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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[]

Associations[]

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

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)

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