Wood Manipulation

The power to **manipulate wood.** Variation of Plant Manipulation.

## Also Called

* Dendrokinesis
* Ligneokinesis
* Wood Control
* Wood Style/Mokuton/木遁 (*Naruto*)
* Xylokinesis

## Capabilities

Users can create, shape and manipulate wood/woody plants, including trees, shrubs and lianas. They can cause wood to grow, move/attack or even rise from the soil and "walk", mutate wood by rearranging DNA structure, revive withered or dead wood, or manipulate the dead wood as well as the living wood.

## Applications

* Botanical Communication
* Manipulate the properties of wood.
	+ Rearrange the genetic structure in wood/woody plants, including creation of mutant wood/woody plants.
* Move/lift wood.
	+ Flight with wood.
	+ Matter Surfing using wood/woody plants or their parts.
* Plant Empathy
* Plant Enhancement
* Plant Growth
* Sawdust Manipulation
* Seismic Sense through wood/woody plants, especially roots.
* Wood Attacks
* Wood Generation/Branch Generation to create wood/branches/roots/trunks and etc.
* Xylokinetic Constructs

## Techniques

* Healing Plant using wood/woody plants.
* Plant Teleportation using wood/woody plants.
* Wood Absorption
* Wood Defense
* Wood Empowerment
* Wood Mimicry
* Wood Transmutation
* Xylokinetic Combat
* Xylokinetic Regeneration

## Variations

* Branch Manipulation
	+ Root Manipulation
* Cork Manipulation
* Esoteric Wood Manipulation
* Flower Manipulation
* Fruit/Vegetable Manipulation
* Leaf Manipulation
* Pollen Manipulation
* Sap Manipulation
* Seed Manipulation
* Spore Manipulation
* Thorn Manipulation
* Tree Manipulation
* Wood Embodiment
* Wood Magic

## Associations

* Architecture Manipulation for buildings of wood.
* Flora Energy Manipulation via wood.
* Fortification Creation
* Forest Manipulation
* Furniture Manipulation
* Light Absorption from photosynthesis.
* Organic Manipulation
* Oxygen Generation
* Paper Manipulation: cellulose-based paper.
* Plant Manipulation
* Spring Manipulation

### Universe Variations

Some universes consider Wood to be a source of life, allowing the user to access Life-Force Generation, Life-Force Absorption or even Life-Force Manipulation.

## Limitations

* May be unable to create wood, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
* Most users are powerless in areas without wood/woody plants or at least potential for wood/woody plants to grow (infertile/barren soil).
* High levels of radiation in a concentrated area may cause defects in the ability.
* Users may be only able to control certain types of wood/woody plants.
* Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
* May have limits on the amount/time user can control.
* Attacks from Fire Manipulation and/or Ice Manipulation can pose an issue.
* Wood can be destroyed by flames.

## Known Users

### Anime/Manga/Manhwa

* William Vangeance (*Black Clover*); via World Tree Magic
* The Wood (*Cardcaptor Sakura*)
* Azuma (*Fairy Tail*)
* Laki Olietta (*Fairy Tail*)
* Aldoron (*Fairy Tail: The 100 Years Quest*)
* Zohakuten (*Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*)
* Shinji Nishiya/Kamui Woods (*My Hero Academia*)
* Kurohime (*Magic User Kurohime*)
* Yashahime (*Magic User Kurohime*)
* Wood Realease/Style users (*Naruto*)
	+ Hashirama Senju
	+ White Zetsu
	+ Yamato
	+ Danzō Shimura
	+ Obito Uchiha
	+ Madara Uchiha
	+ Orochimaru
	+ Asura Ōtsutsuki
	+ Moegi Kazamatsuri
* Aramaki (*One Piece*); via the Mori Mori no Mi
* Kōsuke Ueki (*The Law of Ueki*)

### Comics/Cartoons

* Papercut (*DC Comics*)
* Swamp Thing (*DC Comics*)
* Black Tom Cassidy (*Marvel Comics*)
* Ramrod (Marvel Comics)
* Groot (*Marvel Comics*)
* Shao Yen (*Master Raindrop*)
* Terra (*Teen Titans*)
* Cornelia Hale (*W.I.T.C.H.*)
* Kadma (*W.I.T.C.H.*)
* Ping Pong (*Xiaolin Chronicles*)

### Web Comics

* Dellyn Goblinslayer (*Goblins: Life Through Their Eyes*)

### Video Games

* Wood Man (*Mega Man 2*)
* WoodMan.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
* The Master of Treetop Tower (*Pandora's Tower*)
* Grass-type Pokémon (*Pokémon*)
* Stump Smash (*Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure*)
* Nicole Mimi Tithel (*Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis*); via the wood mana that made a pact with her
* Vlad (*Totally Accurate Battle Simulator*) can create and/or summon massive wooden stakes to impale his enemies

## Gallery

### Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua

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### Comics/Cartoons

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### Video Games

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## Videos

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