Poor Image: Battle Aura

This one has been on my list for a while now - frankly, the collage is a mess, and not all of the images used are even discernible as a battle aura as opposed to a flashy background. I'd been holding off on starting a thread for this until I could find some concrete images to make a better collage, but I recently came across an illustration that may work while being more concise:

Edited by Mahoxy on Feb 16th 2021 at 3:39:15 PM

clearly things are going well.

Lateral move for me.

It's more clean.

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OP > Current.

Yeah, I think the current image doesn't work in the sense that some of the Battle Auras shown isn't exactly one at all, just a visual representation of how a character feels in an intense situation.

I'll the suggestion though.

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(Annoyed grunt)

OP also has the problem of not showing a battle either. Those auras could be from anything.

Possibly create another montage. In addition of the bad quality, almost all of them are from anime. A collage with 4 images from different types of works would be better.

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I would prefer one image where the aura-havers are visibly about to throw down (similar to Animal Motifs) over a collage.

Maybe we could find a bigger version of the top left image on the current. Among those, that one is the one which best illustrates the trope.

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Edited by Willbyr on Feb 22nd 2021 at 6:33:37 AM

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goku isn't fighting anyone in that image as far as I can tell, he's standing while being buff.

I have a suggestion:

While being an example (clearly showing a...battle happening), it's also silly enough to emphasize what the trope means.

That one has horrible quality, and also a glowing hand with a pistol is not the best illustration for the trope. 12 might be a case of This Image Is Not an Example, but he looks fierce enough that he looks like he is about to fight, so I think that's a good enough illustration.

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It is "battle aura", though, not "menacing aura". He doesn't look to be in action at all.

EDIT: Found some better-quality images in which actual battles were happening:

Edited by charun on Feb 22nd 2021 at 1:57:32 AM

The second one is clearer.

ETA: 12 is also fine.

Edited by Synchronicity on Feb 23rd 2021 at 9:32:26 AM

I prefer 18.2

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as do I. more obviously a battle.

As a side note, is this trope actually limited to battles exclusively, as has been assumed in this thread? Despite the name, I've often seen this trope used simply as a visual cue to convey great power and intensity, both inside and outside of combat scenarios — see the lower-right image in the current.

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I think such instances are descended from the battle usage; baseball might even be a parodied example (sports being Serious Business and treated as a battle).

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