- "All is powerless before the might of my SOUL!"
- ― Brook (One Piece)
- "I need you to let me touch it. The human soul — it's pure... energy. If I can siphon some of that off, I might be able to bring Sam and Dean back."
- ― Castiel talking to Bobby about the power of the soul (Supernatural; "Frontierland")
The power to manipulate souls. Sub-power of Life-Force Manipulation.
Also Called
- Psychíkinesis
- Soul Bending/Control
- Soul Stringing
Capabilities
The user can manipulate the soul, the incorporeal and immortal essence of a living thing, souls are usually most obviously present in sentient beings. At some level all biological organisms have souls, and even non-biological entities (such as rivers and mountains) possess something that is analogous to a soul.
Most users have to learn to control their own soul first and expand from there, some may be able to learn how to tap into the essence of everything living.
Applications
- Afterlife Border
- Animation
- Astral Projection
- Aura Reading
- Consciousness Separation
- Death Sense
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Exorcism
- Expanded Presence
- Phantasm Manipulation
- Possession
- Resurrection
- Reincarnation
- Soul Absorption
- Soul Banishment
- Soul Channeling
- Soul Constructs
- Soul Conversion
- Soul Creation
- Soul Destruction
- Soul Energy Solidification
- Soul Exchange
- Soul Forging
- Soul Healing
- Soul Immunity
- Soul Materialization
- Soul Merging
- Soul Morph
- Soul Mutilation
- Soul Projection
- Soul Reading
- Soul Recreation
- Soul Removal
- Soul Resonation
- Soul Restoration
- Soul Retention
- Soul Sealing
- Soul Shapeshifting
- Soul Sharing
- Soul Speed
- Soul Splitting
- Soul Summoning
- Soul Transferal
- Soul Trapping
- Spiritual Force Manipulation
- Strong Soul
- Symbiosis
- Telekinesis
- Telepathy
Techniques
- Afterlife Marking
- Soul-Bound Weapon
- Soul Empowerment
- Soul Link
- Soul Portal Creation
- Soulnado Generation
- Spiritual Aura
- Spiritual Energy Physiology
Variations
Associations
- Animancy
- Astral Manipulation
- Corruption Inducement by twisting others's, souls.
- Ghost Physiology - permanently losing their body, possibly meaning death.
- Immaterial Manipulation
- Life Creation - by infusing souls into inanimate objects.
- Life-Force Absorption
- Life-Force Conversion
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Matter Manipulation - by controlling the soul of substance & energy.
- Multiple Souls
- Nature Manipulation
- Necromancy
- Salvation
- Self-Puppetry - contain and preserve one's soul into a single object which remotely controls the body.
- Shamanism
- Spirit Magic
- Spirit Physiology
- Spiritual Element Manipulation
- World Soul Manipulation
Limitations
- May be limited to manipulating the soul of either oneself or others.
- Users of Soul Anchoring cannot be manipulated.
- Cannot affect soulless beings as they have no soul to manipulate.
- May be dangerous/ineffective if the target's soul is stronger than that of the user.
Known Users
See Also: Soul Power.
Comics/Cartoons
- Patry (Black Clover); via Reincarnation Magic
- Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
- Barbatos (DC Comics)
- Chernabog (Disney’s Fantasia)
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Al Simmons/Spawn (Image/Spawn)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics); via Soul Gem
- Galactus (Marvel Comics)
- Death (Regular Show)
- Demongo (Samurai Jack)
Anime/Manga
- Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou); via Necromancy
- Fullbringers (Bleach)
- Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Bickslow (Fairy Tail)
- Nab Lasaro (Fairy Tail)
- Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Valerie Tepes (Highschool DxD)
- Silver Chariot Requiem (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part 5: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
- Peta (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Hagoromo Otsutsuki (Naruto); via Rinnegan
- Nagato/Pain (Naruto); via Rinnegan
- The FAR/First Ancestral Race (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
- Carmel (One Piece); via the Soru Soru no Mi
- Brook (One Piece); via the Yomi Yomi no Mi
- Ghost-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Deathmask (Saint Seiya)
- Hades (Saint Seiya)
- Thanatos (Saint Seiya)
- Teufel Diabolos (Senyu)
- Dr. Franken Stein (Soul Eater)
Video Games
- Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
- Kris (Deltarune)
- Hades (God of War)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Ermac (Mortal Kombat)
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
- Shao Kahn (Mortal Kombat)
- Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
- Rose (Street Fighter)
- M. Bison (Street Fighter)
- Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project)
- Fleurety (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Soul Reaper (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Frisk (Undertale)
- Chara (Undertale)
- Asriel Dreemur (Undertale)
- Sans and Papyrus (Undertale); mimic Gravity Manipulation by turning souls blue
- Undyne (Undertale); mimics Binding by turning souls green
- Muffet (Undertale); mimics Binding by turning souls purple
- Alphys (Undertale); uses Advanced Technology to turn souls yellow and grant Bullet Projection
Live Television/Movies
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Chucky (Child's Play)
- Lord Marshals (The Chronicles of Riddick); After visiting the Underverse
- Soulites (Mutant X)
- Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
- Kallig (Star Wars)
- Death (Supernatural)
Literature
- Helda (Beauchamp Family Series)
- Mana Lord (Children of Mana)
- Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
Others
- Heart Players (Homestuck)
Known Items
- Sephiroth Graal (Highschool DxD)
- Claws Of Hades (God of War)
- Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Yomi Yomi no Mi (One Piece)
- Soru Soru no Mi (One Piece)
Gallery
Due to her superior talent in Necromancy, Eri Nakamura (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou) can directly control the souls of the dead and reanimate them as her undead puppets.
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Fullbringers such as Kūgo Ginjō (Bleach), can freely manipulate the souls of matter to varying degrees.
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Aura Michibane (Bleach) is an exceptionally powerful Fullbringer, freely able to reconstitute any matter at will, even that of her own body.
Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Jedah Dohma (Darkstalkers)
Due to his Death-attribute magic, Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time) is capable of manipulating souls and can communicate with the souls of the death without needing the 【Spiritualist】job.
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Chernabog (Disney’s Fantasia)
Hades (God of War)
Valerie Tepes (Highschool DxD) can use Longinus Sephiroth Grail to summon and communicate with the souls of dead.
Al Simmons/Spawn (Image/Spawn)
The Soul Gem (Marvel Comics) gives its user infinite control over souls both alive and dead.
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Ermac (Mortal Kombat)
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Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
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Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat)
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Using his Rinnegan power over Samsara, Hagoromo Otsutsuki (Naruto) can summon souls from the afterlife and control them via a combination of the Ningendo/Human and Gedo/Outer Path.
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Rinnegan grants Nagato/Pain (Naruto) various soul-based powers, including removing souls from his victims to kill them with the Ningendo/Human Path…
…summon souls of recently deceased people with the Gedo Art of Rinne Rebirth Jutsu/Outer Path - Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique…
…returning them back to their corpses to restore them to life.
The Soru Soru no Mi grants Big Mom (One Piece) the ability to communicate with and manipulate human souls.
The previous Soru Soru no Mi user Carmel (One Piece) infused a fragment of her soul into an inferno…
…to create Sun Homie Pandora.
Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project) the ghost princess of Hakugyokurou.
Fleurety (Valkyrie Crusade)
Soul Reaper (Valkyrie Crusade)
Barbatos (DC Comics) can control the soul of others and enslave them
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