The power to selectively alter the past of a target. Variation of Time Manipulation. Opposite to Future Manipulation. Not to be confused with Memory Manipulation or Retrocognition.
Also Called[]
- History Manipulation/Revisionism
- Past Modification
- History Modification
- Retconning
Capabilities[]
The user can selectively alter the past of a target (whether living, object, place, etc.) and determine when, where, what, how, or even why something happened in the past.
Applications[]
- Beginning Dominance
- Combat Perception
- History Absorption
- History Reading
- Midpoint Dominance
- Origin Manipulation
- Past Creation
- Past Erasure
- Past Negation
- Past Replication
- Relationship Manipulation
- Resurrection
- Retrocognition
- Supernatural Preparedness
- Time Travel (Past only)
- Zeitgeist Manipulation
Techniques[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Can lead to devastating repercussions. For instance, in the Pendragon series: preventing the Hindenburg from exploding leads to unforeseen events where the airship's survival enables Germany to uncover the clandestinely introduced plans of the Manhattan Project on board. This discovery paves the way for the development of nuclear weaponry, enabling Germany to win World War II, albeit at the cost of millions of lives for every hundred saved.
- Alterations may fade after death.
- May be unable to change the present. If so, user cannot change the past in a way that would negate their present and/or cause a time paradox.
Known Users[]
- Users of the Attack Titan's power (Attack on Titan)
- Shūkurō Tsukishima (Bleach); via "Book of the End"
- Bo-bobo (Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo); via "Ganeme"
- Forgers (The Emperor's Soul)
- Neinhart (Fairy Tail); via Historia of the Dead
- Gaeun Lee (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Jyoka (Houshin Engi)
- Kakogawa Hiryu/Another Zi-O (Kamen Rider Zi-O)
- Maika (Maika: The Girl From Another Galaxy)
- The Book of the Serpent (Marvel Comics)
- Minus (Minus)
- Users of Izanagi (Naruto)
- Danzō Shimura
- Madara Uchiha
- Obito Uchiha
- Urth (Norse Mythology)
- The Masked Lords of Alagadda (SCP Foundation)
- Katie Clay (Seconds)
- Red Player (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Keine Kamishirasawa (Touhou Project)
- Urthr (Valkyrie Crusade)
Known Objects[]
- Fairy Godmother's Wand (Disney's Cinderella)
- The Book of Ages (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Time Gem (Marvel Comics)
- SCP-140 - An Incomplete Chronicle (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1968 - Global Retrocausality Torus (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2140 - Retroconverter (SCP Foundation)
- Mushrooms (Seconds)
Known Powers[]
- Neo-Eclipse (Fairy Tail)
Gallery[]
Users of the Attack Titan (Attack on Titan), such as Eren Yeager, can interact with their past selves or even previous holders of the Titan's power, thereby changing/controlling their own past, and that of everyone connected to them.
Shūkurō Tsukishima's Fullbring, Book of the End (Bleach) has the ability to change the past of anything it cuts, being able to counter even Yhwach's The Almighty to some degree.
The Time Scroll (Dragon Ball Xenoverse 1 and 2)
Neinhart (Fairy Tail) can look into people's hearts a create life from their pasts.
The Book of Ages (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Time Gem (Marvel Comics)
SCP-140 - An Incomplete Chronicle (SCP Foundation) is a hardcover book that alters the past of the Daevites by pushing their species' extinction to a later date when it comes in contact with any liquid that could be used to write.
By eating a magic mushroom before sleep, Katie Clay (Seconds) is able to overwrite past mistakes she wrote down on a notebook.
The Akashic record can change/control/manipulate the past by modifying the record.