- "Impossible. This is like breathing for me. It's not a weapon. This is how I live. I couldn't stop it if I wanted to."
- ― Victor Powered (Buso Renkin)
- "Now who here is willing to donate to a good cause?"
- ― Turiel, The Book of Deacon
- "I will have your life-force! But I won't even consume it! I'll leave it on my desk as a reminder of HOW I KILLED YOU!"
- ― Dr. Hans Volter, Killing Floor 2
- "Your energy is mine!"
- ― Various monster-of-the-day in Sailor Moon
The power to absorb life-force/energy and utilize it in some way. Combination of Superpower Absorption and Life-Force Manipulation. Variation of Absorption. Opposite to Death-Force Absorption.
Also Called[]
- Lifeforce Absorption
- Energetic Consuming/Draining/Extraction/Siphoning/Vampirism
- Life Consuming/Draining/Extraction/Siphoning/Vampirism
- Life Energy Absorption/Consuming/Draining/Extraction/Siphoning/Vampirism
- Life-Force Consuming/Draining/Extraction/Siphoning/Vampirism
- Life-Force Energy Absorption
- Lifesteal
- Life-Force Plunder
- Vitality Absorption/Consuming/Draining/Extraction/Siphoning/Vampirism
Capabilities[]
The user can absorb life-force/energy, vitality and health, while removing it from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as power source etc; either temporarily or permanently.
Extended drain may result in extended or permanent effects, or even death.
Applications[]
- Absorption - Limited to life-force related factors.
- Capacitor
- Cultivation
- Death Inducement - To the user's victims.
- Regenerative Healing Factor/Regenerative Absorption
Variations[]
- Absorption Kiss: absorb life force with one's kiss.
- Aura Absorption: absorb the auras of others.
- Biological Absorption: absorb the biomass of others into one's own body.
- Bodily Fluid Absorption: consume the bodily fluids of others.
- Blood Absorption: consume the blood of others.
- Milk Absorption: consume the milk of others.
- Chi Absorption: absorb the chi of others.
- Magical Energy Absorption: absorb the magical energy of others.
- Soul Energy Absorption: absorb energy from the souls of others.
Associations[]
- Absorbing Regeneration
- Absorption
- Absorptive Merging
- Bionic Physiology
- Blood Empowerment
- Energy Absorption
- Energy Drain
- Health Drain
- Energy Metabolization
- Incubus Physiology/Succubus Physiology
- Kiss of Death
- Life Empowerment
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Memory Absorption
- Multiple Lives
- Mummy Physiology
- Power Absorption
- Strix Physiology
- Soul Absorption
- Tantric Metabolization
- Time Theft
- Superior Human Physiology
- Vampire Physiology
Limitations[]
- Absorption Immunity/Absorption Negation
- May be involuntary or constantly active.
- May need physical touch.
- May need to absorb life energy to live.
- Users of Absolute Life-Force cannot be completely drained.
Known Users[]
See Also: Life Drinker
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Black Hanekawa (Bakemonogatari)
- Yumichika Ayasegawa (Bleach)
- Yhwach (Bleach)
- Kazuki Mutō (Buso Renkin)
- Victor Powered (Buso Renkin)
- Angel Devil (Chainsaw Man)
- Rare Kinds (Code:Breaker)
- Beelzebub (Code:Breaker)
- Hōkabe (Code:Breaker)
- Sakurako Sakurakōji (Code:Breaker)
- Zed (Code:Breaker)
- Renya (Code Geass)
- Millennium Earl (D.Gray-Man)
- Izanami/Yin (Darker than Black)
- Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live)
- Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z)
- Android 20/Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z)
- Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
- Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
- Moro (Dragon Ball Super)
- Drakken Joe (Edens Zero); Life Support Machine
- Aldoron (Fairy Tail: The 100 Years Quest)
- Bellcross (Heroic Age)
- Yuya Fungami (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Highway Star
- Wasp Spider (Kanokon)
- Cloud Flame Users (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
- Dokurokushe (Mahou Tsukai Pretty Cure)
- Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Sarah Band (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Tobera Azuma (Mato Seihei no Slave/Chained Soldier)
- Keiji Mogami (Mob Psycho 100)
- Cheon Ma (Myst, Might, and Mayhem/Nano Machine)
- Rikiya Katsukame(My Hero Academia)
- Yoroi Akadō (Naruto)
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
- Jirōbō (Naruto)
- Nagato (Naruto)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
- Orochimaru (Naruto)
- Wood Release users (Naruto)
- White Zetsu (Naruto)
- Fūka (Naruto)
- Hiruko (Naruto)
- Aburame Clan members (Naruto)
- Users of Karma (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Tsukiyo (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations); formerly
- Shojoji (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
- Miroku Amagi (Psyren)
- Mermaids (Rosario + Vampire)
- Rozen Maidens (Rozen Maiden)
- Lee Jaha (Return of the Mad Demon)
- Akiha Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
- Matou Sakura (TYPE-MOON)
- Rider (TYPE-MOON)
- Caster (TYPE-MOON)
- Yuki-onnas (Yuki no Niiduma wa Boku to Tokeaitai)
- Sakuma (Yuuutsu-kun to Succubus-san)
- Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Suhyeon Kim (QUESTISM)
- Yun Jo (QUESTISM)
- Dark Oak, Black Narcissus and Pale Bayleaf (Sonic X); in Final Mova transformation and only non-plant life forms
Comics[]
- Galactiac (Amalgam Comics)
- Non (Angel: After the Fall)
- Severin (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine)
- Black Hand (DC Comics)
- Black Witch (DC Comics)
- Parasite (DC Comics)
- David Hersch (DC Comics)
- Yuga Khan (DC Comics)
- Black Tarantula (Fox Feature Syndicate)
- Michael Pointer (House of M)
- David Warner (inFAMOUS: DC Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
- Aswang (Marvel Comics)
- Berserker (Marvel Comics)
- Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Blade Doppelganger (Marvel Comics)
- Captain Universe (Marvel Comics)
- Carnage (Marvel Comics)
- Cloak (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Dream Demon (Marvel Comics)
- Elixir (Marvel Comics)
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Halflife (Marvel Comics)
- Hannibal King (Marvel Comics)
- Krakoa (Marvel Comics)
- Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
- Mikaboshi (Marvel Comics)
- Morlun (Marvel Comics)
- N'Garai (Marvel Comics)
- Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
- Paperdoll (Marvel Comics)
- Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
- Proteus (Marvel Comics)
- Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics); and its hosts
- Rachel Summers
- Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics)
- Satana Hellstrom (Marvel Comics)
- Selene (Marvel Comics)
- Shiklah (Marvel Comics)
- Technarx (Marvel Comics)
- Trevor Fitzroy (Marvel Comics)
- White Fox (Marvel Comics)
- Rick Wilder/Combo Man (Marvel Comics)
Cartoons[]
- Medlock (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
- Vladats (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Anodites (Ben 10 series)
- Verdona Tennyson
- Gwen Tennyson
- Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (Ben 10 series)
- Osmosians (Ben 10 series)
- Kevin Levin
- Aggregor
- Chupacabra (Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Tickle Master (Daniel Spellbound)
- Langdon Cobb (Futurama)
- Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Kindergarten Gems (Steven Universe)
- Bloodsucker (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Lord Dregg (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); via Morphogenesis Exoskeleton
- Wyrm (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Raven (Teen Titans Go!)
- Michael Morbius (Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Prince Phobos (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Nerissa (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Chi Creature (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Dr. Stephen Strange/Strange Supreme (Marvel Cinematic Universe/What If ...?)
- Werecats (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
Movies[]
- Elric (Conan the Barbarian)
- Ahmanet (Dark Universe)
- Kaiser Ghidorah (Godzilla)
- Energy Vampires (Lifeforce)
- Diana (Light's Out)
- Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
- King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse/Godzilla: King of the Monsters)
- Imhotep (The Mummy/The Mummy Returns)
- RoboCop (RoboCop)
- Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
- Queen Ravenna (Snow White and the Huntsman)
- Krall (Star Trek Beyond)
- Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Lou Landers/Hourglass (Superhero Movie)
- Agatha Harkness (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Kai (Kung Fu Panda 3)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Jiangshis/Chi Vampires (Chinese Mythology)
- Fox demons (Japanese/Korean/Chinese Mythology)
- Yuki-Onna (Japanese Mythology)
- Incubus and Succubus (Judeo-Christianity)
Tabletop Games[]
- Defilers (Dark Sun)
- Preservers (Dark Sun)
Literature[]
- Children (A Bad Idea)
- Turiel (The Book of Deacon)
- Count Dracula (Dracula)
- Blake Hargreaves (The Guardians)
- Victor Kraze (The Guardians)
- Four Sorcerers (Karsearin: Adventures of a Red Dragon); via Drain Magic
- Jarrah (Kulipari)
- Luther Carver (Red Queen)
- Abyssinia (Skulduggery Pleasant)
Live Television[]
- Jiaying (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Fiona Goode (American Horror Story)
- Kungai Demons with Tak horn (Angel)
- Soul Eaters (Angel)
- Cliford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014); via his Hoverchair
- Damien Darhk (Arrowverse)
- Looker (Arrowverse/Black Lightning)
- Inca Mummy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Javna (Charmed)
- Necron (Charmed)
- Parasite Demons (Charmed)
- Spider Demons (Charmed)
- Minotaur (Doctor Who)
- Richard Lazarus (Doctor Who)
- Andie Bates (The Gates)
- Linda Tavara (Heroes)
- Money Dopant (Kamen Rider W)
- Nora Darhk (Legends of Tomorrow)
- Bo Dennis (Lost Girl)
- Ammit (Marvel Cinematic Universe/Moon Knight)
- Disciples of Ammit (Marvel Cinematic Universe/Moon Knight)
- Arthur Harrow
- Hapax the Elder (Mighty Med)
- Neil Gunzenhauser/The Annihilator (Mighty Med)
- Caleb Mathias (Mutant X)
- Gnatu (Power Rangers Mystic Force)
- Chrissy Parker (Smallville)
- Shtriga (Supernatural)
- The Ghostmaker (Torchwood)
- Gardiner Brothers (Witches of East End)
Video Games[]
- Network (Armed With Wings)
- Makuta Krika (Bionicle)
- Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
- Lifestealer (DoTA 2)
- Wraith King (DoTA 2)
- Arme (Grand Chase)
- Most Characters/Creatures (Final Fantasy)
- Kimahri Ronso (Final Fantasy X)
- Vivi Orunitia (Final Fantasy IX/Kingdom Hearts)
- Users of Nosferatu (Fire Emblem)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Alyx Vance (Half-Life); via the Gravity Gloves and when in the Vault
- Rita Rossweisse (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS)
- David Warner (inFAMOUS)
- Kessler/Alternate Future Cole (inFAMOUS)
- Komaytos (Kid Icarus)
- Monoeyes (Kid Icarus)
- Dr. Hans Volter ("Killing Floor 2")
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
- Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
- Hyness (Kirby Star Allies)
- Vladimir (League of Legends)
- Shroobs (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
- Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Morinth (Mass Effect)
- Metroid species (Metroid)
- Celebrimbor (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War); via the Drain ability
- Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor/Shadow of War); via the Drain ability
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
- Moira O'Deorain (Overwatch)
- Flurrie (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Pokémon using draining moves (Pokémon)
- Litwick (Pokémon); via Pokédex entry
- Polteageist and Sinistea (Pokémon)
- Yveltal (Pokémon); via Oblivion Wing
- Greavard (Pokémon)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
- James Heller (Prototype 2)
- Airi (Queen's Blade)
- Oozes (Resident Evil: Revelations)
- Mem Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey)
- Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Darth Nihilus (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords)
- Rune of Punishment (Suikoden IV)
- Birdo (Super Mario)
- Slashuur (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus)
- Akiha Tohno (Tsukihime)
- Kawahime (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Darkheart and several other weapons
- ReDeads (The Legend of Zelda)
- Okina Matara (Touhou Project)
- Mai Teireida (Touhou Project)
- General (Strike Force Heroes); via Blood Transfer (works after killing enemies at very close range)
- Mercenaries (Strike Force Heroes); via Bloodthirst
- +25 Health On Kill users (Team Fortress 2)
Other[]
- Reaper!Sans (ReaperTale)
- Reaper!Papyrus (ReaperTale)
- Goth (His Story/ReaperTale)
- SCP-076 - Hevel (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-531-D - Dreamer (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects[]
- Khushu Idol (Arrowverse)
- B.O.B. - Big-O-Blaster (Banjo-Tooie)
- Ruri'iro Kujaku (Bleach)
- Eyes of Hades (Doctor Who)
- Vladimir's Offering (DoTA 2)
- Gravity Gloves (Half-Life)
- Dakki (InuYasha)
- Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga (InuYasha)
- Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Staff of Ammit (Marvel Cinematic Universe/Moon Knight)
- Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Bracelet of Anubis (The Mummy Returns)
- Samehada (Naruto)
- Susanoo (Naruto)
- Enma (One Piece)
- Amethyst Shield (Saint Seiya)
- Blue Rose Sword (Sword Art Online)
- Black Ops Psionic Amplifier/Psi Amp (System Shock 2)
- Mad Mod's jeweled cane (Teen Titans)
- Reiki (Tenjho Tenge)
- Various Trees (Sonic X)
- Lifeforce Megazord (Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue)
Known Powers[]
- Energy Sucker (My Hero Academia)
- Flame of Judgment (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Yhwach (Bleach) using Auswählen to take the powers, and life-force, of other Quincy to empower himself, or to revive his fallen Sternritter elites.
Rei Ōgami (Code:Breaker) losing control over Beelzebub, who starts to devour life force of everyone around it, even Rei's.
Sakura Sakurakōji (Code:Breaker) using her Rare Kind's Death God powers, draining vitality, and prolonged exposure would lead to death.
Sakurako Sakurakōji (Code:Breaker) using her Life Force which she can either give via a kiss or drain via a bite.
Zed (Code:Breaker) using his ability Death to induce death by draining life from his victims, which even Rare Kinds cannot resist.
Freezing Hōkabe (Code:Breaker) using his Ice to freeze a group of power users and drain them of their life force to enrich his own reservoir of vitality to near infinite amounts.
The Millennium Earl (D.Gray-Man) devours the "helix of life", or one's soul, from Danny which causes him to disintegrate.
After awakening, Yin/Izanami (Darker than Black) displayed the ability to drawing a blue essence of lifeforce or soul from others killing instantly.
Android 19 (Dragon Ball) using the pads on his palm to absorb life energy, whether it be incoming ki attacks...
Cell (Dragon Ball Z) uses his tail to absorb life energy, whether by stabbing his victims or swallowing them whole.
Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT) has an energy absorption barrier installed in him, absorbing life energy attacks to increase his own strength, even the 10x Kamehameha.
Tōshū (InuYasha) wielding the Dakki, a sword crafted from a dragon-demon's scale, which can drain demonic life energy
Inuyasha (InuYasha) wielding the Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga, which allows him to drain demonic life energy. However, being half-demon causes him to be burned by the energy before he absorbs Nikosen's Seimeikan.
Nikosen (InuYasha) could absorbs life force from trees to extend his life. So long as his Seimeikan is undamaged, he could regenerate, though this costs him large amounts of energy that he must replenish via eating.
Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto) wielding the Samehada, a sentient and ever voracious sword that can detect and eat chakra via cutting through it...
...It can even share chakra with its wielder to replenish their chakra supply and regenerate wounds....
...and his Water Style: Super Shark Bomb Jutsu/Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique, which would absorb chakra from the opposing technique to increase its own strength, making the impact even more devastating.
Nagato/Pain (Naruto) using the Blocking Technique Absorption Seal to absorb chakra from a technique via the Gakido/Preta Path, and can even absorb from the enemy by holding them down...
...can also at the same time drain the user of their life force and vitality if not stabilized, which was one factor leading to Itachi's death.
Madara Uchiha (Naruto) using Wood Release: Wood Dragon to drain the victims of their chakra, enough to even capture a Tailed Beast.
Fūka (Naruto) draining Naruto's chakra using her Execution by Kiss technique, which allows her to gain his life force and elemental chakra affinity, as well as enforcing her own.
Under the full moon, Tsukiyo (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) is able to use his Moon Shadow Technique at its full potential which he can manifest the target's shadow as tangible clones....
...that are uniquely do not have a separate source of chakra, but rather draw their chakra from the target they were spawned from, effectively making the target tire twice as fast.
When Reiki (Tenjho Tenge) is in the hands of a special power user, it consumes a vast quantity of ki, driving the user insane and disabling special powers of those around it.
Aside from accelerating plant growth, the energy waves emitted by Final Mova (Sonic X) drain the life force from all non-plant life forms...
The Metarexes (Sonic X) locked Leon and the other Resistance soldiers into a tree, then they were growing together with and consumed by a tree and died.
Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) using her Soru Soru no Mi powers to extract one’s soul, and effectively lifespan. She won't even hesitate to use this on her own children, stripping a lethal 40 years' worth out of her son Moscato.
Sarah Band’s (Marchen Awakens Romance) Ghost ÄRM, Ark Torff gives her the power to drain people’s life energy.
The terrible truth of Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance) is that they gradually eat away at the user’s life force.
Kurumi Tokisaki (Date A Live) can use the City of Devouring Time to absorb other people's life force to increase her own.
Upon contact with any spiritual matter, Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho) can absorb spirit energy that drains the target while making himself stronger.
Live Television/Movies[]
As well as powers, The Annihilator (Mighty Med) can also absorb people's life force, he almost drained Oliver's in his cave.
Imhotep (The Mummy) sucking the life out of a hapless victim, regenerating himself while reducing said victim to a mummified husk.
The Bracelet of Anubis (The Mummy Returns) can drain the life from the wearer if he/she doesn’t reach the Golden Pyramid in Ahm Shere before the sun touches it on the morning of the seventh day.
Dash (Witches of East End) accidentally cast a spell that siphons Killian's vitality, making him fragile and weak.
Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse) uses his hoverchair to not only transfer his consciousness into other metas but also drain their life out.
Cartoons/Comics[]
Medlock (Archie's Weird Mysteries) absorbing Scarlet Helsing's life force, regaining his youth at the cost of aging her proportionally.
Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10) reabsorbs her powers and her beauty back from Michael when he took her powers...
After being struck by lightning, David Hersch/Cicada (DC Comics) changed into a lightning rod for souls, and he could live forever by stealing lives.
Langdon Cobb (Futurama) is a Quantum Lichen, and gazing upon his face, even in a photograph, drains an organic being of its life-force.
Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures) preparing to drain chi energy through the mouths on his palms, using such a method to gain Talisman magic that has been imbued into animals.
Omega Red (Marvel Comics) using his Carbonadium tentacles to drain his victims of their life force in order to increase his healing factor and to fight off his Death Factor and Carbonadium poisoning.
As a succubus, Shiklah (Marvel Comics) can absorb the life force through a kiss or through sexual intercourse.
Selene (Marvel Comics) can drain the life force of beings by physical touch.
Nerissa ( W.I.T.C.H.) drains her Knights of Destruction of their powers and uses it to re-energize her Guardian mind slaves, restoring their youth and power.
Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics) absorbs the life force of the unborn, as its source of unlimited power...
...Rachel Summers would be the first to learn of it, and to keep from usurping the life force from others, she would borrow the nigh-omnipotent powers of the Beyonder.
Lord Dregg (TMNT 1987) wore the Morphogenesis Exoskeleton to steal both the powers and life force of five aliens.
Video Games[]
Flame of Judgment (Sonic the Hedgehog), a deadly curse that Erazor Djinn imposed on Sonic and drain his life force.
Nocturne clan soldiers (Sonic the Hedgehog) are equipped with the Nocturne Blade, an energy blade that leeches' life force from the target to replenish the user.
Kawahime (Valkyrie Crusade) is a spirit of rivers that lures men to the water and sucks the life out of them.
Robin (Fire Emblem/Super Smash Bros.) uses Nosferatu to drain the life force from a target and feed it to himself.
Hyness and his Jambastion Mages (Kirby Star Allies) after the latter had their collective life forces drained via hypnotism to restore the former's once his nearly depleted.