Yin-Yang Bomb: Difference between revisions

Unrelated to The Tumor, a bomb from ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'' that looks like a yin-yang symbol. Also unrelated to [[Touhou Project|Reimu Hakurei]] and her yin-yang orbs that she occasionally uses explosively.

== Anime & Manga ==

** Not counting Negi himself, who starts to learn Dark Magic {{spoiler|after getting his ass handed down by Fate.}} Negi's "Dark Magic", however, as described in the [[All There in the Manual|supplemental materials]], rely upon a long stream of ([[Shown Their Work|cited and footnoted]]) psychobabble that essentially says that, unlike the diametrically opposed Ying/Yang power of Kanka, the darkness of Dark Magic is all-encompassing, and even includes the powers of light. (Including some references to Erebos and Aether from mythology for good measure.) By embracing the all-encompassing darkness, he can still control powers of light, since they do not oppose, but the danger of the spell comes from the way that he stretches his sense of self so thin that he can lose control of his own powers. In chapter 314, Evangeline refers to Negi's way of doing things (not necessarily his magic) as the "gray path".

* In ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', after {{spoiler|being reborn as a half-demon, going to the Demon World, and setting up a tournament with ''unquestioned rule over all Demon World '' as the grand prize}}, Yusuke {{spoiler|mixes his human Spirit Energy and his demonic energy together to enter a sort of super mode. The last time we saw anything like this, the character using it managed to beat almost the entire main cast at the same time, and the powerup for Yusuke is rather similar.}}

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Kimblee's prefered attack is this. Each hand has tattooed on its palm a symbol; on his right there is a symbol that stands for the Sun, fire and gold, and on his left one that stands for the Moon, water and silver. When he joins both symbols, the result is this ''[[Stuff Blowing Up|literally]]''.

* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', {{spoiler|Natsu defeats [[Evil Counterpart|Zancrow]] in this manner; by canceling his own magic, Natsu gains the ability to eat Zancrow's flames. Then he combines his orange dragon slayer flames with black god-slayer flames for a truly brilliant finishing move}}.

** He has also briefly wielded a green and blue together as well that; while they're not opposed to each other, they hold different objectives and their bearers have different methods.

** Played straighter in ''[[Blackest Night]]'', which sees [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|Guy Gardner]] become both a [[The Berserker|Red Lantern]] and a Green Lantern at the same time. Since they were fighting superpowered zombies that could only be destroyed by both a Green Lantern and a non-green Lantern, this is very handy.

*** Played still straighter in ''War of the Green Lanterns'', in which Guy Gardner manages to wield a red ring and a violet ring together, the two colors at the farthest extremes of the Emotional Spectrum. They represent rage and love, making this the most strongly opposing ring pairing.

** At one point, a green and yellow ring chose Mother Mercy at the same time, but she quickly decided to reject the yellow ring.

* ''[[Lone Wolf]]''

** In book 7, ''Castle Death'', the owner of said castle, Lord Zahda, uses a Lorestone and a Doomstone.

* In the [[PS 3]] version of ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'', Yuri and Flynn's combination mystic arte, Bushin Soutenha, has them team up and fire a beam of intertwined darkness and light at their victims.

* ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]''

* ''[[Ikaruga]]''

* ''[[Metroid Prime (Video Game)|Metroid Prime]] 2'' gave Samus a Light Beam and a Dark Beam. Later, she put them together into the Annihilator Beam.

** Solrock and Lunatone, also, who you face in a double battle with Liza and Tate in ''[[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (Video Game)|Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire]]''.

* ''[[Shining Force]]''

** ''Shining Tears'' has a system where you pair off in battle with a Light- or Dark- aspected partner, and your alignment is shifted to the opposite thanks to your Yin/Yang rings.

* ''[[Soul Calibur]]''

* A long part of Albion's gameplay requires the player to retrieve two scrolls that together, hold the knowledge to combine magic and technology, which are polar opposites of each other. The end result is {{spoiler|a magical seed that can absorb nuclear energy and grow into an entire jungle in just a few minutes, spurting vines strong enough to crush an otherwise indestructible supercomputer, and overgrow the mining facility it controlled.}}

* In ''[[Touhou]]'', Reimu's Yin Yang Orbs are likely the most literal example of this trope one will find.

* Dante from ''[[Dantes Inferno (Video Game)|Dantes Inferno]]'' uses the holy cross and the infernal deathscythe.

* In ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]] IV'''s expansion ''The Gathering Storm'', one of the protagonists uses [[Order Versus Chaos|order and chaos]] magic together, and his campaign involves seeking a Yin-Yang-related artifact that will power both.

** Another protaganist is able to use a combination of white magic and necromancy.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', balance-specced druids switch back and forth between solar- and lunar-based spells as one of their main mechanics. Their signature move, Starsurge, is a powerful blast formed by fusing the power of the moon and sun.

** There is also the Mage, capable of casting both Fire and Ice spells.

** The announced Monk class has a "Light Force and Dark Force" system, in which you use Chi to generate either force, and you can use both.

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Sinfest]]'' depicts the Buddha as a cheerful [[Cloudcuckoolander]] that confounds God and the Devil alike.

* Pella in ''[[Looking for Group]]'' gives Cale a gift of two swords, named Good and Evil. [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/377 Cale represents the balance between them.]

== Web Original ==

* Centigrade, a superhero from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'' uses both [[An Ice Person|ice-based powers]] and [[Playing With Fire|fire-based powers]] to fight crime.