Swirling Dust: Difference between revisions

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When your [[Battle Aura]] is sufficiently charged and you're preparing to [[Calling Your Attacks|call your attack]], or if you're a mage and you're invoking a particularly complicated spell, a wind will almost always whip around your feet, kicking up little wave-like peaks of dust in a perfect circle around you, possibly flaring out the hem of your [[Badass Longcoat]] or [[Badass Cape]], if you have one.

 

If the writers have to [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|surpass]] whatever power is responsible for '''Swirling Dust''', they'll frequently resort to a [[Chunky Updraft]]. The guiding principle behind both of these is [[Sphere of Power]]. Not to be confused with [[Smoke Shield]], when large amounts of dust shield attackers. May also occasionally manifest as trail from the use of [[Super Speed]].

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. All the time. Sometimes to the extent of giant swirling ''clouds''.