Skin Hardening

The ability to harden one's skin. Sub-power of Skin Manipulation. Variation of Dermal Armor, Organic Solidification, and Body Hardening.
==Also Called==
*Harden
*Hard/Hardened Skin
*Skin Reinforcement/Solidification/Toughening
==Capabilities==
The user is capable of hardening their skin, increasing their defensive and/or offensive capabilities.
==Applications==
*Armor Creation
*Armor Regeneration
*Coating
*Elemental Mimicry
**Diamond Mimicry
**Earth Mimicry
**Ice Mimicry
**Metal Mimicry
***Organic Metal Skin
**Stone Mimicry
***Organic Rock Skin
***Stone Armor
*Enhanced/Supernatural Durability/Invulnerability/Absolute Invulnerability
*Hide Generation
*Layer Reinforcement
*Scale Manifestation
*Unbreakable Skin
==Associations==
*Attack Immunity
*Dermal Armor
*Muscle Mass Enhancement
*Skin Manipulation
*Transformation
==Limitations==
*Can be countered by Defense Bypassing.
*User may be slowed or rendered immobile while this power is active.
*There may be a limit to how much damage the user's hardened skin can take.
==Known Users==
===Anime/Manga/Manhwa===
==Known Objects==
*Nature ÄRM, Body Hardener (Marchen Awakens Romance)
*Grave Dust (Marvel's Spider-Man)
*Vocal cord parasites (Metal Gear)
*Kira Kira no Mi/Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit (One Piece)
*Blue Dino Gem (Power Rangers Dino Thunder)
*Iron Boar (Spirit Animals)
==Known Powers==
*Blut Vene (Bleach)
*Hierro (Bleach)
*Ultimate Armor (Fullmetal Alchemist)
*Adamantine Kata (Kenganverse)
*Busoshoku Haki (One Piece)
*Tekkai (One Piece)
==Gallery==
Annie's hardened fist.gif|Annie Leonhart's Female Titan (Attack on Titan) hardens her skin into crystal to increase the force of a punch.
Eren Mastering Hardening.jpeg|After ingesting a serum labeled Armor, Eren Yeager's Attack Titan (Attack on Titan) gained the ability to harden the skin of his Titan form.
Kevin's Durability.png|Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses Diamondhead's and Four Arms' skin reinforcement.
Body Armor.png|Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10) possesses Humungousaur, Ultimate Humungosaur, Four Arms, and Ultimate Aggeregor's skin reinforcement.
Gyanza's Muscle Armor.png|Gyanza Rujike (Black Cat) using his Muscle to heavily bulk up his body, that bullets bounce off his skin.
Zaraki Unaffected by Ichigo's Slash.png|Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) hardens his skin with his immense spiritual pressure, injuring an attacking Ichigo's hand in backlash.
Ichigo Blut Vene (Bleach) - anime.webp|Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) accidentally uses Blut Vene to harden his skin.
Masaki's Blut.png|Masaki Kurosaki (Bleach) hardens her skin via Blut Vene.
Cang Du Iron.gif|Cang Du (Bleach) using his The Iron to harden his skin.
Gremmy blocks Zaraki's slash.png|Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach) using The Visionary to imagine his body hardening to stronger-than-steel.
Armored James.png|Whenever he transforms, James Ironside's (Blood+) skin hardens to the point where it can easily withstand blades and bullets.
Sendō Hardens Skin.png|Ryūichi Sendō (Code:Breaker) using his Epithelial Manipulation to harden his skin texture into steel.
Qunari (Dragon Age).webp|Qunari (Dragon Age) can use a poisonous bodypaint called "Vitaar" to harden their skin.
Goku SSJ's Durability.gif|Son Goku's (Dragon Ball) Super Saiyan form and ki can harden his skin to the point he can shrug off a point-blank shot from Frieza's Death Beam...
Goku's Ki Finger.gif|...and deflect sword attacks from Future Trunks using only a finger...
UIP Goku Breaks Moro's Arm.png|...Upon achieving Perfected Ultra Instinct, Goku could harden his body and make it sturdier on command, to the extent Moro broke his own arm against his chest.
No Effect by Gohan.gif|Son Gohan (Dragon Ball) uses his ki and Super Saiyan powers to the point where bullets have no effect on him.
Tenshinhan Hardens Skin.png|Tenshinhan (Dragon Ball) hardens his body to withstand Yamcha's barraging kicks.
Broly unaffected by Gohan's punch.gif|After becoming the Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly (Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming) reinforces his body with tremendous ki to the point he is completely unaffected by Super Saiyan Gohan's punch in the face.
Torafuzar's hardened body.png|Torafusa (Fairy Tail) can alter the density of his skin that can not only stop Gajeel's magical iron but break it as well.
GReed.jpg|Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist) uses Ultimate Armor to harden his skin by rearranging the carbon in his body to make his skin as hard as diamond.
Gabimaru's Hardening (Hell’s Paradise Jigokuraku).png|With mastery over his body, Gabimaru the Empty (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku) can harden his skin, protecting himself from bladed attacks.
Bennet shoots Sylar.JPG|Using telekinesis, Sylar (Heroes) reinforces his body to lessen the impact of bullets.
Ghirahim Final Form.png|In his final form, Ghirahim (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword) hardens his skin to the point where it can withstand blows from even the Master Sword.
Body Harden.jpeg|The five ring ÄRMs on Garon's (Marchen Awakens Romance) left hand harden his skin.
Armor Parasite Unit MGSVTPP.gif|An Armor Unit member (Metal Gear) hardens its skin into rock-like armor.
Armstrong Nanomachines MGRV.gif|Steven Armstrong (Metal Gear) uses nanomachines that can harden his skin against physical trauma. "Nanomachines, son!"
Ariadna's armor.png|Ariadna (Metal Slug) can materialize armor out of her skin.
MOM Black Ridley Holding Samus.png|The Ridley clone (Metroid) transforms into Black Ridley, hardening his skin to the point nothing short of a Super Missile can harm him.
Kakuzu (Naruto) hard skin.gif|Kakuzu (Naruto) hardening his skin with Earth Release: Earth Spear, to the point that nothing can break through, aside from electricity.
Steel armour.png|Hiruko's (Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire) Steel Release: Impervious Armor technique turns his body into black steel that makes him invulnerable to all weapons.
One Piece Tekkai Infobox.png|Blueno (One Piece) using Tekkai to harden his body, causing Tilestone's hammer to shatter upon recoil impact.
Jozu (One Piece) diamond.gif|Jozu (One Piece) ate the Kira Kira no Mi/Twinkle-Twinkle Fruit, which allows him to harden his skin by transforming it into diamond at will.
Busoshoku Koka.gif|Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) using Busoshoku Haki to darken and harden his rubbery arm.
Katakuri (One Piece) bypass Armament Haki.gif|Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece) is a very powerful Busoshoku Haki user who can harden his body to the point that they can break through Luffy's own Haki-imbued attacks.
Bianca Escavalier Iron Defense.png|Escavalier (Pokémon) using Iron Defense to harden its skin to iron.
Ash Metapod Harden.png|Ash's Metapod (Pokémon anime) using Harden to harden his shell.
Ash's Pikachu Using Iron Tail.gif|Using Iron Tail, Ash's Pikachu (Pokémon anime) hardens his tail into iron to deal a devastating physical attack.
Ethan Dermal Armor.jpg|Ethan James/The Blue Dino Ranger (Power Rangers Dino Thunder) hardening his skin to block a sword strike.
Ultimate Predator Armor 1.gif|The Ultimate Predator (The Predator) can freely harden its skin into armor...
Ultimate Predator Armor 2.gif|...to the extent of being unharmed by another Predator's wrist blades...
Ultimate Predator Armor 3.gif|...and machine gun fire.
Shinso 2.png|As a Shinso Vampire, Tsukune Aono (Rosario + Vampire) can use the Creation ability to harden his skin into steel-like armor.
Tetsuhito Kagiroi Iron Fist.png|Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge) had his skin hardened to iron levels due to his family's women drinking iron sand for centuries.
Yaya Super Form.jpg|Yaya (Unbreakable Machine Doll) can harden any aspect of her body, even if they are not attached to her at the time, rendering her invulnerable to physical attacks.
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