Soul Absorption

The power to devour subjects as souls. Sub-power of Soul Manipulation. Variation of Absorption.
==Also Called==
*Dementor's Kiss (Harry Potter)
*Soul/Spirit Collecting/Collection/Consuming/Consumption/Devouring/Draining/Harvesting/Robbery/Stealing/Sucking/Theft
*Spirit Absorption 
==Capabilities==
The user can absorb/devour individuals as souls, while removing them from the source, into their body and use it in various ways, gaining some form of advantage, either by enhancing themselves, gaining the drained power, using it as a power source, etc., either temporarily or permanently.
Common advantages include adding the target's skills and abilities to users or using the absorbed souls to augment the user's own powers.
==Applications==
*Absorbing Regeneration
*Apparition Materialization 
*Assimilation Shield
*Death Inducement
*Energy Empowerment
*Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
*Knowledge Absorption
**Memory Absorption
*Mind Absorption
*Life-Force Absorption
*Psychometry
*Soul Carrier
**Multiple Souls
*Soul Empowerment
*Soul Energy Absorption
*Soul Metabolization
*Soul Removal
*Superpower Absorption; limited to soul-related powers.
*Reincarnation Denial
*Obtain access to items hidden in souls, like Soul-Bound Weapon.
==Variations==
*Sleeping Soul Stealing
==Associations==
*Absorption
*Afterlife Prevention
*Death Inducement
*Death Empowerment
*Life Reduction
*Mind Absorption
*Reincarnation Denial
*Shapeshifting to the absorbed soul's former shape.
*Soul Channeling
*Soul Destruction
*Soul Manipulation
*Soul Mutilation
==Limitations==
*May be limited to how much one can absorb.
*May have a limit for how many souls one can contain within.
*May have limited range, including touch only.
*May unintentionally gain Divided Mind due to souls having sentient minds to begin with.
*May have to continually absorb souls to survive.
*Soulless entities are immune.
*May only be able to absorb certain kinds of souls, such as supernatural beings.
*Absorbing the captured into the user's self may pose some inconsistencies, as that would then mean that at least two souls must now inhabit the same physical body.
* While the user could also absorb elemental-based spirits without any difficulty, most elements can be extremely dangerous for the user to absorb, resulting in nasty outcomes. For example, if the user happens to absorb a soul that is of poisonous origin, the user could suffer and then physically die.
* Users of Soul Restoration, Absolute Restoration/Flawless Restoration can restore souls, especially fitting them back into their bodily vessels.
* Users of either Eternal Soul, Absorption Immunity and Soul Anchoring are immune.
**Offensive Immunity
*Absorption Negation
== Known Users==
See Also: Your Soul Is Mine!.
===Anime/Manga/Manhwa===
===Comics/Cartoons===
===Folklore/Mythology===
*Nalusa Chito (Choctaw Mythology)
*Soul Eaters (Folklore)
===Literature/Web Novels=== 
*Saya Terumi (Bloodedge Experience); via Soul Eater
* Zalgo (Creepypasta)
*Sonic.exe (Trollpasta)
*Elluka Clockworker (The Evillious Chronicles)
*Dementors (Harry Potter)
* Darth Vitiate (Star Wars Legends); via Ritual of Nathema
*Kore (Goblins: Life Through Their Eyes)
*Glaistig Uaine (Worm)
*Various Spirits (Magium)
**Selkram
**Ulruk
**Various Banshees
***Arraka
***Illuna
===Live Television/Movies===
=== Video Games===
== Known Objects==
==Gallery==
===Anime/Manga/Manhwa===
A Hollow (Bleach).jpg|Hollows (Bleach) devour and absorb souls to satiate the hole in their hearts.
Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach) Glotoneria absorbs.gif|Aaroniero Arruruerie (Bleach) can cannibalize other Hollows, adding their powers and skills to his own.
MuramasaAbsorbingMenos.jpg|Similarly to Aaroniero Arruruerie, Muramasa (Bleach) can assimilate and devour Hollows.
Yammy (Bleach) Gonzui.gif|Yammy Llargo (Bleach) uses Gonzui to devour people as souls within a limited radius, thus empowering his abilities.
YhwachAbsorbsJames.gif|Yhwach (Bleach) can distribute fragments of himself out to others. When that person dies, he can then absorb those fragments along with other subjects as souls, as of those he gave them to, back into himself.
Yin, Izanami (Darker than Black) absorption.gif|Yin/Izanami (Darker than Black), after awakening, she gained the ability to to kill others by merely drawing a blue essence from them, which is possibly their soul.
Millennium Earl Devours Danny.png|The Millennium Earl (D.Gray-man) devours the helix of life, or the subject as a soul, causing them to disintegrate.
Franmalth Curse Absorption.gif|Franmalth (Fairy Tail) uses his Absorption Curse to devour souls, especially Magic.
Hellsing-Ultimate-OVA-10-X-Trailer2-HD-1080p-620x350-1-.jpg|Laura (Goblin Hill/Why did you come to Goblin Hill?)
Alucard by o2krrin-d4fxmp2.jpg|Alucard (Hellsing) can devour malignant adversaries as souls, by simply drinking their blood, which is not normally to be expected of a Vampire.
Kanna.JPG|Kanna (InuYasha) can devour souls so long as they are reflected in her mirror.
Kikyo Collecting Lost Souls.webp|Kikyo (InuYasha) must periodically devour souls in order to sustain her undead body.
Osiris (JoJo) create soul token.gif|Daniel J. D'Arby, the Elder's (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part III Stardust Crusaders) Stand, Osiris can compress souls…
Daniel Darby (JoJo) soul poker chips.png|...and imprison them in a semblance of poker chips.
Phantom Dragon Nine Seal.gif|With the Gedo Statue of the Outer Path as a catalyst, Nagato/Pain (Naruto) could use Phantom Dragon Nine Seals to remove souls on an immense scale.
Pain Human Path (Naruto) Soul Absorption.gif|The Human Path/Ningendo (Naruto) grants a Rinnegan user the ability to read the mind of any target and yanking them as souls out of their bodies, killing them physically.
Black Fog Dream Eater.png|Black Fog (Pokemon manga) using Dream Eater to lethal effects, to devour an actual soul.
Brynhildr 02.png|Brynhildr (Shinmai Maou no Testament) formerly a Valkyrie who once collected souls for the Gods before she have to be sealed herself and still maintains that power even as a sword.
Hadou Gudou Gods (Masadaverse).png|Hadou/Hegemony Gods (Shinza Banshou series) are capable of increasing their power with souls and can use the absorbed souls for attacks.
Soul Eater Evans Lunch (Soul Eater).gif|Soul Evans (Soul Eater)
Left Hand Soul Absorption.gif|Due to his powerful Vacuum Breath, Left Hand (Vampire Hunter D), can absorb subjects as souls, especially Vampire souls.
The Barrier of Orichalcos.png|The Barrier of Orichalcos (Yu-Gi-Oh!) pulls out the losers as souls, and transfers them to the God of Orichalcos.
Younger Toguro Absorbing Souls.png|Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho) eating souls in order to feed his 100% form.
Kumiho ate Human's soul.gif|Heewon (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
File:Draco)Versus.png|Draco (Versus), via Mogui, has the to absorb souls. Any soul that he absorbs, he can then resummon and use to fight for him. As an added bonus, any soul that he absorbs Draco has the ability to take their power, strength, speed, or durability, and add it to his own.
===Bonzo/Cartoons===
Liss.PNG|Liss Hubble (Angel: After the Fall)
D'HoffrynStealsSouls.png|D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) takes out the absorbed souls from the Soul Glutton.
Liss Feeds.jpg|Liss Hubble (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) devours a victim as a spirit.
Host rider.jpg|Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics) can eat impure souls using his signature Penance Kiss.
Soul Gem.jpg|The Soul Gem (Marvel Comics) can suck out subjects as souls, out of their physical bodies.
Styx (Legion Personality) (Earth-616) from X-Men Legacy Vol 1 250 0002.png|Styx (Marvel Comics)
Rory Ragman Reagan.jpg|Rory Reagan/Ragman (DC Comics) can absorb corrupted souls via The Suit of Souls.
Sword of the Spirit Soul Absorption.PNG|Spawn's (Image Comics) Sword of the Spirit has the ability to absorb souls from those it kills.
===Cartoons===
Lord of evil.png|Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
Marceline.png|Marceline (Adventure Time) stated the only power her Demon heritage granted her was the ability to eat subjects as souls, like her father is capable of doing. This allowed her to gain the specific abilities of Vampires she had slain.
Jasmine absrobs souls American Dragon Jake Long.PNG|Jasmine (American Dragon: Jake Long) the Nix.
Demongo.jpg|Demongo, the Soul Collector (Samurai Jack)
Deadhammer.png|Kavaxas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) eating Hammer as a spirit.
Opticarn.jpg|Opticarns (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) can siphon out people as souls who directly meets their gaze.
Djinn Blade (Ninjago) Soul Absorption.png|Nadakhan (Lego Ninjago) absorbing Kai as a Soul, and especially his Fire Manipulation via Djinn Blade/Sword of Souls.
Charmcaster Absorbing Souls In Ledgerdomain.gif|Charmcaster (Ben 10 series)
===Literature===
Saya Terumi.png|Saya Terumi (Bloodedge Experience) possesses the Drive Soul Eater, which allows her to devour victims as souls upon physical contact.
===Live Television/Movies===
BuffySoul.jpg|Kathy Newman (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) eating a victim as a soul.
Soul Eater Angel.png|A Soul Eater (Angel)
Charon.jpg|Charon (Charmed), a Soul Collector, can devour victims as souls, preferably good witches, and throw them into the pits of Hell.
Harry vs Dementor.gif|Dementors (Harry Potter) can devour Human souls via the "Dementor's Kiss."
Kai Dark Chi Manipulation.gif|Kai (Kung Fu Panda) uses Dark Chi Manipulation to devour victims as souls, like he has done with Oogway.
Pantallazo-1.png|Alexia (Los Protegidos) can assimilate people as souls.
Freddy Krueger, the Nightmare on Elm Street.gif|Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) can eat victims as souls in a bid to become more and more powerful over the course of the series until he becomes godly in scope...
Freddy Souls.jpg|...with the souls appearing as screaming faces embedded in his chest.
PRS-Splitface.jpg|Splitface (Power Rangers Samurai)
Daemon Ritus.jpg|Daemon Ritus (Scooby-Doo; 2002 film)
Spooky buddies 03.jpg|Halloween Hound (Spooky Buddies)
Castiel's Soul Power.gif|After assimilating 30-40 million souls of Purgatory, Castiel (Supernatural) was endowed with godly power, though he became somewhat unstable overtime.
Migar Prisoners.png|When the Migar Prisoners (Tracker) as souls were brought to Earth, they took over Human 'hosts' - absorbing them as souls into themselves, to ensure their survival - but killed the Human inside in the process.
Cole uses the Collector.png|Cole (Tracker) is able to use his Collector to capture and entrap the Migar prisoners as souls.
File:Delores (Beetlejuice 2).gif|Delores (Beetlejuice 2)
=== Video Games===
Ragna the Bloodedge.png|Ragna the Bloodedge (Blazblue) possesses the Drive Soul Eater, which allows him to eat others as souls upon physical contact.
Summoning Key BO3.png|The Summoning Key (Call of Duty: Black Ops III) has the power to preserve subjects as souls, but it can only be done after the moment of physical death.
Q-Bee.jpg|Q-Bee (Darkstalkers), queen of the Soul Bees.
20140924 063036604.jpg|Shadow Fiend/Nevermore (Dota 2) is able to devour his enemies as souls from their physical bodies to get stronger Necromastery.
Defiance-Fankit-Character-Raziel.jpg|Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
DeadSun-Character-GeinAsher-02-Monkeythumbz.jpg|Saradin Vampires (Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun) can consume souls as opposed to blood.
ShangTsung.jpg|Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat) has the power to devour anyone as souls he defeats.
Skyrim dovahkiin.jpg|The Dovahkiin/Dragonborn (Skyrim) can eat the Dragons as souls, thus gaining their knowledge and powers in the process.
Soul Edge.jpg|Soul Edge (Soul Calibur series)
Necalli.jpg|Necalli (Street Fighter) can eat strong warriors as souls.
Saigyou.Ayakashi.full.167087.jpg|The Saigyou Ayakashi (Touhou Project) can eat people as souls, so long as it's in Full Bloom.
Soul Eater H.png|Soul Eater (Valkyrie Crusade)
Amduscias H.png|Amduscias (Valkyrie Crusade) is a Demon musician who can eat people as souls captivated by her recitals.
LDO (Dies Irae).png|With Die Ewigkeit formula, the LDO/Apostles (Dies Irae) can eat out souls to maintain their Immortality, regeneration, spiritual armor and enhancing their attack.
==Videos==
Adventure Time - Hunson Abadeer Sucks Souls - (Clips) It Came From Nightosphere-2
Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 1 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 2 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 3 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
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Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 8 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode 9 Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
Dead Cells - Immortalis - Épisode Final Complet (VF - SUB EN)-2
Shao Kahn VS M. Bison (Mortal Kombat VS Street Fighter) - DEATH BATTLE!
===Analysis & Discussions===
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===Music===
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