The power to absorb light and utilize them in some way. Sub-power of Light Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation. Variation of Elemental Absorption and Energy Absorption.
Also Called
- Delumination
- Light Absorbance
- Light Drain
- Photon Ingestion
Capabilities
The user can absorb visible light or its partial wavelengths, 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.
Applications
- Assimilation Shield
- Cloaking/Shadow Generation: creating darkness by absorbing light.
- Color Absorption/Color Generation: absorb light or only certain wavelengths.
- Elemental Enhanced Condition
- Light Immunity
- Invisibility: by absorbing the visible light.
- Light Breath
- Light Empowerment
- Light Generation: by releasing the absorbed light.
- Photokinetic Regeneration
- Power Absorption (limited to light-based powers)
Variatons
Associations
Known Users
- Dr. Light (DC Comics)
- Yakon (Dragon Ball Z)
- Eclipse Leo (Fairy Tail)
- Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail)
- Negative Nick (Pearls Before Swine)
- Gasper Vladi (Highschool DxD); via Forbidden Invade Balor the Beast mode
- Ungoliant (The Silmarillion)
- Vampires (True Blood)
- Eric Northman (True Blood)
- Bill Compton (True Blood)
- The Ray (DC Comics)
- Sunspot (Marvel Comics)
- Light-Eating Z'Grute (Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One)
- Necrozma (Pokémon)
- Golgoroth (Destiny)
- Black Shadow (Wild Cards)
- Stygian/Pony of Shadows (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic); via Darkness Manipulation
- Typhilipede (Pathfinder)
- 666:Satan (The God of High School)
- Noor Pradesh (Peculiar Children Series)
Known Objects
- Black Rainbow Flowers (Blessing of the Campanella)
- The Deluminator (Harry Potter)
- Phosphor (The Infernal Devices)
- Sunlight Tree Eve (One Piece)
- The Gold Clothes (Saint Seiya)
Gallery
Black Rainbow Flowers (Blessing of the Campanella) completely absorb all light around them, hiding them in a pool of absolute darkness.
Yakon (Dragon Ball Z) absorbing the light emitted by Goku's Super Saiyan aura.
Ron Weasley (Harry Potter) activating the Deluminator.
The Light-Eating Z-Grute (Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One) truly lives up to its name.
Golgoroth (Destiny) using the Tablet of Ruin when Enraged can perform the "Soulsiphon Plinth" which it can use the Alter to absorb the light of all Guardians until they are dead.
666 Satan (The God of High School) absorbing the light (and heat) emitted by the Sun.
Stygian/Pony of Shadows (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) uses Darkness Manipulation to absorb the light from the world's source, making his level of power escalate even further.
Necrozma (Pokémon) feeds on light, and can absorb so much an entire universe is plunged into eternal darkness.
Ultra Necrozma (Pokémon) absorbing an enormous amount of light to charge its Light That Burns the Sky.