- "This is called the Rippling Sword. Rippling Ophelia... Great name, don't you think?"
- ― Ophelia to Clare (Claymore)
The power to utilize practices that are vibrokinetic in nature. Variation of Supernatural Arts.
Also Called[]
- Seismic/Shockwave/Tremor Arts
Capabilities[]
The user can utilize the Vibration Arts, a specialized system of techniques based around vibrokinetic power. The user is able to wield a skill set that is focused on the cultivation and manipulation of vibrations in various ways such as offensively, defensively, or even to heal.
Applications[]
- All Vibration-Based Powers
- Vibration Manipulation
- Supernatural Condition
- Training Regimen
Techniques[]
Variations[]
- Sound Arts - sonic vibrations
- Vibration Magic
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Knowledge Absorption/Knowledge Erasure/Seismic Energy Immunity/Vibration Absorption/Vibration Negation
- Lack of proper knowledge could lead to power loss or dangerous effects.
- May be limited to types of techniques (combat, healing, enhancement, etc.).
- Each being emits a slightly different frequency and the user must concentrate on creating the correct counter frequency to make their power effective.
Known Users[]
- Panzer Kunst Users (Battle Angel Alita)
- Cirucci Sanderwicci (Bleach)
- Seismic sense Users (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra)
- Guyver Unit Hosts (Bio-Booster Armor Guyver)
- Sho Fukamachi/Guyver I
- Agito Makishima/Guyver III
- Yūki Tenpōin (Code:Breaker)
- Ophelia (Claymore); via Rippling Sword
- Nejire Hado (My Hero Academia)
- Yo Shindo (My Hero Academia)
- The Powerpuff Girls (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Hasshoken Practitioners (One Piece)
- Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece); via the Gura Gura no Mi
- Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece); via the Gura Gura no Mi
- Rob Lucci (One Piece)
- Ameyuri Ringo (Naruto)
- Killer B/B (Naruto); via Supervibrato Lightning Release Swords
- Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto); via Sword of Kusanagi
- Zaku Abumi (Naruto)
- Misaka Mikoto (A Certain Magical Index)
- Users of the Sato-oshi (Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Ryo Takatsuki/Javverwock (Project A.R.M.S)
- Successors (Project A.R.M.S)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Tanabata (Sakamoto Days)
- San Otonashi (Rosario + Vampire)
- Anji Yūkyūzan (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Puri Puri Prisoner (One-Punch Man)
- Daisy “Skye” Johnson (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D)
- Herman Schultz/Shocker (Marvel Comics); via Shocker's Vibro-Shock Gauntlets
- Ulysses Klaw (Marvel Comics)
- Daisy Johnson/Quake (Marvel Comics)
- Speed (Marvel Comics)
- Gorgon (Marvel Comics)
- Avalanche (Marvel Comics)
- Arclight (Marvel Comics)
- Shatterstar (Marvel Comics)
- Rictor (Marvel Comics)
- Negative Speed Force users (DC Comics)
- Speed Force users (DC Comics)
- Accelerated Man
- The Flash
- Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman (DC Comics)
- Byakko (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Known Powers/Techniques[]
- Panzer Kunst (Battle Angle Alita)
- Acceleration Quanx (Denma)
- Shockwave Quanx (Denma)
- Thunder Drop (inFAMOUS)
- Hasshoken (One Piece)
- Sonic Boom (Pokémon)
- Earthquake (Pokémon)
- Magnitude (Pokémon)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga[]
Alita (Battle Angel Alita) using Heruzer Haoen to vibrate her molecules at 100 Hz, allowing her strikes to bypass defenses.
Using the Rippling Sword technique, Ophelia (Claymore) vibrates her arm so fast it appears motionless, making her attacks near-impossible to anticipate or block.
Ameyuri Ringo (Naruto) wielding Kiba/Thunderswords/Lighting Blade/Boltsword, dual blades imbued with electricity, utilizing the high-frequency vibrations to form the sharpest swords amongst the seven.
Killer B (Naruto) utilizing electricity on his Super Vibrato Lightning Blades/Supervibrato Lightning Release Swords to create high frequency cutting power, easily cutting through targets.
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) can infuse his Sword of Kusanagi with Lightning-nature chakra to cause it to vibrate at a high frequency which in turn increases its sharpness.
Misaka Mikoto's (A Certain Magical Index) Iron Sand Sword vibrates rapidly, giving it cutting power equivalent to a chainsaw.
Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece) using the powers of the Gura Gura no Mi/Tremor-Tremor Fruit...
Chinjao (One Piece) using Hasshoken style, generating oscillating waves to shatter and destroy defenses.
San Otonashi (Rosario + Vampire) using Siren of the Dark to create an ultrasonic counter vibration to slowly but surely break down Kamiya.
Yukyuzan Anji (Rurouni Kenshin) created Futae no Kiwami, a martial art that uses one's strength and power to be fully utilized at its maximum output.
Sanosuke Sagara (Rurouni Kenshin) using the Futae no Kiwami, which can produce shock waves from the double hit.
Ryo (Project ARMS) learned to copy the successors body vibration and acceleration techniques after a brief encounter with them.
Huey (Project ARMS) releasing hypersonic vibrations from his body to shatter and disintegrate his victims at a molecular level.
Puri Puri Prisoner (One-Punch Man) realizes that he can store and release energy with his new ability, Vibration Angel: Descend.
Cartoons[]
Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra) is a master of seismic sense, a sub-skill of earth bending that enables her to detect vibrations in earthen and metallic materials.
Comics[]
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) vibrating his molecules to become intangible, phasing through a giant Caterkiller...
Taught by his successor Zoom, Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash (DC Comics) creates sonic booms just from simply snapping his fingers by vibrating them at high speeds.
Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman (DC Comics) can vibrate his molecules at such speeds that he becomes invisible and reappears again...
...and manages to permanently destroy Darkseid by understanding the vibrating frequency of Darkseid's spirit and creating a counter vibrating frequency to dissipate him completely.
Live TV[]
Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash (The Flash) vibrating his molecules to increase his speed in order to create a hazy afterimage of himself...