Ink Manipulation

Ink Manipulation
Inque (Batman Beyond) showing her ink powers in battle against Terry McGinnis/Batman.
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate ink.

The power to manipulate ink. Sub-power of Art Manipulation. Variation of Organic Manipulation.

Also Called

• Ink Control
• Melanokinesis

Capabilities

The user can create, shape and manipulate ink, including moving ink, changing it's color, consistency/viscosity between solid and liquid, etc., even if the ink is printed/written/tattooed. They can write/scribe/tattoo without tools by manipulating ink.

Applications

• Ink Attacks
• Ink Generation
• Ink Solidification
• Manipulate the properties of ink.
• Melanokinetic Constructs
• Move/lift ink.
  • Ink Flight
  • Matter Surfing by riding a mass of ink.
• Projected Thermography

Techniques

• Enhanced Forgery
• Ink Bestowal
• Ink Defense
• Ink Infusion
• Ink Mimicry
• Ink Portal Creation
• Ink Transmutation
• Invisibility via invisible ink.
• Melanokinetic Combat

Variations

• Ink Magic

Associations

• Acid Manipulation - iron gall ink.
• Art Manipulation
• Darkness Manipulation - black ink.
• Ink Weaponry
  • Ink Artillery
• Liquid Manipulation
• Literary Manipulation
• Organic Manipulation
• Paint Manipulation
• Poison Manipulation - ink can be hazardous to one's health.
• Tattoo Manipulation - tattoos are often drawn by special ink.
• Writing Implement Manipulation

Limitations

• Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.
• May be unable to create ink and are limited manipulating existing ones.

Known Users

• Inque (Batman Beyond)
• The Ink Demon (Bendy and the Ink Machine/Dark Revival)
• Ichibe Hyōsube (Bleach)
• Tattooed Man (DC Comics'
• Carmina Mora/The Artist (Dead By Daylight)
• Skwydd (Generator Rex)
• Samuel Sullivan (Heroes)
• Tudo Sukoto/Tattoo (Marvel Comics)
• Leon Nunez (Marvel Comics)
• Vince (Misfits)
• Sai (Naruto)
• Inojin Yamanaka (Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Killer B/B (Naruto)
• Gyuki (Naruto)
• Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto); via Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken (through Gyuki)
• Amaterasu (Okami)
• Chibiterasu (Okami Den)
• Ikaros Much (One Piece)
• Kurozumi Kanjuro (One Piece); via the Fude Fude no Mi/Brush-Brush Fruit
• Pokémon that use the move Octazooka (Pokémon)
• Various Characters of (Tattoo Assassins)
• Brushogun (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo)
• Ink (Wild Cards)
• Tsubakura Enraku (Len'en Project)
• Inklings (Splatoon series)
  • Squid Sisters (Splatoon series)
    • Callie (Splatoon series)
    • Marie (Splatoon series)
  • Cap'n Cuttlefish (Splatoon series)
  • Agent 3 (Splatoon series)
  • Agent 4 (Splatoon 2)
• Off the Hook (Splatoon series)
  • Pearl (Splatoon series)
  • Marina Ida (Splatoon series)
• Octarians (Splatoon series)
  • Octolings (Splatoon series)
    • DJ Octavio (Splatoon series)
    • Agent 8 (Splatoon series)
• Salmonids (Splatoon series)
  • Smallfry (Splatoon 3)
• Commander Tartar (Splatoon 2)
• Mr. Grizz (Splatoon series)
• Deep Cut (Splatoon 3)
  • Frye Onaga (Splatoon 3)
  • Shiver (Splatoon 3)
  • Big Man Manta (Splatoon 3)
• New Agent 3 (Splatoon 3)
• Squidward Tentacles (SpongeBob SquarePants)
• Old Film Mickey (The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse)
• Yixuan (Zenless Zone Zero)

Known Objects

• Ichimonji (Bleach)
• Scroll of Memory (Monkie Kid)
• Fude Fude no Mi/Brush-Brush Fruit (One Piece)

Gallery

Ichibe'e Hyōsube's (Bleach) Zanpakutō Ichimonji can generate black spiritual ink which causes anything that touches it to lose its name and power...

...while its Bankai, Shirafude Ichimonj can generate white ink to rewrite the names erased by Ichimonji...

...he can also use Ichimonji's ink to manifest writing into reality.

Samuel Sullivan (Heroes) manipulating ink in a jar.

The Ink Demon (Bendy and the Ink Machine/Dark Revival) can manipulate ink in a variety of ways, such as flooding the studio with ink or creating raining ink on the ceiling.

Skwydd (Generator Rex)

Sai (Naruto) can use ninjutsu to manipulate ink...

...and use to animate ink paintings which he can control for combat.

Due to being a Jinchūriki of Gyūki, Killer B/B (Naruto) is able to produce ink from his mouth to blind enemies or form ink clones, which stems from Gyūki's "octopus" trait.

Like his father, Inojin Yamanaka (Naruto/Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) is capable of using Super Beast Imitating Drawing.

Tudo Sukoto/Tattoo (Elektra) animating his body art.

Shadow Mario (Super Mario Sunshine) wielding the Magic Paintbrush, allowing him to create various types of goops.

Through dark magic, Brushogun (Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo) had the power to create powerful entities out of ink.

Tsubakura Enraku (Len'en Project)

Amaterasu (Okami) can use the Celestial Brush and the power of the Celestial Brush Gods.

Ikaros Much (One Piece)

Due to the Fude Fude no Mi/Brush-Brush Fruit, Kanjuro (One Piece) can produced ink and shaped it in various ways…

…including animating any ink wash paintings he draws with the produced ink.

In an early concept, Mickey Mouse (Epic Mickey) would have the ability to manipulate his own ink after coming into contact with the Blot.

Yixuan (Zenless Zone Zero)