- "Invincibility is a matter of defense, vulnerability is a matter of attack"
- ― Sun Tzu:The Art of War
- "That cartridge won't be able to penetrate Big Mom's tough skin when she is hale and hearty. Basically, there are no weapons in this world that can kill Big Mom."
- ― Capone Bege (One Piece)
The power to possess a defense that cannot be breached by any attack. Sub-Power of Absolute Condition. Technique of Defense Manipulation. Opposite to Absolute Attack.
Also Called
- Complete/Impenetrable/Invincible/Iron Wall/Perfect/Ultimate Defense
Capabilities
The user possesses defense that cannot be breached by any attack, giving them protection from all attacks, regardless of types, magnitude, and/or directions.
Associations
- Attack Ignoring
- Conceptual Defense
- Damage Distribution
- Defense Manipulation
- Deflection
- Dermal Armor
- Empathic Shield
- Force Armor Generation
- Force-Field Generation
- Invulnerability
- Layered Durability
- Omni-Protection
- Omnilock
- Psychic Immunity
- Reflective Immutability
- Spatial-Temporal Lock
- Unbreakable Skin
- Vector Manipulation
Limitations
- Defense may require user to actively maintain at all times.
- Passive-type defenses may prevent oneself from receiving any desired attacks.
- Over-reliance on defense can cause user to become physically weak.
- Certain types of defenses may be bypassed or pierced despite the "absolute", based on weaknesses.
- May require user to remain stationary in order for defense to withstand.
- User might only be able to resist most of an Absolute Attack.
- May require the user to be in a state of equanimity.
- May only be usable a certain amount of times before the user collapses or must rest.
- Use of Absolute defense may prohibit the user from inflicting attacks (creating solids).
- May only be usable with a certain material or element.
Known Users
Manga/Anime
- Albedo (Overlord)
- Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)
- Perfect Guard units (Cardfight!! Vanguard)
- Accelerator (A Certain Magical Index/A Certain Scientific Railgun)
- Kaede "Lucy" (Elfen Lied)
- Mavis Vermilion (Fairy Tail); via Fairy Sphere
- Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Rossweisse (Highschool DxD)
- Giorno Giovanna (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5: Vento Aureo); via Gold Experience Requiem
- Magent Magent (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run); via 20th Century Boy
- Darkness (Konosuba)
- Gagamaru Chōgasaki (Medaka Box)
- Gaara (Naruto)
- Neji Hyūga (Naruto)
- Third Raikage (Naruto)
- Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
- Bartholomew Kuma (One Piece)
- Capone Bege (One Piece); via Shiro Shiro no Mi
- Monkey D.Luffy (One Piece) via Gear Fourth: Tankman
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
- Bartolomeo (One Piece)
- Kaido (One Piece)
- Kurousagi (Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?)
- Dragon Shiryū (Saint Seiya)
- Regina Olympia Folnar (Swordsman of Magic Technique School and Summoned Vasreus)
- Yaya (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
- Korosensei (Assassination Classroom)
Video Games
- Ight (Breath of Fire IV)
- Bayonetta (Bayonetta); via Moon of Malaa-Kalaa
- Shirou Emiya (Fate/stay night)
- EMIYA (Fate/stay night)
- No Name (Fate/Extra)
- Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
- Iron Clefts (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- The Protagonist (Persona 3); via Infinity Fusion Spell
- Naoto Shirogane (Persona 4 Golden); via Shield of Justice
- Daruk (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild); via Daruk's Protection
- Faeries (TYPE-MOON)
- Aegis (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Prydwen (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ancile (Valkyrie Crusade)
Known Objects
- Hermes Trismegistus (Overlord)
- Grand Chariot (Akame ga Kill!)
- Incursio (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Dispel Bound (Bastard!!)
- Zanka no Tachi (Bleach)
- The Shield (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Absolutely Safe Capsule (Earthbound)
- Magic Armor (The Legend of Zelda)
- Calculate Fortress (A Certain Magical Index)
- Black Panther Habit (Marvel Comics)
- Nemean Lion Skin (Marvel Comics)
- Yata Mirror (Naruto)
- Bat-Robo (RevEvolution)
- Aegis (Saint Seiya)
- Dragon Cloth (Saint Seiya)
- Quantum Armor (Star Wars)
- Apex Armor (Transformers)
- Rho Aias (TYPE-MOON)
- Avalon (TYPE-MOON)
- Lord Camelot (TYPE-MOON)
- Luminosite Eternelle (TYPE-MOON)
- Death's Head Shield (Charmed)
- Longinus:Dimension Lost (Highschool DxD)
- Moon of Malaa-Kalaa (Bayonetta)
- Shield of Gaia (War on Geminar)
- Aqua Pentagram (Monster Girl Quest)