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  • This is actually with watch Mojo in today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 overused superpowers in anima.

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  • We could be looking over the superhuman abilities that are the most frequently used in anime to the point where they become a bit cliche aid.

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  • Number 10 Immortality and invincibility Durability is pretty.

  • Opie and anime characters have it in spades.

  • The ability to just tanked damages incredibly common in the medium.

  • Some characters air just unaffected by whatever their opponents dish out, because their bodies are so in nightly powerful that they can't be hurt.

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  • Others are able to condition their bodies to become as hot a steal.

  • There are also those who can regrow limbs and recover from any damage they take.

  • We don't blame anime for over using this power, since it's a great way to show how stronger character is and create a threatening antagonistic or an invincible protagonist.

  • Number nine time manipulation Time is not on the side of anime characters.

  • Otherwise, they wouldn't be constantly messing with it.

  • Many of them have the abilities of freeze time for everyone around them while they move about freely.

  • Others were able to rewind it or accelerated for themselves or others.

  • This can have a variety of offensive and defensive effects, including ways to cheat death or heal injuries.

  • Time conquers all on those who can conquer its are some of the most powerful in the world, so we owe number eight Super Speed The Flash.

  • Better watch out because a ton of anime characters can lay claim to being the fastest people alive.

  • Yeah, although some of them explicitly have speed as a special power, they have through magic mutation or enhancements in a lot of Siri's characters can move fast as a result of training.

  • Yeah, superhuman speed is often the result of extraordinary training, and there are a lot of shows or movies that feature everyone at a certain level, being able to move faster than the normal.

  • I can see.

  • Maybe it's just the rule of cool at work.

  • But nothing beats seeing someone moves so fast.

  • They might as well have teleported behind the phone booth.

  • Number seven Regeneration and Healing Powers.

  • Healing isn't just something immortals could do in anime.

  • Even more common than self repair is the ability to heal injuries in others.

  • Every party needs a healer on animals.

  • Casts have no shortage off them.

  • Everything from magically healing cuts and scrapes to completely regenerating someone severed limb is on the table.

  • Anime characters have it pretty easy when it comes to health care a lot of the time, because there's a good chance that someone in their world is able to patch them up in no time at all.

  • It's very convenient, sometimes too much so, since it can lower the stakes.

  • But we definitely get why it's so popular.

  • Number six copying and stealing abilities, they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and plenty of anime and anime characters have taken this to an extreme mojo mojo.

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  • With so many superpowers in anime, one of the most frequently seen is, ironically, the ability to use someone else's power.

  • While this is sometimes simply an imitation of the person's powers, in many cases the ability is straight up stolen, meaning that the person who originally used it no longer can anymore.

  • You think Yeah, Aziz fun or intimidating is disability?

  • Could be.

  • It's gotten so ubiquitous that it's gotten a bit copy and paste well, so to speak.

  • So you don't three you don't know Number five darkness.

  • Admitting darkness is often the provenance of villains, regardless of medium.

  • But anime doesn't restrict it to the bad guys.

  • Everybody has it.

  • Go home, although you do get the typical antagonists with control over shadows on evil energy.

  • Heroes also utilize the same powers to defeat their foes to the darkness or shadows, usually takes a physical form and can often absorb or control other things or even take on a life of their own.

  • Oh, yeah, given the darkness is a common fear.

  • It could make for a haunting power base, but it becomes less scary when everyone uses it.

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  • Number four Transformations.

  • Transformations are an absolute hallmark of anime Yeah, characters gained some kind of huge power boost, along with a change in their physical appearance, such as their hair or physique, or even a change of clothes.

  • Maybe there's a protracted sequence in which they attained the new look.

  • Regardless, it's basically become a kind of visual shorthand.

  • Thio indicate that a character has attained a new level of strength.

  • Eyes it used to frequently?

  • Well, probably.

  • But it's really not cool on gives animators a new challenge, so we're not really complaining too much today.

  • Nan Yo Meteo Down South Number three Elemental manipulation.

  • Earth, Wind and Fire on water on ice Electricity.

  • Well, basically, any fundamental aspect of the world.

  • Animals sure loves its elements.

  • Superpowers based on the classical and not so classical elements are nearly the most overuse superpowers in all of anime.

  • Yeah, entire franchises have been based around the concept of characters generating or manipulating the elements.

  • Just look at Pokemon.

  • It's not exactly a cliche limited to its medium, either, as stories in cultures the world over and throughout history have featured elemental superpowers.

  • But it's become a hallmark of superpowers for good reason.

  • His bloody awesome number two super strength super strength is pretty much the original superpower, and it's all over.

  • Animate to anime, characters were often able to accomplish absurd feats of strength and power.

  • A lot of the time, it's not even their main power.

  • It's just something that a ridiculous amount of training can give someone.

  • But even the most diehard muscle heads in the real world can't bench press a building along who look at this point.

  • It's honestly refreshing when a superpowered anime character can't accomplish everything with their fists because it means they have to be more creative and strategic.

  • Still, there is a certain wild factor involved with super strength.

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  • Number one Anti power and nullification.

  • Oddly, one of the most frequently seen superpowers in anime is the power to halt other people from using their own powers.

  • Oh oh, so I think power or magic nullify abilities are a popular and somewhat overpowered superpower because they're a great way of bringing other powerful characters down to size with one touch look or hit, a previously unstoppable power becomes void, giving the hero or villain a chance to capitalize on their foes.

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  • Still it.

  • I think what they are.

  • I'm good.

  • This ability, maybe the great leveler.

  • But it's become a bit overused.

  • Instead of discovering a clever wig around other powers, this one just cancels them out entirely, which is a little too easy.

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