07-04-2017, 06:25 PM
Hunter x Hunter. The moves from this anime are brilliant, and give inspiration for any number of interestingly-balanced moves.
Jeff will tell you, and I will confirm, that Knuckle Bine's Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is the most OP shit in any anime. He punches you, but instead of it hurting, he gives you energy. Or rather, he lends it to you. The quantified amount of energy/aura then comes up on a little cutesy floating motherfucker with some numbers on his chest. You punch it, it does nothing. "It's time," the cutesy thing says 10 seconds after appearing. "Adding interest."
Until the loaned aura is paid back, your attacks don't do damage - they only give back aura and pay off that amount (stronger attacks give back more). Knuckle's attacks, too, just add aura to the amount on the counter.
If the amount of aura on the counter reaches your maximum aura ... bam. You go bankrupt and can't use aura (ki) for a month. You lose.
It's so fucking bullshit and stupid, but it's also brilliantly clever.
Another brilliant one is the bomber. Did I mention, characters in the show can give restrictive conditions to their attacks in order to power them up, just like we do here? The bomber has several conditions on his. In order to place a bomb on someone, he has to touch them and say the word "bomber". Being a prick and pretending not to be the bomber, he does this on basically everyone he's allied with, saying "Beware of the bomber," etc.
The cooler part is that, in order to arm the bombs, he has to explain everything about how his ability works to the person(s) affected. The moment he finishes explaining, the countdown starts.
Naturally, it's a pretty killer ability.
Last is the protagonist, Gon's ability, Jajanken. The ability's name actually comes because Knuckle (see above) asks him what it's called, and he just stutters out "Ja ... janken." Knuckle misinterprets this as a clever play on "Jajan!" (Tadah!) and Janken (rock paper scissors, which is what the ability is based on).
It's cool because it's simple, perfectly suiting its user, but also hella versatile. Like all epic attacks it takes a huge amount of energy and chargeup time. But then Gon can release it in three different ways - as a melee attack, Rock (the most powerful version, and the most often used) but also as a ranged attack, Paper (holding his palm out and firing the energy) and as a cutting attack, Scissors. I just like how it allows for mid-battle twists and being so simple, yet clever.
But honestly ... you just have to see it in action to see why it comes across as epic.
Go watch Hunter x Hunter, kids.
One Piece
Luffy's Gomu Gomu Gatling. Come the fuck on. It's so badass, I stole it and continually reference it with Samus's Gatling Beam.
Jeff will tell you, and I will confirm, that Knuckle Bine's Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is the most OP shit in any anime. He punches you, but instead of it hurting, he gives you energy. Or rather, he lends it to you. The quantified amount of energy/aura then comes up on a little cutesy floating motherfucker with some numbers on his chest. You punch it, it does nothing. "It's time," the cutesy thing says 10 seconds after appearing. "Adding interest."
Until the loaned aura is paid back, your attacks don't do damage - they only give back aura and pay off that amount (stronger attacks give back more). Knuckle's attacks, too, just add aura to the amount on the counter.
If the amount of aura on the counter reaches your maximum aura ... bam. You go bankrupt and can't use aura (ki) for a month. You lose.
It's so fucking bullshit and stupid, but it's also brilliantly clever.
Another brilliant one is the bomber. Did I mention, characters in the show can give restrictive conditions to their attacks in order to power them up, just like we do here? The bomber has several conditions on his. In order to place a bomb on someone, he has to touch them and say the word "bomber". Being a prick and pretending not to be the bomber, he does this on basically everyone he's allied with, saying "Beware of the bomber," etc.
The cooler part is that, in order to arm the bombs, he has to explain everything about how his ability works to the person(s) affected. The moment he finishes explaining, the countdown starts.
Naturally, it's a pretty killer ability.
Last is the protagonist, Gon's ability, Jajanken. The ability's name actually comes because Knuckle (see above) asks him what it's called, and he just stutters out "Ja ... janken." Knuckle misinterprets this as a clever play on "Jajan!" (Tadah!) and Janken (rock paper scissors, which is what the ability is based on).
It's cool because it's simple, perfectly suiting its user, but also hella versatile. Like all epic attacks it takes a huge amount of energy and chargeup time. But then Gon can release it in three different ways - as a melee attack, Rock (the most powerful version, and the most often used) but also as a ranged attack, Paper (holding his palm out and firing the energy) and as a cutting attack, Scissors. I just like how it allows for mid-battle twists and being so simple, yet clever.
But honestly ... you just have to see it in action to see why it comes across as epic.
Go watch Hunter x Hunter, kids.
One Piece
Luffy's Gomu Gomu Gatling. Come the fuck on. It's so badass, I stole it and continually reference it with Samus's Gatling Beam.
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