- "You’re missing out on the joys of life. Like... Pizza! I can't smell. We… I can't taste either!?"
"All that stuff is in your body."
"No smell, no taste."
"Or touch." - ― Joe Gardner and 22 (Soul)
The ability to deprive one's or others' senses. Sub-power of Sense Manipulation. Opposite to Sense Augmentation and Sensory Overload. Not to be confused with Sense Removal.
Also Called[]
- Sense Deprivation/Negation/Reduction/Suppression
- Sensory Suppression
Capabilities[]
The user can numb/decrease their or others' senses (sight, taste, hearing, feel or smell) temporarily or permanently.
Applications[]
Variations[]
- Ageusia Inducement
- Anosmia Inducement
- Blindness Inducement
- Deafness Inducement
- Innervation Inducement
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- May be limited to certain senses.
- Turning off one's senses during a battle may have dangerous results (for example, turning one's hearing off while fighting an opponent who is invisible).
- If done through psychic means, can be resisted via Psychic Shield or ignored through Psychic Immunity.
- May not impede those with Senseless Activity.
Known Users[]
- Oracles (Age of Mythology); while moving
- Rachel Pirzad (Alphas)
- Kaname Tōsen (Bleach); via "Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi"
- Mirco Bladimof (Chica Vampiro)
- Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail); after becoming a Dragon and being granted a human body.
- Kyoka (Fairy Tail)
- Baldur (God of War)
- Harvester (Hero Killer)
- The Watcher (Heroes)
- Kyle Trager (Kyle XY)
- Akihiro Daken (Marvel Comics); via pheromones
- Seiichi Yukimura (The Prince of Tennis)
- Cameron Cole (Red Queen)
- Virgo Shaka (Saint Seiya); via Ring of Heaven's Treasure
- Grayroad (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Jane "Eleven" Hopper (Stranger Things)
- Alec (Twilight Saga)
- Chirox (BIONICLE); via Kanohi Shelek which deafens target.
- Guillaume Vasil (Worm)
- Grue (Worm)
Known Objects[]
- Idol of the Three Wise Monkeys (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Known Powers[]
- Shamac (Re:Zero)
Known Locations[]
- The Great Before (SOUL)
- SCP-2701/Cell 667 (SCP Foundation)
Gallery[]
The spell that made Baldur (God of War 2018) invulnerable to everything except mistletoe also had the unintended side effect of rendering him incapable of feeling anything, including taste, smell, pain and pleasure.
The Idol of the Three Wise Monkeys (Jackie Chan Adventures) can take away one of the three senses of sight, hearing, or speech from another being.
Kyle Trager (Kyle XY) was able to use Sensory Deprivation to null his any of senses to in order to focus his others.







