Wood Manipulation

Wood Manipulation
Hashirama Senju (Naruto) using "Wood Release Secret Technique: Nativity of a World of Trees".
Power/Ability to:	Manipulate wood.

The power to manipulate wood. Variation of Plant Manipulation.

Also Called

• Dendrokinesis
• Ligneokinesis
• Wood Control
• Wood Release/Mokuton
• Xylokinesis

Capabilities

Users can create, shape and manipulate wood/woody plants, including trees, shrubs and lianas. They can cause wood to grow, move/attack or even rise from the soil and "walk", mutate wood by rearranging DNA structure, revive withered or dead wood or manipulate the dead wood as well as living.

Applications

• Wood Attacks
• Wood Generation/Branch Generation to create wood/branches/roots/trunks and etc.
• Botanical Communication
• Flora Energy Manipulation via wood.
• Flower Manipulation
• Fruit/Vegetable Manipulation
• Leaf Manipulation
• Manipulate the properties of wood.
• Move/lift wood.
  • Flight with wood.
  • Matter Surfing using wood/woody plants or their parts.
• Plant Attacks using wood.
• Plant Empathy
• Plant Enhancement
• Plant Growth
• Pollen Manipulation
• Rearrange the genetic structure in wood/woody plants, including creation of mutant wood/woody plants.
• Sap Manipulation
• Seed Manipulation
• Seismic Sense through wood/woody plants, especially roots.
• Spore Manipulation
• Xylokinetic Constructs

Techniques

• Floraportation using wood/woody plants.
• Healing Plant using wood/woody plants.
• Wood Mimicry
• Xylokinetic Combat
• Xylokinesis Regeneration
  • Photokinetic Regeneration

Variations

• Wood Embodiment
• Wood Magic

Associations

• Architecture Manipulation for buildings of wood.
• Fortification Creation
• Forest Manipulation
• Furniture Manipulation
• Light Absorption from photosynthesis.
• Organic Manipulation
• Oxygen Generation
• Paper Manipulation cellulose based paper.
• Plant Manipulation

Universe Variations

Some universes consider Wood to be a source of life, allowing the user to access Life-Force Generation, Life-Force Absorption or even Life-Force Manipulation.

Limitations

• May be unable to create wood, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
• Most users are powerless in areas without wood/woody plants or at least potential for wood/woody plants to grow (infertile/barren soil).
• High levels of radiation in a concentrated area may cause defects in the ability.
• Users may be only able to control certain types of wood/woody plants.
• Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
• May have limits on the amount/time user can control.
• Attacks from Fire Manipulation and/or Ice Manipulation can pose an issue.
• Wood attracts lightning.

Known Users

Comics/Cartoons

• Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
• Black Tom Cassidy (Marvel Comics)
• Groot (Marvel Comics)
• Shao Yen (Master Raindrop)
• Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H.)
• Kadma (W.I.T.C.H.)
• Ping Pong (Xiaolin Chronicles)
• Gloriosa Daisy (My Little Pony Equestria Girls)

Manga/Anime

• The Wood (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Azuma (Fairy Tail)
• Laki Olietta (Fairy Tail)
• Kamui Woods (Boku No Hero Academia)
• Kurohime (Magic User Kurohime)
• Yashahime (Magic User Kurohime)
• Wood Release users (Naruto)
  • Hashirama Senju
  • White Zetsu
  • Yamato
  • Danzō Shimura
  • Obito Uchiha
  • Madara Uchiha
  • Asura Ōtsutsuki
• Kōsuke Ueki (The Law of Ueki)
• Flora (Winx Club)

Video Games

• Wood Man (Mega Man 2)
• The Master of Treetop Tower (Pandora's Tower)
• Grass-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
• Stump Smash (Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure)
• Nicole Mimi Tithel (Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis); via the wood mana that made a pact with her
• Gloriosa Daisy (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)

Gallery

Azuma (Fairy Tail) controlling tree roots to form a sturdy wooden shield.

Yamato (Naruto) can use the Wood Release thanks to Hashirama cells that were implanted on him.

Yamato (Naruto) using Wood Release: Four Pillar House Technique to construct something as intricate as a house for overnight camping.

Madara Uchiha (Naruto) using Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique to create a wooden dragon that will drain its victims of their life-force.

Obito (Naruto) using Wood Release: Cutting Technique to impale his opponents.

Venusaur (Pokémon) using Frenzy Plant to create gigantic tree roots that will smash the opponents.

Celebi (Pokémon) using its telekinetic and nature powers to control wood, forming a powerful giant shell to crush its opposition.

Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Woods' (Boku no Hero Academia) Lumber allows him to control the wood on his body.