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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8077074" data-attributes="member: 6801228">TNG? I'm guessing that is supposed to be Next Generation? Sorry. Never watched Star Trek either. By the time I had a TV to watch stuff on, Next Generation (if that was the one running) was on reruns late at night, on a channel I likely just skipped past. Heck, it wasn't until we got fancy cable in high school that I even saw a TV guide for the first time, and could look up shows to watch instead of stumbling upon them randomly.Eh, not really. The concept line between DBZ and the other three is that the &quot;training to become ever stronger&quot; trope got baked into them. And they were massively successful, but especially in Bleach and Naruto, the &quot;and this enemy is even stronger&quot; part of the formula was really rough and hard to get around. Most people kind of give DBZ a pass on it, because it was the first to do it. Then, knowing that, it is easier to see why the fact that Deku and the others do not get stronger per se, or develop new abilities, and simply find new ways to use the power they have. For example, Deku figures out that instead of putting 100% of his super strength into a body part (and shattering every bone in that body part) he can put 5% of it across his whole body. Which changes everything about how he fights and reacts from then on out. No new power or new mode, like DBZ pioneered, but using your power in a new way. But yeah, a lot shorter and easier to explain, if you have the majority of the context.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8077074, member: 6801228"] TNG? I'm guessing that is supposed to be Next Generation? Sorry. Never watched Star Trek either. By the time I had a TV to watch stuff on, Next Generation (if that was the one running) was on reruns late at night, on a channel I likely just skipped past. Heck, it wasn't until we got fancy cable in high school that I even saw a TV guide for the first time, and could look up shows to watch instead of stumbling upon them randomly. Eh, not really. The concept line between DBZ and the other three is that the "training to become ever stronger" trope got baked into them. And they were massively successful, but especially in Bleach and Naruto, the "and this enemy is even stronger" part of the formula was really rough and hard to get around. Most people kind of give DBZ a pass on it, because it was the first to do it. Then, knowing that, it is easier to see why the fact that Deku and the others do not get stronger per se, or develop new abilities, and simply find new ways to use the power they have. For example, Deku figures out that instead of putting 100% of his super strength into a body part (and shattering every bone in that body part) he can put 5% of it across his whole body. Which changes everything about how he fights and reacts from then on out. No new power or new mode, like DBZ pioneered, but using your power in a new way. But yeah, a lot shorter and easier to explain, if you have the majority of the context. [/QUOTE]

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