The power to manipulate despair. Variation of Emotion Manipulation. Opposite to Hope Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- Apelpisíakinesis
- Depression Manipulation
- Despair Control
- Dread Manipulation
- Gloom Manipulation
- Hopelessness Manipulation
Capabilities[]
The user can manipulate despair, depression, and hopelessness whether increasing, decreasing, causing or otherwise changing despair, even manifesting the emotional energy to physical level. Users of this power can make others feel hopeless even to the point of becoming suicidal or catatonic.
Applications[]
- Death Inducement by causing enough despair to raise blood pressure, causing a heart attack.
- Despair Absorption
- Despair Augmentation
- Despair Constructs
- Despair Detection
- Despair Empowerment
- Despair Inducement
- Despair Negation
- Doubt Inducement
- Suicide Inducement
- Unlovability
Techniques[]
Variations[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Users of Psychic Shield (highly resistant), Apathy/Psychic Immunity (impervious) and Indomitable Will.
Known Users[]
- Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)
- Despair of the Endless (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Najimi Ajimu (Medaka Box); with Pray Have Hope (Mental Skill)
- D'Spayre (Marvel Comics)
- Walpurgis Night (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
- The Despair Squid (Red Dwarf)
- Varios Characters (Fire Force)