The power to erase one’s own powers. Sub-power to Superpower Manipulation. Variation to Power Erasure.
Also Called
- Physical Amnesia (Metroid)
- Self-Ability Deletion/Erasure/Removal/Stripping
- Self-Power Deletion/Erasure/Removal/Stripping
Capabilities
The user can remove one’s own powers at any time they choose to do so. As opposed to Power Erasure, this ability is limited to oneself, hence the power's name.
Associations
Limitations
- Users with Power Anchoring cannot discard any of their powers.
- This power is dangerous as the user is unable to get their powers back unless they come across someone of Power Restoration.
- Users cannot discard Omnipotent Powers.
- The power may be uncontrollable, meaning it may function automatically, even if the user doesn’t want to discard their own abilities.
- Physical powers like Auxiliary Organs and Bone Spike Protrusion for example, might be painful to discard.
Known Users
- Train Heartnet (Black Cat)
- Uryu Ishida (Bleach)
- Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach); via Final Getsuga Tensho
- Arrancar (Bleach)
- Koga Kuchiki (Bleach)
- 8 original Japanese Digidestineds (Digimon Adventure series)
- Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Various Super Sentais (Super Sentai series)
- Various Power Rangers (Power Rangers series)
Known Objects
- Command Block (Minecraft); via "/Clear"
Gallery
Train Heartnet (Black Cat) using his "Railgun Burst", which overloaded the nano-machines within him, discarding his ability to fire the Railgun anymore.
Uryu Ishida (Bleach) used the Quincy: Letzt Stil, knowing he would lose his Quincy powers shortly after, hence the technique being obsolete among Wandenreich.
Most Arrancar (Bleach) typically sacrifice and discard their High-Speed Regeneration to achieve greater power.
Koga Kuchiki (Bleach) discarded his Zanpakuto, Muramasa, by snapping the blade, in his arrogance that he does not need it, a mistake that cost him his life.
In order to retrieve his brother from the Truth, Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) discarded his Gate of Truth, permanently robbing him of his ability to perform Alchemy.
Samus Aran (Metroid) often undergoes physical amnesia, regularly discarding various Power Suit abilities and functions when she feels she has no use for them.