The ability to manipulate sound and sound waves. Sub-power of Wave Manipulation. Variation of Energy Manipulation and Kinetic Energy Manipulation. Opposite to Silence Manipulation.
Also Called
- Acoustokinesis
- Audio Manipulation
- Audiokinesis
- Echokinesis
- Sonic Wave Manipulation
- Sonokinesis
- Soundbending
- Sound Control
- Sound Energy Manipulation
- Sound Wave Manipulation
Capabilities
User can create, shape and manipulate sound, a periodic disturbance of the medium (air, ground, water, etc) that radiates outward in straight lines in the form of a pressure wave. The effect these waves produce upon the ear is perceived as sound. From the point of view of physics, sound is considered to be the waves of vibratory motion themselves, whether or not they are heard by the human ear.
User can mimic, intensify, hush, and distort, as well warp, strengthen, echo, speed up, and slow down sound, using it as a powerful physical force and high-speed movement.
At low frequencies, sound is potentially fatal to living beings by causing internal damage, while high frequencies cannot be heard by normal humans but can be used for sonar-like effects. Since sound vibrations can travel through the air, ground, water and any form of medium, defense by using physical barriers is difficult. The vibrations can also affect at a molecular level.
In essence, sound is an invisible, deadly weapon and a versatile tool.
Applications
- Acceleration by riding sound waves.
- Limited Frequency Manipulation by adjusting the tune of sonics and vibrations produced.
- Counter Vibration
- Earthquake Generation by releasing sound waves into the ground.
- Molecular Acceleration
- Sound Nullification
- Manipulate the properties of sound waves.
- Move/lift sound.
- Sound Absorption
- Sound Amplification
- Sound Attacks
- Sonokinetic Constructs
- Sound Containment
- Sound Conversion
- Sound Immunity
- Sound Sculpting
- Sonic Stimulation
- Sound Wave Generation
- Voice Manipulation
Affect those who hear:
- Beacon Emission
- Death Song
- Empathic Voice
- Fearful Scream
- Persuasion
- Siren Song
- Sleep Inducement
- Vertigo Inducement
User's senses are finely tuned to sound:
- Echolocation
- Enhanced/Supernatural Hearing
- Lie Detection by listening to someone's heartbeat.
- Protected Senses of hearing and equilibrium from the effects of sound.
- Rhythm Intuition
- Sound Detection
- Soundwave Perception
Techniques
- Sonic Healing
- Sonokinetic Combat
- Sonoportation
- Sound Aura
- Sound Empowerment
- Sound Mimicry
- Ultimate Sonics
Variations
- Mantra Manipulation
- Music Manipulation
- Psychic Sound Manipulation
- Silence Manipulation
- Sound Embodiment
Associations
- Air Dashing by releasing sound waves as propulsion force.
- Airwave Manipulation
- Energy Manipulation
- Enhanced Roar
- Holy Voice
- Kinetic Energy Manipulation
- Linguistic Manipulation
- Molecular Manipulation
- Rhythm Manipulation
- Shockwave Manipulation
- Sound Magic
- Vibration Manipulation
- Wave Manipulation
Limitations
- May be unable to create sound, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
- Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user.
- Sound requires a medium to travel through, such as air, ground or water, though it can be virtually anything.
- Sound Nullification can nullify user's powers.
- Users of Sound Immunity or Sound Absorption are either immune or highly resistant.
Known Users
Manga/Anime
- Shrade Elan (Aquarion Evol)
- Yuuki Tenpouin (Code: Breaker)
- Miku Izuyoi (Date A Live)
- Cobra (Fairy Tail)
- Boze (Fairy Tail)
- Lullaby (Fairy Tail)
- Koichi Hirose (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable)
- Sandman (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run)
- Orange Rose (Kiss of Rose Princess)
- Gannon (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Scratchmen Apoo (One Piece)
- Dosu Kinuta (Naruto)
- Menma (Naruto)
- Tayuya (Naruto)
- Kin Tsuchi (Naruto)
- Zaku Abumi (Naruto)
- Sasame (Pretear)
- Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
- Motoki Yaze (Strike the Blood)
- Taiju Ooki (Takamagahara)
- Zebra (Toriko)
- Bertha (Darker than Black)
- The forest musician Cranberry ("Magical girl raising project")
Video Games
- Kohrak-Kal (Bionicle)
- Toa Krakua (Bionicle)
- Lego Batgirl (Lego Batman: The Video Game)
- Lego Batman (Lego Batman: The Video Game)
- Jacob Pevsner (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Whismur, Loudred, and Exploud evolutionary family (Pokemon)
- Meloetta (Pokemon)
- Noibat and Noivern evolutionary family (Pokemon)
- Octavio (Sly Cooper)
- Guile (Street Fighter)
- Lisa Simpson (The Simpson Game)
- Marge Simpson (The Simpson Game)
- Luna Child (Touhou Project)
- Lucio (Overwatch); via Vishkar sonic technology
- Banshee (Warframe)
Cartoons/Comics
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Blitzwolfer (Ben 10/Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Sonorosians (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ultimate Alien/Ben 10: Omniverse)
- Echo Echo
- Ultimate Echo Echo
- Sentient Ultimate Echo Echo
- Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- Ember McLain (Danny Phantom)
- Black Canary (DC Comics)
- Shriek (DC Comics)
- Vibe (DC Comics)
- Circe (Generator Rex)
- Banshee (Marvel Comics)
- Siryn (Marvel Comics)
- Dazzler (Marvel Comics)
- Klaw (Marvel Comics)
- Songbird (Marvel Comics)
- Boom (Static Shock)
- Talon (Static Shock)
- Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Mr. Mime (The Powerpuff Girls)
- Suki Sato (Tower Prep)
- Jacob Pevsner (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Musa (Winx Club)
- The Boys!! and Crash! (Scott Pilgrim)
Television/Films
- Dr. Graham Kern (Alphas)
- Echo DeMille (Heroes)
- Jesse Murphy (Heroes)
- Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
- Sylar (Heroes)
- Unknown Kid (Los Protegidos)
- Coach Boomer (Sky High)
- Soundwave (Transformers)
- Thundercracker (Transformers)
- Dizchord (Power Rangers Megaforce)
Literature
- Farrah (Red Queen)
- Nigel Barnaby Rally (The Lorien Legacies)
Gallery
Manga/Anime
Yuuki Tenpouin (Code: Breaker) can manipulate sound waves, such as using them to shatter windows.
The most extreme usage of Yuuki's sound, Scarlet Phoneme...
...which covers his entire body with an extremely dense shell of sound waves to rejuvenate and shield his body from any and all damage, as well as amplifying his strength and speed to max.
Dosu Kinuta (Naruto) using his Resonating Echo Drill to absorb sound waves into his gauntlet and manipulate and redirect it with his chakra.
Zaku Abumi (Naruto) controlling the air pressure and sound wave ratio to fire off his supersonic blasts of Decapitating Airwaves.
Zaku (Naruto) using Extreme Decapitating Airwaves, firing off more powerful supersonic airwaves enough to level a forest area.
Exploud (Pokemon) using its Hyper Voice to release a powerful sonic blast.
Noivern (Pokemon) using Boomburst, creating deadly supersonic waves that can cause powerful explosions.
Zebra (Toriko) possesses extremely destructive sound-based powers done via his voice, capable of doing things like using his Sound Bazooka to perform a monstrous roar to kill the execution beasts...
... launching a missile construct of sound against the Magma Tortoise, with nuclear-like explosive results...
manipulating the sound of his voice to create a thunderstorm raining down bolts on the Salamander Sphinx...
... rapidly fire solid bullets of sound against the Salamander Sphinx, as if a machine gun was being fired...
... creating a meteor-like construct that crashes into the opponent with a loud bright flash...
... performing his Voice Meteor Shower technique, visually decimating the foe with the sound of meteors crashing...
... discharging a destructive laser beam of sound...
...to using his Voice Eruption technique, vocally discharging the sound of his voice as a mass of burning flames to incinerate meteors.
Comics/Cartoons
Ultimate Echo Echo (Ben 10) can produce and control airwaves, soundwaves that can be used and exist even in the vacuum of space.
Shriek (DC Comics) can control sound waves to deadly effects.
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Songbird (Marvel Comics) is able to manipulate sound energy, as well as solidifying it into constructs.
Angar (Marvel Comics) can create sonic waves to disorientate his foes.
By vibrating his vocal cords at super-speed, Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) produces a high-pitched whistle to call Dulcy to him.
TV Series
Peter Petrelli (Heroes) sees sound waves after copying Emma's Enhanced Synesthesia.
Graham Kern (Alphas) is a Sonic Alpha.
Video Games
Kohrak-Kal (Bionicle) can manipulate sonic waves. It was defeated by its own sonic vibrations.
Lisa Simpson (The Simpson Game) defeating dolphins with a saxophone.