The power to sense the coming of death and the actual act of dying. Variation of Precognition. Not to be confused with Death Perception.
Also Called
- Death Prediction/Vision
- Shinigami Eyes
Capabilities
The user is capable of sensing the coming of death, able to determine when someone is dead or dying or if others have died in a specific location. At times, this extends to seeing the names and lifespans of those who's faces the user sees.
Applications
- Know, sense and predict deaths at a certain range:
- Retrocognition (death only)
- Clairvoyance (death only)
- Precognition (death only)
Associations
- Aura Reading
- Danger Intuition
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
- Death Perception
- Life and Death Manipulation
- Life-Force Manipulation
- Life Vision
- Mediumship
- Necromancy
- Necroscience
- Precognition
- Shamanism
Limitations
- May have limited range depending on the user's proficiency, innate talent or the nature of the power itself.
- May be always on.
- May not work on the user's own death.
- Only works on beings capable of dying.
- May only work on beings with a soul.
- May only be able to see natural death.
- Deaths may always happen despite the user's actions.
- They may come out as signs or clues.
Known Users
- Danielle Moonstar (Marvel Comics)
- Sabretooth (Marvel Comics)
- Selene (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
- Blade (Marvel Comics)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Billy Blake (Luke French: Alien Hunter)
- Angel of Death (Charmed)
- Rack (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians/The Heroes of Olympus)
- Bianca di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- Hazel Levesque (The Heroes of Olympus)
- Michiru Kita (Zombie-Loan)
- Black Hand (DC Comics)
- Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
- Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
- Jeannette (DC Comics)
- Gravekeepers (Sunday without God)
- Death (Supernatural)
- Vanessa Stanley (Haven)
- The Darkness (Witchblade/Top Cow)
- Characters who cheat death (Final Destination)
- Ana Cristina Martínez (The Eye)
- Sydney Wells (The Eye)
- Absol (Pokémon)
- Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Shinigami (Death Note)
- Users of the Shinigami Eyes (Death Note)
- Misa Amane (Death Note)
- Kyosuke Higuchi (Death Note)
- Jack Neylon/Kal Snydar (Death Note)
- Soichiro Yagami (Death Note)
- Teru Mikami (Death Note)
- C-Kira (Death Note)
- Kiyomi Takada (Death Note: The Last Name)
- Beyond Birthday (Death Note: Another Note)
- Mei Misaki (Another)
- Ned Flanders (The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror)
- Cyclops Race (Krull)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
- InuYasha (InuYasha)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)
- River Tam (Firefly)
- Jackie Estacado (Witchblade/Top Cow)
- Darth Talon (Star Wars)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars)
- Yoda (Star Wars)
- D (Vampire Hunter D)
- Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars)
- Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Eric Northman (True Blood)
- Bill Compton (True Blood)
- Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach)
- Mundus (Devil May Cry)
- Nightmare (Soulcalibur)
- Yukio (The Wolverine)
- Laura Sanz (The Subject No. 1)
- Holiday Brandon (Shadow Falls)
- Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
- Jordan Cross (Smallville); via physical contact with anyone
- Souta Hatate (Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara)
- Amane (Mushi-shi); via the Ganpuku Mushi
- Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)
- Meredith Walker (Teen Wolf)
- Lorraine Martin (Teen Wolf)
- Jordan Parrish (Teen Wolf)
- Kururugi Suzaku (Code Geass)
- Clyde Bruckman (X-Files)
Gallery
The mystical Spawn (Image Comics).
Michiru Kita (Zombie Loan) possesses this power via her "Shinigami Eyes".
The Angel of Death (Charmed)
A Shinigami (Death Note) can simply look at the face of a target...
...and see the name and remaining lifespan of the said human.
By trading half of one's lifespan, humans who own the Death Note (Death Note) can also possess the Shinigami Eyes.
Bloodwynd (DC Comics)
Yukio (The Wolverine) has a limited precognitive ability to discern the nature of a person's death.
Sam Winchester (Supernatural) had the ability to see the deaths of others in his visions
Lydia Martin (Teen Wolf)
Jordan Parrish (Teen Wolf) as a hellhound, is able to sense and locate dead supernatural beings.
Befitting its name as the "Disaster Pokémon", Absol (Pokémon) is able to sense when a tragedy such as death is about to occur.