Darkness Manipulation

The power to manipulate darkness. Variation of Absent Energy Manipulation. Opposite to Light Manipulation.

Also Called[]

• Achluokinesis
• Darkness Control
• Erebokinesis
• Sciakinesis
• Shadow Control/Manipulation
• Umbrakinesis
• Void Manipulation/Control (Hollow Knight)

Capabilities[]

Users can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. Darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but can also be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance; one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs such as equipment or entities, teleport oneself through massive distances via shadows, etc.

Note: Darkness Manipulation is essentially the same as Shadow Manipulation, in the sense that all of its applications would be identical. Hence why both powers are merged into one.

Applications[]

• Animated Shadow
• Blindness Inducement (Night Blindness)
• Darkling Manipulation
• Darkness Adaptation
  • Night Vision
    • Night Manipulation (High-Level Users)
• Darkness Attacks
• Darkness Consumption
• Darkness Imprisonment
• Darkness Solidification
  • Create tentacles/tendrils, chains and/or threads to attack or bind.
  • Umbrakinetic Constructs
• Manipulate the properties of darkness/shadows.
• Personal Darkness
• Shadow Erasure
• Shadow Generation
  • Absolute Darkness
  • Invisibility (Either by emitting darkness to a high degree or absorb all the light in the environment).
  • Light Absorption
  • Shadow Camouflage/Cloaking
• Shadow Interaction
  • Shadow Marionette
  • Shadow Mutilation
  • Shadow Pinning
• Umbrakinetic Immunity
• Umbra-Telekinesis
  • Umbrakinetic Flight
  • Umbrakinetic Surfing

Techniques[]

• Dark Portal Creation by using darkness/shadow by understanding the fundamental connection all shadows/darkness share.
  • Dimensional Storage to store stuff into darkness/shadow.
  • Dimensional Travel to enter their own pocket dimensional darkness/shadow.
• Darkness Aura
• Darkness Bestowal
  • Darkness Transformation
• Darkness Defense
• Darkness Empowerment
• Darkness Healing
• Darkness Mimicry
• Darkness Sealing
• Darkness Teleportation
• Darkness Transmutation
• Darkness Infusion
• Darkness Weaponry
  • Darkness Artillery
• Death Shadow
• Personal Void
• Shadow Absorption
• Shadow Conversion
• Shadow Mutilation
• ‎Shadow Reanimation
• Shadow Stealth
• Shadow Swimming
• Umbrakinetic Combat
• Umbrakinetic Regeneration
• Umbra-Telekinesis
• Umbrakinetic Telepathy
• Umbrakinetically Enhanced Condition

Variations[]

• Bio-Darkness Manipulation
• Dark World Manipulation
• Darkness Object Manipulation
  • Darkness Card Manipulation
• Darkness Embodiment
• Darkness Science
• Demonic Darkness Manipulation
• Divine Darkness Manipulation
• Conceptual Darkness Manipulation
• Esoteric Darkness Manipulation
• Individual Shadow Manipulation
• Primordial Darkness Manipulation
• Psychic Darkness Manipulation
• Pure Darkness Manipulation
• Sacred Darkness Manipulation
• Spiritual Darkness Manipulation
• Dark Energy Manipulation
• Shadow Magic

Associations[]

• Absent Energy Manipulation
• Absorption
• Black Hole Manipulation - Darkness is often associated/closely related to Black Holes.
• Cold Manipulation - Darkness is often associated with the cold.
• Death Manipulation - Darkness is often closely associated with death.
• Fear Inducement - Darkness is a primal fear, and often closely associated with it.
• Illusion Manipulation - Darkness is often associated with trickery/illusions and spending too much time in darkness can make people hallucinate.
• Invisibility
• Light Manipulation
• Lunar Manipulation
• Night Manipulation
• Sleep Manipulation - Darkness is associated with and often essential for sleep as the absence of light sends a critical signal to the body that it is time to rest.
• Vision Manipulation - Darkness takes away the sense of sight.

Limitations[]

• Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
• Light Manipulation, Light Generation, and other light based powers are especially effective against this power.
  • As shadow is a dark area produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface, light may strengthen shadow magic or may even be a requirement in some universes.
• May be unable to create darkness/shadow, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
• May have to be in sync with darkness, whether their own or the source of their power.
• May become affected/corrupted through extended exposure.
• Umbrakinetic Immunity/Shadow Absorption

Known Users[]

See Also: Casting a Shadow.

Darkness[]

Shadows[]

Darkness & Shadows[]

Known Objects[]

Known Powers/Techniques[]

• Abyss Mysticism (Vampire: The Masquerade)
• Dark Force/Dark Force Dimension (Marvel Comics)
• Darkforge (The New Real)
• Dark Hashira (Dragoma Inferno)
• Dark Magic (Black Clover)
• Dark Sorcery (Psycho Dreams)
• Darkus (Bakugan)

Hell (Hero Killer)

• Phoebe Frady (Heroes: Reborn)
• Shadow Energy (Shadow Fight)
• Shadow Energy (Swordmaster's Youngest Son)
• Shadowlands (DC Comics)
• Shadow Magic (Black Clover)
• Shadow Summoning (Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse)

Gallery[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover) can manipulate the dark and cast various darkness-based spells using his innate Magic Attribute - Dark Magic.

Like her brother, Ichika Yami (Black Clover) has an attribute for Dark Magic.

Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach) can manipulate darkness in all forms, aptly his power over the color of "Black".

Yhwach (Bleach) has his cape dissolve into miniature black one-eye creatures.

Tsukiyo (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations) grabs at his shadow to manifest a tangible blade, wielding his Shadow Sword.

The Dark Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)

The Shadow Card (Cardcaptor Sakura)

Rui Hachiouji (Code: Breaker) can manipulate her shadow.

Saechika Hachiouji (Code: Breaker) can manipulate his shadow.

Duskmon (Digimon)

Loweemon (Digimon)

JagerLoweemon (Digimon)

Velgemon (Digimon)

Jose Porla (Fairy Tail)

Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail) is a powerful user of this ability.

Zero (Fairy Tail) is a master of Darkness magic.

Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail) the Shadow Dragon Slayer.

Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail)

Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist) manipulating his shadows.

Having a symbiotic connection with his Longinus Canis Lykaon, Tobio Ikuse (Highschool DxD) has tremendous darkness-based powers.

Engen/Smiling Man's (Hero Killer) Gift, Hell allows him to create and control solidified darkness based around the 8 layers of the hot side of Buddhist Hell...

...by default, he is capable of manifesting the darkness in various forms like spikes...

...simple bandages to cover his wounds...

...creates his iconic large executioner broadsword...

...which serves as his main weapon...

...that he can control to attack...

...and defend...

generate]] energy beams of pure darkness.

Cheon Ma (Nano Machine) generating his domineering Demonic Chi.

Megumi Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen) summoning his tsukumogamis via shadows using his cursed technique, Ten Shadows.

The previous Lower Moon 2, Hairo's (Kimetsu no Yaiba) Blood Demon Art that allowed him to generate and manipulate shadows with supernatural properties...

...mainly being his Plunder Cavity technique, which turned his shadows into a 'hammerspace' with an unnaturally high capacity to store objects and brandish them at will...

...his shadows also having extremely high suction, trapping anything that comes into contact with it like a bottomless swamp...

...he can also manifest wolves which he can control at will and generate his Plunder Cavity by shaping the shadows under his cloak...

...or even the shadows...

...of others.

Shikamaru Nara (Naruto) uses the Shadow Sewing Technique to bind his opponents with materialized shadows.

Gekko Moriah (One Piece) can manipulate shadows, including his own, in a variety of ways with the Shadow-Shadow Fruit/Kage Kage no Mi...

... create a Doppelman...

...and Brick Bats...

... or absorb shadows to strengthen himself.

Having eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit/Yami Yami no Mi, Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece) can control darkness, giving to control gravity, create pocket dimensions, nullify one's power, and absorb the area around him.

Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade) creating ethereal shadow-like chi with the Blade of Darkness and Destruction.

Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World) using Shamac.

Makora's (Samurai Deeper Kyo) Shadow Techniques are manipulating dimensional energy to create pockets of space for a variety of feats.

The Shadow Monarch, Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling) can manipulate the magical aspect of shadows for a variety of purposes...

...like surround himself in an aura of shadowy darkness while using his Bloodlust...

...create and bring to life an army of shadow beings to serve and fight for him with his ability as a Necromancer...

...create a personal realm with Domain of the Monarch to empower his soldiers...

...teleport within his shadow with his Shadow Exchange ability.

Sung Suho (Solo Leveling) inherited his father's ability to manipulate the magical aspect of shadows for a variety of purposes...

...like shaping his Shadow Soldiers...

...into weapons.

Anemo Nemo/Leberblume (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogareta), the master of controlling shadows.

You Li (The Doctor's Supremacy) has the power to control and become shadow.

Iori Katanagi (Phantom Seer) can channel his Shamanic Powers to control shadows.

Jin Mu-Won (Legend of the Northern Blade) creating the ethereal shadow-like chi with the Blade of Darkness and Destruction.

Cartoons[]

Chirox (BIONICLE) creating a giant fist out of shadow energy.

Teridax (BIONICLE) uses his shadow powers to take over the island of Metru Nui.

As a demon, Luci (Disenchantment) can manipulate shadows and even make out with someone else's shadow.

Macaque's (LEGO Monkie Kid) signature move is his shadow manipulation, which allows him to control the shadows of other people and even himself.

Lord Garmadon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu), Lord of the Underworld and Darkness. HE was born with the dark powers of the Oni wielding the elemental essences of Destruction.

Black Velvet (Loonatics Unleashed)

Stygian/Pony of Shadows (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) is known for this power.

When angry enough, Pizzaz Miller (Moonbeam City) inexplicably forms shadows of Venetian blinds across her face, despite being in a room without blinds.

Raven (Teen Titans)

Darcy (Winx Club) is able to control darkness, illusions, etc.

Lord Nighty-Night (Megamind Vs. The Doom Syndicate)

Twyla (Monster High 2022 Series)

Vaatu (The Legend of Korra)

Darcy (Winx Club) possesses a near-perfect control over darkness and hypnotics.

Comics[]

Ivan Evans/Ebon (Milestone Comics)

Shadow Walker (DC Comics) can create and manipulate darkness.

Todd Rice/Obsidian (DC Comics) can manipulate shadows and darkness to his will

Richard Swift/The Shade (DC Comics) is connected to the Shadowlands granting him powerful umbrakinetic powers.

Nightshade (DC Comics)

Shadowman (Valiant Comics)

Raven (DC Comics)

The One Who Laughs (DC Comics) is a powerful umbrakinetic being able to harm a World Forge empowered Wonder Woman.

Jackie Estacado (Top Cow/Image Comics) wearing The Darkness as armor.

Duke Thomas/The Signal (DC Comics) having experienced the touch of Ishmael, Duke's photokinetic powers "evolved" to include the ability to command, absorb, and redistribute darkness.

Maximillian Coleridge/Shroud (Marvel Comics)

The Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics)

Literature[]

Aleksander Morozova/The Darkling (The Grisha Trilogy)

Queen Maeve (Throne of Glass)

Ungoliant (Tolkien) the Gloomweaver.

Live Television[]

Phoebe Frady (Heroes: Reborn) using this power to play with her shadow...

...and to create some kind of black hole.

The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural) disperses a growing cloud of darkness as she arrives on earth.

Video Games[]

Aragami (Aragami) can manipulate shadows for a plethora of purposes.

Scar (Disney Mirrorverse) also known as the Shadowy manipulator

Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III/Dissidia)

Zato-1 (Guilty Gear) can manipulate his own shadow Eddie, a Forbidden Beast.

Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts) embodies the true cunning nature of darkness.

Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)

Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog) is the incarnation of darkness, night, and destruction. As such, it possesses power over darkness and dark energy on a global scale, able to create an army of supernatural monsters and cover the world in darkness.

Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog) is the malevolent conscience, mind, and will of the sun god Solaris. Being composed of living dark power, he is able to absorb anyone's shadow, use darkness create an army of clones and manipulate the area around him, and control dark energy forces.

Zor (Sonic the Hedgehog) is a Zeti that controls dark forbidden powers, able to cover an area in darkness and create minions and clones of shadows.

Dharkon (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate) can create shadow eruptions and create Puppet Fighters from his own dark power.

Sakura Igawa (Taimanin Series) is a rare kunoichi breed that uses darkness based Ninja Arts.

Polar Night (Valkyrie Crusade) the maiden of eternal darkness.

Shadow (Valkyrie Crusade)

Shadow Magician (Valkyrie Crusade)

Adrian Luca (X-Men: Destiny)

Rusalka's (Dies Irae) Briah granted her the ability to manipulate, generate and giving life to her shadows. Additionally, she can bind and paralyzing her victims if her shadow touched them or their shadows.

Rumia (Touhou Project)

Videos[]

ACE VS BLACKBEARD FULL FIGHT-2

The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - The Enemy Revealed - Gandalf vs. Sauron - HDR - 4K - 5.1 --2

SCP-080 Dark Form-2

Sauron VS Lich King (Lord of the Rings VS World of Warcraft) - DEATH BATTLE!-2

Analysis & Discussions[]

Morgoth- The Origins of Melkor - Tolkien Explained

Morgoth- Battles for Beleriand - Tolkien Explained

Morgoth- The War of Wrath - Tolkien Explained-2

Ungoliant (Mother of Shelob) & the Spiders of the First Age - Tolkien Explained-2

Music[]

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 23화 BGM】 MZ - 최후의 불꽃-2

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 25화 BGM】 MZ - 죽음을 준비하라-2

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 57화 BGM】 MZ - Second Wind-2

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 65화 BGM】 MZ - 복마전(伏魔殿)-2

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 71화 BGM】 MZ - 도전자-2