Name Identification

Name Identification
Shinigami/Gods of Death (Death Note) can instantly discern the real names of anyone they see, as can anyone who makes a deal for the eyes of a Shinigami.
Power/Ability to:	Learn the names of people and things.

"You...I can taste a new soul on you...barely formed...succulent...Danielle."

― Shuma-Gorath to Luke Cage on his daughter (Marvel Comics)

The ability to learn the names or other identifiers of people or objects. Sub-power of Identity Recognition. Opposite to Recognition Inhibition.

Capabilities

The user can learn the target's true name by looking at a person or object, ignoring aliases and other false names.

Applications

• May be used to pierce disguises.
• May bypass limitations of other powers.

Associations

• Identity Recognition
• Knowledge Replication
• Linguistic Manipulation
• Name Severing
• True Name Manipulation

Limitations

• Identity Dominance
• May have unusual activation requirements.
• Not particularly useful except in conjunction with another power.
• Does not grant understanding of a name's significance or meaning.
• Some beings like those with Nonexistent Physiology might be nameless.

Known Users

• Jonathan Kappel (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
• Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Ōetsu Nimaiya (Bleach); only the names of Zanpakutō
• Users of Shinigami Eyes (Death Note)
  • Gods of Death/Shinigami
    • Gelus
    • Rem
    • Ryuk
  • Humans who made the Shinigami Eye Deal
    • Kyosuke Higuchi
    • Misa Amane
    • Soichiro Yagami
    • Teru Mikami
• An Alternate Minmax (Goblins: life Through Their Eyes)
• Seo Munyeob (The Esper's Battlefield)
• Jin Taekyung (Murim Login)
• Seolhwi (Murim RPG Simulation)
• Shinichiro Asano (Isuca)
• Nodoka Miyazaki (Mahou Sensei Negima!)
• Shuma-Gorath (Marvel Comics)
• The Profiler (Moon Knight)
• Truenamer (Planescape)
• Bastian (The Neverending Story)
• Rinnosuke (Touhou)
• Sasuke (Usagi Yojimbo)
• Ruler-class Servants (TYPE-MOON) via True Name Discernment
  • Amakusa Shirou Tokisada
  • Jeanne d'Arc
  • Karl der Große

Gallery

Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) is the person responsible for naming all things in soul society. As such, he is instinctually aware of the true name of everything in existence.

As the creator of the Zanpakuto, Ōetsu Nimaiya (Bleach) knows the true name of all zanpakutos.

Thanks to his Video Game Body, Jin Taekyung (Murim Login) can learn the names of anyone he stares at.

Shuma-Gorath (Marvel Comics)

Nodoka Miyazaki (Mahou Sensei Negima!)

Rinnosuke, the Store Owner of Kourindou (Touhou)

Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (TYPE-MOON)

Jeanne d'Arc (TYPE-MOON)

Karl der Große (TYPE-MOON)

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Analysis & Discussions

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