Flash Step

Flash Step
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using his Bankai's highspeed combat in conjuncture with Shunpo to move at hyper speed.
Power/Ability to:	Use bursts of incredible speed.

"I'd like [Iron Tager] to be able to cross the screen in 30 frames..."

― Kokonoe (Blazblue Calamity Trigger, "Teach Me! Ms. Litchi! episode 5)

The power to use bursts of speed allowing the user to move faster than the eye can track, making it appear as if they have teleported. Variation of Enhanced Speed.

Also Called

• Body Flicker
• Blind-Spot Movement
• Dancing Step (Kingdom)
• Hirenkyaku/Pure Flying Step (Bleach)
• Instantaneous Movement
• Quick Step
• Short-Range Teleportation
• Shukuchi/Shrunken Earth
• ShunpoFlash Steps (Bleach)
• Shundō/Instant Movement Technique (Negima!)
• Sonido/Sound (Bleach)
• Soru/Shave (One Piece)
• Teleport Dash
• Trackless Step
• Zero Shift

Capabilities

The user can perform a burst of speed that allows the user to move so fast it appears as if they have teleported (in some cases, the user actually does teleport short distances), many users can sustain only short dashes. In most cases the user is able to maneuver at the high speeds accurately and does not cause any shock or disturbance to the surface they stop on.

This technique is commonly used to dodge projectiles, move behind enemies, show off-speed, get away from a fight, etc.

Applications

• Dashing
• Enhanced Stride

Techniques

• Afterimage Creation: The user moves fast enough to leave an afterimage of themselves making it appear as if there are multiple of him or herself. The copies may appear stationary or be capable of taking action.
• Air Dashing: The user moves with enough momentum and leg strength to dash through midair.
• Double Jump: Applying enough leg strength to jump off ground level and flash-stepping in the air.
• Invisible Speed: Moving at such high speed that enemy eyes cannot keep up.
• I'm Behind You: User moves behind their target, then strikes.
• Megaton Kick: Moving at such powerful speed requires powerful legs, which provides deadly kicks.
• Wallrunning: Gaining tremendous momentum to dash sideways on walls.

Associations

• Awareness Distortion
• Enhanced Speed
• Infinite Dash
• Teleportation
• Teleport Dash
• Time Acceleration

Limitations

• Might want to be careful of any item, like a wall, that could get in the way unless the user has a form of Intangibility.
• May be tracked down by Precognition or Energy Perception.
• May not be able to perceive where they are during the movement.
• May not be able to change directions during movement.
• May only be able to use the technique within a certain range or time.
• Users of Accelerated Probability may know where they are.
• May get slowed down by Time Reduction.
• Temporal Stasis will stop all movement.
• The quick movements and the quick stops may put a strain on the body, breaking bones, destroying internal organs, or the air pushing against one's chest could cause respiratory arrest. The speed moving could theoretically flay both skin and muscle from the bone.

Known Users

See Also: Flash Step.

Anime/Manga

• Sebas (Animegataris)
• Korosensei (Assasination Classroom)
• Shinigami (Bleach); via Shunpo
• Quincy (Bleach); via Hirenkyaku
• Arrancar (Bleach); via Sonido
• Vizards (Bleach); via Shunpo or Sonido
• Fullbringers (Bleach); via Bringer Light
• Chiropterans (Blood+)
• Miria (Claymore)
• Teresa (Claymore)
• Hysteria (Claymore)
• Priscilla (Claymore)
• Joe Shimamura/Cyborg 009 (Cyborg 009); via Time Manipulation
• Control (Corrector Yui)
• Demon Hunters (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Hashira/Pillars
  • Agatsuma Zenitsu; while asleep
• Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Akaza
  • Daki
• Renamon (Digimon)
• Rapidmon (Digimon)
• Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
• Tatara (Tokyo Ghoul)
• Racer (Fairy Tail)
• Hoshizora Miyuki/Cure Happy (Smile Precure)
• Archer (Fate/stay night)
• Various Characters (Fist of the North Star)
• Gen Fudo (Genesis of Aquarion)
• Kotaro Nanbara (Hand Maid May)
• Alucard (Hellsing)
• Kengo Kagemori (Kage Kara Mamoru)
• Kamen Rider Odin (Kamen Rider)
• Rarashik Fan’naru (Konjiki no Wordmaster)
• Chanohata Tamami (Mahoraba)
• Users of Instant Movement Technique (Mahou Sensei Negima!/UQ Holder)
• Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid)
• Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• King (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Ludociel (Nanatsu no Taizai)
• Various characters (Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
  • Users of Body Flicker/Teleportation Jutsu
  • Naruto Uzamaki; via Nine-Tails Chakra Form
• Kuro (One Piece)
• Users of Soru (One Piece)
  • CP9 Members
  • High Ranked Navy Officers
• Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
• Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece); via Gear Second & Gear Fourth - Bounce Man & Snakeman
• Brook (One Piece)
• Bartholowem Kuma (One Piece); via Nikyu Nikyu no Mi
• Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece)
• Carrot (One Piece); in Sulong form
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Speed O' Sonic (One-Punch Man)
• Boros (One-Punch Man)
• Genos (One-Punch Man)
• Kyou Kai (Kingdom)
• Shizuru Nakatsu (Rewrite)
• Moka Akashiya (Rosario + Vampire)
• Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
• Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Sojiro Seta (Rurouni Kenshin)
• Death the Kid (Soul Eater)
• Dororo (Sgt. Frog)
• Gourmet Cell Users (Toriko)
• Abel Lunestad (Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars); via his Regalia Gear
• Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Fein (Zatch Bell!)
• Greninja (Pokemon X&Y/Pokemon XYZ)
• Willem Kmetsch (World End)

Video Games

• Yasha (Asura's Wrath)
• Augus (Asura's Wrath)
• Rayne (BloodRayne)
• Uses of Shodowalk skill (Breath of Fire 3)
• Alucard (Castlevania)
• Lucifer (Dante's Inferno)
• Ryu Hayabusa (Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden)
• Dante (Devil May Cry)
• Vergil (Devil May Cry)
• Nero (Devil May Cry)
• Corvo Attano (Dishonored)
• Loz (Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children)
• Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
• Lyndis (Fire Emblem)
• Promethean Knights (Halo)
• Kessler (Infamous)
• Vampires (Infamous 2: Festival of Blood)
• Sora (Kingdom Hearts)
• Katarina (League of Legends)
• Alucard (Castlevania)
• Vanguards (Mass Effect); via Biotics
• Screaming Mantis (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots)
• Gene (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops)
• Kabal (Mortal Kombat)
• Arme (Grand Chase)
• Rain (Ninja Assassin)
• Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
• Shinobu (No More Heroes)
• Genji (Overwatch)
• Gabriel Reyes/Reaper (Overwatch)
• Lena Oxton/Tracer (Overwatch)
• Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
• Pokémon who can use "Quick Attack", "Extreme Speed", "Agility" or "Double Team" (Pokémon)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• Users with the Shadow Step skill (Punch Quest)
• Dragonborn (Skyrim)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Biggyman (Splatterhouse 2010)
• Fox McCloud (Star Fox/Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Falco Lombardi (Star Fox/Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Wolf O'Donnell (Star Fox/Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
• Ibuki (Street Fighter)
• Lloyd (The Legend of Dragoon)
• Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
• Sho Minamomoto (The World Ends With You)
• Youmu Konpaku (Touhou Project)
• Vampires (Vampyr); via Umbrageous Teleportation
  • Jonathan Reid
• Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe)

Comics

• Speedsters (DC Comics)
• Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)
• Negative Supergirl (DC Comics)
• Owen Mercer/Captain Boomerang (DC Comics)
• Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
• Catwoman (DC Comics)
• Midnighter (Wildstorm/DC Comics)
• Dave Strider (Homestuck/MSPA)
• Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)

Live Television

• Soul Eaters (Angel)
• Penn (Angel)
• Connor (Angel)
• Dinza (Angel)
• Vampires (Being Human)
• Angel/Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Malik (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Emily Dinsmore (Smallville)
• Clark Kent (Smallville)
• Ghosts (Harry Potter)
• Magic Users (Harry Potter)
  • Voldemort
  • Gellert Grindelwald
  • Newt Scamander
• Ronny Robinson (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive)
• Dahlia (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Vampires/Originals/Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Kai (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
• Helena G. Wells (Warehouse 13)
• Juliet Van Heusen (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Cartoons

• Roger Smith (American Dad!)
• Bree Davenport (Lab Rats)
• Rev Runner (Loonatics Unleashed)

Movies

• Jedi (Star Wars)
• Sith (Star Wars)
• Dash Parr (The Incredibles)
• Agents (The Matrix)
• Eris Fairies (The Troop)
• Vampires (Underworld)
  • Selene

Others

• Blake Belladonna (RWBY)
• Ruby Rose (RWBY)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Byakuya Kuchiki and Yoruichi Shihōin (Bleach) using Shunpo to move at bursts of speed faster than the eye can follow.

Yoruichi Shihōin's (Bleach) tremendous mastery of Shunpo allowed her to wipe out an entire Onmitsukidō squadron in seconds.

Suì-Fēng (Bleach) using Shunpo to move instantly that she made two attacks on the opposite sides that look like one...

... and shows her mastery by creating multiple afterimages.

One of the most prominent Shunpo Masters in Soul Society, Byakuya Kuchiki (Bleach) uses Shunpo to enhance his attacks with sword...

... and Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shihō: Utsusemi to leave behind an afterimage that appears to have taken damage.

Uryū Ishida (Bleach) using Hirenkyaku to move at bursts of high speed by riding on the flow of reishi created below their feet.

Arrancars (Bleach) using Sonído, a movement technique which allows them to move faster than the eye can follow.

Zommari Rureaux's (Bleach) Gemelos Sonído is an advanced Sonído technique, that allows him to move at such speeds that he can create up to five afterimage clones.

The Vizards (Bleach) are high level masters of in Shunpo and can further enhance their speed with Hollowfication.

Shūkurō Tsukishima and Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using Bringer Light to move at bursts of high speed and speed strikes.

Sosuke Aizen (Bleach) is one of the greatest Shunpo masters in Soul Society, he could dodge attacks with tremendous speed...

...and a sneak attack from Kyouraku, a master of Shunpo...

...and could also combines it with his swordsmanship to cut down opponents with lightning fast slashes.

Tenjiro Kirinji (Bleach) was legendary for his lightning fast Shunpo.

Priscilla (Claymore) instantly closing the gap between herself and Riful, which was many miles apart, in one step.

With over 100 times the strength of an average human, Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) can use their powerful legs to instantly disappear.

Agatsuma Zenitsu (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) using Thunder Breathing First Form - Thunderclap and Flash to disappear in a burst of thunderous lightning.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball) moving at such high speeds that he is creating afterimages.

Raditz (Dragon Ball Z)

Nappa (Dragon Ball Z)

Frieza (Dragon Ball Z)

Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) using Rapid Movement to dodge Frieza's tail attack.

Cell (Dragon Ball Z)...

...fights Son Goku in quick bursts of speed during their match.

Gogeta and Broly (Dragon Ball Super: Broly) heavily using Rapid Movement during their battle.

Tohru (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid) catches up to a purse snatcher in mere seconds.

Archer (Fate/stay night)

Souther (Fist of the North Star)

Nicknamed the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze (Naruto) was often regarded as the fastest shinobi alive due to his godly speed.

Kakuzu (Naruto) using his variant of the Body Flicker Technique.

Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) using his variant of the Body Flicker Technique.

Fourth Raikage Ay/A (Naruto) using his Lightning Style Armor to drastically increase his speed and reflexes, creating an afterimage while slipping away from a pointblank Amaterasu.

Hiruko (Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire) using Swift Release to move with instantaneous speed.

Shisui Uchiha (Naruto) was infamous for his skill with the Body Flicker Technique.

Kū (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) moving at an high level speed as if he has teleported, easily pinning down Boruto.

Kuro (One Piece) using Shakushi, moving at disappearing speed while killing indiscriminately.

Those who master the Six Powers/Rokushiki - Soru/Shave technique (One Piece) seem to disappear when in reality they are actually kicking the ground over 10 times in less than a second. This leg strength allows them dash at very high speeds.

Increasing his blood flow with his Gear Second, Monkey D. Luffy's (One Piece) can use the Six Powers/Rokushiki technique, Soru/Shave with tremendous mastery...

...and while using Gear Fourth - Bounceman,...

...he can move at super sonic speed that surpasses Gear Second...

...going even further with his Snakeman, which focuses on speed.

Thanks to the power of Paw Paw Fruit/Nikyu Nikyu no Mi, Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece) can warp.

With powerful leg strength, Vinsmoke Sanji (One Piece) is able to move at tremendous speeds to extent where skilled opponents cannot perceive him.

Hody Jones (One Piece) moving at bursts of disappearing speed due to overdosing on Energy Steroids, leaving afterimages in his wake.

Pekoms (One Piece) easily dodges Caribou's scythe.

Thanks to his genetic enhancements, Vinsmoke Niji (One Piece) can move instantly in a bust of speed.

In her Sulong form, Carrot (One Piece) can move at lightning speeds while using her Electro attacks.

Saitama (One-Punch Man)

Speed O' Sonic (One-Punch Man)

Genos (One-Punch Man)

Hiko Seijuro (Rurouni Kenshin)

Sōjirō Seta (Rurouni Kenshin) using Shukuchi against Kenshin, moving at very powerful bursts of undetectable speeds.

Sōjirō Seta and Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin) both using their ultimate techniques in a burst of disappearing speed.

Enishi Yukishiro (Rurouni Kenshin) using his Frenzied Nerves to boost his speed to levels that he can instantly appear behind Kenshin.

Kyou Kai (Kingdom) demonstrating her Dancing Step,...

...and goes even further with Clan Shiyuu's Priestess Dance technique.

Hiei (Yu Yu Hakusho) moving at bursts of high speed.

Touta Konoe (UQ Holder) using Instant Movement to move at a burst of speed that makes it appear as though he teleported.

Hoshizora Miyuki/Cure Happy (Smile Precure) can use her holy light to dash at super speeds into the point her foes didn't noticed her abit.

Cartoons/Comics

Alucard (Netflix's Castlevania) using his half vampire powers can move extreme speeds instantaneously.

Superman (Superman vs. the Elite) moving in quick bursts of speed.

Supergirl (DCAU)

Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics)

The Flash (DC Comics) moving at incredible speed that he is too fast for the untrained eyes to follow.

Negative Supergirl (DC Comics) shows off her incredible speed while stealing Green Lantern's Power Ring.

Speedy (Looney Toons) moving so fast he completely escapes Sylvester's grasp.

Silver the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) using his Psychokinesis to dash at light speed to simulate teleportation.

Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)

Rev Runner (Loonatics Unleashed)

Live Television/Movies

Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel) moves at such speeds that he crosses the street in the short time it takes for Wesley to turn his head.

Dinza (Angel) can move so fast she taps Angel's chest and re-positions herself in a split second.

Video Games

Lyndis (Fire Emblem) moves at such speeds that she creates afterimages.

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Gene (Metal Gear) using his Zero Shift, a burst speed akin to teleportation, to effortlessly dodge machine gun fire.

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) moving at powerful bursts of speed, leaving behind sonic booms and can sidestep projectiles.

Using Quick Step, Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) rapidly sidesteps to avoid obstacles.

Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) moving at bursts of high speed to dodge bullets.