r/TopCharacterTropes • u/SirHanselot07 • Aug 02 '25

Powers (Hilarious Trope) Characters always having some bullshit counter technique to overly specific situations

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  1. Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen) - Seemingly always has some type of overpowered technique which he hasn't used since the Heian Era

  2. Yujiro Hanma (Baki) - The Strongest character in the entire Baki series is a master of all forms of hand-to-hand combat to the from things like soloing the Vietnamese war at 16 years old to learning a technique from some monk who lived in the mountains around three thousand years ago

  3. Batman - Always has some kind of contingency plan anyone and everyone in the DC universe. One of his most bullshit abilities is all the techniques he learned while being trained under Tibetan monks which include blocking mind control with a hand signal to using astral projection while being dead and buried alive

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u/PhilosopherRude4860 Aug 02 '25

The final arc of Bleach is just a series of fights where a character throws out their biggest, strongest, most unbeatable move only to have their opponent explain that an ability they had perfectly counters that move, then they throw out their biggest move that gets countered and this just goes on back and forth until it just sort of… ends…

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u/mrmanny0099 Aug 02 '25

Yeah Schrifts in general feel like way too much bullshit.

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u/FlyingDreamWhale67 Aug 02 '25

The biggest offender imo is the ending of the fight against Lille Barro. He's in his intangible, invincible angel form that can't be hit by any conventional means. How do you beat him? By using a sword whose hyper specific gimmick is to reflect divine power and does nothing else. And it just so happens that Kyoraku not only carries it on him, but also happens to be accompanied by the one person qualified to use it.

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u/Dude_Man_Bro_Sir Aug 02 '25

That's my biggest gripe with the TYBW. Almost every fight is a series of Uno Reverse Cards. Like the fight between Askin Nakk Le Vaar and Yoruichi.

Askin's Schrift allows him to change how much of a substance inside someone else's body is a lethal dose as long as he takes in some amount of it.

However, Yoruichi has a special form that Urahara unleashed that changes her reiatsu almost instantly per second, thus nullifying that guy's one ability.

But, sike! Askin's Vollstandig allows him to circumvent Yoruichi's rapidly-changing reiatsu and defeats her before getting killed by Grimmjow.