To Train Your Dragon)
• Sentinels (How To Train Your Dragon)
• Po (Kung Fu Panda)
• Rev Runner (Loonatics Unleashed)
• Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Mayday May Parker/Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Stick (Marvel Comics)
• Izo (Marvel Comics)
• Julia Carpenter/Madam Web (Marvel Comics)
• Cassandra Webb/Madame Web (Marvel Comics)
• Zane Temple (Marvel Comics)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• The Snake (Teen Titans)
• Hattori Tatsu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• Raymond Connor/Daredevil (Ultimate Marvel)
• Zato Ino (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Garrett (Quest for Camelot)

Live Television/Movies

• Gordon (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Sonic Alphas (Alphas)
  • Dr. Graham Kern (Alphas)
• Vanessa Brewer (Angel)
• The Moon King (Kubo and the Two Strings)
• Slayers (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)
• Taylor Krane/S-1 (Lab Rats)
• Bendu (Star Wars)
• Miraluka (Star Wars)
• Jedi (Star Wars)
  • Kanan Jarrus
  • Rahm Kota (Star Wars Legends)
• Chirrut Îmwe (Star Wars)
• Aenar (Star Trek)
• Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi)
• Phai Zhaq Master Swoop (Power Rangers Jungle Fury)
  • Robert James
• Fei Hargreeves/Number Three (The Umbrella Academy)

Literature

• Dementors (Harry Potter)
• Iggy (Maximum Ride)
• Emrys/Merlin (The Lost Years of Merlin)

Video Games

• Cecilia (AFK Arena)
• Crisanta of the Wrapped Agony (Blasphemous)
• Lee Sin (League of Legends)
• Turel (Legacy of Kain: Defiance)
• Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)
• Lickers (Resident Evil)
• Garradors (Resident Evil 4)
• Flameslinger (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
• Kreia (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords)
• Dezel (Tales of Zestiria)
• Bloaters (The Last of Us)
• Clickers (The Last of Us)
• Medusa (TYPE-MOON)
• Illidan Stormage (Warcraft)

Others

• Blindsight users (Dungeons & Dragons/DnD)
• Plutus (Greek Mythology)
• Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)
• Adam Taurus (RWBY)
• Slender Man (The Slender Man Mythos)

Known Powers

• Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki (One Piece)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

Blind since his birth, Kaname Tōsen (Bleach) trained his spiritual senses to point of perfection as he could "see" and easily fight opponents.

Despite being blind, Saigiku Jono (Bungo Stray Dogs) can accurately grasp and discern his surroundings using his superhuman sense of hearing.

Tsukuyo Inaba's (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism) blindness is compensated by immensely sharp hearing.

Despite being blind, Yin (Darker than Black) is a doll that can sense everything, even using her medium to save Hei and play the piano perfectly, even able to walk normally.

Even when blinded, Son Goku (Dragon Ball Z) can still fight and navigate using his Chi Detection, which he demonstrates by dodging Yakon on a planet of total darkness...

...easily killing Eis Shenron after the latter slashed him across the eyes...

Dodging attacks from Syn Shenron shortly after.

Despite being blinded by Lavender's poison, Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Super) uses his Ki Sense to block his attacks and keep fighting.

Suzu Mukai (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere) is able to use all her other senses in a 360 degree area around her to compensate for her lack of sight.

Born blind, N'Doul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III: Stardust Crusaders) had phenomenally sharp hearing being able to determine the position of a fly simply by listening to it fly or hear faint sounds such as grains of sand bouncing against an obstacle hundreds of meters away from him.

Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Despite being born blind, Gyomei Himejima (Kimetsu no Yaiba) can fight at speeds faster than the eye can see using his acute sense of hearing that can even detect echoes in his weapon when he swings it around, allowing him to get an accurate grasp of the surroundings.

After Obanai Iguro losing both his eyes, he (Kimetsu no Yaiba) relies on his pet snake Kaburamaru who can predict his opponent's attacks and relay the information to Obanai himself in order to fight.

Ryo Shimazaki (Mob Psycho 100)

After his eyes were scarred by All Might, Shigaraki/All For One (My Hero Academia) uses Infrared Quirk to compensate for his blindness.

Issho/Fujitora (One Piece) has mastered the use of Kenbunshoku/Observation Haki to compensate for his blindness.

Qin Shi Huang (Record of Ragnarok)

While she was born blind, Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero) can sense her surroundings to make up for it.

Nai (Zettai Karen Children) has been blinded with a blindfold since birth to make her less prone to emotions, she relies on her powerful sensing abilities when fighting and is able to 'sense' other people emotions, though after the surgery her eyesight has improved.

After being blinded by Shishio in a duel, Usui Uonuma (Rurouni Kenshin) gained the "Mind's Eye" and through training it allowed him superhuman hearing that acted like a sonar.

...which more than compensated his blindness.

Nina (Shingeki no Bahamut) is blinded with a white blindfold cloth, making her have "Mind's Eye" to erect her maximum concentration capacity to wrestle with Charioce XVII during the arm wrestling match (Nina has good shape, beauty and fine vision, but she is afraid of her dragon transforming when watching handsome guy. She tied her blindfold cloth very tightly on her eyes and had ability of blindsight ).

Cartoons/Comics

Even though Toph was born blind, she (Avatar: The Last Airbender) feels the vibrations in the earth to know what's happening in her surroundings.

Wildmutt (Ben 10)

Ultimate Wildmutt (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Though naturally blind, Doctor Mid-Nite (DC Comics) possesses an extraordinary vision that allows him to see to an extent.

Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)

Born blind, Stick (Marvel Comics) attained extraordinary senses through life long training.

Even though he is blind, Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) is able to perfectly navigate through his surroundings.

When deprived of his sight, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) can use his spider-sense to navigate his surroundings...

...and as a form of Echolocation to detect and fight his opponents.

May Parker/Spider-Girl (Marvel Comics) using her spider-sense to fight and navigate while blindfolded.

Blinding himself to hone his Radar Sense, Master Izo (Marvel Comics) is a master in the arts of Hand and Chaste Ninjutsu.

Sentinels (How To Train Your Dragon) are naturally blind dragons, but they compensate for this by developing extremely heightened senses of hearing and smell to navigate and track other dragons.

Blinded by a strike of lightning, Astrid (How To Train Your Dragon) uses her other senses to follow her gut.

Rev Runner (Loonatics Unleashed) using his internal GPS to sense and navigate in total darkness.

Jack (Samurai Jack) has trained to focus and hone his senses, allowing him to fight and navigate while blindfolded.

Despite Hattori Tatsu being born blind, he (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series) possesses an acute sense of hearing, bordering on a sixth sense.

Alopex (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) uses her Enhanced Senses to defeat some Foot ninjas while blindfolded.

Raymond Connor/Daredevil (Ultimate Marvel) developed enhanced senses on par with Matt Murdock's after being blinded in an accident, allowing him to navigate and fight despite his disability just like his predecessor.

After accidentally blinding himself with the Golden Lotus Clap, Po (Kung Fu Panda) relied on his sense of smell and turn off the lights so Junjie can used his sense of hearing to even the fight.

Literature

Dementors (Harry Potter) are able to navigate without any eyes.

Live Television

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) possesses a heightened awareness of her surroundings, enabling her to navigate and fight even if her opponents are invisible or if she is deprived of her sight.

Despite having lost his eyes as a result of Terrigenesis, Gordon (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) can still see, albeit not like regular people.

Though blind, Vanessa Brewer (Angel) has gone through extensive training that enables her to sense energy sources, body language, and motion in general.

Video Games

Though blind, Lickers (Resident Evil) are perfectly capable of navigating thanks to their super-sensitive hearing.

After being rendered blind by the growth of fungal plates over their eyes, Clickers (The Last of Us) developed echolocation capabilities to compensate.

Though blind, Dezel (Tales of Zestiria) is able to navigate by reading wind currents.

Riku (Kingdom Hearts) was able to navigate and fight while blindfolded with ease.

Web Animation/Comics/Series/Original

Adam Taurus (RWBY) fighting Blake despite being blindfolded.

Videos

ジョジョ- N'Doul Appears 『 HD』-2

ジョジョ- N'Doul vs. Joestar Group (1) 『 HD』-2

ジョジョ- N'Doul vs. Joestar Group (2) 『 HD』-2