![]() Phantom Blood: Despite being extremely powerful and lacking other vampire weaknesses, these vampires are some of the most sunlight-vulnerable vampires in all of fiction.When exposed to it for the first time in ages, it kills him fairly quickly. The Yato in general are weakened by light - it's why they all carry umbrellas - but Housen spent years out of the sunlight. Used in Gintama against Housen, The Night King.This weakness is exploited on two occasions, though neither incident is successful for very long. Ironically enough, he is also incapable of using his powers in total darkness and is thus completely helpless without a light source. However, if the light becomes too bright (for example, the light from a flash bomb) his shadows will disintegrate. Fullmetal Alchemist: A variation with Pride, the shadow homunculus, who isn't generally hurt by light in fact, he is unable to use his powers without a light source.This is also why Nichirin Blades are the only weapons capable of slaying them: demons possess a powerful Healing Factor, but because the ore of Nichirin Blades have absorbed large amounts of sunlight, decapitation with a Nichirin Blade will instantly, and without fail, kill a demon. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The demons cannot withstand sunlight and will be destroyed if exposed to it.Bleach: Espada #9 Aaroniero Arruruerie cannot stand sunlight and can't maintain or perform his shape-shifting in the light. ![]() ![]() Not to be confused with Blinded by the Light (a much less severe and more mundane form of weaponizing light), Prone to Sunburn (a more mundane negative reaction to sunlight with no moral connotations), and Day Hurts Dark-Adjusted Eyes (a natural reaction to daylight that likewise carries no moral connotations). See also Holy Burns Evil and Suicide by Sunlight. This might be one of the reasons why it's Grim Up North - the longer nights give sunlight-averse creatures more time to hunt. May be counteracted with a Kryptonite-Proof Suit. If the author is not careful, this can overlap with Weaksauce Weakness, or at least Kryptonite Is Everywhere. See Dark Is Evil for the general association of evil things with darkness. The psychology behind this trope is that humans are very reliant on sight, so we feel extremely vulnerable in the dark. Works fond of Doing In the Wizard often explain this as an aversion to ultraviolet light. Sunlight seems to be particularly potent, which gives Cue the Sun a whole new meaning for such nocturnal nasties. The reason is simple: Light Is Good + Good Hurts Evil + Dark Is Evil = Light Hurts Evil. Some enemies, especially living shadows and vampires, are weakened by it, if not outright destroyed. Super Kami Guru, Dragon Ball Z Abridged
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