Metal Manipulation
CharacterWolfram, the antagonist of My Hero Academia: Two Heroes, reshapes any metal he can lay a hand on. A touch sets his palms crackling with blue energy, and the surrounding material rises into pillars, walls, and blocks. Strip the metal out of a room and he has almost nothing left.
Overview
Metal Manipulation is an Emitter Quirk that operates on contact, and Wolfram is its owner. The ability appears in the film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.
Mechanics
The Quirk reaches only metal that already exists nearby, since none of it is created. Laying a palm against a metallic surface hands the owner command of whatever metal shares that space, and he is free to bend and reform it into structures for attack or cover. At the moment of contact the activating hand glows with an electrical discharge of vivid blue energy.
Environments crowded with metal favor him heavily. Barren settings leave him with little to work with, and the Quirk performs poorly in a close-quarters exchange.
Notable Users
Wolfram is the only known holder. His standard approach is to draw iron minerals out of the ground and drive sturdy pillars at his opponents.
Somewhere rich in material, such as the I-Island Central Tower, he can raise flexible pillars to crush a target, wall himself in, or trap enemies behind barriers. His defense at that level held against a smash from Izuku Midoriya using Full Gauntlet.
The Quirk Amplification Device stretched his reach far past its normal limit. He stripped metal from the tower's upper floors, wrecking parts of the building in the process, and walled himself into a scrap-metal fortress. In that state he buried opponents under iron pillars and cubes by the dozen, and could gather those cubes into one enormous steel block. His defense at that strength blocked a smash from All Might.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who has the Metal Manipulation Quirk in My Hero Academia?
Metal Manipulation belongs to Wolfram, the antagonist of the film My Hero Academia: Two Heroes.
What is the Metal Manipulation Quirk?
Metal Manipulation is an Emitter Quirk that lets Wolfram command any metal he touches, bending and reforming it into pillars, walls, and blocks for attack or defense.
What is Metal Manipulation called in Japanese?
Metal Manipulation is written in Japanese as Kinzoku Sosa.
What are the limits of Wolfram's Metal Manipulation Quirk?
Metal Manipulation only works on metal that already exists nearby, since none of it is created, and Wolfram performs poorly in barren settings or close quarters exchanges.
How did the Quirk Amplification Device affect Wolfram's power?
The Quirk Amplification Device stretched Metal Manipulation far past its normal limit, letting Wolfram strip metal from an entire tower, wall himself into a scrap metal fortress, and block a smash from All Might.
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