- "Everyone will lose someday. You can't go against your own limits."
- ― Liu Longxiang (Taiso Zamurai)
- "Even the slightest use of our powers would cause the heaven and earth of the three worlds to tremble. Because of that, we linked our lives to one another to seal away our true swords."
- ― Senjumaru Shutara (Bleach)
- "It was never a gift. It took from me...EVERYTHING. It's only ever been a curse."
- ― Bass on his abilities (Kings of Nowhere)
- "This is amazing. There's so much power. So much...Cyclops has never used more than a fraction of full capacity. He's so afraid of it. He won't let himself go."
- ― Johnny Dee on Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
The ability to block or induce limits into oneself or others' capacities, powers and/or abilities. Sub-power of Boundary Manipulation, Superpower Manipulation and Limit Manipulation. Variation of Inducement. Opposite to Power Augmentation, Limiter Removal, and Superpower Evolution.
Also Called[]
- Ability Block
- Aversion Inducement
- Boundary Creation
- Power Limitations
- Restraint Inducement
- Restriction Inducement
Capabilities[]
User can induce various limits/limitations or blocks into oneself or others' capabilities, powers and/or abilities, for example removing their ability to increase their powers or skills, causing them to decrease or simply remove them.
Applications[]
- Attack Prevention
- Defense Prevention
- Flaw Enhancement
- Power Erasure
- Power Level Separation
- Superpower Negation
- Limit the usage of a certain ability of the opponent makes them incapable of using it more than a few times, or at all.
- Block the levels of power of the opponent making it impossible for them to evolve to another stage.
- Making opponents moves to lose their efficiency.
- Limit body functions.
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Aversion
- Buffering
- Limit Manipulation
- Superpower Immunity
- Power Level Division
- Power Reversal
- Taboo Inducement
Flaws[]
- Almighty abilities are immune or defeat/surpass any limits by their very nature such as Omnipotence, Boundary Manipulation, Existential Perfection etc.
- Limitation Transcendence is the perfect counter.
- Limitations can be removed by Limiter Removal.
- May need to have high medical knowledge.
- Weak against Weakness Removal.
- Users of Flawless Indestructibility are immune.
Known Users[]
See also: Restraining Bolt and Power Limiter.
- God (Abrahamic Religions); via Absolute Separation
- Joukkyu Kunotoshi (AIKI)
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- The Royal Guard (Bleach); via Blood Oath's Seal
- Lost Force/Restrictors (Dirge of Cerberus)
- Frieza (Dragon Ball series)
- Roy Lincoln/Human Bomb I (DC Comics)
- Gift Users (Hero Killer)
- Bass (Kings of Nowhere)
- Rosario Galán-Grant (The Posterchildren)
- Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Bowyer (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars)
- Scott Summers/Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
- Eight Million Gods/Yaoyorozu no Kami (Touhou Project)
- Charlie Swan (Twilight Saga); limits the effects of psychic powers
- Faris (Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest)
- Nen Users (Hunter x Hunter)
- Users of Binding Vows (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Ryomen Sukuna
- Kento Nanami
- Kasumi Miwa
- Mahito
- Kinji Hakari
- Aoi Todo
- Yuji Itadori
- Ui Ui and Mei Mei
- Kenjaku
Known Objects[]
- Behavior-modification circuitry (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Golden contracts (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland)
- Vaccine "Metroid" (Metroid); weak against extreme cold
- Miraculouses (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Devil Fruit (One Piece); weak against seawater, baths and Seastone/Sea-Prism Stone
- ''Indoctranation Method''/SCP-2004 (SCP Foundation)
- Yamato (Devil May Cry); as Boundary Creation
- Inhibitor Ring (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Blessed amulets (Sonic X)
Gallery[]
The Initiative (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) implanted a behavior modification chip in Spike's brain to limit his actions, rendering him incapable of willfully harming or attempting to harm any non-demonic life form without suffering intense pain.
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Kirio Hikifune, Tenjirō Kirinji and Ōetsu Nimaiya (Bleach) sacrifice their own lives to allow Senjumaru Shutara unleash her Bankai's full power.
Frieza (Dragon Ball series) limits his immense power in by releasing it in stages, each one representing a different form.
Bowyer (Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars) can limit and block your command options when fighting him.
The Metroid vaccine (Metroid) induces vulnerability to extreme cold.
Devil Fruits (One Piece) can grant anyone who consumes them amazing powers...
...but also induce vulnerability to deep water and Sea-Prism Stone.
Yamato (Devil May Cry) can create boundary/limitation through shutting close the Hellgates in Fortuna that connects human and demon world as well as splitting its owner Vergil into two creating Urizen and V.
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) wears specialized golden/inhibitor ring bracelets to keep his Chaos powers in check.
Earthia invented blessed amulets (Sonic X) for females of Cosmo's species which, when attached to the chest, should prevents against transformation.
Videos[]
Sephiroth VS Vergil (Final Fantasy VS Devil May Cry) DEATH BATTLE!