Life-Force Absorption

Life-Force Absorption
Rogue (Marvel Comics) drains the victims life force with direct contact.
Power/Ability to:	absorb life-force/energy.

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

Also Called

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

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 Breath
• Life-Force Empowerment
• Life-Force Transferal
• Power Absorption
• Regenerative Healing Factor

Variations

• 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.
• Soul Energy Absorption: absorb energy from the souls of others.

Associations

• Absorption
• Blood Empowerment
• Energy Absorption
• Life Empowerment
• Life-Force Manipulation
• Memory Absorption
• Power Absorption
• Time Theft
• Vampire Physiology

Limitations

• May be involuntary or constantly active.
• May need physical touch.

Known Users

Manga/Anime

• Black Hanekawa (Bakemonogatari)
• 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)
• Android 19 (Dragon Ball Z)
• Android 20/Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
• 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)
• Mermaids (Rosario + Vampire)
• Rozen Maidens (Rozen Maiden)
• Akiha Tohno (TYPE-MOON)
• Bellcross (Heroic Age)
• Matou Sakura (TYPE-MOON)
• Rider (TYPE-MOON)
• Caster (TYPE-MOON)
• Metarex (Sonic X); via Planet Eggs

Video Games/Toys

• Network (Armed With Wings)
• Makuta Krika (Bionicle)
• Demitri Maximoff (Darkstalkers)
• Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
• Lifestealer (DoTA 2)
• Most Characters/Creatures (Final Fantasy)
• Kimahri Ronso (Final Fantasy X)
• Vivi Orunitia (Final Fantasy IX/Kingdom Hearts)
• Kratos (God of War)
• Cole MacGrath (inFamous)
• David Warner (inFamous)
• Kessler/Alternate Future Cole (inFamous)
• Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
• Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Xion (Kingdom Hearts)
• Vladimir (League of Legends)
• Morinth (Mass Effect)
• Metroid species (Metroid)
• Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
• Pokémon using draining moves (Pokémon)
• 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 Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
• Nocturnus (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
• Rune of Punishment (Suikoden IV)
• Birdo (Super Mario)
• Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
• Shroobs (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)
• Akiha Tohno (Tsukihime)
• Kawahime (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)

Western Comics

• Galactiac (Amalgam Comics)
• Non (Angel: After the Fall)
• Black Witch (DC Comics)
• Black Hand (DC Comics)
• Black Tarantula (Fox Feature Syndicate)
• Michael Pointer (House of M)
• N'Garai (Marvel Comics)
• Trevor Fitzroy (Marvel Comics)
• Galactus (Marvel Comics)
• Blade (Marvel Comics)
• Cloak (Marvel Comics)
• Krakoa (Marvel Comics)
• Mephisto (Marvel Comics)
• Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
• Selene (Marvel Comics)
• Rogue (Marvel Comics)
• Proteus (Marvel Comics)
• Halflife (Marvel Comics)
• Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
• Carnage (Marvel Comics)
• Dream Demon (Marvel Comics)
• Hannibal King (Marvel Comics)
• Satana Hellstrom (Marvel Comics)
• Elixir (Marvel Comics)
• Morlun (Marvel Comics)
• Paperdoll (Marvel Comics)
• Technarx (Marvel Comics)
• Mikaboshi (Marvel Comics)
• Doctor Strange (Marvel Comics)
• Aswang (Marvel Comics)
• Berserker (Marvel Comics)
• Captain Universe (Marvel Comics)
• Blade Doppelganger (Marvel Comics)
• Paragon (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)

Movies/Films

• Elric (Conan the Barbarian)
• Kaiser Ghidorah (Godzilla)
• Skeletor (Masters of the Universe)
• RoboCop (RoboCop)
• Queen Ravenna (Snow White and the Huntsman)
• Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
• Lou Landers/Hourglass (Superhero Movie)
• Imhotep (The Mummy)
• Selene (Underworld)
• Energy Vampires (Lifeforce)

Mythology/Literature

• Jiangshis/Chi Vampires (Chinese Mythology)
• Count Dracula (Dracula)
• Fox demons (Japanese/Korean/Chinese Mythology)

Tabletop Games

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

Western TV Series

• Kindergarten Gems (Steven Universe)
• Jiaying (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Fiona Goode (American Horror Story)
• Kungai Demons with Tak horn (Angel)
• Soul Eaters (Angel)
• Medlock (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
• Kevin Levin (Ben 10)
• Aggregor (Ben 10)
• Osmosians (Ben 10)
• Michael Morningstar/Darkstar (Ben 10)
• Inca Mummy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Severin (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine)
• Javna (Charmed)
• Necron (Charmed)
• Parasite Demons (Charmed)
• Spider Demons (Charmed)
• Linda Tavara (Heroes)
• Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
• Bo Dennis (Lost Girl)
• Simone Lenoir (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
• Shtriga (Supernatural)
• Wyrm (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Bloodsucker (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Slashuur (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus)
• The Ghostmaker (Torchwood)
• Chi Creature (Xiaolin Showdown)
• Gardiner Brothers (Witches of East End)
• Chrissy Parker (Smallville)
• The Annihilator (Mighty Med)
• Hapax the Elder (Mighty Med)

Known Objects

• Dakki (InuYasha)
• Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga (InuYasha)
• Samehada (Naruto)
• Susanoo (Naruto)
• Blue Rose Sword (Sword Art Online)
• Mad Mod's jeweled cane (Teen Titans)
• Reiki (Tenjho Tenge)

Gallery

Manga/Anime

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.

Artificial Human #19 (Dragon Ball) using the pads on his palm to absorb life energy, whether by physical contact or incoming ki attacks.

Cell (Dragon Ball) uses his tail to absorb life energy, whether by stabbing his victims or swallowing them whole.

Super 17 (Dragon Ball) 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 Samehada, a sentient and ever voracious sword that can detect and eat chakra via cutting through it, and even share it with Kisame to replenish chakra supply and regenerate wounds.

Killer B (Naruto) using Samehada to cut through Itachi's Great Fireball Technique, draining the life force within it to neutralize the technique.

Kisame Hoshigaki (Naruto) using the 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.

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Nagato (Naruto) using the Blocking Technique Absorption Seal to absorb chakra from a technique via the Preta Path, and can even absorb from the enemy by holding them down.

Nagato (Naruto) using the Blocking Technique Absorption Seal to absorb chakra from a technique, rendering it useless against him.

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Susanoo (Naruto) is a powerful guardian entity for the user, but at the same time drains the said user of his life force and vitality if not stabilized, which is one factor leading to Itachi's death.

Madara Uchiha (Naruto) using 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.

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.

Metarex (Sonic X)

Western Series

Medlock (Archie's Weird Mysteries) absorbing Scarlet Helsing's life force, regaining his youth at the cost of aging her proportionally.

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.

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

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.

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

Video Games

The Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts) drains Zexion of 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.

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.