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This syndrome is usually the result of the Badass Normal being portrayed as a little too Badass. Pure Energy blasts) blur the line between this and outright magic. You might as well go ahead and apply your own mental Justifying Edit to all such examples below, as this 'explains' everything from Mortal Kombat to Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. The superpower here is thus of a more traditional sort than in Western examples, though the training is still the significant factor Average Joe can't harness his chi half as well as Krillin.

'Non-superpowered' characters such as Batman could beat almost anyone in a fight, dodge bullets and withstand ridiculous amounts of damage because they spent a few years living on top of a mountain.Īlthough most of the western versions of this trope don't actually have explicitly supernatural abilities, they can do things that would be absolutely impossible for normal humans.Īsian and Asian-based fiction is somewhat different, as such examples are generally grounded in Eastern mysticism, involving the development and focusing of chi (AKA qi or ki). Western comic book superheroes, often stated to ' lack superpowers', nevertheless are clearly able to hold their own and defeat villains with superhuman strength many times their own simply by knowing Kung Fu or something. Train, and you, too, can bash mountains open with your head.' And the explanation for such powers is always just, 'They trained really hard for several years. A lot of characters in Shonen Anime have out-and-out superhuman abilities, as noted by minor characters.

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The vast bulk of any martial arts curriculum is actually body-hardening exercises designed to overcome these unconscious limiters ('Are you afraid of the board?!'), allowing the student to strike with more force.īut that isn't cool enough for fiction-in the land of make-believe, training can literally give you superhuman powers! Intense exercise can let you split boulders, jump three stories straight up, 'see' while wearing a blindfold, and make your skin bulletproof.

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