- "Sometimes, a dead man will rise from the darkness. Sometimes, hell will send something back."
- ― Alfred Pennyworth (The Dark Knight Rises)
- "I, Geras, am a fixed point in time. With every death and rebirth, I grow stronger."
- ― Geras (Mortal Kombat 11)
- "Whatever kills me, makes me stronger."
- ― Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
- "Returning from death seems to have abnormally widened my perspective. I used to translate words...but everything we touch, every movement we make creates information. Everything is a language, and I translate it all."
- ― Doug Ramsey/Cypher (Marvel Comics)
The power to become stronger after resurrection. Sub-power of Blessed Resurrection. Variation of Resurrection. Opposite to Reincarnation Empowerment. Not to be confused ith Near-Death Empowerment.
Also Called[]
- Came Back Strong
- Resurrection Affinity
- Revival Affinity/Empowerment
- What Kills Me, Makes Me Stronger
Capabilities[]
The user can resurrect themselves stronger than they were before they died, increasing their conditions including strength, stamina, etc. and having their powers increased.
Applications[]
- Condition Augmentation
- Empowered State
- Enhancement Calling
- Metabolization
- Mode Switching
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Body
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Agility
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Dexterity
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Endurance
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Health
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Reflexes
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Senses
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Speed
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Stamina
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Strength
- Regenerative Healing Factor
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Mind
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Body
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Effects may not be permanent.
- May have a limit to the number of times the user is able to be resurrected.
- Resurrection Negation
- Affinity Negation
Known Users[]
See Also: Came Back Strong.
- Students of Neo-Deava (Aquarion Evol)
- Copen (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Gunvolt (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- ZedΩ (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Guyver Unit Hosts (Bio-Booster Armor Guyver)
- Sho Fukamachi/Guyver I
- Lazarus Demon (Charmed)
- Major Force (DC Comics)
- Despero (DC Comics)
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Mitch Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
- Dominus Ghaul (Destiny)
- Guardians (Destiny); via Radiance
- Milon (Final Fantasy IV)
- The FreakAngels (FreakAngels)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Theo Galavan (Gotham); gained enhanced physical abilities after his resurrection and became Azrael.
- Arthur Gaz (Hitsugime no Chaika)
- Shades (Inheritance Cycle)
- Metroid Prime (Metroid Prime Trilogy)
- Geras (Mortal Kombat 11)
- Madara Uchiha (Naruto)
- Baron Tamago (One Piece); via the Tama Tama no Mi
- Phoenix Man (One-Punch Man)
- Wildzord (Power Rangers)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Phoenix Ikki (Saint Seiya)
- Bizarro/Doomsday (Superman & Lois)
- Twenty-Fifth Baam (Tower of God); via the Outside God
- Sacred Eclipse (Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle)
- Koschei (Worm)
- Orichalcos Gigas (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Bing Shitian (Talisman Emperor); via Calamity Resurrection Pill
- Kudlak (Shin Megami Tensei); Devil Survivor canon
- Kim Gong-Ja ("SSS class suicide hunter")
Gallery[]
Every time Doomsday (DC Comics) is killed, he returns from the dead immune to what previously killed him.
Whenever Mitch Shelley/The Resurrection Man (DC Comics) is killed, he returns to life with a new power that correlates in some way to his death.
Guardians (Destiny) who use Radiance comes back to life even if in a Darkness Zone which negates resurrection and gains a boost in Light and Solar power.
After being killed by Tommy Jarvis and resurrected by a bolt of lightning, Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th) has developed...
Clifford Zmeck/Major Force (DC Comics) is able to revive an endless number of times growing more powerful with every death due to his connection to the quantum field.
Orichalcos Gigas (Yu-Gi-Oh!) resurrects itself every time it dies, cumulatively gaining 500 more attack points.
Every time Geras (Mortal Kombat 11) is killed, he returns to life stronger and more powerful, allowing him to fight on par with gods such as Raiden.
After being killed, Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling) was brought back to life as a Player which allowed him to grow more powerful as a Hunter while leveling up like a video game character.
After being killed a second time, Yusuke Urameshi (Yu Yu Hakusho) underwent the Atavism of the Mazoku, becoming a more powerful half-demon.
Thanos (Marvel Comics) cannot only ever permanently die, but he invariably grows stronger after successive returns from his love, Death.
Krakoan Resurrection (Marvel Comics) had the unique ability of enhancing Mutants making them more powerful than before they died...
...after being resurrected, Synch's baseline powers were amplified, and he can now retain a limited "memory" of the people he was in synch with him moving past limitations on absorbing only powers mutant to being able to borrow powers of any enhanced beings...
















