Reincarnation

Reincarnation

Absolute

Reincarnation
Kagome Higurashi (InuYasha) alongside her past life, the priestess Kikyo.
Power/Ability to:	Be reborn after death into another form.

"I'm sorry Raava. I failed to bring peace. Even with Vaatu locked away, darkness still surrounds humanity. There wasn't enough time."
"Don't worry. We will be together for all of your lifetimes. And we will never give up."

― Wan and Raava (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)

"I suspect that we will continue to die and be reborn until we finally get our life right. I do not know what we have to do to bring that about, though. And therein lies the frustration."

― The Nameless One (Planescape: Torment)

"I live, I die, I live again."

― Nux (Mad Max: Fury Road)

The ability to pass one's non-physical essence into another body after death. Sub-power of Reincarnation Manipulation. Variation of Self-Resurrection. Not to be confused with Body Swapping, Incarnation and Possession.

Also Called

• Rebirth Consciousness
• Metempsychosis
• Palingenesis
• Past Lives
• Rebirth
• Reincarnate
• Transmigration

Capabilities

The user is capable of surviving and escaping death by being reborn in the body of another or possess a body that was just born. If they reincarnate by possessing another body, they gain the physical capabilities of the host, but also the drawbacks and potentially the social connections as well. If they reincarnate by being reborn in new body, their original powers may be radically changed in strength, or they may end up with new powers. The user is also capable of transferring their original consciousness and sending it into another body.

Applications

• Divided Mind if the personalities are distinct from each other. (Varies)
• Immortal Rebirth user can be immortal through being reborn upon death. (Varies)
  • Multiple Lives user can be reborn multiple lives
• Past Life Awareness a secondary power that make this ability essential because without it, it's no different than not existing to begin with.
  • Past Life Power Access (Varies)
• Hyper Experience with enough reincarnations.
• Species-Shifting user can be reincarnated into different species. (Varies)
• Society Adaptation can be reborn into different societies, without getting notice or caught.

Techniques

• Self-Reincarnation
  • Remaking

Variations

• Absolute Reincarnation
• Alien Reincarnation
• Ancestral Reincarnation
• Deity Reincarnation
• Demonic Reincarnation
• Identical Self-Reincarnation
• Multi-Reincarnation
• Palingenesis Embodiment
• Vampiric Reincarnation

Associations

• Ancestor Inheritance
• Eternal Soul (In most beliefs involving reincarnation, the soul of a mortal being is immortal and does not disperse after the physical body has perished.)
• Existence Link
• Identity Theft
• Life Replacement
• Life-Force Transferal
• Mortality
• Planeswalking
• Reincarnation Empowerment
• Reincarnation Inducement
• Reincarnation Manipulation
• Respawning
• Retroactive Immortality by being reborn each time after death, the user is immortal.
• Samsara Manipulation
• Superior Human Physiology
  • Prime Superior Human

Limitations

• Soul Trapping can imprison the users.
• After rebirth, the user may still lose their powers, experience, etc., and would have to start over as a new person as a result (unless the user possesses Past Life Power Access).
  • Memories may not return to the reborn immediately, and the process may take time or requirements.
    • If they reincarnate into childhood or teenage, user may need to retrain their body to handle the powers/skills to prevent harm to their body.
• User's existence must be transferred inside the new body, i.e. if the user is thwarted by outside forces, such as Reincarnation Denial, they will be unable to be reborn.
• May not be reincarnated in linear/causal manner, i.e. being born before/during/after they died.
• May not be reborn in same world/plane/reality/verse they died in.
• May be limited to only reincarnating as the same exact species as they are.
• May not be able to adapt to their reincarnated state or environment.
• May have a limit to how many times the user can be reincarnated.
• Repeated and constant reborn may drive the user to a fractured form of insanity.
  • If reborn in the body of a different person, the user could go insane due to overwhelming number of different memories. This could cause an identity crisis or comatose state.

Known Users

See Also: Reincarnation and Born Again Immortality.

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

• Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
• Femto (Berserk); reincarnated as Griffith again via the Incarnation Ceremony
• Drowa and Eclat (Black Clover); reincarnated as Gauche Adlai and Marie Adlai
• Szayelapporo Granz (Bleach); via "Gabriel"
• Clow Reed (Cardcaptor Sakura); reincarnated as Eriol
• Devils (Chainsaw Man)
• Makoto Kobayashi (Colorful)
• Ceres (Ceres: Celestial Legend/Ayashi No Ceres)
• Everyone (Danmachi); except the Xenos
• Shinji Takamiya (Date A Live); reincarnated as Shido Itsuka
• Noah Family (D.Gray-Man)
• Rodcorte (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• The Demon Slayer Corps (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); except Kiriya Ubuyashiki
• Apocalymon (Digimon Adventure); reincarnated as Meicoomon
• King Piccolo (Dragon Ball); reincarnated as Piccolo Jr.
• Grand Supreme Kai (Dragon Ball Z); reincarnated as Good Buu
• Kid Buu (Dragon Ball Z); reincarnated as Uub
• Granny Ayame (Dr Ramune Mysterious Disease Specialist); regains memories from her preincarnations
• Mavis Vermillion (Fairy Tail); reincarnated as Mio
• Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail); reincarnated as Arleos
• God, Cat and Chinese Zodiacs (Fruits Basket); reincarnated as Akito Sohma, Kyo Sohma and Cursed Sohma Members
• Mother (Edens Zero)
• Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
• Dante (Fullmetal Achemist; 2003 anime)
• Hohenheim of Light (Fullmetal Alchemist; 2003 anime)
• Solnoids (Gall Force/Rhea Gall Force)
• Apollonius (Genesis of Aquarion)
• Celiane (Genesis of Aquarion)
• Hanyuu Furude/Oyashiro-sama (Higurashi When They Cry)
• Rika Furude/Frederica Bernkastel (Higurashi When They Cry)
• Kite (Hunter x Hunter)
• Yuka (Immortal Rain)
• Kikyo (InuYasha); reincarnated in Kagome Higurashi
• Most Characters (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean)
  • Jolyne Cujoh; reincarnated as Irene
• Sukuna’s unborn twin brother (Jujutsu Kaisen); reincarnated as Jin Itadori
• Jang Geon (Martial Wild West)
• Rudeus Greyrat (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
• Reincarnations of Asura Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
  • Hashirama Senju
  • Naruto Uzumaki
• Reincarnations of Indra Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
  • Madara Uchiha
  • Sasuke Uchiha
• Orochimaru (Naruto)
• Ōtsutsuki Clan (Naruto); via the Kama Seal
• Nirvana Moebius (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint); using his exclusive trait "Reincarnator" to live many lives
• Gorou Amamiya (Oshi no Ko); reincarnated as Aqua Hoshino
• Sarina Tendoji (Oshi no Ko); reincarnated as Ruby Hoshino
• Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade)
• Sailor Soldiers (Sailor Moon)
• Mamoru Chiba (Sailor Moon)
• Athena (Saint Seiya)
• Hades (Saint Seiya)
• Poseidon (Saint Seiya)
• Pallas (Saint Seiya Omega)
• Maou (Sekai Maou)
• Reincarnations of the Goddess Elizabeth (The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Elizabeth Liones
• Hao Asakura (Shaman King)
• Chito & Yuuri (Shimeji Simulation)
• Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?/Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?)
• Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
• Okeya Fuuta (Spirit Circle)
• Ishigami Kouko (Spirit Circle)
• Nie Li (Tales of Demons and Gods)
• Satoru Mikami (That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime); reincarnated as Rimuru Tempest
• Reincarnations of the Gourmet Gods (Toriko)
  • Acacia
  • Froese
  • Ichiryu
  • Jirou
  • Midora
• Michael Roa Valdamjong (Tsukihime)
• Juiz (Undead Unluck)
• Mutsumi (Utawarerumono)
• Pharaoh Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh!); spirit/soul sealed in the Millennium Puzzle
• Supreme King (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX); reincarnated as Jaden Yuki
• Saviors (World Break: Aria of Curse for a Holy Swordsman)
• Clear Note (Zatch Bell!); reincarnated as White

Comics/Cartoons

• Finn Mertens (Adventure Time)
• Avatars (Avatar series)
  • Wan
  • Szeto
  • Yangchen
  • Kuruk
  • Kyoshi
  • Roku
  • Aang
  • Korra
• Hawkman (DC Comics)
• Hawkgirl (DC Comics)
• Poison Ivy (DC Comics)
• Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
• Mene (Dota: Dragons Blood); reincarnated as Fymryn
• Garfield (Garfield: His 9 Lives)
• Hamato Yoshi (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); reincarnated as Splinter
• Hamato Yoshi's sons (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles); reincarnated as the Ninja Turtles
• Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
• Apocalypse (Marvel Comics)
• Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
• Groot (Marvel Comics)
• Loki (Marvel Comics)
• Moira MacTaggert (Marvel Comics)
• Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty); via Operation Phoenix
• Kenny McCormick (South Park)
• Rose Tattoo (WildStorm)

Literature

• Phoenix (Arkwell Academy)
• The Eternal Champion (Moorcock Multiverse); John Daker, Erekose, Elric of Melnibone, etc.
• Firefight (The Reckoners)
• The Thirteenth Prime (Transformers Aligned Continuity); reincarnated as Orion Pax
• Clan Leaders (Warriors)

Live Television/Movies

• The Charmed Ones (Charmed)
• Ethan Kendrick (D-War)
• Sarah Daniels (D-War)
• Xian Yue (Holy Pearl); reincarnated as Ding Yao
• Sisters of the Dark (Legend of the Seeker)
  • Nicci
• Darken Rahl (Legend of the Seeker)
• Clark Kent/Superman (Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman)
• Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (Arrowverse); via technological reincarnation
• Mothra (Godzilla)
• King Ghidorah (MonsterVerse); via the construction of Mechagodzilla
• Salupa/Kalagua/Dr. Eva Tabinas (Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao)
• Bizarro (Smallville)
• Ingrid and Freya Beauchamp (Witches of East End); cursed to be reborn as Joanna Beauchamp's daughters every time they die
• Dash and Killian Gardiner (Witches of East End)
• Callisto (Xena: Warrior Princess); reincarnated as Eve
• Buddy (A Dog's Purpose)
• Merrick (Buffy the Vampire Slayer film)
• Ace Ukiyo (Kamen Rider Geats)

Video Games

• Aita (Assassins Creed)
• Dracula (Castlevania); reincarnated as Soma Cruz
• Wraith King (Dota)
• Eun (Elsword Online); reincarnated as Ara Haan
• Paddra Nsu-Yeul (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
• Most Ancients (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • The Fourteenth; reincarnated as the Warrior of Light
• John Serias (Hiraheishi wa Kako wo Yumemiru)
• Herrscher of the Corruption (Honkai Impact 3rd)
• The Beast (inFAMOUS 2)
• The Player (Kingdom Hearts X); reincarnated as the Blue Robbed Figure
• Karma (League of Legends)
• Demise (The Legend of Zelda); reincarnated as Ganondorf
• Link (The Legend of Zelda)
• Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
• Althena (Lunar); reincarnated as Luna Noa
• Metroid Prime (Metroid); reincarnated as Dark Samus
• Princess Rei (Saga Frontier)
• The Hero (Shin Megami Tensei)
• The Heroine (Shin Megami Tensei)
• Alessa Gillespie (Silent Hill)
• Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
• Zasalamel (Soul Calibur)
• The Starbreed Guardian Horses (Star Stable Online)
• Devalokians (Tales of Innocence)
• Hieda no Akyu (Touhou Project)
• Horses from another world (Umamusume Pretty Derby); reincarnated as Horse Girls/Uma Musume
• Linne (Under Night In-Birth)
• Noah (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
• Mio (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
• Miang (Xenogears)

Web Animation/Series/Original

• The Company (Kirby Guardian)
• Ozma (RWBY)
• Afterans (RWBY)
• SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-515 - the Sleeper (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-1790 - Layla (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-2133-1 - Our Land, Our Bondage (SCP Foundation)
• Saturn Deer (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach) implanting himself in Nemu, and reincarnating himself into an undamaged form.

Two years after becoming a God Hand, Griffith (Berserk) was reincarnated on earth, with the full power of his God Hand form of Femto at his beck and call.

Eriol Hiiragizawa (Cardcaptor Sakura) is the reincarnation of Clow Reed.

Shido Itsuka (Date A Live) is the Reincarnation of Mio's deceased lover Shinji Takamiya.

Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time) is a reincarnated individual and can use Death-attribute magic to perform pseudo-reincarnation on others.

Piccolo Jr. (Dragon Ball series) is the reincarnation of his father Demon King Piccolo.

Due to having permanently assimilated the Grand Supreme Kai, Majin Buu (Dragon Ball series) has essentially become his reincarnation after expelling all his inner evil.

Uub (Dragon Ball Z) is the human reincarnation of Kid Buu, Buu's evil half.

After the Noah were killed by the betrayal of the Nea D.Campbell except the Earl and Road, Noah Clan (D.Gray-man) every member was reincarnated by each generation awakening their Noah Genes over again.

Ayame (Dr. Ramune Mysterious Disease Specialist) is able to reincarnate with full memories of her past lives.

Mavis and Zeref (Fairy Tail) meeting once again after being reincarnated as Arius and Mio.

Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) meets Ling Yao...

...and is reincarnated onto him.

Yuca (Immortal Rain) is the Spirit of Methuselah and has constantly been reincarnating since the beginning of human history.

Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)

After saving a young girl and dying in a traffic accident, the Young Man (Martial Wild West) was reincarnate and reborn as Jang Geon in an alternate earth.

After their deaths, Asura and Indra Ōtsutsuki's (Naruto) have been reincarnated to vessel's worthy of their chakra, their current vessels are Naruto Uzumaki/Asura and Sasuke Uchiha/Indra.

Orochimaru (Naruto) using his Living Corpse Reincarnation to reincarnate himself into a new body, thus erasing any permanent damage and aging.

The Ōtsutsuki Clan (Naruto) can reincarnate themselves into whomever they brand the "Kama", though perfect compatibility is rare, as both Boruto Uzumaki and Kawaki are the respective vessels of...

...Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki who was reborn as a spirit in Boruto's body through his Kama…

...and Isshiki Ōtsutsuki who was reborn through Jigen's body.

After dying to the hands of the Heavenly Demon, Cheon Ma, Cheongmyeong (Return of the Blossoming Blade) was reincarnated as a 15 year old boy over 100 years later.

Elizabeth Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins) is the 107th reincarnation of a goddess cursed with a perpetual reincarnation.

Hao Asakura (Shaman King), reincarnation of Mappa Douji.

Cartoons

Several incarnations of the Avatar (Avatar series) throughout their 10,000 year history.

Korra (Avatar: The Legend of Korra) is one of the many reincarnations of the Avatar, with her previous incarnation being Aang.

Count Duckula (Count Duckula) can be revived, although he retains no memories and has a different personality, performing a sacred rite once a century when the moon is in the 8th house of Aquarius. Because of this, almost the entire Duckula lineage are just reincarnations of Count Duckula himself until we get to Count Duckula 17, whose resurrection went wrong.

Comics

Hawkman and Hawkgirl (DC Comics)

Rose Tattoo (Image Comics) being the spirit of murder, she can never die. Whenever she does, the spirit will pass onto a new host for her to inhabit.

Splinter (IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) is the reincarnation of Hamato Yoshi...

...while his sons, the Turtles are the reincarnations of Hamato Yoshi's four sons.

Literature

The Eternal Champion (Moorcock Multiverse) is endlessly reincarnated throughout the multiverse in different identities, doomed to eternal battle...

...Elric of Melniboné is but one of the many incarnations of the constantly reincarnated Eternal Champion.

Orion Pax (Transformers Aligned Continuity) is the reincarnation of the 13th Prime, Optimus Prime.

Ingrid and Freya Beauchamp (Witches of East End) are reborn multiple times throughout the centuries.

Live Television/Movies

Carter Hall/Hawkman (DC Extended Universe)

Evelyn (The Mummy Returns) is a reincarnation of an Ancient Egyptian princess, Nefertiti.

Sister Nicci (Legend of the Seeker) gets Reincarnated into a new body with the aid of the Sisters of the Dark.

Salupa (Pedro Penduko at ang mga Engkantao) has this ability, resurrecting in the body of Dr. Eva Tabinas then becoming Kalagua.

Eve (Xena: Warrior Princess) is the reincarnation of Callisto.

Video Games

Soma Cruz (Castlevania) is the reincarnation of Dracula.

Ara Haan (Elsword Online) is the current reincarnation of the demonic Holy Beast Eun, due to the fact she accidentally freed her from the mystical sealing hairpin, her family's heirloom. She is, unfortunately, turned into a "half-demon" soon after, resulting their bodies and souls uniting one.

Althena (Lunar) has reincarnated as a human more than once...

...Luna Noa being one of them.

In its death throes, the Metroid Prime (Metroid) steals Samus Aran's Phazon Suit and a sample of her DNA…

…and uses the two to reincarnate as Dark Samus.

Heather Mason (Silent Hill Series), the reincarnation of Alessa Gillespie.

Michael Roa Valdamjong (Tsukihime) is nicknamed "The Infinite Reincarnator", having reincarnated 18 times in 800 years.

Hieda no Akyu (Touhou Project), the Memory of Gensokyo and the Ninth Savant is the current "Child of Miare", who is born in the Hieda family once in every few hundred years with the ability to "not forget anything she sees" and record Gensokyo's history.

Horse Girls/Uma Musume (Umamusume Pretty Derby) are reincarnations of racehorses from the parallel universe.

Neo Universe (Uma Musume Pretty Derby) is the reincarnation of the parallel universe Neo Universe horse. She also seems to be aware of her past life as the Neo Universe horse.

Web Animation/Series/Original

The Company (Kirby Guardian) are reincarnations of Void Termina, who was defeated by a Kirby from a different universe and came to this universe as multiple versions of Kirby.

Professor Ozpin (RWBY) was given the ability to reincarnate after death by merging his soul with another like-minded person…

…his first incarnation being the warrior Ozma…

…and his latest being Oscar Pine.

Videos

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Analysis & Discussions

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Music

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