Self-Muscle Manipulation

Self-Muscle Manipulation
Gentle (Marvel Comics)
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate one's muscles.

The ability to manipulate the muscular structure of oneself. Sub-power of Body Supremacy and Muscle Manipulation.

Also Called

• Self-Myokinesis
• Muscle Control

Capabilities

The user has complete control over their own muscles, allowing them to freely alter and manipulate them, including altering muscle tissue itself, its development, increase/decrease muscle mass/strength.

Applications

• 100% Muscle Usage/Enhanced to possible Supernatural Muscle Usage
• Muscle Mass Enhancement/Weakening
  • Muscle Form - Possibly
  • Strength Regulation
• Prehensile Muscles
  • Muscle Tension Refinement
  • Self-Manipulative Puppetry

Techniques

• Heartbeat Regulation
• Myokinetic Flight

Associations

• Biological Manipulation
• Body Manipulation
  • Bone Manipulation
  • Cardiology Manipulation
  • Connective Tissue Manipulation
  • Joint Manipulation
  • Skin Manipulation

Limitations

• Limited to manipulating the muscles of only themselves.

Known Users

• Various Characters (Baki the Grappler)
  • Yuujiro Hanma
  • Baki Hanma
  • Biscuit Oliva
• Jake the Dog (Adventure Time)
• Vilgax (Ben 10)
• Humungousaur (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien)
• Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat)
• Ikkaku Madarame (Bleach)
• Bane (DC Comics); via Venom
• Doomsday (DC Comics)
• Master Muten Rōshi (Dragon Ball series)
• Julius Reinhold (Kenganverse)
• Doom (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box)
• Muscular (My Hero Academia)
• All Might (My Hero Academia)
• Suigetsu Hozuki (Naruto)
• Shinnō (Naruto)
• Users of the Eight Gates (Naruto)
• Master Son (Gintama)
• Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
• Lao G (One Piece)
• Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
• Toriko (Toriko)
• Mansam (Toriko)
• Shigematsu (Toriko)
• Tommyrod (Toriko)
• Chin Chin-Chin (Toriko)
• Jade Chan/Amazing T-Girl (Jackie Chan Adventure)
• Mou Bu (Kingdom)
• Kan Mei (Kingdom)
• Ri Shin (Kingdom)
• Hokuto Shin Ken Practitioners (Fist of the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star)
• Gentle (Marvel Comics)
• The Hulk (Marvel Comics)
• Mash Burnedead (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
• Practitioners of the Hercules Method (The Strange Talent of Luther Strode)
• Raiden Tameemon (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie)
• Carlo Collodi's Bracelt (Warehouse 13)
• Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Gallery

Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat) can increase his muscles.

Using El Martillo/The Hammer, Ayon (Bleach) can enlarge and increase its arm's muscle mass.

Ikkaku Madarame Uses his muscles to fix his arm (Bleach)

Vilgax (Ben 10)

Humungousaur (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien)

Doomsday (DC Comics) has the power grows stronger every time that he is killed.

Bane (DC Comics)

Master Muten Rōshi (Dragon Ball series)

Most Super Saiyans like Future Trunks (Dragon Ball series) can ascend into an ultra state when not only their powers increase, but their muscles too...

Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) bulking his muscles to 20% power...

...and bulking his muscles to 120% power.

Suigetsu (Naruto) can manipulate his own watery body to increase muscle mass.

Shinnō (Naruto) using Body Revival Technique to activate cells, healing his body by manipulating the muscle's "Destruction and Rebirth" cycle, which also makes his body stronger in response.

Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) can use pure muscle to pump up his arms with his Ichi Gorilla and Ni Gorilla technique.

Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece) bulking his arm muscles.

Muscular (My Hero Academia) possesses a quirk called Muscle Augmentation which allows him to change and increase the size and mass of his muscle fibers and coat his body parts, modifying his strength and endurance.

Hulk (Marvel Comics)

Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box) have absolute control over all her muscles, making possible to cancel involuntary reflexes.

Mou Bu (Kingdom) using his Full Strength to manipulate his muscle.

After years of building up his upper body strength, Ri Shin (Kingdom) can flex his muscles to instantly close up small cuts and wounds.

Jade Chan/Amazing T-Girl (Jackie Chan Adventure) uses the Ox Talisman to become extremely muscular.

Raiden Tameemon (Shuumatsu no Valkyrie), is able to control all of his muscles, being capable of enhancing his physical strenght, enable a latent muscular power and even severely injure deities, like Shiva.