Trait:Death-Dependent Power

Death-Dependent Power
Due to Return by Death, Natsu Subaru’s (Re:Zero) consciousness is sent back in time whenever he dies.
Power/Ability to:	Possess an ability that only activates after the user's own death.

The power to possess an ability that only activates after the user's own death. Not to be confused with Sacrificial Power, Suicidal Attack, After-Death Power Continuity, or Double-Edged Power. Variation of Conditional Power.

Also Called

• Death-Activated Power
• Post-Mortem Ability
• Post-Mortem Power Activation

Capabilities

The user possesses a power or ability that automatically activates as a result of their own death.

Associations

• After-Death Power Continuity
• Double-Edged Power
• Near-Death Empowerment
• Reincarnation
• Sacrificial Power
• Self-Resurrection
• Suicidal Attack

Limitations

• The user has to die for the power to take effect and may be unable to activate it while alive.
• The user might not be aware of their power or how to activate it.
• Users of any form of Resurrection may be able to cancel post-mortem abilities by reviving the user.

Known Users

See Also: Death Activated Super Power.

• Shamna (Code Geass); via her Geass
• Mitch Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
• Immortals (Highlander)
• Users of post-mortem Nen (Hunter x Hunter)
  • Camilla Hui Guo Rou
  • Hisoka Marrow
  • Kacho Hui Guo Rou
  • Neferpitou
• Rengoku (Hunter x Hunter: Last Mission)
• Stray Cat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable)
• Carne (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Vento Aureo/Golden Wind)
• Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
• Dr. Stephen Strange (Marvel Comics)
• Neo (The Matrix)
• Chain (Hero Killer)
• Brook (One Piece); via the Yomi Yomi no Mi
• Victim (Overlord)
• Alex Mercer (Prototype); via Blacklight Virus
• Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero); via Return by Death
• Albert Wesker (Resident Evil); via prototype virus
• Habaki Sakagami (Shinza Banshou series); via Misogiharae - Yomotsugaeri
• Mercurius (Shinza Banshou series); via Vive Memor Mortis - Acta Est Fabula
• Heracles (TYPE-MOON); via God Hand

Gallery

With her Geass, Shamna (Code Geass) can send her consciousness back in time 6 hours whenever she dies.

Whenever Mitch Shelley/The Resurrection Man (DC Comics) is killed, he returns to life with a new power that correlates in some way to his death.

Stray Cat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable) only awakened its stand after its death, both reviving it in the form of a flower and granting it the ability to manipulate air bubbles.

Dead Girl's (Marvel Comics) metagene did not activate until her demise.

After his death, Doctor Strange's (Marvel Comics) magic was activated to release a temporal clone as a contingency.

Neo (The Matrix) gained his full powers as The One after being killed by Agent Smith.

After eating the Yomi Yomi no Mi, Brook (One Piece) initially did not notice any changes, however, after he died, he learned that he had gained the ability to control his own soul separately from his physical body.

The prototype virus that Albert Wesker (Resident Evil) injected himself with did not activate until after he let himself be killed by the Tyrant.

Due to his distortion of Misogiharae - Yomotsugaeri, when Habaki Sakagami (Shinza Banshou series) is killed, he can revive himself and launch the amplified power that was used to kill him at the target of his choosing.

Due to Mercurius’s (Shinza Banshou series) desire to only die in the arms of Marie, his law, Vive Memor Mortis - Acta Est Fabula’ causes time to loop if he happens to die in any other way.

With his God Hand ability, Heracles (TYPE-MOON) will automatically revive after his death up to 11 times.