Cutting

Cutting
Dracule Mihawk's (One Piece) tremendously masterful swordsmanship and extremely sharp Saijo O' Wazamono, Kokutō Yoru allows him to cut through anything ranging from battleships to a gigantic iceberg.
Power/Ability to:	Cut, usually through supernatural/superhuman means.

"The nine mountains and eight seas, there's nothing I can't cut!"

― Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)

"Anyone who comes here and messes with my people whether he's the Shogun, space pirates, a meteorite...I'll cut 'em all down!!"

― Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)

"That was Frieza! He cut him into bits, like it was nothing!"

― Vegeta on Future Trunks' swordsmanship (Dragon Ball series)

"You know, when I cut you in half, I should have aimed for your neck instead."

― Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Maul (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

"Once again, I have cut another worthless object."

― Goemon (Lupin The Third)

The power to cut, usually through supernatural/superhuman means. Sub-power of Attack Powers

Also Called

• Bifurcation
• Cleaving
• Dicing
• Enhanced Cleaving/Cutting/Dicing/Hacking/Slashing/Slicing/Splitting
• Hacking
• Sai tok (Star Wars)
• Slashing
• Slicing
• Splitting

Capabilities

Users are able to easily cut almost anything simply by making physical contact with the objects, with either a weapon or an extremely focused point of an object, body part or power. Individuals who have exceptionally strong proficiencies with weapons are able to naturally use this power.

Applications

• Enhanced Strike
• Impale
• Razor Hand/Razor Foot
• Razor Wind
• Severing

Techniques

• Body Dismemberment
• Fissure Creation
• Razor Wind

Variations

• Card Cutting
• Cutting Bomb Generation
• Cutting Field Projection
• Cutting Web Generation
• Destiny Severing
• Dimensional Slicing
• Elemental Cutting
• Fan Cutting
• Genetic Cutting
• Heat Cutting
• Lunar Cutting
• Non-Corporeal Slicing
• Organic Cutting
• Phase Cutting
• Solar Cutting
• Spatial Slicing
• Speed Cutting
• Stellar Cutting
• Telekinetic Cutting
• Temporal Slicing

Associations

• Absolute Slicing
• Blade Retraction
• Damage Inducement
• Defense Break
• Destruction
• Energy Beam Emission
• Impale
• Multi Slash
• Sharpness Manipulation
• Slash Projection
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Proficiency
  • Enhanced Clawmanship
  • Enhanced Polearm Proficiency
  • Enhanced Swordsmanship
• Weapon Manipulation

Limitations

• Unlike Severing or specialized versions of slicing, this ability can only cut physical material, not space, time, dimension, and such.
• Users of Cutting Immunity are immune.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

• Octantis (Aldnoah.Zero)
• Schere (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Kaku (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Shizuku Yaegashi (Arifureta Sekai Saikyo)
• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Yuujiro Hanma
  • Miyamoto Musashi
• Setsuki (Black Cat)
• Shinigami/Soul Reapers (Bleach)
• Arrancar (Bleach)
• Visored (Bleach)
• Quincies (Bleach)
• OVER (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo)
• Denji (Chainsaw Man)
• Denma (Denma); via Cyclic Mass Exchange
• Mr. Tear (Denma); via Cut Quanx ability
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
• Ikaruga (Fairy Tail)
• Kagura (Fairy Tail)
• Dimaria Yesta (Fairy Tail)
• Kiria (Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest)
• King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Homura Kōgetsu (Edens Zero); Soul Blade
• Various Nanto Sei Ken Practitioners (Fist of the North Star)
  • Rei
• Ryuga (Fist of the North Star)
• Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Utsuro (Gintama)
• Gintoki Sakata (Gintama)
• Doromizu Jirocho (Gintama)
• Nobume Imai (Gintama)
• Members of the Yato tribe (Gintama)
  • Abuto
  • Housen
  • Kankou/Umibouzu
  • Kamui
• Inuyasha (InuYasha)
• Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade)
• Rihito (Kengan Ashura)
• Various Characters (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Various Swordsmen/women and Podao Users (Kingdom)
• Users of hoti marut and bhavati marut (Kubera)
• Sayuki Ringa (Mahou Shoujo Site)
• Avrute (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist (Naruto)
• Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Toneri Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
• Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Daz Bones/Mr 1 (One Piece)
• Kamakiri (One Piece)
• Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
• Donquixote Doflamingo (One Piece)
• Charlotte Amande (One Piece)
• Johann Dietrich (Psyche Matashitemo)
• Herb (Ranma 1/2)
• Utena Tenjou (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
• Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
• Shannon Casull (Scrapped Princess)
• Ryuho (s-CRY-ed)
• Tsubasa Kazanari (Senki Zesshou Symphogear)
• Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins); as "The One"
• Shiki Ryougi (TYPE-MOON)
• Arth (Zatch Bell!)
• Clear Note (Zatch Bell!)
• Rodeaux (Zatch Bell!)
• Toriko (Toriko)
• Bambina (Toriko)
• Tsutsuji Amedome (Vanilla Spider)
• Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box)
• Monika Kaniyashiki (Vigilante - My Hero Academia: Illegals); via Use Of Finger and Foot
• Eric (Ryu Han-Bin) (Survival Story of a Sword King in a Fantasy World)
• Cid Kagenou (Minoru Kagenou) (The Eminence in Shadow)

Video Games

• Players (Growtopia); via items
• Rakanoth (Diablo)
• Kirby (Super Smash Bros.)
• Ike (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Meta Knight (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Marth (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Link (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Toon Link (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII)
• Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
• Pokemon that can use "Cut", "Slash" or "Fury Cutter" (Pokemon)
• Shiki Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
• Cutthroat (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Thresher (Slugterra)

Live Television/Movies

• Witches and Wizards (Harry Potter); via "Diffindo" and "Sectumsempra"
• Sylar (Heroes)
• The Sphinx (Mystery Men)

Cartoons/Comics

• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Old Man Logan (Marvel Comics)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• Kagami Tsurugi/Riposte (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
• Batfink (Batfink); via his metallic wings
• Ninjak (Valiant Entertainment)
• Catman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery)
• Experiment 602 "Sinker" (Lilo & Stitch)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)

Known Items

• Sushi Knife (Growtopia)
• Extase (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Zanpakutōs (Bleach)
• The Sword Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Saika (Durarara!)
• Devilish Sword Shimesaba (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
• Adamantine Blades (Marvel Comics)
• Adamantium Blades (Marvel Comics)
• Muramasa Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Mugetsu-Ryu (Fairy Tail)
• Canis Lykaon (Highschool DxD)
• Regulus Nemea (Highschool DxD)
• Hyou's Sword (Kingdom)
• Ou Ki's Glavie (Kingdom)
• Bakuya Blade (Kingdom)
• Kubikiribocho (Naruto)
• Kabutowari (Naruto)
• Kiba (Naruto)
• Star Saber (Transformers)
• Light Sabers (Star Wars)
• Master Sword (The Legend of Zelda)
• Yoru (One Piece)
• Wado Ichimoji (One Piece)
• Sandai Kitetsu (One Piece)
• Shusui (One Piece)
• Nodachi Shirauo (One Piece)
• Dice Dice no Mi (One Piece)
• Ito Ito no Mi (One Piece)
• Ope Ope no Mi (One Piece)
• Burn Blades (One Piece)
• The Reaper's Scythe (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
• The Faucet (Vanilla Spider)
• Principle-Destroying Sword Venuzdonoa (Maou Gakuin)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Sheele (Akame Ga Kill!) using Cutter of Creation: Extase, which is sharp enough to cut through any physical material, like Seryu Ubiquitous's arms.

Mine (Akame Ga Kill!) turning Roman Artillery: Pumpkin into a spiritual blade sharp enough to cut down Seryu Ubiquitous and the buildings behind her.

Octantis (Aldnoah.Zero) superconducting electromagnetic bobbins can slice through anything

Shizuku Yaegashi's (Arifureta Sekai Saikyou) katana Tsumehirameki, is infused with Air Magic, enhancing its razor-sharp blade to cut through anything.

Kranz Maduke (Black Cat) wielding his Mars knife that vibrates at high-frequency, allowing him to slice through steel and bullets with ease.

Setsuki (Black Cat) using Wail of Fire to fire off a beam of concentrated sound waves to create a vibrational cutting laser.

Yami Sukehiro's Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash (Black Clover)

Asta (Black Clover)

Byakuya Kuchiki's (Bleach) Senbonzakura Kageyoshi utilizes innumerable blades can cut past most defenses, and compress to increase sharpness.

Sosuke Aizen's (Bleach) attacks can slash through Shikai and even the hardest of Bankai.

Cirucci Sanderwicci (Bleach) using her Ala Cortadola to vibrate the spiritual particles on her wing blades at 1,100,000-1,300,000 times per second, easily slicing through anything.

Kenpachi Zaraki's (Bleach) Zanpakutō, Nozarashi, grants such tremendous offensive power that he can slice through anything, even the dimensional prison of outer space he was imprisoned in.

Shūkurō Tsukishima's (Bleach) Book of the End is a sword of high attack power that can supposedly cut through all material.

OVER (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo) uses Super Fist of Ultimately Evil Sword which involves slicing his opponents to pieces with his giant scissors.

Krillin's (Dragon Ball Z) Kienzan is a disk of razor-sharp ki that can slice through anything.

Freiza's (Dragon Ball Z) Tsuibi Kienzan can chase down and cut anything.

Salza (Dragon Ball Z: Revenge of Cooler) forming his Energy Hand Blade, a sharp blade of ki capable of cleaving through trees with ease.

Rui (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail) cutting right through Azuma and large wood.

Ezel (Fairy Tail) is able to cut right through thick stones with his Onimaru technique.

Kagura Mikazuchi (Fairy Tail) can cut proficiently with her sword sheathed, Archenemy.

Dimaria Yesta (Fairy Tail) can cause things to be cut without swinging her blade.

Practitioners of Nanto Sei Ken (Fist of the North Star) allow fighters to kill with their bare hands, slicing enemies apart with air pressure...

...Rei's Nanto Suichō Ken/South Dipper Waterbird Fist...

...Shu's Nanto Hakurō Ken/South Dipper White Heron Fist...

...Souther's Nanto Hōō Ken/South Dipper Fenghuang Phoenix Fist...

...and Yuda's Nanto Kokaku Ken/South Dipper Flamingo Fist.

Pride's (Fullmetal Alchemist) shadows can slice through anything.

Longinus Regulus Nemea (Highschool DxD) is a god-slaying battle-ax that at full power could cleave a planet in half.

Longinus Canis Lykaon (Highschool DxD) can create god slaying blades that can slice through anything even space time.

Tessaiga (InuYasha) is a sword that is meant to cut, such that even the Meidō Zangetsuha has evolved to attain the concept of slicing the enemies.

Sukuna's (JUJUTSU KAISEN) cursed technique is divided into two types of slashing attacks. The default slash is Dismantle allowing Sukuna to instantly slash apart his target into countless small cubes. The other, Cleave, can be adjusted with cursed energy to cut down tougher opponents in one powerful slash.

Kurohime's (Magic User Kurohime) Ultimate Sword contains the powers of the four Spirit Kings, which allows her to cut through anything, even the Six High Gods and an entire planet.

Avrute's (Marchen Awakens Romance) ÄRM, Shelakey can cut through any solid material, including other ÄRMs.

Asuma Sarutobi (Naruto) using Flying Swallow to enhance his blade with chakra, increasing its cutting power to tremendous levels.

Naruto Uzumaki's (Naruto) Wind Release: Rasenshuriken releases innumerable wind blades that cut at a cellular level.

Sasuke Uchiha's (Naruto) Sword of Kusanagi: Chidori Katana uses high-frequency lightning to increase the blade's sharpness.

Killer B (Naruto) utilizing electricity on his Supervibrato Lightning Release Swords to create high-frequency cutting power, easily cutting through targets.

Madara Uchiha's Susanoo (Naruto) using its Chakra Blades to project energy slashes...

...and it's also capable of slicing mountains from far away.

Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo (Naruto) using its swords to slash through meteorites with ease.

Zabuza Momochi (Naruto) can use his Seversword, Kubikiribōchō, with his extreme force to cut through his target.

Ameyuri Ringo (Naruto) wielding the Thunderswords, Kiba, dual blades imbued with electricity, utilizing the high-frequency vibrations to form the sharpest swords amongst the seven.

Jinin Akebino (Naruto) using the Bluntsword, Kabutowari, which uses the hammer to add force to the ax, cutting through all defense.

Samurai (Naruto) can concentrate their chakra into their blades, enhancing and increasing their sharpness.

In his Tenseigan Chakra Mode Toneri Ōtsutsuki (Naruto) grasps one of his Truth-Seeking Balls to create Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion, a giant golden sword of pure chakra capable of slicing the moon in half.

Daz Bones/Mr.1's (One Piece) Dice Dice no Mi powers allow him to slice at atomic levels, easily slicing a concrete building to shreds.

Kamakiri (One Piece) using a Burn Blade that ignites compressed gas into a flaming blade, capable of slicing through a giant tree with ease.

Masters of Rokushiki/Six Powers (One Piece) can use Rankyaku/Tempest Kick, a technique capable of sending powerful air blades through their powerful kicks that can slice through concrete walls.

Kin'emon and Brook (One Piece) are masterful swordsmen of their respective rights and styles, with Kin'emon being able to cut flames and iron while Brook is fast to cut.

Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece) combines his skill in wielding his Kikoku sword and Ope Ope no Mi powers to project a slash capable of slicing a mountain.

Donquixote Doflamingo's (One Piece) strings are so sharp they can slice through gigantic plants with ease...

...and combining them with his immense strength he can cause a shock wave that slices through his palace's towers with just a kick.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) using Santoryu Ogi: Ichidai Sanzen Daisen Sekai (Three Blade Style Secret Skill: Great Three Thousand Great Thousand Worlds) to slice through Pica's giant stone golem.

Charlotte Amande (One Piece) cleanly bisecting Kingbaum with her famous sword, Nodachi Shirauo...

...and able to slice a wall made of strong candy with ease.

Herb (Ranma ½) using Dragon Slicing Flying Blades Wave to create ki blades that can cleave a mountain.

Gein (Rurouni Kenshin) using his diamond-filament steel wires to grasp objects and easily slice through stone.

Monkey King Bambina (Toriko) using his tail to cleanly cut a mountain from its base.

Tsutsuji Amedome (Vanilla Spider) slicing an Elevator alien cleanly in half with his Faucet.

Giiru Ranzu Radisu let's Clear Note (Zatch Bell!) create a giant blade. Made of annihilative energy the blade can cleanly slice through any material.

Video Games

Rakanoth (Diablo) using his Clever abilities to create slicing waves.

Cutter Kirby (Kirby) lives up to his name with the detachable boomerang cutter on his hat...

...and his Final Smash: Ultra Sword.

Excalibur Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) wielding the Excalibur, which has an unblockable edge and cut through even the Dark Queen.

Meta Knight's (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Final Smash, Galaxia Darkness, where he cover's his opponent in his cape and creates a field of darkness then slashes his enemy.

Ike's (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Final Smash, Great Aether, where he begins a barrage of slashes with his sword.

Link's (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Final Smash, Triforce Slash, where he traps his enemy in two images of the Triforce and then repeatedly slashes away at them.

Marth's (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) Final Smash, Critical Hit, is a signal slash that is enough for an instant KO.

Zelda (Super Smash Bros. Brawl) summoning a Phantom for her Phantom Slash attack.

Cutthroat (Valkyrie Crusade)

Cartoons/Comics

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics) has three retractable 12-inch long bone claws in each arm, that have been coated in Adamantium enabling him to cut...

...a mugger's arm...

...a Great white shark...

...the Hulk's unbreakable skin...

Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics) has retractable claws much harder and denser than normal human bone with a razor-sharp edge capable of slicing through flesh and bone easily...

...disemboweling his father upon their first meeting...

...and slashing his throat during their first fight.

Catman KISS (Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery) has claws that can cut through objects.

Experiment 602 "Sinker" (Lilo & Stitch)

Batfink (Batfink)

Movies

Harry Potter (Harry Potter) using "Sectumsempra" on Draco Malfoy, grievously slashing his skin open.

Videos

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