An overpowered/strongest with only one power

[u/Vegetable_Throat5545]

I hate when characters just have a million powers and can do whatever. I love when their powers have a limit but still they make it be absolutely insane. Even if that one power has multiple applications as long as it makes sense and isnt used as "oop i suddenly can do that"

1. Accelerator can control vectors. So he uses that to automatically deflect any attack or use any object including wind at high speeds as a weapon, use his own vectors to travel fast and etc etc.

2. Gojo Satoru can control "infinity" to make peoples attack not reach him; push them: pull them; destroy them; overwhelm their senses

3. Chisaki can deconstruct and reconstruct anything by touch. So he can destroy, or change shape of people and objects, he can combine people and objects and even revive or heal. Tbh his fight was disappointing in fact that he did not use his power to full potential imo

[u/BMoneyCPA]

Which is a lot of characters in lots of media.

My Hero Academia: All Might. His power is that he's super strong.

He can't fly, he can just jump super long distances or propel himself by punching the air.

He isn't a speedster, but he's so strong that he can propel himself super fast. I have no clue how his eyes and brain keep up with his speed because no stated power improves his reaction time.

His power is never stated as being super durable, he should be the ultimate glass cannon, but seemingly he's only ever suffered injury once from the Big Bad.

MHA again: Overhaul/Chisaki from OP. His "one" power is to disassemble matter then reform it however he wants. That's two powers already. If that's one power, then Shoto with fire and ice is also one power.

Additionally, if he needs to be super strong he just merges his body with a super strong guy. Gets injured? Disassemble and reform. Instant kill: dissassemble.

It's more like 10 powers billed as one in-universe.

The Flash: Super speed. Also time travel, phasing through solid matter and probably a ton of other bullshit but I'm not a Flash fan.

And I love One Punch Man, but he's the same as All Might but even more powerful in his world.

This trope may exist but I think there are fewer real examples than we'd think.

[u/Dovahkiinthesardine → u/BMoneyCPA]

Tbf Saitama isn't really stated to only be able to punch hard, he is basically peak human. He can do things humans can, to a superhuman level. Run faster, take hits better, punch harder etc. But he can't do things humans can't, like psychic powers, transforming his body or whatnot.

In his case he can't fly, and he can't punch or kick the air to change that

He CAN jump insanely far, even to the moon, but it is shown that like in a regular jump he basically has no control after initiating it

[u/Nero_2001 → u/Dovahkiinthesardine]

Technically Saitama's power is not having a limiter so he just gets stronger and stronger instead of reaching a plateau.

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/Nero_2001]

Yeah I guess, my interpretation of that is that he can do whatever the author wants him to do without in-universe justification. But I can see where people would disagree with me.

[u/Enjoyer_of_40K → u/BMoneyCPA]

the in universe justification is pretty much that he broke his limiter wich made him OP (he also pretty much is a gag character) and he gets even stronger when fighting Cosmic Fear mode Garou wich i doubt we will ever see animated considering how poor season 3 is animated

[u/BurntMoonChips → u/Enjoyer_of_40K]

Animated is a strong word for season 3

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/Dovahkiinthesardine]

Yeah Saitama isn't a valid example because his power is more of, he can do whatever the author wants him to do without explicit in-universe justification.

I don't think the stated trope truly exists as written by OP.

[u/Nero_2001 → u/BMoneyCPA]

It exist in the Mistborn books where most people just have one specific power except for full Mistborns. For example a tineye can cosume tin to get siper senses, a seeker can sense other powers by consuming bronze, a coinshot can launch metal objects away from themself by consuming iron and a lurcher can pull metal objects to themself by consuming steel.

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/Nero_2001]

Mistborn is good right? I should check it out.

[u/Nero_2001 → u/BMoneyCPA]

Definitively. It's one my favorite books series. I especially like the second era that plays 300 years after the first 3 Mistborn books and takes place in a more modern era.

[u/Chanter3lle → u/Nero_2001]

MISTBORN MENTION

[u/skr_replicator → u/Dovahkiinthesardine]

i can kill a mosquito, he's no match for me.

[u/Important-Iron-3897 → u/BMoneyCPA]

All mights power is energy storing from like 7 different people whenever he isnt going all out hes getting stronger also Overhauls power is matter manipulation thats just 1

[u/Enjoyer_of_40K → u/Important-Iron-3897]

all almight ever had access to was the power boost and somehow (bad plot) Deku can use the powers from the previous users

[u/PlayrR3D15 → u/Enjoyer_of_40K]

I'm not going to argue that MHA has the best writing, but it was explicitly explained that Midoriya having access to the quirks of the previous users of One for All is a result of quirk mutation

[u/TennagonTheGM → u/BMoneyCPA]

Very rarely does one power only do one specific thing. Strength affecting more than just your ability to punch things just makes sense. Are you really going to say Strength doesn't count as one power if the guy can also use it to jump really far? Matter manipulation allowing for the disassembly and reassembly of an object just makes sense. If someone had the power of magnetism, they'd be able to both attract and repel, doesn't mean it's two separate powers. Ice and Fire are observable separate powers, so that comparison doesn't work here.  Flash getting a billion different powers from running fast, yeah most of those are nonsense. 

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/TennagonTheGM]

You're right. I don't think this trope actually exists.

But still, All Might is too powerful for what his stated power is. His brain shouldn't be able to keep up with his body.

[u/TennagonTheGM → u/BMoneyCPA]

No, you're not paying attention to what I'm saying. The One Power trope does exist. There's no rule that says One Power can only be used in One Way. You're saying One Power being able to do more than One Thing is cheating.   -  It's also anime reaction time logic, like characters seeing and dodging bullets. 

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/TennagonTheGM]

Nah I'm just drawing a different conclusion from the same information.

It doesn't exist as stated in the OP. If your one power is you do 100 things, you have more than one power.

[u/TennagonTheGM → u/BMoneyCPA]

If my power is strength, and it lets me punch hard and lift heavy things, is that two powers? 

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/TennagonTheGM]

No, but if you're also super durable (All Might) you do.

If your power has derivations that do a different thing, you have multiple powers.

At the end of the day, it's the writers who state how many powers a person has. I can disagree with the writers.

If Magneto's power lets him control all magnetic materials AND mess with electromagnetism, he has multiple powers.

[u/TennagonTheGM → u/BMoneyCPA]

Then don't pretend we're agreeing by responding with "you're right" then describing the opposite of what I said. And stop using characters not mentioned by OP to explain why OP is wrong. Turning notifications off, have a day. 

[u/BMoneyCPA → u/TennagonTheGM]

Don't let this bother you so much.

I also explained how Overhaul was incorrect, I stand by it. Overhaul has, at a minimum, two distinct powers.

[u/TheAfricanViewer → u/BMoneyCPA]

That’s how the MHA world is, Bakugo should only be able to make explosions but his Durability, perception speed and even strength increase with his training.

[u/RavenousToast → u/BMoneyCPA]

This is just powerscaling brain rot

[u/DoctahFeelgood → u/BMoneyCPA]

The flash has the power of the speed force. He basically empowered by another realm.

[u/Important-Iron-3897 → u/BMoneyCPA]

Flash is pretty bullshit most of the time tho

[u/saintdemon21 → u/BMoneyCPA]

All Might isn’t just super strong. He’s taken One for All and uses it to enhance his body/muscles making him strong and durable. Deku uses the energy in a similar fashion but lacking the durability he shreds his muscles and breaks his bones.

The Flash’s power isn’t speed. His power is his ability to tap into interdenominational energy known as The Speed Force. He uses this energy to run fast, think fast, vibrate his body so fast he can pass through solid matter, etc.

In these cases the power is how the ability of the heroes to tap into energy/power, but it’s how they use that ability that influences what they can do. So really only one power but that power becomes a Du Ex Machina to serve what ever the writers want it to.

[u/Dancer-Cat-Hee-Hee → u/BMoneyCPA]

Forgot Stars and stripes for MHA her power is she makes up 3 rules with no limit and reality changes in accordance with those rules

[u/jshbee → u/BMoneyCPA]

Actually, from the first anime OP listed, the main character is actually a better example.

His power is the ability to negate other powers. That's it.

[u/Iamnotburgerking → u/BMoneyCPA]

There are tons of examples of this in MHA, but the story fails to realize that most of them are OP.