Japan Man

What do the most popular anime have in common besides a heroine and female characters with really large cartoon breasts? Overpowered special finishing moves dude! When anime still had some integrity left, almost every main character bad ass had a special ultra finishing move. Nowadays, most special moves are weak or just look plain stupid (Line Barrells comes to mind…) The best overpowered finishing move takes a long time to charge and can only be done like once or twice during the whole series. And there is no way for the bad guy to block or counter it. If you get hit by these special moves, you are going to either get seriously injured or die.

Spirit Bomb

Goku’s spirit bomb is the most lethal finishing move evar. First of all, the spirit bomb always takes 2-3 episodes before Goku can even use it.  Goku has to gather ki from every living being on the planet or the galaxy. Piccolo or Vegita have to get their asses kicked protecting Goku so he can get it off. Once the spirit bomb is complete and Goku throws it, bad guys can’t dodge or block it. The spirit bomb is like a homing missle that locks on to bad guy energy.

If the spirit bomb is so over powered why didn’t it kill Vegita or Freeza?

Vegita only got hit with a small portion of the spirit bomb. I don’t know how Freeza survived the spirit bomb but my theory is that since most of the Nameks were dead or gone, there wasn’t enough ki for Goku to gather. The spirit bomb has no limits. As long as you can gather enough ki, you can destroy any bad guy with it which makes it the perfect deus ex machina. When the going gets rough, stupid decisions reign, and you gotta save the day, pop some senzus, gather some easily found Dragonballs, and finish the bad guy with a spirit bomb.

Twin Buster Rifle

Wing Zero’s twin buster rifle can destroy entire space colonies……Can any SEED mobile suit do that? I don’t think so. Whenever Hero pulled out the special twin buster rifle move, you knew that the whole series or movie is almost over……This special move is so powerful that it isn’t even used on bad guys which makes it a little less cooler than the spirit bomb.

Tsukiyomi

Tsukiyomi traps the target in an illusion that is completely controlled by the user. While it only takes a few seconds to complete in the real world, the user can make it seem as if days have passed for the target. Depending on the user’s whim, they can either torture their target for days on end, or make them relive a traumatic event over and over. When the jutsu ends the resultant psychological trauma will render the target unable to fight for a while, and possibly suffer a complete mental breakdown.

If Itachi makes eye contact with you, it’s a wrap. You are getting tortured for years in the Tsukiyomi world where Itachi is god and there is no way you can counterattack or escape. Everyone who eats this move ends up hospitilized for weeks (Kakashi wasn’t around for a while due to his Tsukiyomi injuries)

What about Rasengan? Isn’t that overpowered too?

No it isn’t. A skillful enemy can easily dodge it and Naruto can do as many as he wants. Rasengan is the a cheap but very useful move like the Kamehameha and Sasuke’s breathing fire attack (Chidori sucks and so does Kakashi)

The best, most popular manga have the most over the top special finishing moves in the anime genre. People watch anime because they want to be entertained. Bleach and One Piece are cool, but the characters and the special moves are quite realistic despite a few fantasy elements. Fantastic entertainment is creative. There is a time and a place for real, adult stories and themes. Anything scifi or fantasy should push the limits of our imagination. So what is your favorite finshing move and why?