Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160923220030/@comment-25936766-20160927045938

SpiritedDreaming wrote: -Uh...the special bar is a meter. Just saying.

-Also, I think it acts sort of similar to Adam's semblance as well, in that he can absrob things and use the energy to attack, and it's shown by his hair and clothing glowing. -Bar, Meter, my point doesn't change.

-That's speculation. The hair and clothes glowing can be attributed to Aura usage of some sort (the other time we saw something like it was when Pyrrha unlocked Jaune's Aura, but they were doing something completely different from what Adam does normally. Plus he's far above them in power and skill so there could easily be aesthetic differences to indicate them).

And him blocking things doesn't mean he absorbs anything. Especially on a show inspired by shonen anime where swords can easily block beams and similar stuff all the time.