- "Such pain!! The wound burns and I can't regenerate!"
- ― Daki in regards to Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- "Slow!! So when Muzan gets cut by a red blade, even his regeneration starts slowing down!"
- ― Sanemi Shinazugawa in regards to Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- "Because of the Undying Flames of Chaos, this body is the closest thing to immortality...And you're telling me my wounds won't heal itself?!"
- ― Tae Mu-Kang after being hit by Jin Mu-Won's Blade of Eternal Darkness (Legend of the Northern Blade)
The power to negate healing factors. Sub-power of Health Manipulation. Variation of Power Negation.
Also Called[]
- Death Factor (Marvel Comics)
- Healing/Self-Healing Block/Negation/Nullification
- Healing Disruption
- Healing Factor Cancellation/Negation
- Regeneration Cancellation/Negation/Nullification
Capabilities[]
Users can negate the healing factors of other beings and essentially render others more vulnerable to damage. Users who deal lethal attacks to others will place their victims in critical conditions due to the victim's body being unable to heal the damage.
Associations[]
- Healing Erasure
- Health Manipulation
- Immortality Negation
- Irreversible Destruction
- Power Negation; limited to regenerative abilities
Limitations[]
- Cannot affect Absolute Regeneration.
- Effects of user's negation may be cured.
- Effects of user's negation may be temporary for more enduring/advanced/powerful healing factors.
- Users of Body Recreation and Power Anchoring are immune.
- Can be countered by Negation Immunity, Negation Countering and Cancellation Bypassing
Known Users[]
- Saitama (One-Punch Man)
- Lavawight (AD&D)
- Taisuke Kanō (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); via Mugetsu
- Sabrac (Burning-Eyed Shana)
- Power (Chainsaw Man); via Blood Manipulation
- Phoenix (Charmed)
- Yoshino (Date A Live); via her Ice Barrier
- Ghostly Wail Users (Danny Phantom)
- Dark Danny/Dan Phantom
- Crota (Destiny)
- Kami (Dragon Ball)
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Nagini (Harry Potter)
- Alucard (Hellsing); via The Jackal
- Tubalcain Alhambra (Hellsing)
- René (Heroes)
- Kaguro (Kekkaishi)
- Users of Bright Red Nichirin Blades (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Yoriichi Tsugikuni
- Tanjiro Kamado
- Giyu Tomioka
- Gyomei Himejima
- Muichiro Tokito
- Obanai Iguro
- Sanemi Shinazugawa
- Users of Hollow Purple (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Satoru Gojo
- Yuta Okkotsu; while in Gojo’s body.
- Ian (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Agent Zero (Marvel Comics); formerly
- Omega Red (Marvel Comics); via Carbonadium & Death Spore generation
- Orphans of X (Marvel Comics); via Muramasa Bullets
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto); via Planetary Rasengan
- Users of the Truth-Seeking Balls (Naruto)
- Koji Kashin (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
- Delta (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
- Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
- Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade)
- Ana Amari (Overwatch); via Biotic Grenade
- Pokémon that can use "Heal Block" (Pokémon)
- Weretiger Form Users (Project Altered Beast)
- Brad
- Luke Custer
- SCP-049 - Plague Doctor (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-056 - A Beautiful Person (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-217 - The Clockwork Virus (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-5514 - The Dragonslayer (SCP Foundation)
- Meliodias (The Seven Deadly Sins); via Hellblaze
- Jericho (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Members of the Butterfly family (Star vs. The Forces of Evil); via The Darkest Spell
- Moon Butterfly
- Eclipsa Butterfly
- Alphas (Teen Wolf)
- Acacia (Toriko)
- Vampires (Twilight Saga)
- Wei Shen (Sleeping Dogs)
- Glen James (Pursuit Force & Extreme Justice)
- Rip Tristan (Undead Unluck"); via Unrepair
- Kafka Hibino (Kaiju No. 8); via Kaiju form.
Known Objects[]
- Kiri Ichimonji (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Corpse Corps (Blood+)
- Green Kryptonite (DC Comics)
- Oath Of The Unseen (Hades II)
- Dandyman's Playing Cards (Hellsing)
- Hellsing Combat Pistol 'Jackal' (Hellsing)
- Playing Cards ("Hellsing")
- Bakusaiga (InuYasha)
- Nichirin Blades (Kimetsu no Yaiba); Bright Red Version
- Sword of Re (Kubera)
- Bloodletter (Magic: The Gathering)
- Darkness ÄRM, Iron Maiden (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Muramasa Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Muramasa Bullets (Marvel Comics)
- Carbonadium (Marvel Comics)
- Biotic Grenade (Overwatch)
- Weretiger Genome Chip (Project Altered Beast)
- Cold Iron Sword (SCP Foundation)
- Gae Bolg (TYPE-MOON)
- Gae Buidhe (TYPE-MOON)
- Harpe (TYPE-MOON)
- Ijincheon's Knife (Hero Killer)
- Robotic Parasite (The Wolverine)
- Bad Reaction to Simochi (Yu-Gi-Oh)
- Mubong (The God of Highschool)
- Anti-Looney DNA/Looney DNA Dissolver (Tiny Toons Looniversity)
Known Powers/Techniques[]
- True Fire of Samahdi (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
- Planetary Rasengan (Naruto)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Taisuke Kanō (Alive: The Final Evolution) can use the heat from his Destruction and Rebirth to destroy cells, preventing regeneration.
Koji Kashin (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation) uses the True Fire of Samahdi, which cannot be extinguished regardless of wind or water, and burns fast and strong to negate even regeneration.
Delta's (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation) Destruction Beam causes cellular decay, nullifying even the strongest regeneration.
Kami (Dragon Ball) had some level of negating regeneration, as he managed to prevent Goku's tail from regrowing again.
Zeref Dragneel's (Fairy Tail) Predatory Death kills all that comes into contact with it, but those that survive it cannot be healed or naturally heal unless it can be cured by a special type of magic.
Sesshomaru's (InuYasha) Bakusaiga releases an infectious wave of deadly corrosion that prevents regeneration.
Whoever is touched by Ian's (Marchen Awakens Romance) Darkness ÄRM, Weight of Grief will be unable activate a Holy ÄRM and heal themselves. As a side effect, Ian also is unable to use Holy ÄRM.
The evil power of Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance) prevents any kind of magic from reversing the pain they bring to their user.
Meliodias (The Seven Deadly Sins) using Enchantment: Hellblaze, black flames that also nullify an immortal's regeneration.
Cartoons[]
Dark Danny (Danny Phantom) can use his Ghostly Wail to nullify other ghost's regeneration and send them in a state where they cannot heal themselves.
Comics[]
Agent Zero (Marvel Comics) secretes a powerful corrosive that directly attacks an opponent's healing factor, which not only prevents the opponent from healing, but actually worsens the wounds.
While the Muramasa Blade was connected to his claws, Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics) could use his claws to negate superhuman healing factors for a period of time.
Literature/TTGs[]
Live Television[]
Video Games[]
Gae Bolg (TYPE-MOON) is a cursed spear that inflicts wounds that do not heal until the spear is destroyed.
Gae Buidhe (TYPE-MOON) is a mythic spear from Celtic legend said to be capable of inflicting wounds and injuries incapable of ever being healed be it by magic, science or otherwise. It's literal name meaning "the golden rose of mortality".