Launching Strike

Launching Strike
Gene (God Hand) can send his enemies flying with the Dragon Kick Technique
Power/Ability to:	Send enemies flying with an attack.

"Dragon Kick your ass into the milky way (milky way)~~"

― The Main Theme Song (God Hand)

The power to launch opponent or object over great distances with an attack. Technique of Supernatural Strike. Variation of Strike Effect. Not to be confused with Megaton Punch and Megaton Kick.

Also Called

• Dragon Kick (God Hand)

Capabilities

The user can use an attack to launch enemies' great distances away from the user, usually resulting in the target being sent from everywhere to a couple meters away to outside of a solar system. 

Applications

• Enhanced Strike
• Heavy Strike
• Megaton Headbutt
• Megaton Kick
• Megaton Poke
• Megaton Punch
• Speed Strike

Variations

• One Hit Kill

Associations

• Critical Impact
• Multi Strike
• Strike Effect

Limitations

• Notable weaknesses/Limitations User may or will have.
• Users of Launch Negation are immune.
• Users of Immobility may prove highly resistant.
• Users of Attack Reversal could potentially use it to send the user flying instead.
• If the attack is dodged or evaded it will have no effect.

Known Users

See also: Punched Across the Room

• Akuru Akutsu (Aho Girl)
• Yuujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• Various characters (Dragon Ball series)
• Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
• Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
• Sadaharu (Gintama)
• Gene (God Hand)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Aikawa Ayumu (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?)
• Various characters (Naruto)
• Various characters (One Piece)
• Saitama (One-Punch Man)
• Luther Strode (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• Various characters (Yu Yu Hakusho)
• Shindo Susumu (Vibration Man)

Examples

With hatred as deep his hobby of studying, Akuru Akutsu (Aho Girl) is fully capable of sending a fool flying.

Son Goku (Dragon Ball series) using his Rock, Scissors 'N' Paper - Rock/Gu to send Ninja Murasaki flying.

Raditz (Dragon Ball Z)

Frieza (Dragon Ball series)

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)

Nami (One Piece)

Jinbe (One Piece)

Hajrudin's Gungnir (One Piece) sending Machvise flying into the air, despite the latter being a Heavyweight Man after eating the Ton-Ton Fruit.

Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)

Saitama (One Punch Man) can send enemies flying with his immense strength.

Sadaharu (Gintama)

Sakura Haruno (Naruto)

Kimihito Kurusu (Monster Musume)

Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star) sends a 200kg man flying 25m into the air by simply kicking him.

Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail) uses "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean" to punch his opponent all the way up into the highest of skies.

Aikawa Ayumu (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka)

An expert since his teens, Ri Shin (Kingdom) is fully capable of sending an opponent flying...

...with either his powerful swordsmanship...

...or pure raw strength.

Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Keiko Yukimura (Yu Yu Hakusho) sending an annoying Yusuke flying with a slap.

Note

• This ability in fiction does not often necessarily end in the death of a target or opponent, but can rather rendered them unconscious, which is one of the things that puts a line between a lot of One Hit Kill type attacks and this power as a whole. 

Videos

Kenshiro at the Post Apocalyptic Games!-2

Hulk VS Broly (Marvel VS Dragon Ball) - DEATH BATTLE!

Akuma VS Shao Kahn (Street Fighter VS Mortal Kombat) - DEATH BATTLE!