- "Hello Scout, may I borrow your powers?"
- ― Doppelgänger to Major Scout Guy (TF2 Freak)
The power to temporarily borrow the powers of others. Sub-power of Superpower Manipulation. Variation of Power Absorption. Counterpart of Power Sharing.
Also Called[]
- Ability Borrowing
- Ability/Power Swiper
- Charyeok (God Of High School)
- Temporary Power Absorption
Capabilities[]
The user can temporarily borrow the powers and/or skills of another and use it as their own, which may cause the target to lose borrowed powers in a similar fashion of Power Absorption.
They may be able to borrow powers from powerful objects and/or drawing power from even deceased beings.
Applications[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Users of Power Anchoring are immune.
- May have limited range, including touch only.
- Time limit of borrowed powers may vary.
- Powers that can be borrowed may be limited to a certain type.
- May not be able to choose whose power the user borrows.
- The power does not grant innate knowledge of the power the user obtains, meaning they may not have knowledge of the dangers of their borrowed power.
- If the target dies, the link to their powers may sever before normal limit.
- May leave the user without their power.
- If the user dies, borrowed powers may return to the original user.
Known Users[]
- Asta (Black Clover); via Demon-Dweller Sword
- Dazu Tayaku (Black Clover)
- Jugram Haschwalth (Bleach)
- 07 (Psyren)
- Evos (Caster Chronicles)
- Mason Ravenwood
- Althea Duchannes
- Shido Itsuka (Date A Live)
- Lori Zechlin/Black Alice (DC Comics)
- Soh (Demon Tamer of World Tree/Sekaiju no Mamonotsukai: Ishuzoku Musume to Yuku Makyou Dungeon Boukenroku)
- Azul Ashengrotto (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland); via It's a Deal
- Lucy Heartfilia (Fairy Tail); via Star Dress
- R (God of High School); via Original Greed
- Charyeok users (God of High School)
- Ex (Grimms Notes)
- Mirei Kudo (Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de); via Grateful Robber
- Leol (Hunter x Hunter)
- Chrollo Lucifer (Hunter x Hunter)
- Kamen Riders of Kamen Rider Blade (Kamen Rider Blade)
- Magicians (Kubera)
- Kaga Kaguya (Marugoto Anju Gakuen)
- Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics)
- Alex Power (Marvel Comics); able to borrow the powers of his siblings if they don't resist the process
- Negi Springfield (Negima); briefly via his Pactio Artifact
- Chihaya Ohtori (Rewrite)
- Helbram (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Ayaka Kagari (Witch Craft Works)
- Athena Browning/Penelope Gardiner (Witches of East End)
- Yumeji Fujiwara (Yumekui Merry); via Lucid Gadget
- Parautilitarians (Remedy Connected Universe); via Binding to Objects of Power
- Jesse Faden
- Dylan Faden
- Broderick Northmoor
- Zachariah Trench
- Incarnations (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint); via Sponsor contracts.
- Suhyeon Kim (QUESTISM)
- Yun Jo (QUESTISM)
Gallery[]
Shido Itsuka (Date A Live) can “borrow” the power of a Spirit he sealed, but it depends on how close or intimate he is with that spirit.
Azul Ashengrotto's (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland) unique magic It's a Deal can be used to borrow someone else's magic, including unique magic. This allows him access to powers he can't normally have in order to get out of tight situations.
Kamen Riders (Kamen Rider Blade) can use the powers of seal Undeads to their advantage. However, certain power needs the Undead's approval to use.
Sugihara (God of High School) borrowing power from Baedal Choi to increase his mastery of Full-Contact Karate.
Jin Mori (God of High School) drawing on the power of his deceased clone Mori Hui in order to attack with their respective kicking techniques.
Park Il-Pyo (God of High School) formed a direct contract with the fox god Hojosa in order to utilise the power of the Nine-Tails Guardian.
An unnamed combatant (God of High School) borrowing the power of St. George's legendary weapon Ascalon to form blades from his arms.
Gwum Gi (God of High School) borrowing the power of Jack the Ripper to manifest blades.
Chrollo (Hunter x Hunter) borrowed Kortopi's Nen ability that allows him touch object with his left hand and conjure an exact replica with right hand...
...and Shalnark's ability to manipulate humans.
Humans who are sponsored by Constellations through contracts are deemed Incarnations (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint). Incarnations are able to use stigmata, which is a set of powers/abilities from the said constellation that they had a contract with. Incarnations can then use these powers for utility and combat.
As a monster tamer, Soh (Demon Tamer of World Tree) can temporarily borrow the power of the monsters that he had tamed...










