- "I've struck the "toui", one of your 708 pressure points! You'll die 7 seconds after I pull out my fingers. Spend those 7 seconds thinking about your sinful ways!!"
- ― Kenshirō to Spade (Fist of the North Star)
- "Hey guys! I did that thing again where I slice my opponent in two and they don't react until-"
"I did it first, you're not special!"
"B-but you don't even have a sword." - ― Trunks and Vegeta (DragonBall Z Abridged MOVIE: Super Android 13)
The power to delay the effects of anything. Sub-power of Causality Manipulation. Opposite to Instant Effect.
Also Called
- Delay Effect
- Effect Lagging
- Stall Effect
- Divergent Fist (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Capabilities
The user can delay the effect of anything to a later time, for example, striking a target, but the impact of the strike would not occur until later.
Applications
Variations
Associations
- Attack Powers
- Buffering
- Causality Manipulation
- Control Manipulation
- Critical Impact
- Effect Stacking
- Enhanced Strike
- Heavy Strike
- Spell Casting
Limitations
- May only apply to certain effects/attacks.
- May not be able to control when the effect eventually occurs.
- May not change the amount of damage done.
Known Users
- Azumi (Azumi)
- Blush (Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus)
- Kenshirō Kasumi (Fist of the Blue Sky)
- Kenshirō (Fist of the North Star)
- Raoh/Ken-Oh (Fist of the North Star)
- Toki (Fist of the North Star)
- Wenren Yixuan (Fog Hill of Five Elements)
- Yue Ayase (Negima)
- Users of Delay Spell (Pathfinder)
- Pokémon with Future Sight or Doom Desire (Pokémon series)
- Hu Gong/Beom Hang (Heavenly Grand Archive’s Young Master)
- Garchomp (Pokémon anime); Destruction caused by Hyper Beam is briefly delayed
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Users of Delay Damage (Shadowrun)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Yue Ayase (Negima)
Wenren Yixuan (Fog Hill of Five Elements) Flame Beheader.
Videos
Hokuto Soukin Jizai Ken-2
Hokuto Shinken- Zankai Sekiho Ken-2
Hokuto No Ken - North Star Humanist Face Breaking Fist
Cell Vs Kenshiro CellGames TeamFourStar
Jotaro VS Kenshiro (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure VS Fist of the North Star) - DEATH BATTLE!-2