- "The difference between you and humans is...you recover by drinking blood."
- ― Master Kishibe to Denji and Power (Chainsaw Man)
The power to gain power from blood and bodily fluids usually by ingestion. Sub-power of Blood Manipulation. Variation of Bodily Fluid Consumption and Blood Empowerment. Not to be confused with Blood Absorption or Vampiric Draining.
Also Called[]
- Blood/Plasma Draining/Drinking/Sucking/Sustenance
- Haemophagia
- Hemophagia
- Hematophagia
Capabilities[]
The user can absorb (usually by ingesting) the blood of others for either sustenance, offensive, defensive, or regenerative purposes. Blood typically holds a lot of physical and medical data about someone or something. For example through this power, the user could detect blood-based diseases and (provided the user is immune) not become infected through ingestion. They could by taste, identify the recipient's level of physical health, age, blood type and even relatives of the same lineage.
Applications[]
Techniques[]
- If used on someone with Power Via Blood, their power could be absorbed.
Associations[]
- Blood Absorption
- Blood Empowerment
- Blood Removal
- Dependency
- Elemental Absorption
- Haemopotent Regeneration
- Haemopotent Replication
- Life-Force Absorption
- Memory Absorption via blood memories.
- Mosquito Physiology
- Tick Physiology
- Vampire Physiology
- Vampiric Draining
- Vampirization
Limitations[]
- May become addictive
- May need to continually drink or ingest blood to survive
- May had a limit on how long the user can go without blood
- If they stopped drinking blood for an extend amount of time, their powers/abilities may weaken when they haven't consume blood for a while
- May be painful for the target (e.g. causing the target to suffered from blood loss)
- May cause harms or even death to the target if the user drink too much
- If the target's blood contains something the user is vulnerable to, they are essentially ingesting/metabolizing it directly
- Usually requires user to feed via mouth and fangs, bites the victim and drinking it as opposed to simple contact
- If the user bites the target, they may leave behind a bite mark on the target (which can be used to identify the user and their species)
- May struggle to bite the target if their neck is too thick/hard and durable, unless the user have Enhanced Bite
- Does not work on anything that does not have blood, such as most robots or machines
- Users of Indomitable Will (too stubborn) are either resistant or may attempts to fight back
- Depending on the blood properties, drinking it could be beneficial or lethal
- Alien Blood may possess exotic properties of unearthly nature that could be either safe or dangerous for user
- Blessed Blood, if the user does not possess Divine Power Immunity
- Corrupted Blood, if the user does not possesses Corruption Immunity
- Cursed Blood, if the user does not have Curse Immunity
- Poisonous Blood, unless users must have Poison Immunity
- Muting or Mouth Removal can render it utterly useless when the user is gagged by any means and thus preventing them from feeding via mouth and fangs
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa[]
- Chiropterans (Blood+)
- Saya Otonashi (Blood+)
- Diva (Blood+)
- Porusutoroi (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
- Vampires (Call of the Night)
- Devils (Chainsaw Man)
- Fiends (Chainsaw Man)
- Hybrids (Chainsaw Man)
- Arystar Krory III (D. Gray-Man)
- Toto Sakigami (Deadman Wonderland)
- Myotismon (Digimon Adventure)
- Fangs the Vampire Man (Dragon Ball)
- Vampires (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Vampires (Hellsing)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Seras Victoria (Hellsing)
- DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Fangires (Kamen Rider Kiva)
- Kamui Uniforms (Kill la Kill)
- Senketsu (Kill la Kill)
- Junketsu (Kill la Kill)
- Demons (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Houka Ozu (Mahou Sentai Magiranger)
- Evangeline Athanasia Katherine McDowell (Mahou Sensei Negima)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Beak Ji (Hero Killer)
- Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia)
- Chizome Akaguro (My Hero Academia)
- Nicorli (Mystic Force)
- Vampires (Rosario + Vampire)
- Abel Nightroad (Trinity Blood)
- Akiha Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
- Dead Apostles (TYPE-MOON)
- Medusa (TYPE-MOON)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Magnus Lee (Vampire Hunter D)
- Vampires (Vampire in the Garden)
Cartoons/Comics
- Durham Red (2000 AD)
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- Vampires (American Vampire)
- Eva (Army of Darkness comics)
- Tanya (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
- Bruce Wayne/Batman of Earth-43 (Batman & Dracula Trilogy)
- Andrew Bennett (DC Comics)
- Brother Blood (DC Comics)
- Black Tarantula (Fox Feature Syndicate)
- Baron Blood (Marvel Comic)
- Blade (Marvel Comic)
- Bloodscream (Marvel Comics)
- Bloodstorm (Marvel Comics)
- Deacon Frost (Marvel Comics)
- Hannibal King (Marvel Comics)
- Hellcow (Marvel Comics)
- Jubilee (Marvel Comics); formerly
- Lilith Drake (Marvel Comics)
- Morbius the Living Vampire (Marvel Comics)
- Spitfire (Marvel Comics)
- Varnae (Marvel Comics)
- Cassidy (Preacher)
- Vampirella (Vampirella)
Other
- Vampires (Various Franchises and Mythology/Folklore)
- Dhampirs (Various Franchises and Mythology/Folklore)
- SCP-775 - Hungry Ticks (SCP Foundation)
Literature[]
- Vampires (Folklore/Fiction)
Literature
- Carmilla (Carmilla)
- Vampires (Cirque Du Freak)
- Dracula (Dracula)
- Killer Lice (Geronimo Stilton: The Kingdom of Fantasy)
- Vampires (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon)
- Vampires (The Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Vampires (Shadow Falls)
- Burnett James
- Chase Tallman
- Della Tsang
- Vampire Citizens (True Blood/The Sookie Stackhouse Novels)
- Bill Compton
- Eric Northman
- Pam
- Vampires (Twilight series)
- Dhampires (Vampirates)
- Vampires (Vampirates)
- Vampires (The Vampire Chronicles)
- Vampire Hybrids (Twilight Saga)
- Nahuel
- Renesmee Cullen
Live Television/Movies
- Aukon (Doctor Who: State of Decay)
- Plasmavores (Doctor Who)
- Camilla (Doctor Who: State of Decay)
- Zargo (Doctor Who: State of Decay)
- Baboo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
- Count Nocturne (Power Rangers Turbo)
- Carlos Vallerte (Power Rangers Turbo)
- Batlings (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
- Broodwing (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
- Leelee Pimvare (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Necrolai (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Suflan (Ultraman)
- Blood-Sucking Acari (UltraSeven)
- Demos Q (Ultraman Leo)
- Okorin Balls (Ultraman 80)
- Maricula (Ultraman Dyna)
- Banes (Ultraman Cosmos); only as human* disguise
- Count Orlok (Nosferatu)
- Dikironium cloud creature (Star Trek)
- Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries)
- Immortals (The Vampire Diaries)
- Jericho Cross (Darkwatch)
- Jessica (True Blood)
- Juliet Van Heusen (Wizards of Waverly Place)
- Nikola Tesla (Sanctuary)
- Florence Finnegan; via her straw
- Michael Morbius (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
- Milo Morbius (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- Vampires (Supernatural)
- Hybrids (Underworld)
- Selene (Underworld)
- Lycans (Underworld)
- The Original Family (The Vampire Diaries)
- Vampire Girl (Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl)
- Vampires (My Babysitter's a Vampire)
- Vampires (Being Human)
- Vampires (Blade Trilogy)
- Vampires (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Vampires (Charmed)
- Akasha (Queen Of The Damned)
Video Games
- Bloodstalker (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
- Desmodus (Ark: Survivar Evolved)
- Rachel Alucard (BlazBlue)
- Rayne (Bloodrayne)
- Dracula (Castlevania)
- Revenant (Code Vein)
- Count Batula (Conker's Bad Fur Day)
- Vampires (Elder Scrolls V: Skryim)
- Babette
- Vampiress (Final Fantasy IV)
- Theresa Apocalypse (Honkai Impact 3rd); via Luna Kindred
- Herrscher of the Toxin (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Dracula (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Elizabeth Bathory (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Bloody Mary (InFamous 2: Festival of Blood)
- Cole MacGrath (InFamous 2: Festival of Blood)
- First Borns (InFamous 2: Festival of Blood)
- Dante (Devil May Cry); with Orbs
- Mondo Zappa (Killer is Dead)
- Aatrox (League of Legends)
- Alcina Dimitrescu (Resident Evil Village)
- Buzzwole/UB-02 Absorption (Pokémon)
- Pokémon capable of learning "Leech Life" (Pokémon)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Vampires (Legacy of Kain)
- Ancients (Legacy of Kain)
- Lucian (Lunar Knights)
- Elise (MadWorld)
- Vamp (Metal Gear Solid)
- Skarlet (Mortal Kombat)
- Nitara (Mortal Kombat)
- Hino-Enma (Nioh)
- Carmilla (Ravenswatch)
- Oozes (Resident Evil: Revelations)
- Night Shift (Skylanders)
- Wario (Super Mario)
- Swoopers (Super Mario)
- Elesis (Elsword); Bloody Queen class
- Vampire Class (Miitopia)
- Vampires (Vampyr)
Web Comics
- Vampires (The Order of the Stick)
Known Objects[]
- Seversword Executioner's Blade/Kubikiribōchō (Naruto)
- Kamui (Kill la Kill)
Gallery[]
Vampires (Folklore/Fiction) can absorb/consume/ingest humans's blood and use it in various ways.
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Dracula (Dracula 1931)
Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time) prefers to drink the color red.
Stun the Insect (Bloody Roar)
Brother Blood (DC Comics) gains the powers of his enemies by consuming their blood.
The Batman of Earth-43 (DC Comics) draining the Joker of his blood.
Fangs the Vampire (Dragon Ball) drains Krillin of his blood.
After consuming blood, Elesis (Elsword) was able to enhance her Evil Energy Techniques but was driven further into insanity.
Joachim (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) drains Luman of his blood and gain his power to become a Vampire.
Morbius the Living Vampire (Marvel Comics)
Bloodscream (Marvel Comics)
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By 'eating' the iron in the blood of those it's cut, Seversword Executioner's Blade/Kubikiribōchō (Naruto) can repair any damage it has.
Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire), a vampire, drinking Tsukune's blood.
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A Demon (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) feeding on the blood of humans.
Akasha (Queen Of The Damned)
Sam Winchester (Supernatural) obtained boosts in his supernatural abilities by drinking demon blood.
Immortals (The Vampire Diaries) require to feed on blood in order to function.
D (Vampire Hunter)
Dips (Cathalan Mythology) feed on the blood of those who roam late at night.
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Himiko Toga (My Hero Academia) can become someone else by drinking the blood. Shown here is mid-phase in her transformation.
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Ian (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
Zion (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
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Serpent Vampire (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment) she consumes Ian's blood and Unnamed Werewolf's blood to become...
...Vamp Wolf.
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Michael Morbius (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
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Milo Morbius (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
Allegro (Vampire in the Garden)
Malack (Order of the Stick)
Buzzwole (Pokémon)
Vampires like Nazuna Nanakusa (Call of the Night) naturally suck blood from humans. Though they prefer certain "flavors" and is mostly safe for the recipient.
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Dracula (Marvel: Avenger's Assemble)
Carmilla (Ravenswatch) consumes the blood of foes to fuel and empower her abilities.
Videos[]
JoJo No Kimyou Na Bouken - Dio Sucks Joseph's Blood BoneDry-2
Ian the Red-Eyed Boy - The Haunted House Ep.10 (3)-2
The Vampire King - The Haunted House Ep.19 (3)-2
우사첩 편 (3)｜5화 본편｜신비아파트 - 고스트볼X의 탄생 두 번째 이야기-2
Music[]
TVアニメ「HELLSING」 OP映像 (石井妥師／ロゴスなきワールド ）【NBCユニバーサルAnime✕Music30周年記念OP-ED毎日投稿企画】-2
Kid Cudi "No One Believes Me" (Official Video)-2