Sense Focusing

Sense Focusing
Using Distinguish, Kirito (Sword Art Online) focuses his senses, eliminating background noise to detect another player's movement.
Power/Ability to:	Focus senses.

"A great warrior must be in tune with all of his senses. Only then will you be able to extend your awareness so that you may fight on any level."

― Grand Master (Samurai Jack, "Jack and the Three Blind Archers")

"My parents taught me to hone my senses, Zod. To focus on just what I wanted to see."

― Kal El/Clark Kent/Superman (Man of Steel)

"Take away the perception and leave it all to Spectacular Spider-Sense."

― Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)

The power to focus senses to look for a particular sight/sound/smell/taste/feel by blocking out all others. Sub-power of Overclocking. Variation of Body Supremacy. Not to be confused with Sense Augmentation.

Also Called

• Focused/Parabolic Senses
• Sense Filtering

Capabilities

The user can focus their senses to look for a particular sight/sound/smell/taste/feel and blocking out all others.

Applications

• Accelerated Eyesight and Telescopic/Unhindered Vision when focused on the eyes.
• Accelerated/Parabolic Hearing when focused on the ears.
• Focused Time Perception
• Sensory Deprivation on the blocked senses.

Associations

• Body Supremacy
• Detail Detection
• Pattern Sense
• Sense Augmentation
• Sense Manipulation

Limitations

• While all their senses are focused on a singular source, the user is vulnerable to any form of aggressive treatment due to not being able to focus on other sights and sounds at the time.

Known Users

• Synesthete Alphas (Alphas)
• Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Martians (DC Comics)
• Kryptonians (DC Comics)
• Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
• Ohma Tokita (Kenganverse)
• Kyle Trager (Kyle XY)
• Wolf Link (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
• Yuri (Mahou? Sonna Koto yori Kinniku da!)
• Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
• Gabriel Shepherd (Marvel Comics)
• Ryo Shimazaki (Mob Psycho 100)
• Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte); after merging with Migi's cells
• Ikki Kurogane (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• Jim Ellison (The Sentinel)
• Kirito (Sword Art Online); via Distinguish
• Vash (Trigun)
• Vanya Hargreeves/The White Violin (The Umbrella Academy)
• Isen (unOrdinary)
• John Doe (unOrdinary); via Aura Manipulation

Known Powers

• Ultra Sensitivity (Dragon Ball franchise)

Known Objects

• Breathers (DC Extended Universe)
• Spider-Man Suit (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Gallery

Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa

Son Gohan (Dragon Ball Z) focuses his chi to perceives the high-speed fight between Yamcha and a Saibaman.

By focusing his senses, Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT) can feel even minuscule changes in the air, allowing him to predict Goku's Instant Transmission.

Vash (Trigun) was able to focus all of his senses on an injury to protect himself from Dominique's hypnotic power.

Ikki Kurogane (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry) has full mastery over his body including his five senses and controlling the details of what he can see.

By concentrating hard enough and focusing his 'antennae', Ryo Shimazaki (Mob Psycho 100) can use his Super Sensory Zone - Mind's Eye to sharpen his extrasensory perception until all he can "see" are the objects of his focus, in this case other esper's auras.

Shinichi Izumi (Parasyte) focusing his senses in to order to fight Parasite ever since merging with Migi's cells.

Cartoons/Comics

Jack (Samurai Jack) has trained to focus and hone his senses, allowing him to fight and navigate while blindfolded.

Kal El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics) focusing his hearing to tune into Lois Lane's heartbeat frequency.

By ignoring all of his other senses, Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) can focus his Spider-Sense to locate specific targets.

Live Television/Movies

As a Synesthete Alpha, Rachel Pirzad (Alphas) can focus any of her senses at will.

Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) focuses her senses in order to detect and attack the invisible Marcie Ross.

General Zod (DC Extended Universe) and his army have Breathers to allows them to filter their senses while on Earth, blocking out the environmental factors that lead to Kryptonians' sensory overload.

Kyle Trager (Kyle XY) is able to focus his senses.

Spider-Man's Suit (Marvel Cinematic Universe) is designed with special lenses that help him filter and focus his senses.

Jim Ellison (The Sentinel)

Kara Zor-El (Smallville) focusing her hearing to track her ship's beacon.

Tabletop/Video Games

By focusing his senses, Wolf Link (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) can track scents he finds...

...and see what is usually invisible to the naked eye, such as ghosts.

Videos

Samurai Jack - Jack Vs. Three Blind Archers - Adult Swim UK 🇬🇧-2

Claymore- Clare's counterattack on the Paburo Awakened-2