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{{quote|''Watch the power of Aura!''|[[Pokémon (Franchise)|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, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography Kirlian-like] glow around their bodies. These glows are frequently [[Colour
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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This is a subtrope of [[Power Glows]], and the supertrope of [[Animal Battle Aura]]. Compare [[Holy Halo]] and [[Throat Light]]. Occasionally manifests as a [[Sphere of Power]] or [[Dramatic Wind]]. If only certain people can see it you could be looking at [[Aura Vision]]. Characters experiencing [[Face Heel Turn|morality]] [[Heel Face Turn|shifts]] may have their aura experience a [[Convenient Color Change]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** When Might Guy opens up the 6th chakra gate his [[Battle Aura]] expands so much and so quickly that he was able to force away the water surrounding him, creating a large air bubble. {{spoiler|When he opens the 7th, it expands to the size of a ''house''.}} Also, he gets a different aura for using either of the techniques specific to each gate: the 6th gate technique [[Wreathed in Flames|surrounds him in fire created by friction]] while {{spoiler|the 7th created and aura made entire of '''sweat.'''}}
* In ''[[Kodomo no Omocha]]'', Sana-chan, when angry, occasionally manifests effects -- frequently the appearance of standing in a raging bonfire -- that could be interpreted as battle auras.
* In one episode of ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'', a young wild cat Sakaki had [[Androcles' Lion|befriended]] in the previous episode shows up to save her from a pack of cats led by Kamineko, and scares them off by displaying a [[Battle Aura]].
** Just to be clear, a [http://webpages.charter.net/smerrow/posters/battle.jpg kitten] has a [[Battle Aura]].
* ''[[Onegai Twins]]'' had two rivals for the lead's heart stare each other down when large animal auras burst out of their backs. We think this is metaphorical, but it terrifies the timid Karen, who is watching.
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* Highly skilled drivers in ''[[Initial D]]'' occasionally display their battle auras in the ''4th Stage'' season.
* Demons and spiritually powerful humans have this in ''[[Inuyasha]]''.
** Sango, the only member of the [[Five
* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' has this (particularly in the Shishio saga) in the form of "swordsman spirit".
* ''[[Sumomo Mo Momo Mo]]'' has auras for any martial artist that's sufficiently powerful. Momoko is unusual because she can actually use hers to deflect attacks. As for colors, well, with twelve factions, you take anything that looks good. Hers is red.
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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 [[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 in The Wizard|risible pseudoscience "justification"]], the Ripple from the first two parts of ''[[Jo
* 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 (Manga)|The Prince of Tennis]]''.
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* In ''[[Transformers Cybertron]],'' the Autobots and Decepticons can do this. It's [[Handwaved]] as an effect of the various [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Primus]] related artifacts floating around, which respond to the user's emotion and are completely neutral - the Cyber Planet Keys respond to Megatron just as readily as the good guys. Megatron, whose armor is made from [[Cosmic Horror|Unicron]] himself, can summon up an aura (and an insane degree of power) by will alone.
* Contractors from ''[[Darker Than Black (Anime)|Darker Than Black]]'' gain a faint blue glow and red eyes whenever they use their powers.
* Used to comedic effect in ''[[B Gata H Kei]]'' when Kyouka, enraged after hearing that her [[Brother
* In ''[[Area no Kishi (Manga)|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 (Manga)|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 [[Colour
* [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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** The glowyness goes up with amount of power used (or down with time since power was used). At first, it's just a glittery forehead, then it's a brightly shining forehead, then it's your standard close-in battle aura, then its a bonfire aura (a la Dragonball), ''then'' it reaches the level where it shows a totemic display of the Exalt's soul. The last two versions are visible for several kilometers around.
*** ...Which is why the Night Caste Solars, the game's stealth specialists, have the unique ability to ''mute'' their anima banners, making them fainter and less noticeable. After all, a spy, thief, or assassin giving off light clearly visible for miles around wouldn't be very good at his job...
*** And even if they ''don't'' mute their banners, their displays mask their faces; [[Highly
**** 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 40000|Warhammer 40k]]''. Most of these also tend to have actual effects as well.
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* Several different units in ''[[Age of Mythology (Video Game)|Age of Mythology]]'' glow to indicate some kind of combat enhancement in effect.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars Alpha]] 3'' and ''[[Super Robot Wars W|W]]'' give [[Mazinger Z|Mazinkaiser]] an attack known as Kaiser Nova, which should be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8IhwNIP07k seen for yourself].
* In Vile's mode in ''[[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]] Maverick Hunter X'' the final boss is X and Zero fighting together. When the boss health bar gets low enough one of them will fall, and the other demonstrates [[Unstoppable Rage|just how ticked off they are]] with a [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|red or blue]] battle aura.
* The [[Tekken]] series has had aura customizations since ''Tekken 5''. They don't do anything, but they look pretty.
* You can undergo a special quest in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' to unlock special Aura costume pieces, which are implied to be this. Many powers also give off auras, though you can turn them off outside PVP at the tailor.
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* Characters in the ''[[Disgaea (Video Game)|Disgaea]]'' series briefly shine with an aura when initiating a [[Combination Attack|team attack]], and also get one for quite a few special attacks. There's also the Majin class that has a perpetual one, the color varying depending on what class rank they're at.
** Twice over in ''[[Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten (Video Game)|A Promise Unforgotten]]'' does Fuka flare up with one - the first when her back's against the wall against Valvatorez and Fenrich in Chapter 2, and again {{spoiler|at the end of Chapter 8 when Des X (Fuka's killer, naturally) gets overly clingy with Genjuro.}}
* Even though Akira Toriyama designed the characters for the entire ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' series, and earlier games did in fact have enemies who could gather strength, even giving you the ability in ''[[Dragon Quest VII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VII]]'' as Psyche Up, the visual component of this didn't show up until ''[[Dragon Quest VIII (Video Game)|Dragon Quest VIII]]'', where you can actually see the characters battling. All four characters can Psyche Up to build up tension and make their next attack, healing spell or buffing spell more powerful. If a character Psyches Up four times in a row, they enter a state of 'Super High Tension', complete with a bright pink-ish glow and their hair standing up like a [[Dragonball Z|Super Saiyan]]. For the main character, this is also accompanied by his signature bandanna coming off, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|revealing]] [[Shout Out|spiky]] [[Dragonball Z|hair]]. Once this happens you see that the hero looks just like [[Dragonball Z|Teen Gohan]], though even without seeing the hair the resemblance was very strong. There are some enemies that can Psyche Up too, including a few bosses.
** ''[[Dragon Quest Monsters (Video Game)|Dragon Quest Monsters]]: Joker'' also includes the ability, available to any monster with the 'Psycho' trait, but the visible aura isn't quite as exaggerated.
* LifeAura in ''[[Megaman Battle Network]]'' serves as a shield.
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** Rose had a black aura whenever she used her [[Eldritch Abomination|Thorns of Oglogoth]]. {{spoiler|Later, after [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|she goes grimdark]], said black aura becomes permanent, even seemingly after dying and being revived as her dreamself.}}
** Vriska gets a flashing blue one with {{spoiler|purple ships in it}} when she {{spoiler|rolls eight eights on her dice and accesses her ancestor's powers}}.
* Was used a lot in [[Life of Riley]], especially in the case of the Dans, whose auras were [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|red and blue]]. Several demons and Starseeds also did this.
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