History Main / BattleAura

* Justice Firebird has an aura of yellow flames in ''Webcomic/EveryButtonHurtsTheOtherGuy'' as a pastiche of/homage to {{Dragonball}} and a sign that he is signifcantly more powerful than the main cast.

* In ''XenobladeChronicles'', auras are a specific type of powerful buff that's utilized by both your party and enemies alike. They come in many colors and a few different styles, such as a faint glow or a highly visible flame-like one.

* [[Literature/TheWheelofTime Aes Sedai]] and other woman channelers [[Main/PowerGlows "glow"]] when embracing saidar to other female channelers or those who have the potential to learn to channel.

* In ''{{Smallville}}'', when in [[BulletTime Clark time]], all speedsters have a pulsating aura surrounding them. [[RuleOfCool Don't ask how, it is cool]]. [[{{Superman}} Clark]] has blue, [[TheFlash Bart Allen]] has red, [[spoiler:Lana]] has purple ([[WellIntentionedExtremist bad]]) or orange ([[GoodColorsEvilColors good]]), Raya has yellow, Maxima has green, [[EvilTwin Bizarro]] and {{Brainiac}} had black, while Doomsday was dark grey.

This is a subtrope of PowerGlows, and the supertrope of AnimalBattleAura. Compare HolyHalo and ThroatLight. Occasionally manifests as a SphereOfPower or DramaticWind. If only certain people can see it you could be looking at AuraVision. Characters experiencing [[FaceHeelTurn morality]] [[HeelFaceTurn shifts]] may have their aura experience a ConvenientColorChange.

* After the first few episodes, anyone in ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' would start popping out his/ her battle aura, especially his psychopathic masters.

* Discarding the [[DoingInTheWizard risible pseudoscience "justification"]], the Ripple from the first two parts of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is basically a Battle Aura. It is made from energy generated whenever a person breathes in, and is transferred out through natural means - the hands and feet are most obvious, but wool, metal and vegetable oil are all used to conduct the Ripple at points. Because all energy on Earth comes ultimately from the Sun, the Ripple has the same devastating effect on vampires as sunlight. In a different vein, the Stands from the third part on are essentially anthropomorphic Battle Auras. (Or, in Jotaro's case, [[IncrediblyLamePun Battle]] [[{{Kiai}} Ora]]).

* The GuileHero / MagicKnight protagonist in ''DragonAgeTheCrownOfThorns'' can go from GlowingEyesOfDoom to shining white from his whole body to exuding enough energy that something like gossamer mist strands form around him, culminating with, when he's really serious, looking like an ascended being from {{Stargate}}. The ironic part is that it gets dangerous the more he lets loose, what with [[spoiler:his magic power coming from a tear in the Veil he harbors in his body, which is [[BlessedWithSuck unstable]] even at the best of times.]]

* ''SuperRobotWarsAlpha 3'' and ''[[SuperRobotWarsW W]]'' give [[MazingerZ Mazinkaiser]] an attack known as Kaiser Nova, which should be [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8IhwNIP07k seen for yourself]].

* A distinct characteristic of Kanon, a character in ''UmiMonogatari'' is that she releases a black aura when angry, and is apparently not a random trope-ish "special effect" since, everyone in her town associates her with her black aura.

* The ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has the Magic Energy aura that envelop the various characters when transforming, boosting up, flying, or when they're standing around with overflowing energy. They come in various colors that are visible InUniverse, which gives an idea on just how powerful the [[GodEmperor Sankt Kaiser]] is when her aura is shown to be [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbow colored]].

* Characters in ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' not only have battle auras that are visible to other characters, they also explicitly call them "Battle Auras" and expert fighters can even determine details of their opponent's combat style by looking at their aura.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': Shinigami have tangible Battle Auras, which at the high end of the spectrum can incapacitate low-powered enemies simply by being released. When two opponents are particularly focused, their battle auras also take on physical forms behind them, forming a shape that represents the spirit of the fighter. In one such fight, Ichigo's takes the shape of a Hollow's mask - foreshadowing his inner Hollow gaining in power. General Yamamoto's appears as [[IncendiaryExponent a layer of flame]], whilst [[BloodKnight Kenpachi's]] aura is in the form of a skull.

* In the AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety, Adrian and some of the more powerful Sues are rather fond of this.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'' does this constantly, with a huge variety of colors, usually depending on the power used. The generic aura taken on by most human fighters (notably Krillin, Yamcha and Tien) are white/silver, the Super Saiyans take on yellow auras (with the higher stages, Super Saiyan 2 and 3, taking on a constant electric crackle as well), the Kaio-ken technique generates a red aura, etc.

* The ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' has the Magic Energy aura that envelop the various characters when transforming, boosting up, flying, or when they're standing around with overflowing energy. They come in various colors that are visible InUniverse, which gives an idea on just how powerful the [[GodEmperor Sankt Kaiser]] is when her color is shown to be [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows rainbow colored]].

* ''RanmaOneHalf'' not only shows the effect many times, it explicitly names it. At one point, Genma and Happosai face off and generate battle auras in the shape of themselves that grow to become [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever city-sized]]. (They then promptly collapse from the effort of ''creating'' the battle auras in the first place). Soun Tendo, meanwhile, is implied to be able to use his DemonHead move as a specialised form of battle aura projection. In the anime, during his first episode, the second episode of the [[BlessedWithSuck Dragon Whisker]] two-part story, and the {{OAV}} adaption of Miss Hinako's arrival, Happosai is also shown being able to project it as a kind of special KamehameHadoken attack. More often, though, battle auras in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma]]'' are simply glows as described above. One of the mildly-antagonistic recurring characters, the local English teacher, in the series has the power to drain {{Battle Aura}}s, temporarily gaining physical strength and age, and then release the energy as a [[KiAttacks directed energy attack]]. In her introductory arc, it's really made to seem like a "battle aura" is what allows you to ever do any fighting - she has to get you to attempt to fight her, then drain your aura, whereupon you become ''incapable of trying to attack'' and probably fall on your face. Also, one FinishingMove of Ranma's is the Dragon Heaven-Blast, luring an enemy into moving in such a way that their own BattleAura can be used against them at the right time to blast them with a tornado, a minor form of HoistByHisOwnPetard.

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', certain characters glow with a visible chakra-molded battle aura when tapping into their characteristic inner power. This is considered a big deal as chakra is supposed to be invisible to the naked eye. This is very noticeable in ninjas like the Raikage and Might Guy, the former uses his own elemental nature as an aura, and the latter has a green aura formed from his own sweat ([[MST3kMantra just go with it]]).

* Characters in ''FistOfTheNorthStar'' not only have battle auras that are visible to other characters, they also explicitly call them "Battle Auras" and expert fighters can even determine details of their opponent's combat style by looking at their aura.

* Naturally, ''AuraBattlerDunbine,'' for obvious reasons.

* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' explains the concept of [[BattleAura Cosmo]] by saying that it is the miniature cosmos that exists within each atom in a Saint's body. So, when a warrior shouts, "Burn, Cosmo!" they're concentrating in exploding this power into an overwhelming aura. Sometimes, they burn their Cosmo so brightly it actually manifests as a spectral vision of their patron constellation (or, in Andromeda Shun's case, the Andromeda Nebula,) which is always the sign that the enemy [[LetsGetDangerous is about to get his ass handed to him]].

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', certain characters glow with a visible chakra-molded battle aura when tapping into their characteristic inner power. This is considered a big deal as chakra is supposed to be invisible to the naked eye. This is very noticeable in ninjas like the Raikage and Might Guy, the former uses his own elemental nature as an aura, and the latter has a green aura formed from his own sweat.

* The manga ''{{Parasyte}}'' has a variation: when one of the alien race known as the Parasytes threatens an Earth native, an image of a predatory creature overlays the alien (for example, just before one of them kills a lion, a spider appears over him).

[[caption-width-right:320:[-Bask in the glow of their awesomeness... wait a minute... [[MundaneMadeAwesome BASEBALL?!]]-][[note]]'''From top left across then down:''' [[Manga/DragonBall Goten]], [[Manga/SaintSeiya Phoenix Ikki, Cygnus Hyoga]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]], [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Kazuma Kuwabara (L) and Kurama (R)]], [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Yoshino Yusuke]].[[/note]]]]

* Even though Akira Toriyama designed the characters for the entire ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series, and earlier games did in fact have enemies who could gather strength, even giving you the ability in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' as Psyche Up, the visual component of this didn't show up until ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'', 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 [[DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]]. For the main character, this is also accompanied by his signature bandanna coming off, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything revealing]] [[ShoutOut spiky]] [[DragonBallZ hair]]. Once this happens you see that the hero looks just like [[DragonBallZ 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.