Cannibalism Empowerment

Cannibalism Empowerment
Liltotto Lamperd's (Bleach) Schrift, "The Glutton" allows her to gain power from eating other Souls such as Shinigami and Quincy, and to a lesser degree, Hollows.
Power/Ability to:	Gain strength from cannibalism.

"In the frozen land of Nador, they were forced to eat Robin’s minstrels…and there was much rejoicing"

― Narrator (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

"Welcome son. To survive...all we must do is eat your flesh."

"Hold it right there bub. What kind of civilized people eat the body and blood of their savior?"

― Soldier and Marge Simpson (The Simpsons)

"If you kill anyone, make sure to eat their heart, to gain their courage! Their rich, tasty courage..."

― Professor Hubert Farnsworth (Futurama)

"So, this was the destiny of the Eloi. They were being bred by the Morlocks who had degenerated into the lowest form of human life: Cannibalism!"

― H. George Wells (The Time Machine, 1960 film)

The power to gain strength from cannibalism. Variation of Consumption Empowerment, Flesh Empowerment and Organic Empowerment.

Also Called

• Cannibal Affinity

Capabilities

User becomes stronger, faster, more durable, etc. from the act of cannibalism: eating the flesh of a member of one's own species, like a human eating another human, possibly unlocking abilities related to the affinity and enhancing their existing powers. Some users may be able to draw sustenance from the act or even slow or stop aging.

Applications

• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Enhanced/Supernatural Condition
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
  • Regenerative Healing Factor/Supernatural Regeneration
• Metabolization
• Self-Sustenance

Associations

• Anthropophagist Monster Physiology
• Blood Empowerment
• Consumption Empowerment
• Digestive Shapeshifting
• Flesh Empowerment
• Food Empowerment
• Gluttony Embodiment
• Infinite Digestive System
• Organic Empowerment
• Self-Power Augmentation
• Wendigo Physiology

Limitations

• May require a lot of or the whole of the person the user is attempting to use their abilities on.
• Cannot be used if the user eats anything other than their own species.
• Cannot be used if the user refuses to engage in cannibalism.
• May put a strain on one's physical and mental health.

Known Users

See Also: Monstrous Cannibalism and Cannibalism Superpower

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Users of the Nine Titans (Attack on Titan)
• Hollows (Bleach)
  • Aaroniero Arruruerie
  • Ikomikidomoe
• Liltotto Lamperd (Bleach)
• Denji (Chainsaw Man)
• Akuma (D.Gray-man)
• Demons (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba); except Nezuko Kamado
• Kouda Shimei/Cannibal (Enigma)
• Pet shop (I Get Stronger by Eating)
• Tōkajin (InuYasha)
• Insect Humans (Jungle Juice)
• Momoshiki Otsutsuki (Naruto)
• Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
• Charlotte Linlin (One Piece); via cannibalizing Carmel
• Entoma Vasilissa Zeta (Overlord)
• Ghouls (Tokyo Ghoul)

Comics

• Hannibal Bates/Everyman (DC Comics)
• Cornelius Stirk (DC Comics)
• Hulk (Marvel Zombies)

Movies

• Mr. Lee (Dumplings)
• Mrs. Lee (Dumplings/Three...Extremes)
• Aunt Mei (Dumplings/Three...Extremes)
• Evil Witches (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters)
• Shunters/Socialites (Society)

Folklore/Mythology

• Gurgurant (Arthurian Mythology)
• Anthropophage (Greek Mythology)
• Jikininki (Japanese Mythology)
• Wendigo (Native American Folklore)
• Witches (Various)

Literature

• Hollowghasts (Peculiar Children Series)
• Morlocks (The Time Machine)
• Witches (Various)

Live Television

• Rugaru (Supernatural)
• Wendigo (Supernatural)
• Sirens (The Vampire Diaries)

Tabletop RPG

• Cainite Vampires via Diablerie (Vampire the Masquerade)

Video Games

• Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (Dark Souls III)
• Six (Little Nightmares)
• Wendigos (Until Dawn)
  • Billy Bates
  • Makkapitew
  • Hannah Washington
  • Josh Washington

Known Objects

• Ring of Namira (The Elder Scrolls)

Gallery

Users of any of The Nine Titans (Attack on Titan) can gain the powers of the other eight by devouring them.

Hollows (Bleach) normally just devour human souls, but if they get stronger their hunger increases so much, they'll start devouring other Hollows...

...Eventually becoming a Gillian, a powerful amalgamation of countless Hollows that are constantly fighting for dominance of the main body...

...and if one of its component minds wins, it'll become a much more powerful Adjuchas, which can keep getting stronger through consuming even more Hollows…

…And very rarely can Adjuchas who keep further cannibalizing other Hollows evolve into a vastly stronger Vasto Lorde.

Ikomikidomoe (Bleach) gains strength by cannibalizing like all Hollows, but he is unique even among that as he also breaks down and completely integrates their spiritual powers into himself, growing exponentially stronger.

Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach) gains strength by cannibalizing like all Hollows, but he is unique even among that as he also gains all the memories and unique abilities of those he devours.

Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach) healing his wounds by eating his modified Hollows.

Level 3 Akuma (D.Gray-man) are not above devouring fellow Akuma below their levels.

Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (Dark Souls III) was a cleric that developed an appetite for his fellow man. This eventually led to him becoming so bloated and grotesque that he became a monstrous sludge-like creature.

Everyman (DC Comics) can change his form by eating the parts of other humans.

Wendigo (Native American Folklore)

When a Rugaru (Supernatural) tastes human flesh, they complete their metamorphosis from human to monster.

By repeatedly cannibalizing other ghouls, Ken Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul) became more powerful until he manifested a Kakuja, a secondary kagune that acts as body armor.

Wendigos (Until Dawn) are a supernatural race of monsters that manifest when a human commits cannibalism on Blackwood Mountain due to the presence of the malevolent spirit Makkapitew.

Billy Bates (Until Dawn) was forced to eat the bodies of dead miners to survive being trapped in the mines, turning him into a Wendigo.

The Makkapitew (Until Dawn) is a malevolent spirit that haunts Blackwood Mountain and is responsible for the existence of the Wendigos that prowl its forests.

After nearly falling to her death off of a cliff, Hannah Washington (Until Dawn) was forced to eat her sister Beth's corpse to survive...

...forcing her transformation into a Wendigo.

Josh Washington (Until Dawn) becoming a wendigo.

Tōkajin (InuYasha) ate humans who showed even the slightest spiritual powers to enhance his own.

Momoshiki Otsutsuki (Naruto) devouring his foster father and subordinate Kinshiki to transform into a more powerful form, strong enough to effortlessly defeat four of the five Kage.

Charlotte Linlin (One Piece) accidentally devoured Carmel alive as a child...

...inheriting Carmel's Soru Soru no Mi in the process.

The Anthropophage (Greek Mythology) were a lawless tribe of cannibalistic humanoids ruled only by violence.

Diablerie (Vampire: The Masquerade), also called the Amaranth, is a term used by vampires to describe the act of drinking another Cainite's blood and drawing their soul into one's own.

The Blue Spider Lily (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba) transform any humans who consumed them into monstrous cannibals with an insatiable appetite for human flesh only becoming much more powerful in proportion to the humans they consume even gain supernatural powers called Blood Demon Arts.

Kouda Shimei/Cannibal (Enigma) can turn the bones of humans into pies. By eating these pies, he gains the supernatural power of that person.

Evil Witches (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) are known to have an appetite for human children, drawing strength from it.

Shunters/Socialites (Society 1989 film)