- "To kill a man with a single finger."
- ― Rob Lucci on Shigan/Finger Pistol (One Piece)
- "Rather than a Knifehand strike, it's more like a hand blade."
- ― Nomura Fudo on Amo Kirukiru (Armed Girls Machiavellianism)
- "A true warrior needs no blade."
- ― Thors (Vinland Saga)
The ability to use one's own bare hands as stabbing and cutting weapons. Sub-power of Sword Arm. Variation of Blade Retraction.
Also Called
- Razor-Sharp Hand
- Slashing Hands
Capabilities
The user can apply such force to their bare hands that they can use them as stabbing and cutting weapons.
Applications
Associations
- Blade Retraction
- Claw Retraction
- Elemental/Energy Blade Construction
- Energy Strike
- Enhanced Strike
- Natural Weaponry
- Piercing Charge
- Razor Attacks
- Razor Foot
- Sharp Body
- Sword Arm
Limitations
- Ability is rendered null if the user is unable to use their hands.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Amo Kirukiru (Armed Girl's Machiavellism)
- Various Arrancars (Bleach)
- Nemu Kurotsuchi (Bleach)
- Papillon (Buso Renkin)
- Konoha Muramasa (C3: CubexCursedxCurious)
- Hoon (Denma); via Space Converges into a Single Point (Space Distortion Quanx ability)
- God (Denma); via Nano-matter Project
- Mercenary Tao (Dragon Ball)
- Tambourine (Dragon Ball)
- King Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
- Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z)
- Nappa (Dragon Ball Z)
- Freiza (Dragon Ball Z)
- Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z)
- Dr. Gero (Dragon Ball Z)
- Android 17 (Dragon Ball)
- Dodoria (Dragon Ball)
- Beerus (Dragon Ball Super)
- Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super)
- Ezel (Fairy Tail)
- Larcade (Fairy Tail)
- Achnologia (Fairy Tail)
- Nanto Sei Ken Practitioners (Fist of the North Star)
- Rei
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood); when using the Ultimate Shield
- Kamui (Gintama)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Zeno Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
- Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
- Rihito (Kengan Ashura)
- Akaza (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Sebastian Michaelis (Kuroshitsuji )
- Escanor (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto)
- Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)
- Third Raikage (Naruto)
- Fourth Raikage Ay/A (Naruto)
- Deepa ("Boruto: Naruto Next Generations")
- Daz Bones/Mr 1 (One Piece)
- Users of Shigan (One Piece)
- CP9 members
- High Ranked Navy Officers
- Vergo
- Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece)
- Akua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire)
- Excalibur Users (Saint Seiya)
- Capricorn Shura
- Capricorn El Cid
- Capricorn Izo
- Dragon Shiryu
- Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins); as "The One"
- Gale (Sidekicks)
- Glamqueen (Sidekicks)
- Sohara Mitsuki (Sora no Otoshimono)
- Mosquito (Soul Eater); in his form from 400 years ago
- Strider Hiryu (Strider)
- Kirito (Sword Art Online)
- Toriko (Toriko)
- Tommyrod (Toriko)
- Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Chizuru Aizawa (Shinryaku! Ika Musume)
- Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance)
Video Games
- Yasha (Asura's Wrath)
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta)
- Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
- Albert Wesker (Resident Evil)
- Raiden (Metal Gear Rising)
- Neku Sakuraba (The World Ends With You); via Shockwave
- Iori Yagami (The King of Fighters)
Comics/Cartoons
- Kal-El/Superman (Injustice Comics)
- Dr. Kirk Langstrom/Batman (Justice League: Gods and Monsters)
- Gilotina (DC Comics)
- Victor Creed/Sabertooth (Marvel Comics)
- Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics)
- Vampirella (Vampirella)
Live Television/Movies
- Super Soldiers/Beasts (Beauty and the Beast TV series)
- Super Soldiers (The X-Files)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Vampires (True Blood)
- Vampires/Vampaneze (Cirque Du Freak)
- Michael Corvin (Underworld: Evolution)
- Selene (Underworld Awakening)
- Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (Arrow)
- Olivia Godfrey (Hemlock Grove)
- Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series)
- Mother (Being Human)
- Knox (Heroes); via Fear Empowerment
- T-X/Terminatrix (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
- Lucifer (Supernatural)
- Abaddon (Supernatural)
- Vampires/Originals/Hybrids (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Elijah Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Finn Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); formerly
- Kole Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Mikael Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); formerly
- Niklaus Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Rebecca Mikaelson (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals)
- Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (The Flash); via Molecular Oscillation
- Hunter Zolomon/Zoom (The Flash); via Molecular Oscillation
- Edward Clariss/Rival (The Flash); via Molecular Oscillation
- Barry Allen/The Flash (The Flash 2014); via Molecular Oscillation
- Elena Michaels (Bitten)
- Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (X2: X-Men United)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Known to be his favored method of killing his foes, Ulquiorra Cifer (Bleach) pierces Ichigo Kurosaki's chest with his hand.
Wonderweiss Margela (Bleach) using sheer brute force to pierce through Ukitake's flesh.
Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez (Bleach) piercing through Askin from the back, tearing his heart out.
Papillon (Buso Renkin) using his razor sharp nails and superhuman strength to spear through his father; his favored method of dealing a deathblow.
Tambourine (Dragon Ball) using a Sidearm Flamer to pierce Giran's body.
King Piccolo (Dragon Ball) piercing his hand through the vitals of a guard's chest, instantly killing the man.
Nappa (Dragon Ball Z) uses his Arm Break, allowing him to sharpen his punch to slice off Tenshinhan's arm.
Dodoria (Dragon Ball Z) pierces his hand through a Namekian warrior.
Vegeta (Dragon Ball Z) using his newly acquired strength to punch his fist through Zarbon's stomach...
...and later decapitates Guldo with his bare hand.
Freiza (Dragon Ball Z) using a Ruthless Blow to fatally pierce his hand through a cowering soldier.
Android 20 (Dragon Ball Z) stabs Yamcha through the chest with his hand.
Piccolo's (Dragon Ball Z) bare hands are sharp enough to sever Dr. Gero's steel arm...
...and slice Babidi in half.
Android 17 (Dragon Ball Z) impales Dr. Gero from behind with his bare hand.
Beerus (Dragon Ball Super) uses his hand to pierce through Goku's chest.
With his God Split Cut technique, Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super) uses Ki to sharpen his hand.
Ezel (Fairy Tail) is able to cut right through thick stones with his Onimaru technique.
Larcade's (Fairy Tail) hand is capable of slicing through human flesh with ease.
Kakashi Hatake (Naruto) can use his Lightning Cutter technique to pierce through targets with his bare hand.
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) using Chidori to sharpen his hand and pierce through Naruto's shoulder.
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The Third Raikage (Naruto) using Hell Stab to pierce through his targets with his fingers.
Rob Lucci (One Piece) using Shigan/Finger Pistol a close-quarter combat technique, in which the user pushes their finger into a certain target at a very high speed, leaving a wound similar to a bullet wound
Trafalgar D. Water Law (One Piece) using his Mes technique to remove a victim's heart.
Using the Jigen-Tou, Akua Shuzen (Rosario + Vampire) phases into another dimension, allowing her to cut through virtually anything with her bare hands.
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As "The One", Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins) can effortlessly slash through Meliodas' attack and Meliodas himslef with just a small hand gesture.
Using Embracer, Kirito (Sword Art Online) can effortlessly pierce through flesh and armor with his bare hand.
Jushi Mataza Tsumuji (Tenjho Tenge) using Dragon Claw to slash through his targets and even a forest with ki focused at his fingertips.
Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho) focusing his Spirit energy at his fingertips to create a razor sharp energy scalpel.
Practitioners of Nanto Seiken (Fist of the North Star) allow fighters to kill with their bare hands, ranging from hand-to-hand stabbing techniques to slice enemies apart with air pressure with their bare hands...
...Rei's Nanto Suichō Ken (South Dipper Waterbird Fist)...
...Shu's Nanto Hakurō Ken (South Dipper White Heron Fist)...
...Souther's Nanto Hōō Ken (South Dipper Fenghuang Phoenix Fist)...
Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
Alucard (Hellsing)
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Zeno Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
Killua Zoldyck (Hunter X Hunter)
A barbarous member of the Chess Pieces, Chimera (Marchen Awakens Romance) uses her hands to decapitate civilians at incredibly high speed.
Cartoons/Comics
Superman (DC: Injustice Comics) drives his hand through the Joker's chest, killing him.
Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (Marvel Comics)
Live Television/Movies
Lucifer (Supernatural)
Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (The Flash 2014) vibrates his arm to pierce through Cisco's chest.
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) severs Julius' head with a single punch.
Knox (Heroes) punches through the body of the German.
Billy Miles (The X-Files) cuts through an elevator door with his bare hand.
Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (X2: X-Men United)
Video Games
Using his Fist of Flame fatality, Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat) punches clean through Shao Kahn's chest.