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[[File:BattleAura.jpg|frame| Bask in the glow of their awesomeness... wait a minute...[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|BASEBALL?!]] <ref>source from top left across then down: [[Dragon Ball|Goten]], [[Saint Seiya|Phoenix Ikki]], [[Saint Seiya|Cygnus Hyoga]], [[Naruto|Sasuke Uchiha]], [[Yu Yu Hakusho|Kazuma Kuwabara (L) and Kurama (R)]], [[Clannad (visual novel)||Yoshino Yusuke]].</ref>]]
 
 
{{quote|''Watch the power of Aura!''|[[Pokémon|Lucario]], '''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''', just before he does his [[Limit Break|Final Smash]]}}
 
When psyching themselves up for battle, warriors emit a coruscating, [[wikipedia:Kirlian photography|Kirlian-like]] glow around their bodies. These glows are frequently [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]], with good guys having a blue aura and the bad guys having a red one, although this is by no means a hard-and-fast rule (for example, [[Anti-Hero|Shadow]] [[Sonic the Hedgehog|the hedgehog's]] aura in [[Super Mario Bros Z]] is black).
 
Sometimes the battle aura is a metaphor, and sometimes it is visible to bystanders, who take it as a sign to run away or dive for cover. Either way, it is a sign of power, because [[Power Glows]].
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* ''[[Bamboo Blade]]'' has Tama's red battle aura which ignites whenever she gets particularly heroic, and Miyamiya's black aura, which activates whenever she [[:Category:Yandere|goes crazy]]. Andou, Miya's rival from another school, also has a black aura.
{{quote|''"I can'' '''see''' ''your evil Miya, I can see it!"''}}
* Discarding the [[Doing inIn the Wizard|risible pseudoscience "justification"]], the Ripple from the first two parts of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' is basically a Battle Aura. It is made from energy generated whenever a person breathes in, and is transferred out through natural means - the hands and feet are most obvious, but wool, metal and vegetable oil are all used to conduct the Ripple at points. Because all energy on Earth comes ultimately from the Sun, the Ripple has the same devastating effect on vampires as sunlight. In a different vein, the Stands from the third part on are essentially anthropomorphic Battle Auras. (Or, in Jotaro's case, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Battle]] [[Kiai|Ora]]).
* Naturally, ''[[Aura Battler Dunbine]],'' for obvious reasons.
* Junior high tennis players often sport battle auras while using physics-defying moves in ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]''.
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* In ''[[Area no Kishi]]'' , Japanese [[Footy Rules|football]] ace Suguru displays a battle aura that, while invisible, can still cause his opponents to become too frightened to move.
* [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/nagato_yuki_chan_no_shoushitsu/v01/c005/9.html Asakura is] [[Tranquil Fury|angry]]. Anyone who knows the [[Suzumiya Haruhi|original story]] knows this is played for comedy because [[Ax Crazy|she isn't stabbing anybody.]]
* Souls in ''[[Soul Eater]]'' serve this purpose. They appear as a Sphere of Power of varying sizes according to strength, with characteristics unique to each person (exception so far being Shinigami and Kid who both have a skull motif) which can change over time (Maka's went from little pigtails to small wings to fully-formed ones). The anime adds [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience|Colour Coding]].
* [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/oto_x_maho/v02/c008/7.html Kanata's] anger in Oto x Maho is quite well known.
* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'': Keima sprouts a golden one of these whenever he gets REALLY excited about a Dating Sim. May be combined with [[Evil Laugh]].
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*** And even if they ''don't'' mute their banners, their displays mask their faces; [[Highly-Visible Ninja]], anyone?
**** They can spend a little bit more to avoid having a banner display at all. Both are options.
* Standard issue for Daemon Princes, Living Saints, C'Tan, and other super-powerful beings in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000|Warhammer 40k]]''. Most of these also tend to have actual effects as well.
* In the ''[[Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' expansion ''[[Animesque|Tome Of Battle]]'', martial disciplines have [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|color-coded]] auras. Stone Dragon is green, Setting Sun is yellow, Shadow Hand is deep purple, Devoted Spirit is [[Real Men Wear Pink|pink]], Diamond Mind is lavender, etc.
* In the ''Deadlands'' setting, one of the * disadvantages* that you can take for the Martial Arts magic path is "The Cup Overflows". This results in a very obvious Battle Aura that cannot be suppressed, and whenever you tap a mystic ability causes things like small dust devils, your feet do not quite touch the ground, static discharges, liquid lifting out of cups, etc etc. Pretty good for intimidating people but no way in heck you're going incognito.
 
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** Ironically, Utsuho whose power is literally that of stars (i.e. nuclear fusion) doesn't glow. At all. Then again it would be hardly noticable considering the miniature suns she lobs around.
* In ''[[Dragon Age]] Awakening'' Justice is surrounded in glowing aura when activating his primary combat buff. Other Warriors can be trained in Spirit Warrior specialization for the same effect.
** In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' both Anders and Merrill gain an aura when mode-shifting to their [[Cast Fromfrom Hit Points]] offensive magic.
* When Starkiller uses Force Fury in ''[[Star Wars]]: [[The Force Unleashed]] II'', he has a blue, electric aura.
* In the old Taito arcade title ''Kuri Kinton'', the player character is a martial artist taking on a mafia-like group to save a family. Standing still long enough allows the player to generate an aura, going up in color from blue to yellow to red. Not only does each color increase attack power, it allows the player to take a hit without losing health; however, the aura will drop down in rank with each hit, requiring the player to generate it again.
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