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Ki is a prominent trope in the majority of anime that is used to explain a specific power or life force that has a heavier meaning inside Japan’s culture. These special techniques have been fan-favorite catchphrases and flamboyant poses that viewers practice or imitate when no one is looking. Through numerous anime series, these Attacks become trademarks of characters and a sign that the fight is being taken to another level. Here are some of the strongest Ki manipulation techniques in anime.
11 X Burner (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
Tsunayoshi Sawada’s X Burner from Hitman Reborn is an immensely destructive attack that incinerates everything in front and possibly behind the user. Tsuna fires off a soft flame blast behind him to absorb the recoil of the massive wave of Hard Sky Flames he sends forward to obliterate anything in its path.
In Hitman Reborn, this attack is said to have broken the energy level twice and has one-shot many enemies on the wrong end. Tsuna constantly tweaks this ability making it more powerful, accurate, and destructive throughout the anime.
10 Spirit Gun (YuYu Hakusho)
Yusuke Urameshi’s staple attack that he learned from Genkai is one of the most powerful in the YuYu Hakusho series. Spirit Gun has laid waste to numerous foes in a single shot. The Spirit Gun gathers spirit energy into the user’s hand and exits out of one of their fingers.
Normally, when Yusuke uses the spirit gun, it is enough power to level an arena; But he has pushed this technique even further and mixed demon chakra into the technique, which caused an atomic level explosion.
9 Hadoken (Street Fighter)
Perhaps one of the most prominent Ki abilities in existence, The Hadoken from Street Fighter used by staple students of the Shoto Style is a devastating orb of pure energy that can level entire mountains depending on the user.
This ability becomes ten times more lethal if it is fueled with the “Satsui no Hado” or “Dark Hado” of the Street Fighter universe; the series antagonist, Akuma, often uses this. A master of Ki manipulation may influence a Hadoken further with both light and Dark Hado and create a truly devastating Hadoken which electrifies its targets.
8 Kamehameha (Dragon Ball)
The Kamehameha Wave, or “Turtle Wave,” has been at the top of the list for fans of anime all over the world. It is the most known technique from the series “Dragon Ball” and all its predecessor series. The technique’s originator was Master Roshi, who then taught the technique to his pupils Krilin and Goku.
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Goku’s immense power paired with this powerful attack is a frighteningly different beast. His mastery of the technique has elevated the destructive power to be able to send targets streaming out of the atmosphere or destroy entire planets if aimed correctly.
7 Hundred Rending Fists (Fist Of The North Star)
Fist Of The North Star is a classic among action and martial arts anime fans. The main protagonist, Kenshiro, is a highly praised character among fans of hand-to-hand combatants. “One Hundred Rending Fists” is a barrage of skin-slicing, body exploding strikes that leave any target of the technique defeated before they even know what hit them.
While in the series, Kenshiro has multiple unstoppable techniques, One Hundred Rending Fists is one of the most well-known; this technique heavily inspired another fan-favorite anime, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
6 Dragon Of The Darkness Flame (YuYu Hakusho)
Another ability from the YuYu Hakusho series, Hiei’s Dragon Of The Darkness Flame, is a destructive ability and feared technique among most in the spirit world. Dragon Of The Darkness Flame pulls black flame spirit energy straight from the depths of the spirit world and shapes it into a dragon.
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This technique can incinerate anything in its path, but this ability is also highly uncontrollable once summoned. On the first use of the Dragon Of The Darkness Flame technique, Hiei grievously injured his right arm.
5 Mugetsu (Bleach)
The Mugetsu technique was a last-ditch effort of Ichigo to face off against Aizen and his newfound power in the Bleach anime. He obtained the technique called the “final Getsuga Tenshou ’’ after going through special training with the help of his father, Ishin.
As a result, Ichigo’s power was magnified ten-fold; even in his base form, he could blow away mountains with a single sword strike. When he ascended and activated Mugetsu, he became even more powerful, able to strike Aizen down in a single attack. However, this technique carries a grave cost, stripping the user of their spiritual pressure after the technique has ended.
4 Night Guy (Naruto Shippuden)
Night Guy is the final technique in the repertoire of Might Guy, the hidden Leaf’s noble green beast. This technique can only be done after releasing the Eight inner Gates, an extremely dangerous art he learned from his father. Guy kneels down, preparing to push off and deliver a blow so powerful that it destroys the target’s body as well as the users.
The Red Chakra expelled from the user of this technique takes the shape of a dragon and consumes the wielder’s target in a fiery rage. This technique, paired with the eight inner gates, completely depletes the user’s chakra and is said to lead to certain death.
3 Zero Hand (Hunter x Hunter)
A technique by Isaac Netero is said to be the most powerful Nen user in the world of Hunter x Hunter. Netero is the chairman of the hunter association and is a fearsome and respected warrior. Zero Hand is Netero’s last resort technique used only when all else fails.
The visage of Bodhisattva appears behind Netero’s desired target and clasps them in its hands tightly. Bodhisattva then fires a cosmic wave of vibrational force by screaming into its hands using Netero’s own aura as an energy source. This technique was only used against the Ant King, a being of equal power, but any other individual hit by this technique would surely perish.
2 Spirit Bomb (Dragon Ball Z)
The Spirit Bomb is another destructive technique from the Dragon Ball universe, taught to Goku by King Kai. It draws energy from all living things and generates a giant sphere filled with that energy, able to be thrown from a high position.
While normally used to retrieve energy from nature and animals, Goku has taken the technique farther and even absorbed energy from humans on earth and living beings in distant worlds and galaxies. The destructive power of the Spirit Bomb is borderline infinite, but the time to charge this technique is great and leaves the user completely open to attack.
1 Infinity (Jujutsu Kaisen)
Infinity is a hereditary technique of the Gojo family line: it is an ability of intense power that allows the wielder to bring infinity into reality and manipulate time and space at will. The concept of this technique allows the user to tap into the infinite series mathematical equation.
Furthermore, it traps the target on a path, slows time, and ensures they will never reach the end of their journey by placing an immeasurable distance between them and the end of everything else. Satoru Gojo is the first of his line to receive this technique and the six eyes in over four hundred years, making him the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer of his time.
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