Forum Settings
Forums
New
Sep 6, 2022 9:51 AM
#1
Offline
Nov 2021
243
Which of these has the best power system of them all?
PushedCarawaySep 6, 2022 10:39 AM
Sep 6, 2022 10:06 AM
#2

Offline
Oct 2013
7963
Is funny that people voting HXH when its basically just random stuff like Stands in Jojo that can do anything and everything when the authors wants it to

But Ill be voting for To Aru which is also random stuff when it comes to the magic stuff because its cooler
Sep 6, 2022 10:13 AM
#3

Offline
Jul 2021
6527
I've only seen Naruto so I'll go with that. The power system is kind of logical as well so no complaints there.

The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama.
Feeling half happy, half sad.
  

Kawaii waifus
and precious
  best girls <3333
                                             


Sep 6, 2022 10:18 AM
#4

Offline
Jul 2015
14399
I'll be 50yo before I can answer this poll T___T

I'm only familiar with DBZ, and there's a reason why nobody voted for it (^%. It's crap.
Prophetess of the Golden Era
Sep 6, 2022 10:23 AM
#5

Offline
Feb 2020
1736
I would say JJK if it was an option so I will go with Jojo I guess.
Sep 6, 2022 10:40 AM
#6

Offline
Sep 2018
5344
World Trigger. Trion is a very specific power, but it also leaves a lot of room for creativity during battles.

JoJo is great too and it would have been my other choice, but it's a bit easier when you can do whatever you want with stands.
Sep 6, 2022 10:40 AM
#7
Offline
Nov 2021
243
Added new option into the poll for more choices
Sep 6, 2022 10:49 AM
#8
Offline
Jun 2021
2761
Voted OTHER.
Mostly because powerscaling shit is a blight on the anime fandom.
WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT FICTIONAL POWERS?!
Hot Blood saves lives.
Sep 6, 2022 10:53 AM
#9

Offline
Nov 2021
2482
Jojo(your vote), HXH and Jujutsu Kaisen. You are missing FMAB
nishant0Sep 6, 2022 11:00 AM
Sep 6, 2022 11:02 AM

Offline
Jan 2022
164
Deknijff said:
Is funny that people voting HXH when its basically just random stuff like Stands in Jojo that can do anything and everything when the authors wants it to

But Ill be voting for To Aru which is also random stuff when it comes to the magic stuff because its cooler


Yeah, HxH's power system feels so needlessly convoluted and contrived to me, everything feels random, there's really no "rules" or limitations to it's world, shit is just made up on the fly for each character, it's not grounded in real life martial arts like Dragon Ball or Naruto, where characters have to actually train to unlock their potential. I dunno, just my opinion lol
Sep 6, 2022 11:10 AM

Offline
Oct 2013
7963
SaMMy17BST said:
Deknijff said:
Is funny that people voting HXH when its basically just random stuff like Stands in Jojo that can do anything and everything when the authors wants it to

But Ill be voting for To Aru which is also random stuff when it comes to the magic stuff because its cooler
Yeah, HxH's power system feels so needlessly convoluted and contrived to me, everything feels random, there's really no "rules" or limitations to it's world, shit is just made up on the fly for each character, it's not grounded in real life martial arts like Dragon Ball or Naruto, where characters have to actually train to unlock their potential. I dunno, just my opinion lol
Ah well Id say the characters train but its just Gon and Killua though if we ignore the flashback moment for Kurapika, but even then its really quick training to progress the plot like with most shounen

But yeah despite HXH having so many rules it doesn't really feel like it
Sep 6, 2022 11:23 AM

Offline
Mar 2020
3591
Everyone can have their opinion, but the fact is that Magi is just better written when it comes to the power system cause it’s self contained and not based on bullshit like all the other shonen OP listed
Sep 6, 2022 11:23 AM

Offline
Oct 2018
5811
TheMechaManiac said:
Voted OTHER.
Mostly because powerscaling shit is a blight on the anime fandom.
WHO FUCKING CARES ABOUT FICTIONAL POWERS?!


Lots of people care about it, why do you care about giant robots and always have a Hemorrhoid crisis whenever someone mentions Evangelion, Code Geass or Gurren Lagann?
Your fictional shit matters, the rest doesn't matter.
If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time.

Watch more movies, please.

Perhaps, this is hell.
Sep 6, 2022 11:38 AM

Offline
Aug 2010
2170
out of this list i chose hero academia.

I like that most of the cast only has 1 power or ability set and really have to figure out the best way to use it vs enemies who usually have similar limitations.
Makes for dynamic and creative fights. It's one of the same things that made X-men interesting, before there were a gazillion characters with infinite powers.

A lot of the other anime listed I like, but the power systems are sorta nonsense. Like stuff based on non-descript power levels is just random as hell and the person with the higher numbers wins regardless of skill or technique.

Stuff like HxH and JoJos can have interesting conflicts with the different powers, but they can also end up convoluted.
https://combosmooth.itch.io/ - I make free-to-play browser games for PC and I sell pixel art animation here
Sep 6, 2022 12:01 PM

Offline
Oct 2010
22022
all are better than huntrash x garbage nen shit
Sep 6, 2022 12:06 PM

Offline
Apr 2022
93
Why people are hating nen? It's the only one in the poll which make sense, and can be considered as "the best".
PreacheeeSep 6, 2022 12:09 PM
Sep 6, 2022 12:07 PM
Offline
Feb 2022
426
World Trigger has the best power system with HXH as a close second place in my opinion.
Sep 6, 2022 12:14 PM

Offline
Aug 2016
3999
Jojos has the best power system. cant say the same about the writing, though.
:v
Sep 6, 2022 12:30 PM

Offline
Jan 2021
7000
Others because I wanted to mention Fate series.
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.

Sep 6, 2022 12:32 PM

Offline
Sep 2020
4147
animegamer245 said:
One Piece doesn't have a even power system.
Haki apparently doesn't exist to you I guess.


๐’ฎ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ, ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ'๐“‰ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“‡๐’น ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Š๐“‰ ๐’ธ๐“๐‘œ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ท๐‘’๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š. - ๐‘…๐‘’๐’พ ๐’ฆ๐’พ๐“‡๐’พ๐“Ž๐’ถ๐“‚๐’ถ



Sep 6, 2022 2:27 PM
Community Mod
Offline
Dec 2015
9651
From the titles I know I'll choose Bleach as the Power System (Classes/Rating) was only revealed in Hell Arc One Shot, so anyone who wants to know the reality of the Power Scaling need to know whole manga/One Shot x)
Sep 6, 2022 2:41 PM
๐Ÿ… Tomato ๐Ÿ…

Offline
Feb 2020
123819
From this list, Jujutsu Kaisen is probably my favorite.
Sep 6, 2022 2:43 PM

Offline
Jun 2022
541
The Power system in Naruto starts off okay, but it quickly divulges into nonsensical territory. In the first arc where they are defending the bridge builder and they have to use sheath and intelligence, but in the end of the chunin exams they're just summoning monsters and stuff at will, (I haven't seen much past that, but I feel that this video captures my feelings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKml4lefOc&t=1s) I feel that a lot of Shonen anime start off with consistent power systems, but due to the nature of story telling the show divulges into a cycle of constant power ups to the point it gets ridiculous, with DBZ being the most obvious example but a lot others being guilty as well.

Personally I feel that Avatar: The Last Airbender had the best power system as it was consistent and actually had an integral part to play in the world building (just as long as you ignore the last episode and the sequel) In terms of anime I feel that the Toaru series do a pretty good job, as since Touma doesn't have any special powers himself, there is no need for the constant power ups that plague so many action anime.
Sep 6, 2022 2:56 PM

Offline
Sep 2014
9575
all are better than huntrash x garbage nen shit (2)
Sep 6, 2022 2:59 PM

Offline
Apr 2021
1734
MichaelJackson said:
Jojos has the best power system. cant say the same about the writing, though.


Right on one end, wrong on the other.
Sep 6, 2022 3:19 PM

Offline
Aug 2017
2332
My vote is other.

I picked other because I wanna bring up Fate. I think it has a very unique power system considering it takes place in a holy grail war. There is a master and a servant. Depending on masters, they can range from mages to skillful assassins. They provide mana replenishment to their servants. Each servant has a class type (archer, saber, lancer, caster, assassin, rider, berserker, etc). These servants are also called heroic spirits. With each servant, offers a wide range of abilities and noble phantasms. Of course there are also exceptions. This comes with rare mage craft and massive amounts of mana. We call those reality marbles. A reality marble allows the user to deploy their inner reality into a world. It's basically like representing their soul as a location that is unique to the user. For instance,
Now if you wanna take it to the extreme, there are also noble phantasms that can can destroy a reality marble.


But yeah, in short, Fate has a very diverse power system that is unique to each heroic spirit.

Sep 6, 2022 3:23 PM

Offline
Jan 2017
1917
Toaru series. I like the power system but it has flaws. Touma is a level 0.
Sep 6, 2022 3:31 PM

Offline
Oct 2014
2355
Once upon a time i would have picked HxH, but the existence of Specialists completely destroy the hard rules which exist to ground that power system. It functions, mostly, as a hard magic system but then has this get out of jail free card to a soft magic system whenever the author wants, through Specialists. It's a very convenient way to write yourself out of literally any problem or to facilitate any normally not possible drama. Makes me feel like all the hard work it did for the hard rules was just a cover for what you thought was a unique system, when really it falls to the exact same pitfalls with every other magic system.

With that said, i'll go with MHA. Because at least there is full integration into the being of a character, rather than just a regular person having interesting abilities. It seems to have not only shaped character's personality, through some sort of pseudo-determinism, but their visual expression of who they are. For example, how their bodies change and how they dress, and even function in society. I think that is core to MHA marrying a character driven narrative with a world building narrative, and does it very well.


I don't believe in the Devil.
You should. He believes in you.
Sep 6, 2022 9:22 PM
munchmunch

Offline
Aug 2019
380
hxh's hater tears are delicious.

anyway, right option winning imo~

Sep 6, 2022 9:23 PM
Offline
Feb 2021
528
That weird feeling when you realize that searching out obscure, short anime has made you unable to answer this question. . . .
"Tomatoes are nutritious and scrumptious."--Ryuunoske Akasaka, "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou"

Sword Art Online is mid, not utter trash. Oh yes, I'm such a rebel. ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Sep 7, 2022 1:28 AM

Offline
Sep 2021
7312
1. Dragonball~croak
2. HXH~croak
3. Naruto~croak
Sep 7, 2022 1:39 AM

Offline
May 2018
12430
"Which of these has the best Power System"

The one with a power saving mode, duuuh!
Sep 7, 2022 1:46 AM
Offline
Feb 2022
972
Hxh
Jojo
Jjk
My favourites and the best among the options (except World trigger)
Sep 7, 2022 2:12 AM

Offline
Dec 2014
2651
If there is no such thing as Adult Gon and Gon completely healed thing, HxH would be close to perfect as a combat system. What a shame.
Signature removed. Check your inbox
Sep 7, 2022 2:30 AM
Offline
Jul 2018
561862
I believe that the Nen system from Hunter x Hunter is the most well thought out power system in anime.
Sep 7, 2022 2:40 AM

Offline
Mar 2022
801
definitely tao for me, from hell's paradise(manga getting adapted soon).
i mean, who cant like humans turned pokemon?
Sep 7, 2022 2:54 AM

Offline
Oct 2020
41
Funny how the so called "best shounen" isnt even in consideration, makes you think.
The right answer is HxH.
Sep 7, 2022 3:00 AM

Offline
May 2012
6885
1- JoJo
2- Hxh
2- Toaru

The other ones have dumb power system
Sep 7, 2022 3:41 AM
Offline
May 2022
97
HxH has a power system which is close to perfect!
Sep 7, 2022 3:50 AM
Offline
Jan 2022
37
Yug-gi-oh deserves more recognition
Sep 7, 2022 7:39 PM

Offline
Mar 2020
310
HxH: Fantastic. It can be like "Tf is that?", but every ability belongs to a certain category.

Bleach: It bothers me that everyone is a swordsman. Shikai and Bankai are still cool tho.

Dragon Ball: It's fitting for Dragon Ball and only Dragon Ball. I don't think any other series could pull this type of power system off.

Naruto: It's cool and versetile, but every character uses the same 2-3 jutsus, altough they could learn/use much more. Naruto has only 2 jutsus. That always bothered me.

One Piece: Love it. Devil Fruits and Haki are just great.

Jojo: Random abilities, but they are really unique which makes it entertaining to watch.

Black Clover: Haven't seen much of BC, but I'm not a fan of the Magic system. Way too basic.

Fariy Tail: It's better than some people give it credit for. it's kinda basic, but not as basic as BC's.

JJk: I don't understand it. Apart from Gojo everyones abilities feel underwhelming (so far)
๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™
Sep 7, 2022 8:09 PM
Offline
Aug 2022
187
HXH probably has the most complex and interesting power system. That said Naruto is still probably my favorite. There are just so many cool jutsu to choose from.
Sep 7, 2022 11:34 PM
Offline
Aug 2021
10436
has to be Jujutsu Kaisen. shit's fucking fire.

More topics from this board

» what kind of anime girls do you find the most UNattractive?

TheBlockernator - Oct 19

37 by LostSpectre »»
4 minutes ago

» On an universal scale, is most anime nowadays lowkey mid?

thewiru - Yesterday

48 by StarlaFox »»
7 minutes ago

» Waifu War V5 (Anniversary-Edition!) (Round of 64) ( 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page )

Minkalex - Sep 28

623 by AllAlone8 »»
7 minutes ago

» who was your childhood anime crush?

Ymir_The_Viking - 11 hours ago

16 by Memore »»
12 minutes ago

» What would be a perfect harem?

Soullessss - Yesterday

8 by Sheol01 »»
13 minutes ago
Itโ€™s time to ditch the text file.
Keep track of your anime easily by creating your own list.
Sign Up Login