The ability to harden one's skin. Sub-power of Skin Manipulation. Variation of Dermal Armor, Organic Solidification, and Body Hardening.
Also Called[]
- Harden
- Hard Skin
- Skin Reinforcement/Solidification/Toughening
Fiction-Specific Terms[]
- Adamantine Kata (Kenganverse)
- Blut Vene (Bleach)
- Busoshoku Haki/Color of Armament Haki (One Piece)
- Hierro/Iron (Bleach)
- Tekkai/Iron Body (One Piece)
Capabilities[]
The user is capable of hardening their skin, increasing their defensive and/or offensive capabilities.
Applications[]
- Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
- Absolute Invulnerability/Flawless Indestructibility/Absolute Invincibility/Unbreakable Skin (varies; when used at full capacity.
Associations[]
- Body Hardening
- Cutting Immunity
- Dermal Armor
- Elemental Mimicry
- Layer Reinforcement
- Muscle Mass Enhancement
- Organic Metal Skin
- Organic Rock Skin
- Organic Solidification
- Scale Manifestation
- Skin Manipulation
- Transformation
Limitations[]
- Can be countered by Defense Break.
- User may be slowed or rendered immobile while this power is active.
- There may be a limit to how much damage the user's hardened skin can take.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist); via Ultimate Shield
- Nine Titans (Attack on Titan)
- Kaku (Akame ga Kill!)
- Svenkin Gatard (Black Clover)
- Arrancar (Bleach); via "Hierro"
- Quincy (Bleach); via "Blut Vene"
- Cang Du (Bleach); via "The Iron"
- Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach); via "The Visionary"
- James Ironside (Blood+)
- Ryuichi Sendo (Code:Breaker)
- Danjou (Darwin's Game)
- Ki Users (Dragon Ball Series)
- Eclipse Pisces (Fairy Tail)
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Gabimaru (Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Chuuoh (Houshin Engi)
- Hitomi Uzaki (Killing Bites); via her Therianthrope Form
- Kongoh Family (Kongoh Bancho)
- Taiyo Asano (Mission: Yozakura Family)
- Crimson Riot (My Hero Academia)
- Eijiro Kirishima/Red Riot (My Hero Academia)
- Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu/Real Steel (My Hero Academia)
- Gigantomachia (My Hero Academia)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Fudo (Naruto)
- Hiruko (Naruto)
- Parasites (Parasyte)
- Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
- Busoshoku Haki users (One Piece)
- Tekkai users (One Piece)
- Garon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Orco (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ruin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge)
- Yaya (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Momotaro Tsurugi (Sakigake Otokojuku)
Cartoons/Comics
- Superman (DC Comics)
- Vision (Marvel Comics)
- Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
- Kevin 11 (Ben 10)
Literature
- Chris Gordon (Demon Accords)
Live Television/Movies
- Owen Schultz (The Imperfects)
- Ethan James (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
- Brass Body (The Man with the Iron Fists)
- Ultimate Predator (The Predator)
Video Games
- Sekka (Double Dragon V)
- Qunari (Dragon Age); via Vitaar
- Tombstone’s Gang (Marvel’s Spider-Man ); via Grave Dust
- Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- Parasite Units (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3); via barkskin perk
- Pokémon that can use Harden (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use Iron Defense (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use Iron Tail (Pokémon)
- Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Ridley clone (Metroid: Other M)
Known Objects[]
- Blue Dino Gem (''Power Rangers: Dino Thunder'')
- Iron Boar (Spirit Animals)
- Kira Kira no Mi/Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit (One Piece)
- Nature ÄRM, Body Hardener (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Grave Dust (Marvel’s Spider-Man)
Known Powers[]
- Busoshoku Haki (One Piece)
- Tekkai (One Piece)