- "I haven't done anything, Sonic. You're the reason you haven't changed at all. You're too strong to lose yourself!"
"I'm the reason?"
"Yeah! You never doubt yourself, no matter what. You never give in to the night, or to the darkness inside your heart. I think it's because I knew that about you. That's why I wanted you to help me." - ― Chip and Sonic the Werehog (Sonic Unleashed)
The power to keep one's sense of self intact. Sub-power of Solipsistic Manipulation, Pure Heart, Pure Soul, and Spiritual Elevation. Variation of Capability Retention.
Also Called[]
- Self-Retainment
Capabilities[]
Users can keep their sense of self intact; despite being converted into something else, passing on into the afterlife, etc. they are able to still keep fragments of their selfhood unchanged making them whole, self-aware and capable of emotion, empathy, morality, and connection rather than feral minded monsters.
Advanced users can have their complete selfhood flawlessly and permanently intact, being perfectly unchanged in every way; spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, etc, and being able to be immune/rejective to conversion based powers/methods without any fear of being turned into anything else.
Applications[]
- Conversion Negation
- Conversion Recovery
- Inner Beast Mastery; controlling one's inner beast
- Mind Anchoring/Mental Continuation; keeping the mind intact
- Soul Anchoring; keeping the soul intact
- True-Self Recognition; recognizing and embracing one's true self
Variations[]
- Humanity Retainment - applying to humans and human hybrids
Associations[]
- Capability Retention
- Form Retention
- Pure Heart
- Pure Soul
- Solipsistic Manipulation
- Spiritual Elevation
Limitations[]
- Omni-Conversion may affect the user.
Known Users[]
- Vegeta (Dragon Ball series)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Known Objects[]
- Neuro-Overrider (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)