- "It would seem you've actually improved upon yourself, Data."
- "Is that not the goal of every parent, sir?"
- ― Jean-Luc Picard and Data describing Lal's skills (Star Trek: TNG)
The power to gain strength from each generation of someone/something. Technique of Generation Manipulation. Variation of Affinity, Generation Manipulation and Power Inheritance.
Also Called[]
- Generational Affinity/Augmentation
- Inheritance Affinity/Augmentation/Empowerment
Capabilities[]
Users become stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from each generation of something or someone (such as a power inherited by family line that gets stronger with each passing generation in a family), possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing existing powers. Some users may be able to draw sustenance from the inheritance or even slow or stop aging.
Applications[]
- Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
- Enhanced Condition or Supernatural Condition
- Metabolization
- Self-Power Augmentation
- Self-Sustenance
Associations[]
- Absolute Condition
- Affinity
- Ancestral Evocation
- Generation Manipulation
- Genetic Memory
- Genetics
- Guardian Inheritance
- Nigh Omnipotence
- Power Augmentation
- Power Inheritance
Limitations[]
- May require some form of regulation to control the increasing power.
Known Users[]
- Avatars (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Kiseki Kusanagi (Anti-Magic Academy: 35th Test Platoon)
- The Charmed Ones (Charmed)
- Scion of Mana (Children of Mana)
- Annunaki (Enûma Eliš)
- Abnormals (Freaks)
- Key/Tokiko Mima (Key the Metal Idol)
- One for All users (My Hero Academia)
- Yoichi Shigaraki
- Hikage Shinomori; passed down from his mentor.
- Daigoro Banjo; passed down from his mentor, Hikage Shinomori
- En; passed down from his mentor, Daigoro Banjo
- Nana Shimura; passed down from her mentor, En
- Toshinori Yagi/All Might; passed down from his mentor, Nana Shimura.
- Izuku Midoriya/Deku; passed down from his mentor, All Might.
- Werewolves (Red Riding Hood, 2011 cinematic universe)
- Princess Shine Hauzen (Super Robot Wars)
Known Items[]
- Excalibur (Seven Deadly Sins)
Known Abilities[]
- The Evil (Infinite Dendrogram)
- One for All (My Hero Academia), as every time a new recipient gains the power, it becomes stronger.