Layer Reinforcement

Layer Reinforcement
Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) can harden his skin by rearranging the carbon in his body to make his skin as hard as diamond.
Power/Ability to:	Reinforce layers.

The ability to reinforce layers. Opposite to Layer Removal.

Also Called

• Armoring
• Hardening

Capabilities

The user can reinforce any layer, usually a surface, through whatever means, either as a whole or only partially. This can involve adding armor, hardening it or applying other defensive qualities to a layer or surface. Depending on the specifics of the user's capabilities, they may be able to reinforce layers and surfaces without losing any mobility.

Applications

• Corporealization: Make immaterial aspects that are normally substanceless more than solid.
• Deflection: Refining defensive properties to rebound or reflect for various purposes. 
• Dermal Armor
• Fortitude Strengthening
• Internal Reinforcement
• Skin Hardening
• Continually harden an object without increasing its mass.
• Reinforcing blunt force weapons.
• Hardening air to walk on or creating a barrier.
• Increase the damage of a strike without losing any momentum.
• Alter the sharpness of certain objects (i.e. cardboard or paper) by hardening/compacting molecular lattices.

Associations

• Coating
• Effect Stacking
• Layer Manipulation
• Property Manipulation
• Protection
• Quality Enhancement
• Reinforcement Magic
• Solidification
• Stabilization

Limitations

• Hardened objects may allow light and other particles to pass through.
• May be limited to certain objects or materials.
• May require constant contact with the object or the effect disappears.
• Layer Removal

Known Users

• Akatsuki Ousawa (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero)
• Hellas (Aldnoah.Zero)
• Dioscuria (Aldnoah.Zero)
• Poison Ivy (Batman: Arkham Knight)
• Yuzun (Dragon Ball Super)
• Trunks (Dragon Ball series)
• Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail); via Enchantment
• Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night)
• Medea (Fate/stay Night)
• Greed (Full Metal Alchemist); via Ultimate Shield
• Lightning Flame users (Katekyō Hitman Reborn!)
  • Gamma
  • Lambo
• Behemoth (Knights & Magic)
• Parasite Unit/Skulls (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
• Isaiah Mustafa (Old Spice Commercial)
• Busoshoku Haki Users (One Piece)
• Tekkai/Iron Body Users (One Piece)
  • CP9 members
  • High Ranked Navy Officers
• Yomiko Readman (Read or Die); limited to paper
• Akio Fudo (Trinity Seven)
• Deepa (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)

Known Objects

• X-Ionizer (DC Comics)
• Maw Installation (Star Wars)

Gallery

Hellas (Aldnoah.Zero) can harden it fists down to molecular level, making them impervious to physical damage.

Dioscuria (Aldnoah.Zero) molecular armor fists

The X-Ionizer (DC Comics) reinforces matter via tight positive/negative ionic alignment. Strengthening it and creating monofilament edges.

Trunks (Dragon Ball series) using Ki to reinforce his sword.

Yuzun (Dragon Ball Super) infusing a building with his Ki to harden it.

Poison Ivy (Batman: Arkham Knight/DC Comics) can reinforce tree bark to the extent that it becomes harder than steel.

A member of the Parasite Unit/Skulls (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) reinforces his skin into thick armor.

Yomiko Readman (Read or Die) reinforces paper to the point where it can block bullets.

Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night)

Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night) can reinforce anything with Reinforcement magic, in this case, a rolled-up poster.

Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece) reinforcing his mochi made Zan Giri Mochi with Busoshoku Haki .

Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) reinforcing his Gum Gum/Gomu Gomu no Elephant Gun with Busoshoku Haki.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) using Busoshoku Haki to reinforce his swords.