History NighInvulnerability / AnimeAndManga

* In ''OnePiece'', most Logia-type Devil Fruit users get the "made of air" version, with an appropriate AchillesHeel. For example, Eneru's Rumble-Rumble fruit made him living electricity, which could be countered by the protagonist's non-conductive rubber body.

* The parasites in, well, ''Manga/{{Parasyte}}'' can harden, heal or move very quickly the part of the body they have infected (generally the head), which means that the only way to kill them is to attack a part they ''haven't'' infected (by stabing them in the heart, for example). But then is introduced Gotoh, a being made of several parasites covering the entire body, meaning that in addition to faster-than-the-eye-can-see-{{Shapeshifter Weapon}}s, he can either [[MadeOfDiamond block]], [[BulletDodge dodge]] or [[HealingFactor take]] anything you throw at him, including high-powered shotgun ammunition, assault rifles bullets, grenades, [[CarFu a car]] and [[LosingYourHead having his head cut off]].

** Tobi [[spoiler:(otherwise known as Madara Uchiha)]] can make anything simply phase through his body [[spoiler:for up five minutes in a row.]] However, he's vulnerable when attacking because he can't have different parts of his body be tangible and intangible at the same time.\\
He is if not MadeOfDiamond, then at least incredibly durable, being able to block [[{{BFS}} a really freaking huge sword]] with the just the side of his arm, was somehow able to survive [[spoiler:being ''[[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled]]'' and left for dead by the First Hokage]], manages to [[spoiler:stand straight and casually chat with the Fourth Hokage after the latter had just both shredded him with a Rasengan ''and'' stabbed him in the gut]], and [[spoiler:can grow back limbs.]]\\

* All of the homunculi in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' can regenerate; however, certain homunculi have other defenses in addition to this. Greed's Ultimate Shield was MadeOfIndestructium by using the carbon in his body to cover himself with a layer of material as hard as, and tougher than, diamond. (Ed cleverly got around this by transmuting the carbon into a softer form.) [[spoiler:This also contributes to [[BigBad Father]]'s defeat by making the Father's body MadeOfPlasticine.]] [[spoiler:King Bradley's]] Ultimate Eye lets him see the outcome of any given situation before it happens, so he is very good at dodging just about anything. This is especially helpful in the manga, where he is the only homunculus who doesn't have regenerative powers. The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist first anime's]] Sloth can change herself into liquid, and is an example of intangible. [[spoiler:In the end she is paralyzed by her mortal remains and Ed transmutes her body into Ethanol that evaporates away into the atmosphere.]]

* All of the homunculi in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' can regenerate; however, certain homunculi have other defenses in addition to this. Greed's Ultimate Shield was MadeOfIndestructium by using the carbon in his body to cover himself with a layer of material as hard as, and tougher than, diamond. (Ed cleverly got around this by transmuting the carbon into a softer form.) [[spoiler:This also contributes to [[BigBad Father]]'s defeat by making the Father's body MadeOfPlasticine.]] [[spoiler:King Bradley's]] Ultimate Eye lets him see the outcome of any given situation before it happens, so he is very good at dodging just about anything. This is especially helpful in the manga, where he is the only homunculus who doesn't have regenerative powers. The first anime's Sloth can change herself into liquid, and is an example of intangible. [[spoiler:In the end she is paralysed by her mortal remains and Ed transmutes her body into Ethanol that evaporates away into the atmosphere.]]
** In the manga [[spoiler:Van Hohenheim]], like the homunculi, has the ability to regenerate any damage, since [[spoiler:he is a living Philosopher's Stone]].

** Out of all of the Homunculi, the very toughest and hardest to kill is probably the manga version of Sloth. They only manage to temporarily stop him by [[spoiler:dousing him in tank fuel and exposing him to sub-zero weather, causing him to freeze solid.]]
** The BigBad of the manga and second anime [[spoiler:has the same regenerative ability as Hohenheim, has blob-type invulnerability in his OneWingedAngel form, and can use alchemy without moving to block just about everything coming at him. They only manage to take him down by triggering a SuperpowerMeltdown.]]

* All of the homunculi in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' can regenerate; however, certain homunculi have other defenses in addition to this. Greed's Ultimate Shield was MadeOfIndestructium by using the carbon in his body to cover himself with a layer of material as hard as, and tougher than, diamond. (Ed cleverly got around this by transmuting the carbon into a softer form.) [[spoiler:This also contributes to [[BigBad Father]]'s defeat by making the Father's body MadeOfPlasticine.]] [[spoiler:King Bradley's]] Ultimate Eye lets him see the outcome of any given situation before it happens, so he is very good at dodging just about anything. This is especially helpful in the manga, where he is the only homunculus who doesn't have regenerative powers. The first anime's Sloth can change herself into liquid, and is an example of intangible. [[spoiler:In the end she is paralysed by her mortal remains and Ed transmutes her body into Ethanol that evaporates away into the atmosphere.]]

* Sunred from ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' displays NighInvulnerability on the few occasions a monster [[SneakAttack manages to get a hit in at all]]. He's taken drill attacks that shatter mountains InTheBack (it tore his shirt, pushed him into a river, and made him angry), was blasted with a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Bardiel-class laser beam]] point blank by a DoAnythingRobot (singed his clothing and made him angry) and an Oni once smacked him in the head with a cast-iron club (the club got bent, and Sunred lost concentration on a game of pachinko. Which made him ''really'' angry).

** One weakness they all share though is that eating said fruit causes them to lose the ability to swim, forever (a pretty big deal considering the fact that they're all pirates).
*** Unfortunately, a side effect of being able to transform into things like fire and smoke negates this, as [[NotQuiteFlight being able to fly]] makes swimming pretty useless.

*** Yo ho ho he took a bite of gum gum!

* Ryoga Hibiki of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]].'' Especially after his Bakusai Tenketsu training. Since he's thrown himself into boulders hundreds of times and gotten hit by subsequent shrapnel just as often, his body is hardened such that most common attacks are utterly useless.

* Sanosuke Sagara of ''RurouniKenshin''. The trademark of his fighting style is to absorb damage from his opponents. He has taken a ball and chain to the face, and was once thrown through both of the dojo's walls, only to remark that the technique used on him was a rubbish technique. He also took a palm slap that embedded the user's hand into solid stone without even flinching.

* This trope is rampant in ''JojosBizarreAdventure'', mostly in the form of regeneration. Dio Brando, his vampire servants, and the Pillar Men who spawned them can regenerate from any amount of damage, and can really only defeated by the sun's power. At the end of Part Two, [[BigBad Cars]] [[spoiler:overcomes even that weakness, becoming completely invincible. He was able to survive even being at the center of a volcanic eruption, and was only defeated by blasting his still-living body into space]]. Part Five also brings us a notable example in the form of the stand, Notorious B.I.G., which was actually activated by the user's ''death'', and as such could not be killed. It was brainless, but relentless and unstoppable, absorbing any blows and regenerating from any damage. It simply attacked whatever was moving fastest around it, and [[spoiler:was never truly defeated. All they could do was ditch it into the middle of the ocean, where it continued attacking whatever was moving fastest around it, perpetually chasing waves. According to the narrator, occasionally ships go missing in that area of the ocean, and it's why.]]
** Then there is [[spoiler: Giorno Giovanna and his ultimate stand, Gold Experience Requiem. Giorno]] becomes SO broken the stand claims are put in such a way it could even handwave Gurren Lagann's attempts on it. "No matter what ability, it will not happen". This thing HAS no weakness and you'd soon want to commit sepukku than let IT kill you. Truely a terrifying power if it was only given laser beams.

*** ''And'' it makes him resistant to any attack that manages to kill him, so he has to be killed in ''[[BeyondTheImpossible twelve different ways]]'' in order to finish him off, although he only develops the resistance once he has finished regenerating, so it is possible to finish him off if he is struck multiple times within that window of opportunity.

** To BeyondTheImpossible levels. These are creatures that have no problems surviving blows powerful enough to ''shatter moons''.

* Many of the villains in ''DragonBall'' could [[HealingFactor regenerate]]. Cell, for example, came back from a tiny piece of his body after being blowing himself up. Buu (who was also TheBlob) was blown into a million pieces, and then had each piece vaporized; he regenerated from the vapor. He also came back from planetary destruction (that he caused)
*** Except he wasn't impervious to damage as Vegito can attest. Whoops
** On a side note, pretty much every major fighter was also Made Of Diamond, mostly because they could use their gigantic powers to shrug off damage.

** Even the [[EvilEye Mystic Eyes of]] [[OneHitKill Death Perception]] wielded by Tohno Shiki has limitations. ORT, which is already canonically the single strongest being in the Nasuverse, cannot be affected by it due to it having a completely different 'concept' of death than humans and Gaia. (Theoretically Shiki could ''eventually'' figure out the concept of a Mercurian death, but it's far more likely that his brain would be reduced to mush first.) Arcueid herself has no lines or points of death under a full moon, and in her [[VideoGame/MeltyBlood Archetype Earth]] form, even [[Anime/KaraNoKyoukai Ryougi Shiki]], whose own MEoDP are even more [[StoryBreakerPower horribly broken]] than Tohno Shiki's, cannot find any lines or points.

** In the sister universe ''Anime/KaraNoKyoukai'', Aozaki Toko has a replacement body, which is completely identical to her original in every way. It's even flesh and blood, apparently, and only activates when the original body is killed. Don't bother trying to figure out which is the real one. [[MindScrew It's a bit confusing.]]

* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' pulls out the ''Earthbound Immortals'', dark forms based off of the Nazca lines. All seven of them (Aslla piscu, Chacu Challhua, Ccarayhua, Ccapac Apu, Cusillu, Uru, and Wiraqocha Rasca) have a special effect that renders them immune to attacks, Spells, and Trap Cards, and they can ''attack the opponent directly''. The only way to reliably get rid of one is to destroy the Field Spell Card present on the field. Each one also has a fun special effect, ranging from controlling opposing monsters to nuking the field to [[GameBreaker cutting the opponent to one Life Point]]. These were tuned down for the real card game, but they are still bastards to try and deal with.

* All of the homunculi in ''FullmetalAlchemist'' can regenerate; however, certain homunculi have other defenses in addition to this. Greed's Ultimate Shield was Made Of Diamond by using the carbon in his body to cover himself with a layer of material as hard as, and tougher than, diamond. (Ed cleverly got around this by transmuting the carbon into a softer form.) [[spoiler:This also contributes to [[BigBad Father]]'s defeat by making the Father's body MadeOfPlasticine.]] [[spoiler:King Bradley's]] Ultimate Eye lets him see the outcome of any given situation before it happens, so he is very good at dodging just about anything. This is especially helpful in the manga, where he is the only homunculus who doesn't have regenerative powers. The first anime's Sloth can change herself into liquid, and is an example of intangible. [[spoiler:In the end she is paralysed by her mortal remains and Ed transmutes her body into Ethanol that evaporates away into the atmosphere.]]

* Many of the villains in ''DragonBall'' could [[HealingFactor regenerate]]. Cell, for example, came back from a tiny piece of his body after being blowing himslef up. Buu (who was also TheBlob) was blown into a million pieces, and then had each piece vaporized; he regenerated from the vapor. He also came back from planetary destruction (that he caused)

* Sunred from ''AstroFighterSunred'' displays NighInvulnerability on the few occasions a monster [[SneakAttack manages to get a hit in at all]]. He's taken drill attacks that shatter mountains InTheBack (it tore his shirt, pushed him into a river, and made him angry), was blasted with a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Bardiel-class laser beam]] point blank by a DoAnythingRobot (singed his clothing and made him angry) and an Oni once smacked him in the head with a cast-iron club (the club got bent, and Sunred lost concentration on a game of pachinko. Which made him ''really'' angry).

* Sunred from ''AstroFighterSunred'' displays NighInvulnerability on the few occasions a monster [[SneakAttack manages to get a hit in at all]]. He's taken drill attacks that shatter mountains InTheBack (it tore his shirt, pushed him into a river, and made him angry), the DoAnythingRobot blasted him with an [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Bardiel-class laser beam]] (singed his clothing and made him angry) and once had an Oni smack him in the head with a cast-iron club (the club got bent, and Sunred lost concentration on a game of pachinko. Which made him ''really'' angry).

* Sunred from ''AstroFighterSunred'' displays NighInvulnerability on the few occasions a monster [[SneakAttack manages to get a hit in at all]]. He's taken drill attacks that shatter mountains InTheBack (it tore his shirt, pushed him into a river, and made him angry), the DoAnythingRobot blasted him with an [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Bardiel-class laser beam]] (singed his clothing and made him angry) and once had an Oni smack him in the head with a cast-iron club (the club got bent, and Sunred was lost concentration on a game of pachinko. Which made him ''really'' angry).

* ''{{Medaka Box}}'s'' Kumagawa, who's [[{{PowerBornOfMadness}} Minus]] "All Fiction" makes the laws of causality his bitch. Anything that could potentially hurt him has no lasting effect, including death itself. It doesn't matter if you dropped a building on him, he'd just walk it off. Even after [[spoiler: trading away "All Fiction" for "Book Maker",]] he still managed to survive being stabbed, shot in the head with an antimateriel rifle, tazed, doused in sulfuric acid, and cut up with rusty gardening tools. And that didn't even keep him down ''for a day.''

** Saber also possesses the Noble Phantasm [[spoiler:Avalon]] which grants her passive [[HealingFactor regeneration]] and prevents aging, and when activated it shifts her into another plane of existence, making her completely immune to all forms of attack.

* Many characters in {{Nasuverse}} have NighInvulnerability, though one of the themes of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is "death is inescapable". Good thing Shiki's [[EvilEye power]] bypasses most of these entirely...

** Ciel is unkillable for the duration of ''{{Tsukihime}}''. [[AllThereInTheManual As explained]], because Ciel is [[spoiler:the previous host of Roa]], and Roa is still alive ([[spoiler:knowing {{Reincarnation}} and all]]), ''the world itself'' will not let her die to prevent a paradox from occuring. Ciel herself possesses extreme regeneration abilities.
** One of the antagonists, Nero, has a body composed of pure "chaos", and contained within are [[NumberOfTheBeast 666 beasts]]. If they are killed outside of his body, the chaos will return to his body and regenerate; he only dies when all 666 lives inside are destroyed at once, making him practically indestructible.
*** Unless you hit him with the destructive force equivalent of that needed to destroy an entire continent, which even "chaos" can't withstand, [[WordOfGod or so says Nasu]].
**** Actually, that's only Nero's soil of genesis technique, which only uses 500 lives. He's still got 166 left if you do that.

** Even the [[EvilEye Mystic Eyes of]] [[OneHitKill Death Perception]] wielded by Tohno Shiki has limitations. ORT, which is already canonically the single strongest being in the Nasuverse, cannot be affected by it due to it having a completely different 'concept' of death than humans and Gaia. (Theoretically Shiki could ''eventually'' figure out the concept of a Mercurian death, but it's far more likely that his brain would be reduced to mush first.) Arcueid herself has no lines or points of death under a full moon, and in her [[MeltyBlood Archetype Earth]] form, even [[Anime/KaraNoKyoukai Ryougi Shiki]], whose own MEoDP are even more [[StoryBreakerPower horribly broken]] than Tohno Shiki's, cannot find any lines or points.

** While all the Servants of {{Fate Stay Night}} can probably fall under this category to some degree, special mention must be made for Berserker, aka [[spoiler:Hercules]] who, thanks to his Noble Phantasm, [[spoiler:God Hand,]] not only can't be affected by any non-fatal attack (an attack of at least A-rank, in terms of power, if memory serves), but regenerates until you kill him 12 times. Yes, you read that correctly, he has to be killed 12 times in order for him to truly "die" as a Servant.

* In ''BlackLagoon'', Roberta fulfils this trope during her first appearance, when she is basically an {{Expy}} to ''TheTerminator'' and the only thing that can stand up to her is Revy and Balalaika's BadassArmy after running through enough obstacles to kill the rest of the cast many times over. In the Roberta's Blood Trail OVA she single-handedly tears her way through practically everything in the hunt for the American [[BadassArmy Grey Fox Unit}}, [[spoiler:only to have the trope horrifically subverted. Though she kills or makes stretcher cases out of half the unit, she loses a leg, her left arm, two fingers off her right arm, and an eye in the process.]]