Body Language Analysis
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The power to intuitively read others' body language and anticipate their actions.
Also Called
- Body Reading Ability
- Movement Study
- Reflex Analysis
Capabilities
The user can intuitively read others' body language, allowing them to anticipate their actions and respond accordingly, often allowing the user to predict opponent's attacks.
Applications
Associations
- Adoptive Muscle Memory
- Danger Intuition
- Enhanced Combat
- Enhanced Reflexes
- Flash Precognition
- Reactive Adaptation
- Psychological Intuition
Limitations
- May not work on species different from the user, till users can can train or be trained to understand that species behavior.
- If opponent knows of users power may be able to use against them via misleading movements.
- Opponents with erratic and unpredictable behavior are immune to this power.
- Even though the user can predict their movements, they'll have trouble following them depending on their own speed and reflexes.
Known Users
- Goku (Dragonball)
- Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
- Clock King (DC Comics)
- Batman ("DC Comics")
- Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
- Cypher (Marvel Comics)
- Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Turtlebot (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
- CJ Ward (Tower Prep)
- Vanessa Brewer (Angel)
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Midnighter (Wildstorm)
- Emerl (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Predicto (Sonic the Comic)
- Sharingan users (Naruto)
- King Bradley (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)
- Janemba (Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn)
- Super 17 (Dragon Ball GT)
- Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- Dracule Mihawk (One Piece)
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad (Assassin's Creed)
- Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed)
- Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed)
- Dr. Cal Lightman (Lie to Me)
- Ozymandias (Watchmen)
- Dark Link (The Legend of Zelda)
- Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty)
- Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
- Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
- Apollo Justice via Justice Bracelet (Ace Attorney Series)
- Kenshin Himura (Rurouni Kenshin)
- Yahg (Mass Effect)
- Shadow Broker (Mass Effect 2)
- Bene Gesserit (Dune)
- Mark Halloway (UN Comics)
- Seijūrō Akashi (Kuroko no Basuke)
- Kuroko Tetsuya (Kuroko no Basuke)
- Eric Letrobe (Alphas)
- Patrick Jane (The Mentalist)
- Takeshi Nanase (Mahou Sensou)
- Kakeru Satsuki (11eyes); via Eye of Aeon
- Laura Sanz (The Subject No. 1)
- Matt (The Subject No. 1)
- Luz (The Subject No. 1)
Gallery
Cassandra Cain (DC) can read others' body language.
Vamp (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty) can predict others' body movements by watching their muscles.
Thanks to his ADHD, Percy Jackson (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) can extrapolate where his enemies will strike simply based on how their muscles tense.
CJ Ward (Tower Prep)
Ian Archer (Tower Prep)
Fantomex (Marvel Comics)
Vanessa Brewer (Angel) is able to sense motion sources around her, such as body moves, and respond accordingly.
Midnighter (Wildstorm)
Bene Gesserit (Dune) truthsayers can detect lies by analyzing body language.
King Bradley can see an opponents movements thanks to his Ultimate Eye.
Patrick Jane (The Mentalist) uses his keen powers of observation, deduction, and knowledge of social engineering coupled with his genius to help lead investigations.
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) can predict movements and attacks with ease, a skill that has improved even further thanks to his Kenbunshoku Haki.
Emerl (Sonic the Hedgehog)
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