Spirit (Element)

"All things in this world have souls. Not just creatures and plants. [...] The souls of things are equipped with the power to help their users by nature. Our powers draw on that, boosting it with our own souls, to be able to unleash a greater power."

― Kūgo Ginjō to Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach)

Top: Many souls from the resting grounds seek to ascend to heaven or reincarnate.

Bottom: A lavender symbol consists of a dull lavender-colored eight-lined wheel on the interior with one circle on the exterior representing ectoplasm and a sad-shaped eye that remains sad and mysterious.

Spirit (Tagalog: espiritu/diwa/kaluluwa; Hawaiia: ʻuhane; Maori 精神 "wairua"; Japanese: 精霊 "Seirei"; Emoji:👻) is an inorganic element that is commonly found in nature and are usually connected to fear, the dark and the afterlife.

Animakinesis (also known as Telekinesis, or Soulakinesis) is the superpower to move, control, or manipulate matter using only the mind, and to perceive, control, alter, or interact with souls and spiritual essence. It’s one of the deepest and most mystical abilities in supernatural lore — often tied to life, death, reincarnation, and the afterlife.

Definition

Animakinesis is from Latin:

“Anima” = soul, breath, life

“Kinesis” = movement or control

Soul Manipulation means the power to sense, extract, transfer, or influence the soul — the core essence of life and consciousness.

A user of this ability is often called a Soulbinder, Spirit Weaver, or Animancer.

Other Real-life Terms/Fiction-Specific Terms

Animakinesis
Soul/Spirit Bending/Control/Stringing
Anima/Essence/Immortal/Psyche Bending/Control/Manipulation
Soulekinesis
Ghost Type (Pokemon)

The soul is the purported immaterial aspect or essence of a living being. It is typically believed to be immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that describe the relationship between the soul and the body are interactionism, parallelism, and epiphenomenalism. Anthropologists and psychologists have found that most humans are naturally inclined to believe in the existence of the soul and that they have interculturally distinguished between souls and bodies.

In religion and philosophy, spirit is the vital principle or animating essence within humans or, in some views, all living things. Although views of spirit vary between different belief systems, when spirit is contrasted with the soul, the former is often seen as a basic natural force, principle or substance, whereas the latter is used to describe the organized structure of an individual being's consciousness, in humans to include their personality. Spirit as a substance may also be contrasted with matter, where it is usually seen as more subtle

They usually live in abandoned houses, cemeteries, funeral places and uninhabited dark places such as caves. Also, Spirit-type tend to be extremely naughty, pranking humans just to see their faces and reactions. Curiously, the more scared a human is, the more power the Spirit will have to prank with it. At worst, some Spirit-type may have relatively murderous behaviors as well causing other incidents.

Soul Manipulation represents:

🕊️ Life and death — control over existence itself.
💫 Spiritual awareness — understanding the essence of being.
⚖️ Balance — between purity and corruption, life and afterlife.
💀 Divinity or godhood — only beings beyond mortality usually wield it.

It symbolizes the ultimate connection between body, mind, and spirit.

When a Spirit-type weapon strikes, it will apply to release a burst of purplish or bluish white ectoplasm into the wound, the effect shown will be the one which is most effective on that part of the creature.

Combinations

Spirit-Fire
Spirit-Water
Spirit-Rock
Spirit-Air
Spirit-Electric
Spirit-Leaf
Spirit-Ice
Spirit-Arcane
Spirit-Fae
Spirit-Light
Spirit-Dark

Common Abilities

Depending on mastery, a Animakinetic can perform extraordinary spiritual feats:

Soul Perception / Awareness: See, sense, or hear souls — detecting life energy, spiritual presences, or purity/evil within beings.
Soul Extraction / Separation: Remove or displace a person’s soul from their body (often rendering them unconscious or dead).
Soul Healing / Restoration: Repair or restore damaged souls, curing spiritual or emotional wounds.
Soul Absorption: Draw power, knowledge, or memories from absorbed souls.
Soul Empowerment: Enhance strength or abilities using one’s own or others’ spiritual essence.
Soul Protection: Shield one’s own soul or others from possession, corruption, or damage.
Reincarnation / Resurrection: Return souls to life or reincarnate them into new forms or vessels.
Possession / Spiritual Control: Enter or manipulate another being’s soul or consciousness.
Astral Projection: Separate one’s soul from the body to travel spiritually across realms.
Soul Binding / Contracts: Create pacts or fusions between souls — often seen in magic, curses, or guardian-bond rituals.

Known Skills

Offense Skills

Spirit Punch
Spirit Kick
Spirit Lick
Spirit Spray
Spirit Ball
Soul Slap
Soul Whip
Soul Pass
Soul Tackle
Lock On
Foresight

Defense Skills

Spirit Curse
Spirit Block

Exclusive Ultimate Skills

Horrific Past: Charge Onward (Japanese: 研磨、過去: 突撃！ "Kemna, Kako: Totsugeki!" Bake-kujira only)
Going Horrible Happens (Gashadokuro only)

Passive Abilities (everyone)

Scrappy - The skill from a creature can hit Spirit-type creature with Normal- and Combat-type moves. It is also unaffected by Intimidate.
Cursed Body - May disable a move that has dealt damage to the creature.

Relations with Other Elements

Strong Against

Itself - Ghosts can only touch one another, which makes them vulnerable to one another. It is also believed that the strongest spirit—in this case, the desire to win—wins.
Arcane✨ - Because some people are afraid of ghosts and fears have an impact on the mind, they are powerful against the Arcane Element.

Weak Against

Itself - Ghosts can only touch one another, which makes them vulnerable to one another. It is also believed that the strongest spirit—in this case, the desire to win—wins.
Dark🌑 - In some belief systems, ghosts who live evil lives and refuse to enter the afterlife are said to transform into demons, and in some mythologies, demons are feared and are also rumored to eat lost souls. As a result, they are weak against the Dark Element.
Light🔆 - Due to the fact that light stands for the good and blessed and that it is believed that evil spirits are repelled by light, the Light and Aether Elements are the main forces against Spirit.
Aether🌌 - Due to the fact that light stands for the good and blessed and that it is believed that evil spirits are repelled by light, the Light and Aether Elements are the main forces against Spirit.
Chaos☣️ - In some belief systems, ghosts who live evil lives and refuse to enter the afterlife are said to transform into demons, and in some mythologies, demons are feared and are also rumored to eat lost souls. As a result, they are weak against the Chaos Element.

Resisted Against

none

Immune Against

Normal (unofficial) - They're immune to normal weapons (except of element imbued weapons and tools) because spirits are incorporeal beings and thus can't be hit normally. This is also the reason why the Normal or Combat-type is immune to them, because a mortal and a ghost can't hurt each other.

Random Chances

none

Known Users

Individuals (Earth Responsibly)

Watchers
1. Uatu
Fomorians
1. Balor
2. Lugh
3. Dean Breathnach
Antediluvian Saurfolks
1. Erlin Khan
Common Saurfolks
1. Meranie Jorpassadal
2. Jared Jorpassadal
Crocofolk
1. Sobek (godhood)
Isu
1. Thor
2. Loki
3. Sigyn
4. Zeus
5. Hera
6. Artemis/Selene
7. Apollo/Helios
8. Aphrodite/Venus
9. Hephaestus
10. Ares
11. Hades
12. Persephone
13. Chang'e
14. Quetzalcoatl
15. Odin
16. Frigga
17. Yahweh
18. Anubis
19. Thoth
20. Hathor
21. Marduk
22. Bathala
23. Ranginui
24. Papatuanuku
25. Susanoo
26. Amaterasu
27. Tsukuyomi
28. Indra
29. Satan
30. Yaldabaoth
31. The Holy Ghost
32. Saraswati
Angels
1. Michael the Archangel
2. Gabriel the Archangel
3. Raphael the Archangel
4. Uriel
5. Samael
Humans (pre-2100)
1. Gilgamesh
2. Moses
3. Pythagoras
4. Leonidas I
5. Alexander the Great
6. Darius III
7. Roxana of Bactria
8. Artabanus of Persia
9. Peter the Apostle
10. Paul the Apostle
11. Saint Valentine of Rome
12. Agnes of Rome
13. Constantine the Great
14. Sir Lancelot
15. Queen Guinevere
16. Dymphna
17. Eivor Varinsdottir
18. Eleanor of Aquitaine
19. Princess Aurora
20. Agatha Prenderghast
21. Varian Debussie
22. Arianna of Corona
23. Rapunzel of Corona
24. Julius Sonne-Pierre
25. Marielle Pierre-Muller
26. Florent Sonne-Pierre
27. Ruben Sonne-Pierre I
28. Pierre Sonne-Pierre II
29. Vivienne Sonne-Pierre
30. Lady Josette Sonne-Pierre
31. Alicia Sonne-Pierre
32. Cassandra Lunlac
33. Anthony Pierre
34. Maurice Pierre
35. Maribelle Pierre/Princess Belle
36. Cinderella
37. Anna of Arendelle
38. Miguel Rivera
39. Mirabel Madrigal
40. Sofia Balthazar-Winslow
41. Cedric the Sorcerer
42. Elena Castillo Flores
43. Anastasia Romanov
44. Berengar Horvath
45. Constantin Sanatescu (WD-2)
46. Diana Spencer
47. Nilan Punzalan-Pradep
48. Guaiya Punzalan-Padilla
49. Pingking Punzalan-Peng
50. Lesley Punzalan
51. Noel Punzalan
52. Ginhawa Punzalan
53. Carlito Asad Bautista
54. Maleek Badawi-Bautista
55. Mateo Badawi-Bautista
56. Omar Badawi-Bautista
57. Valerianna Badawi-Bautista
58. Gorca de Pascua
59. Juan Nantellontil
60. Timoteo Nantellontil
61. Donald Nantellontil
62. Gaspar Nantellontil
63. Zhong Yi Linjin
64. Meijing Linjin
65. Ronaldo Galicinao-Kealani
66. Paolo Galicinao-Kealani
67. Maia Galicinao-Kealani
68. Alina Galicinao
69. James Galicinao
70. Joszef Horvath
71. Heloise Szekely
72. Manuelito de Jesus
73. Shay Cormac
74. Arno Dorian
75. Desmond Miles
76. William Miles
77. Tony Stark/Iron Man
78. Norman Osborn/Green Goblin
79. Harry Osborn/New Goblin
80. Ryu Hoshi
81. Jin Kazama
82. Norman Babcock
Humans (post-2100)
1. Helga Miracle
2. Yosef Buenaventura
3. Clarissa Jasmin-Buenaventura
4. Archie Buenaventura
5. Arnold Buenaventura
6. Allison Buenaventura
7. Rapunzel Solcorvauld-Morrison
8. Isabella Solcorvauld-Morrison
9. Nicolette Solcorvauld-Morrison
10. Jericho Morrison
11. Arianna Solcorvauld-Morrison
12. Doron Nachman
13. Odette Regina
14. Clarabelle Regina
15. Lorenzo Villaroel
Human-Isu Hybrids
1. Adam
2. Eve
3. Ryomen Sukuna
Human-Angel Hybrids
1. Sunny Starlen
2. Lumina Starlen
Elves (post-2100s)
1. Galadriel Hegrikultras
2. Amberley Hegrikultras
3. Melissa Hegrikultras
4. Geraldine Fifhtrasso
5. Luthien Midsummer
Thatrollwans
1. Delphina Dlerraz
2. Antoinette Dlerraz
3. Jeanne Dlerraz
4. Santiago Gutierrez
Fairies
1. Emily Blair
2. Sarah Blair
Dermochlories
1. Ji Yi Ko Ashton
2. Gi Ga Ko
Berbanian "Gods"
1. Wannor
Comieos
1. Diokan Dzallois
Eldritch Terrors
1. Typhon
2. Tiamat
3. Jormungandr
4. Apep
5. Trentren Vilu
6. Caicai Vilu
7. Bakunawa
8. Yamata no Orochi
9. Ellen Trechend
10. Rebelled Akkorokamui
11. Namungumi

Individuals (non-EarRes)

Humans
1. Obi-Wan Kenobi
2. Padme Amidala
3. Anakin Skywalker
4. Luke Skywalker
5. Leia Skywalker
6. Sabine Wren
7. Ezra Bridger
8. Kanan Jarrus
9. Captain Rex
10. Satine Kryze
11. Bo-Katan Kryze
12. Sheev Palpatine
ugh
1. Yoda
2. Ahsoka Tano

Faunas

Synapsids
1. Fomorian (varied)
Mammals
1. Dokkaebi (varied)
2. Isu (varied)
3. Human (varied)
4. Agarthan Human (varied)
5. Elf (varied)
6. Dwarf (varied)
7. Goblin (varied)
8. Angel (varied)
9. Fairy (varied)
Reptiles
1. Nessie
Non-Avian Dinosaurs
1. Antediluvian Saurfolk (varied)
2. Common Saurfolk (varied)
3. Seashore Saurfolk (varied)
4. Volcanic Saurfolk (varied, minority)
Avian Dinosaurs
1. ugh
Saurischian Wyverns
1. ugh
Elder Dragons
1. ugh
Amphibians
1. ugh
Fisherps
1. ugh
Bony Fishes
1. ugh
Cartilaginous Fishes
1. ugh
Jawless Fishes
1. ugh
Cnidarians
1. ugh
Segemented Worms
1. ugh
Mollusks
1. ugh
Chelicerates
1. ugh
Crustaceans
1. ugh
Insects
1. Mothsol
Automatons
1. ugh
Extraterrestrials
1. ugh
Constructs
1. Rajah Gakal

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