- "He taught me that my blindness wasn't a disability, that sight was a distraction."
- ― Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- "Oh, you think darkness is your ally. But you merely adopted the dark; I was born in it, moulded by it. I couldn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!"
- ― Bane (Dark Knight Rises)
- "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)
The power to interact with one's environment without the aid of vision.
Also Called
- Blind Sense/Sight
- Sightless Sensing/Sight
Capabilities
This power allows one to act, fight and navigate while blind, in darkness or otherwise sightless. The user's eyes may or may not have an influence of this power.
Applications
- Unaffected by the Light or Darkness
- Immune to Hypnotic Vision
- Seismic Sense
- Sonography
Variations
- Negative Vision: See your surroundings by inverting the light absorbed in the eyes, allowing you to "see" darkness
Associations
- Danger Intuition
- Echolocation
- Enhanced Senses
- Handicapability
- Lie Detection
- Night Vision
- Psychic Navigation
Limitations
- Depending on the methods used, may be hard to use in an unfamiliar area.
Known Users
- Gordon (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Dr. Graham Kern (Alphas)
- Vanessa Brewer (Angel)
- Toph Bei Fong (Avatar: The Last Airbender); via Seismic Sense
- Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender); via Seismic Sense
- Wildmutt (Ben 10)
- Yin (Darker than Black)
- Ultimate Wildmutt (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Antroz (Bionicle)
- Vamprah (Bionicle)
- Chirox (Bionicle)
- Jaller (Bionicle); via Great Kanohi Arthron
- Kaname Tōsen (Bleach)
- Zatoichi (The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi)
- Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Tsukuyo Inaba (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism)
- Slenderman (Creepypasta)
- Noise Marie (D Gray Man)
- Doctor Mid-Nite (DC Comics)
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
- Blindfold (DC Comics)
- Son Goku (Dragon Ball)
- Son Gohan (Dragon Ball)
- Dementors (Harry Potter)
- Lugh (History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi)
- Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck)
- N'Doul (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders)
- Johngalli A. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean)
- Daiya Higashikata (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 8: JoJolion)
- Muteba Gizenga (Kengan Ashura)
- Uzu Sanageyama (Kill la Kill)
- The Moon King (Kubo and the Two Strings)
- Lee Sin (League of Legends)
- Turel (Legacy of Kain: Defiance)
- Emrys/Melin (The Lost Years of Merlin)
- Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
- Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Stick (Marvel Comics)
- Julia Carpenter (Marvel Comics)
- Madame Web (Marvel Comics)
- Iggy (Maximum Ride)
- Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)
- Observation/Kenbunshoku Haki users (One Piece)
- Issho/Fujitora
- Garradors (Resident Evil 4)
- Lickers (Resident Evil)
- Jack (Samurai Jack)
- Flameslinger (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
- Kreia (Star Wars: KotOR II)
- Dezel (Tales of Zestiria)
- The Snake (Teen Titans)
- Medusa (TYPE-MOON)
- Illidan Stormage (Warcraft)
- Hattori Tatsu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Gallery
Fujitora (One Piece) has mastered the use of Kenbunshoku Haki to compensate for his blindness.
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.
Even when blinded, Goku (Dragon Ball) can still fight and navigate using his Ki Sense, which he demonstrates by easily killing Eis Shenron after the latter slashed him across the eyes.
When deprived of his sight, Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) is able to use his spider-sense to navigate.
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.
Though blind, Vanessa Brewer (Angel) has gone through extensive training that enables her to sense energy sources, body language, and motion in general.
Dementors (Harry Potter) are able to navigate without any eyes.
Though naturally blind, Doctor Mid-Nite (DC Comics) possesses Infrared Vision that allows him to see to an extent.
Riku (Kingdom Hearts) was able to navigate and fight while blindfolded with ease.
Geordi La Forge (Star Trek) uses a special visor to accomplish this end.
Even though Toph (Avatar: the Last Airbender) is born blind, she feels the vibrations in the earth to know whats happening in her surroundings.
Though blind, Lickers (Resident Evil) are perfectly capable of navigating thanks to their super-sensitive hearing.
Though blind, Dezel (Tales of Zestiria) is able to navigate by reading wind currents.
Stick (Marvel Comics) was born blind, but attain extraordinary senses through life long training.
Kaname Tousen (Bleach) was blind from birth, but by training his spiritual senses to perfection he can "see" and fight.
Tsukuyo Inaba's (Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism) blindness is compensated by immensely sharp hearing.
Despite born blind, Hattori Tatsu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series), has some enhanced senses.
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.