Life-Force Absorption

Life-Force Absorption
Aggregor (Ben 10) drains the life force of a Geochelone Aerio, which allows him to acquire 1/10th of the victim's powers, while draining it dry.
Power/Ability to:	Absorb life-force/energy.

"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

The power to absorb life-force/energy and utilize it in some way. Combination of Power Absorption and Life-Force Manipulation. Variation of Absorption. Opposite to Death-Force Absorption.

Also Called

• Life Absorption/Draining/Siphoning
• Life Energy Absorption/Draining/Siphoning
• Life-Force Draining/Siphoning
• Plunder
• Vitality Absorption/Draining/Siphoning

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.

As many superpowers are derived from life force, user may be able to absorb them from the targets. Any attacks derived from superpowers are also vulnerable to such abilities, as the energy and matter produced contains the user's life force, which can be drained and rendering the attack useless. Extended drain may result in extended or permanent effects, or even death.

Applications

• Age Absorption
• Assimilation Shield
• Death Inducement
• Life-Force Blast
• Life-Force Empowerment
• Life-Force Transferal
• Power Absorption
• Regenerative Healing Factor

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.
• Blood Consumption: consume the blood and/or bodily fluids of others.
• Chi Absorption: absorb the chi of others.
• Soul Energy Absorption: absorb energy from the souls of others.

Associations

• Absorbing Regeneration
• Absorption
• Absorptive Merging
• Blood Empowerment
• Energy Absorption
• Energy Drain
• Health Drain
• Energy Metabolization
• Incubus Physiology/Succubus Physiology
• Life Empowerment
• Life-Force Manipulation
• Memory Absorption
• Power Absorption
• Strix Physiology
• Soul Absorption
• Time Theft
• Vampire Physiology

Limitations

• May be involuntary or constantly active.
• May need physical touch.
• May need to absorb life energy to live.
• Users of Absolute Life-Force are either highly resistant or immune.

Known Users

See Also: Life Drinker.

Anime/Manga

• Black Hanekawa (Bakemonogatari)
• Yumichika Ayasegawa (Bleach)
• Yhwach (Bleach)
• Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Tsukiyo (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations); formerly
• Shojoji (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Kazuki Mutō (Buso Renkin)
• Victor Powered (Buso Renkin)
• 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)
• Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
• Moro (Dragon Ball Super)
• Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z)
• Android 20/Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Drakken Joe (Edens Zero); Life Support Machine
• Bellcross (Heroic Age)
• Yuya Fungami (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable); via Highway Star
• Cloud Flame Users (Katekyo Hitman Reborn)
• Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Sarah Band (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• Keiji Mogami (Mob Psycho 100)
• Rikiya Katsukame(My Hero Academia)
• Yoroi Akadō (Naruto)
• Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto)
• Jirōbō (Naruto)
• Nagato (Naruto)
• Kabuto Yakushi (Naruto)
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• White Zetsu (Naruto)
• Fūka (Naruto)
• Hiruko (Naruto)
• Aburame clan members (Naruto)
• Wood Release users (Naruto)
• Charlotte Linlin (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
• Miroku Amagi (Psyren)
• Mermaids (Rosario + Vampire)
• Rozen Maidens (Rozen Maiden)
• Akiha Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
• Matou Sakura (TYPE-MOON)
• Rider (TYPE-MOON)
• Caster (TYPE-MOON)

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)
• Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS)
• David Warner (inFAMOUS)
• Kessler/Alternate Future Cole (inFAMOUS)
• 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)
• Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Pokémon using draining moves (Pokémon)
• Yveltal (Pokemon); via oblivion wing
• Alex Mercer (Prototype)
• James Heller (Prototype 2)
• Airi (Queen's Blade)
• Oozes (Resident Evil: Revelations)
• Mem Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey)
• N'rrgal (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Nocturnus (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)

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)
• Rogue (Marvel Comics)
• Satana Hellstrom (Marvel Comics)
• Selene (Marvel Comics)
• Shiklah (Marvel Comics)
• Technarx (Marvel Comics)
• Trevor Fitzroy (Marvel Comics)
• White Fox (Marvel Comics)
• Combo Man (Marvel Comics)

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)
• 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)

Folklore/Mythology

• Jiangshis/Chi Vampires (Chinese Mythology)
• Fox demons (Japanese/Korean/Chinese Mythology)
• Yuki-Onna (Japanese Mythology)
• Incubus and Succubus (Judeo-Christianity)

Literature

• Children (A Bad Idea)
• Turiel (The Book of Deacon)
• Count Dracula (Dracula)
• Blake Hargreaves (The Guardians)
• Victor Kraze (The Guardians)
• Jarrah (Kulipari)
• Luther Carver (Red Queen)
• Abyssinia (Skulduggery Pleasant)

Tabletop Games

• Defilers (Dark Sun)
• Preservers (Dark Sun)

Cartoons

• Medlock (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
• 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)
• Langdon Cobb (Futurama)
• Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Simone Lenoir (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
• Kindergarten Gems (Steven Universe)
• Bloodsucker (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Wyrm (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Chi Creature (Xiaolin Showdown)

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)
• Damien Darhk (Arrowverse)
• Cliford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse/The Flash 2014); via his chair
• 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)
• Neil Gunzenhauser/The Annihilator (Mighty Med)
• Hapax the Elder (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)

Other

• Reaper!Sans (ReaperTale)
• Reaper!Papyrus (ReaperTale)
• Goth (His Story/ReaperTale)

Known Objects

• B.O.B. - Big-O-Blaster (Banjo-Tooie)
• Ruri'iro Kujaku (Bleach)
• Eyes of Hades (Doctor Who)
• Vladimir's Offering (DoTA 2)
• Dakki (InuYasha)
• Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga (InuYasha)
• Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
• 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)

Gallery

Anime/Manga

Yumichika's (Bleach) Ruri'iro Kujaku can create energy vines that drain the life force of enemies.

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, causing him to disintegrate.

Yin/Izanami (Darker than Black) after awakening displayed the ability to kill contractors or humans by merely drawing a blue essence from them, which is their lifeforce or soul killing them instantly.

Android 19 (Dragon Ball) using the pads on his palm to absorb life energy, whether it be incoming ki attacks...

...or by physical contact.

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. Unfortunately, Tōshū's human body couldn't handle the demonic energy, leading to his death.

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) is a former hermit who absorbs life force from trees to extend his life. So long as his Seimeikan is undamaged, he can 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…

...rendering chakra based attacks useless against him.

A powerful guardian entity for the user, the Susanoo (Naruto)...

...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 as big as Kurama.

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 it's 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.

The Black Fog (Pokémon) trapping its foes in a dream and then devouring their souls.

Gengar (Pokémon) using Dream Eater on Blue, trapping him in a dream and devouring his life energy.

When Reiki (Tenjho Tenge) is in the hands of a special power user, it consumes a vast quantities 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 animal life forms.

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.

Enma (One Piece) is a legendary Katana with a mythical ability to absorb massive amount of life energy from the user.

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.

Hapax was The Annihilator mentor and a mutant who has similar abilities; like Life-Force Absorbption

Imhotep (The Mummy) sucking the life out of a hapless victim, regenerating himself while reducing said victim to a mummified husk.

Parasite Demons (Charmed) draining the life-force of a woman.

Dash (Witches of East End) accidentally cast a spell that siphons Killian's vitality, making him fragile and weak.

Bo Dennis (Lost Girl) feeds on the sexual energy of a rapist and kills him.

Bo Dennis (Lost Girl) feeds on multiple people at once without killing them.

Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse) uses his hoverchair to not only transfer his consciousness into other metas but also drain their life out.

Video Games

The Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts) drains Zexion of his life force.

Metroid species (Metroid)

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.

Akiha Tohno (Tsukihime) can absorb people's life force with her Caging Hair.

Kawahime (Valkyrie Crusade) is a spirit of rivers that lures men to the water and sucks the life out of them.

Cole MacGrath (inFAMOUS) using Bio Leech to drain the life force/bio-electricity out of his victim.

Robin (Fire Emblem/Super Smash Bros.) uses Nosferatu to drain the life force from a target and feed it to himself.

Moira O'Deorain (Overwatch) can drain the health of others by extending her hand.

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.

Talion (Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor) can restore his health by draining the life force of orcs.

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)

Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10) reabsorbs her powers and her beauty back from Michael when he took her powers.

Charmcaster (Ben 10)

Michael Morningstar (Ben 10)

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.

David Warner (Infamous) draining the life-force from civilians.

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.

Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects) can use her arm blades to drain organic life.

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 humans by physical touch.

Rogue (Marvel Comics) drains the life force of anyone who she directly touches.

Combo Man (Marvel Comics) possesses Carnage's life-force absorption.

The Chi Creature (Xiaolin Showdown) drains the life force of others through its tongue.