- "You know, almost everyone has a moment in their lives when they exceed their own limits, achieve what seems to be impossible. The tricky part is what happens afterwards. You almost always feel a sense of loss. But it is possible to carry something of that experience through the rest of your life in ways that you're not even aware of now."
- ― Deanna Troi and Geordi Laforge (Star Trek: TNG)
The power to go beyond one's limits. Sub-power of Evolution and Boundary Manipulation.
Also Called
- Limitless Potential
- Self-Boundary Manipulation
- Self Evolution
- Transcending Potential
Capabilities
User can transcend their potential/capabilities beyond their normal limitations, whether physically, mentally, existentially, etc.
Applications
Existential
- Ability Transcendence
- Ascension
- Aspect Expulsion
- Evolution
- Higher Consciousness
- Limitation Transcendence
- Potential Creation
- Reactive Adaptation
- Rule Bending/Living Anomaly
- Transcendent Physiology
Mental
- Ability Intuition
- Ability Learning
- Clear Mind
- Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Intelligence
- Enhanced/Supernatural Wisdom
- Enlightenment
- Illusion Awareness
- Intelligence Infinitum
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Psionics
Physical
- Immortality
- Invulnerability
- Life Transcendence
- Peak Human/Enhanced/Supernatural/Absolute Condition
- Superpowered Physiology
Spiritual
- Quintessence Force
- Maximum Quintessential Control
Variations
Associations
Limitations
- Might only be able to perform just a handful of feats.
- May strain the user.
- May require an incomprehensible amount of training and practice to achieve.
Known Users
Cartoons
- Rex Salazar (Generator Rex)
- Cyborg (Teen Titans)
Comics
- Captain Atom (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics)
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
Literature
- D (Vampire Hunter D); via drinking his own blood
Manga/Anime
- Galatea (Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040)
- Several characters (Dragon Ball)
- Miyu's Brother (Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya)
- Medaka Kurokami (Medaka Box)
- Negi Springfield (Negima)
- Might Guy (Naruto)
- Rock Lee (Naruto)
- Naruto (Naruto)
- Chopper (One Piece); via Rumble Balls
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)
- Sanji (One Piece)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Saitama (One Punch Man)
- Kazuma (s-CRY-ed)
- Ryuho (s-CRY-ed)
- Various Saints (Saint Seyia)
Tabletop Games
- Daurgothoth (Forgotten Realms)
Video Games
- Asura (Asura's Wrath)
- Dante (Devil May Cry)
- Kratos (God of War)
- X (Mega Man X)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden)
- Minato and Minako/Hamuko Arisato (Persona 3)
- Yu Narukami/Souji Seta (Persona 4)
- Alex Mercer (Prototype)
Gallery
As a kryptonian, the closer Superman (DC Comics) is to a star, the more powerful he becomes. In fact, if he has the right amount of solar energy, he can overcome any difficulty.
As a Saiyan, Goku (Dragon Ball) is capable exceeding his limits after every battle and even just through training only, as well a using the Kaio-Ken and Super Saiyan transformations to further increase his strength.
Namekians such as Piccolo (Dragon Ball) are capable of unlocking a higher consciouness from within to become Super Nameks and achieve great power.
Parallel Shirou Emiya (Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya) has transcended the limits of the original Emiya, since he can not only easily use Unlimited Blade Works but also project Divine Noble Phantasms, which should be physically impossible.
Hulk (Marvel Comics) is famous for his "madder he is, stronger he gets" power.
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) is well known for pushing his abilities beyond their limits.
By eating three Rumble Balls, Chopper's (One Piece) Devil Fruit powers transcend itself, manifesting into a monster of immense power and no ration.
Saitama (One Punch Man) was able to transcend his own limits by hellish training.