The ability to harden one's skin. Sub-power of Skin Manipulation. Variation of Dermal Armor and Body Hardening.
Also Called
- Adamantine Kata (Kengan Ashua)
- Blut Vene (Bleach)
- Busoshoku Haki/Color of Armament Haki (One Piece)
- Harden
- Hierro/Iron (Bleach)
- Skin Reinforcement/Toughening
- 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
- Unbreakable Skin 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
- Female Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Armored Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Attack Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Beast Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Jaw Titan (Attack on Titan)
- War Hammer Titan (Attack on Titan)
- Kaku (Akame ga Kill!)
- Arrancars (Bleach)
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- Quincy (Bleach); via Blut Vene
- Cang Du (Bleach); via The Iron
- Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach); via The Visionary
- James Ironside (Blood+)
- Ryuichi Sendo (Code:Breaker)
- Ki Users (Dragon Ball Series)
- Eclipse Pisces (Fairy Tail)
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Gabimaru (Hellās Paradise: Jigokuraku)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Chuuoh (Houshin Engi)
- Hitomi Uzaki (Killing Bites); via her Therianthrope Form
- Kongoh Family (Kongoh Bancho)
- Crimson Riot (My Hero Academia)
- Eijiro Kirishima/Red Riot (My Hero Academia)
- Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu/Real Steel (My Hero Academia)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Fudo (Naruto: Shippuden)
- Hiruko (Naruto: Shippuden)
- Parasites (Parasyte)
- Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire)
- Users of Busoshoku Haki (One Piece)
- Users of Tekkai (One Piece)
- Garon (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)
Live Television/Movies
- Ethan James (Power Rangers: Dino Thunder)
- Brass Body (The Man with the Iron Fists)
- Ultimate Predator (The Predator)
Video Games
- Sekka (Double Dragon V)
- Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
- Parasite Units (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain)
- The Lone Wanderer (Fallout 3); via barkskin perk
- PokƩmon that can use Harden (PokƩmon)
- PokƩmon that can use Iron Defense (PokƩmon)
- PokƩmon that can use Iron Tail (PokƩmon)
- Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Ridley clone (Metroid: Other M)