Overpowered

NihonFalcom said:
He is human, like all of us.

X3blizzard said:
Human?Such blasphemy

DrGeroCreation said:
That isn't a good analogy. Lack of strong emotions is hindering him from fully experiencing life as a human being.It is hindering his social life to an extent considering because of it he can't have a girl friend or a close friendship with anyone.

jakkubus said:
Tatsuya cannot comprehend romantic love, so it is not even a loss for him.

konatachan80 said:

It is similar to how he can't hate?
But he could apparently comprehend that, even though that feeling don't exist for him.
He even seemed a bit annoyed about the question.

And no matter, he can see that others have something he don't.
He might lack strong emotions, but he isn't an id***.

darkreaperix said:


He does comprehend them.Unless it's say anger or sadness for Miyuki,all strong emotions are converted to information for him,he knows about them but doesn't feel them.

SweetCoconut said:

QFT.

He would be an interesting character if we know his backstory and how in the world did he became so overpowered but nope, he's just a one-dimensional character that knows nothing but to kick asses out there and zero character development.

Is he even a human?

jakkubus said:
He know what they are, but he doesn't know how is to be able feel them. Love to him is neutral information, not something pleasant, so he cannot consider it as a loss.

Grimlokk said:
It's fine that he is overpowered, hell there are plenty of overpowered characters in fiction that were written and developed good. The problem with him is that he is utterly flat as a character, his dialogue is stiff and wooden.

Not to mention the problem with a majority overpowered characters is that well they're just that overpowered; how many situations can you write them in that does not become predictable or monotonous. For example: I'm here and I've beaten the bad guys next, more bad guys gotta beat them all again. See once that drags on and on and on it eventually gets so predictable that you don't even have to guess what happens next.

The reason why I don't like Tatsuya is the same reason why I don't like Superman they're written to be overpowered rather than be developed. Superman is a symbol of hope, while Tatsuya is a representation of a walking WMD. With characters like these how can you develop them? aside from superficial elements and as plot devices.

asdfghjkl99 said:
Overpowered? Not at all.

Tatsuya being immensely powerful is what makes me love this anime so much. I've had enough of the anime where the protagonist is either whining, pissing his pants, or suddenly becomes much more powerful because he wants to "protect his friends". Don't get me wrong, I still love Fairy Tail, Naruto (to some extent), and Bleach (I stopped watching after the final battle with Aizen). However I found Tatsuya much more refreshing to watch. HE GETS SH*T DONE. No whining, no crying, no "my friends are making me more powerful!!".

X3blizzard said:
Human?Such blasphemy

FlareStar101 said:
LMAO, Human?! how you dare?!

FlareStar101 said:
LMAO, Human?! how you dare?!

MaximumTheKiko said:
He is not just OP,he would totally beat the crap out of Naruto,Luffy,Ichigo,Natsu,Accelerator.Fucking bastard that author.

jakkubus said:


Well, if you look closer, then you may notice, that Tatsuya is just a big fish in a small pond. Compared to a lot of other anime characters, he is really weak, but in his world he has cheat mode and supreme plot armor.

konatachan80 said:
True, he is a big fish in a small pond. He's only fought one strategic class magician until now, and he probably would've lost if she didn't try to capture him (her mission).

It isn't cheat mode, but he has certain abilities others don't,and that seems to be true for all of the
strategic class magicians (otherwise they wouldn't get that label).

jakkubus said:
By that small pond I was reffering to whole Mahouka world. He is the strongest or one of the strongest people in his universe. It's not like Lina is head and shoulders above him. They are on similiar level.

By cheat mode I meant, that his powers are perfect counter against most of Mahouka magics. De facto he is glass cannon and generic shounen sword blast would obliterate him, but due to mechanism of modern magic and his thick plot armor, he is nearly untouchable in his pond.

konatachan80 said:
I'd think every single one in that class can take on just about anyone that isn't in it..
In other words, Lina has cheat mode too..and (almost) every other strategic magician..

Similar level=if one has cheat mode, then the other does too.

jakkubus said:


I am not reffering to his Strategic Class spell, but rather his Counter Magics and Elemental Sight. Material Burst is powerful, but rather inconvenient in normal fights, when Cast Jamming, Gram Dispersion or Gram Demolition are allowing him to wreck most of other Mahouka magics, though they would be useless against someone using power, that is not falling under specific spell mechanism.

Lina also can be considered as a big fish in a small pound, because outside of Mahouka mechanisms she isn't so special.

konatachan80 said:
Don't you think that his whole being, including spells, is the reason he's in that class, not just his third
eye? He'd be a glass cannon without those (very strong offense, but no defense).

konatachan80 said:

Don't you think that his whole being, including spells, is the reason he's in that class, not just his third
eye? He'd be a glass cannon without those (very strong offense, but no defense).

X3blizzard said:
No defense ? Tell me what his Jesus auto regen power is then, I mean he even brings back people from the dead

jakkubus said:


Well, Tatsuya cannot bring dead back to life. That power is basing solely on his plot armor. He, his friends or comrades never suffered really fatal blow, because everytime bullets miraculously avoided their hearts or brains.

Seiryuu2 said:
Tatsuya is strong, but not overpowered, He lacks other magic capabilities and only depending on his god tier intelligence and his only sole strong magic skill which is Decompisition, Regrowth and Third eyes. Other than that, people didn't notice his failure as a magician and thought he is a pretty much OP character.

X3blizzard said:
It's implied in the ln that he can bring the dead back to life, at lest the physical part of them at lest, not too sure about being the soul back.Concerning himself,even if a bullet reaches his heart, he will use regrowth automatically restoring him to a perfect state, I would pretty much call that the ultimate defense lol

Seiryuu2 said:
Tatsuya is strong, but not overpowered, He lacks other magic capabilities and only depending on his god tier intelligence and his only sole strong magic skill which is Decompisition, Regrowth and Third eyes. Other than that, people didn't notice his failure as a magician and thought he is a pretty much OP character.

X3blizzard said:
It's implied in the ln that he can bring the dead back to life, at lest the physical part of them at lest, not too sure about being the soul back.Concerning himself,even if a bullet reaches his heart, he will use regrowth automatically restoring him to a perfect state, I would pretty much call that the ultimate defense lol
Read more at

Emnay said:
[why do you need more magic capabilities if you're invincible?

jakkubus said:


It was stated in LN, that Tatsuya cannot bring dead back to life. He will just restore body, but it will still remain lifeless. Also it was implied, that sniper would kill him, if he didn't move.
I think, that if bullet would reach his heart, then his pushion body will be "disconected" from physical body and especialy cerebrum, so it would lose ability to perform calculations and thus also possibility of casting a spell. For now there wasn't a single human magician, that can use magic without brain.

Seiryuu2 said:

This post umm...
You got that a bit wrong, He can't bring the dead back to life, He will just restores the body from the accident that happens before the accident state. If the heart of the victim or the head of someone got shot therefore Tatsuya can't use regrowth.
In the LN and in the anime as well it was implied that he was a bit 'lucky', If he didn't move from his position when the sniper shot him, He will pretty much a dead meat for sure. Jakkubus just gave you a short and a right explanation :3

X3blizzard said:
That wasn't what the light novel said, read my edit, tatsuya is capable of restoring someone even if their heart got shot

X3blizzard said:
"When used on someone even if the heart had already stopped, the brain shut down, the throat torn open, if that was the extent of their injuries then revival was still possible"taken from a bunch of spoiler on animesuki regarding tatsuya regrowth.Also regarding self restoration "Self-Restoration is Tatsuya's unique ability to restore his own body to its original state when an abnormality/injury occurs. His personal Restoration ability automatically completes the repair processes in the blink of an eye, although he can deliberately suppress the activation. It has been said that,the speed of his Self-Restoration ability has long since surpassed the realms of human cognition speeds,and not even Kudou Retsu was able to notice it.
The scars on his body from the harsh training that the Yotsuba Guardians undergo, however, was due to the penalty he put upon himself for his incapabilities, showcasing his ability to control the magic to some extent. It is automatically cast whenever combat efficiency drops below optimal levels, which Tatsuya cannot stop. Tatsuya is practically immortal in due part to this magic. Even though the aforementioned statement hasn't been made definitive it is indirectly implied. Although, it is also indirectly implied that he still grows old, even though he possesses self-restoration abilities. "

Seiryuu2 said:


I wrote that he will just restores the body from the accident that happens until before the accident state. Have you read the whole LN yourself ? Dont depending on someone else's spoiler.
He can't bring dead back to life, It's not about restoring body to their original state but about the soul, the LN didn't particularly said that he can revives the dead back to life. Only restoring the body of someone to their original state. He just simply overwritten someone's edos (The broken one of course) Before the accident happens (Before the Edos broken and etc)

About self restoration magic of Tatsuya, He can't do that himself without having his brain working. If his heart got shot down automatically his brain got shut down too, Thus made him unable to use his godly magic calculation, he achieved the godly restoration ability from his training as well if he didn't train that skill well i am pretty much sure Tatsuya's restoration skill will be lame as fuck.

X3blizzard said:
"When used on someone even if the heart had already stopped, the brain shut down, the throat torn open, if that was the extent of their injuries then revival was still possible"taken from a bunch of spoiler on animesuki regarding tatsuya regrowth.Also regarding self restoration "Self-Restoration is Tatsuya's unique ability to restore his own body to its original state when an abnormality/injury occurs. His personal Restoration ability automatically completes the repair processes in the blink of an eye, although he can deliberately suppress the activation. It has been said that,the speed of his Self-Restoration ability has long since surpassed the realms of human cognition speeds,and not even Kudou Retsu was able to notice it.
The scars on his body from the harsh training that the Yotsuba Guardians undergo, however, was due to the penalty he put upon himself for his incapabilities, showcasing his ability to control the magic to some extent. It is automatically cast whenever combat efficiency drops below optimal levels, which Tatsuya cannot stop. Tatsuya is practically immortal in due part to this magic. Even though the aforementioned statement hasn't been made definitive it is indirectly implied. Although, it is also indirectly implied that he still grows old, even though he possesses self-restoration abilities. "

Light said:
Suddenly, killing intent mushroomed forth above him from the right.

Tatsuya took evasive action on reflex.

There wasn't even a hint of hesitation in his motion.

Even so, he could not avoid the bullet that flew at supersonic speed.

He felt a burning pain in his breast,

Where the bullet had pierced through his left breast.

The impact from the bullet caused his body to fly through the air.

The enemy's sniping attack was incredibly accurate.

Even if he avoided a fatal attack, the blow still pierced his lung.

Given how late he heard the gunshot, the attack must have been made from an extreme distance. If Tatsuya hadn't taken evasive action, the bullet would have pierced his heart.

Conservatively speaking, this was an incredibly skilled sniper.

Tatsuya used the inertia from the falling motion to roll and take cover behind Sayuri's car.

The wound from the attack had already healed itself. Normally, even fatal injuries would disappear in a flash so long as his magic was active.[qoute]

jakkubus said:


Those were most likely opinions of Tatsuya worshipers on Animesuki. Here is fragment of LN.

What I wrote was also from the wiki,the light novel itself confirms it, the phrase "even fatal injuries would disappear in a flash" pretty much tells u tatsuya is practically immortal

X3blizzard said:


As long as his magic was active, Meaning the calculation still going on from his brain and etc. Nonetheless this doesn't make Tatsuya an OP character LOL

X3blizzard said:
What I wrote was also from the wiki,the light novel itself confirms it, the phrase "even fatal injuries would disappear in a flash" pretty much tells u tatsuya is practically immortal

X3blizzard said:
The calculation would be completed before the bullet even pierced through his brain, if all these doesn't make tatsuya op , then I don't know the real meaning of op lol

It means injuries, that wont kill on the spot. Regrowth like any other magic still require complex calculations. Pushion body/soul is not able to do them and thus it needs brain. Why do you think genes are so crucial in magician's power? If magic not depend on body, then they would be insignificant to magical power. If Tatsuya's brain is not working (due to e.g. damage or oxygen shortage) self-restoration simply wont take palce.