“ | Haki" is a power that lies dormant in all the world's creatures... "Presence", "fighting spirit" and "intimidation"... It is not different from the things that humans can naturally sense such as these... 'The act of not doubting'. That is strength! | „ |
~ Rayleigh |
Summary
Haki is a mysterious power that every person possesses; however, it lies dormant in most people, unable to fully harness it. Usually a person will specialize in one type of Haki while possibly being able to use the other two. There are three main kinds of Haki: Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and Conqueror's Haki.
- Kenbunshoku Haki: Observation Haki, also known as Kenbunshoku Haki, provides a 6th sense to the user, allowing them to sense the presence of others even if they are concealed from view or too far away to see normally. It can also provide certain other abilities beyond just enhancing the senses.
- Busoshoku Haki: Armament Haki, also known as Busoshoku Haki, is a form of Haki that allows the user to use their own spiritual energy to create, in essence, an invisible armor around themself, providing incredible offensive and defensive capabilities.
- Haoshoku Haki: Conqueror's Haki, also known as Haoshoku Haki, is the rarest of the three types of Haki. This type of Haki grants the user the ability to dominate the wills of others. Unlike the other types of Haki, Haoshoku cannot be attained through training, instead its users must be born with the ability and can only learn to control it after discovering that they have it.
Abilities/Resistances
General
- Accelerated Development: The stronger the foes the user faces with Haki, the stronger the user will become with it. Luffy was able to develop his Observation Haki during his fight against Katakuri.
Kenbunshoku Haki
- Enhanced Senses: All the user's sense are attuned to nearby activity. The user can see very clearly from incredible distances, including invisible beings, spiritual energy and souls.
- Extrasensory Perception: Allows the user to feel another person's presence; this is used to both sense hidden opponents and read their actions, allowing the user to predict and react to their opponent's move. Rayleigh used his Haki to assess the strength of the creatures on an island, saying there were 500 of them that were stronger than Luffy. Fujitora, who is blind, can perceive others using Observation Haki; he could also sense their emotions, realizing that they were only putting on a facade of anger
- Telepathy: Can sense and feel what the opponent's next set of actions will be, as well as their intent.
- Instinctive Reactions: Allows the user to sense and fight even without connection to their other senses.
- Precognition (Type 2): Charlotte Katakuri's kenbushoku was so advanced that he could literally use it to see seconds ahead into the future. Luffy eventually developed his Kenbunshoku to achieve the same state.
Busoshoku Haki
- Intangibility Negation: Busoshoku Haki allows the user to attack the true form of those who are otherwise unable to be hit, such as those who have transformed their bodies into light or smoke with a Logia fruit.
- Regeneration Negation (Mid): Garp's punch was able to bypass both Marco's intangibility and regeneration, the latter being capable of regenerating his head.
- Statistics Amplification: Busoshoku increases the user's strength and defense.
- Attack Reflection: The user can project their Haki flow from their body without a medium. This method allows the user to damage and/or repel their target without making direct contact or using brute force
- Durability Negation: Advanced users of Armament Haki can flow their Haki inside a target and destroy them from the inside-out.
- Resistance to Power Absorption & Statistics Reduction: When coated with Haki underwater, Luffy could still use heavy gomu gomu attacks against other people for extended periods of time with barely no signs of weakening, while touching seastone or being underwater without Haki made him immensely weaker in an instant.
- Resistance to Devil Fruit Abilities: Busoshoku Haki protects the user's body from devil fruit abilities. This is further noted when Trafalgar Law couldn't teleport Big Mom or Kaido due to their immense Haki level. As such, resistance to devil fruit abilities includes: Electricity Manipulation, Attack Reflection, Explosion Manipulation, Organic Manipulation, Metal Manipulation, Transmutation, Air Manipulation, Body Puppetry, Radiation Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, Time Manipulation, Spatial Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Corrosion Inducement, Deconstruction, Empathic Manipulation, Sleep Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, Possession, Absorption, Telekinesis, Teleportation, BFR, Soul Manipulation, Energy Projection, Size Manipulation, Petrification, Poison Manipulation, Acid Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Pain Manipulation, Vibration Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Smoke Manipulation, Fusionism, Sand Manipulation, Magma Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Absorption, Light Manipulation
- Resistance Negation: Stronger Haki imbued with Devil Fruit abilities are able to bypass even the resistances granted by another Busoshoku user. Haki is able to negate Luffy's resistance to blunt force, negate Daz Bones's resistance to cutting attacks, among other Parameccia cases.
Haoshoku Haki
- Willpower Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation, Fear Manipulation & Sleep Manipulation: This type of Haki grants the user the ability to dominate the wills of others, intimidating them to point where they are frozen with fear, causing the victim to retreat and/or forcing them into submission, or by making them fall unconsciouss. The user might also use this in an uncounscious state.
Note
- Not all Haki users inherently possesses all the powers listed here. Some users are still inept while others are rudimentary or advanced in the usage of it.
- The resistances granted by Busoshoku only applies to the body parts the user is focusing the Haki on.