Press "Enter" to skip to content

Top 10 Anime Powers We Wish Were Real – DECONSTRUCTED Ep. 6


[Music]
this video is brought to you by
crunchyroll the leading source for anime
manga and Asian drama with titles like
the asterisk war Ruby and Digimon
Adventure tri hello and welcome to
deconstructed where we take an older top
10 list break it down and figure out why
things placed where they did today we’re
looking at top 10 enemy powers we wish
were real a list from way back in 2013
I’m your host Andrew let’s meet the
panel we’ve got Felix on the end hey
guys
Adria in the middle yo and Jessica to my
right hello alright let’s get started
alright starting us off at number 10
demon weapons from Soul Eater I’ve got a
comment here
melody Lee says the weapons from Soul
Eater wouldn’t technically be a power
but I’m not sure I think they’re
absolutely a power I mean you turn into
a weapon and then that weapon itself has
different attacks and different weird
crazy powers so what do you guys think
yeah I agree with you on that and for me
I’m a sucker for anything that involves
teamwork so the demon weapons kind of
exemplify that and I can’t imagine
anything better than having a best
friend who is an ak-47 yeah but I don’t
think I’d want to be the best friend who
is an ak-47 I think it’s kind of a big
existential crisis to be a demon weapon
because demon weapons are the whole
premise of the show is that demon
weapons are made through the sacrifice
of the soul of a witch so knowing that
I’m like not a person I’m a weapon and I
made through like the sacrifices someone
else’s soul is kind of a big existential
crisis for me like my beef with that
power is that like when’s the last time
you’ve used a weapon in your life you’re
a sword or a gun Andrew yeah but if
everybody’s if everybody’s got them then
I’m sure everyone will be running around
trying to cut each other’s heads off and
you would absolutely need yeah well
that’s definitely a world that wouldn’t
live in so in that case yeah I guess
it’s a great power no but it could be a
sport or something you know it could be
like a new form of like nna or boxing
but it would be like a teamwork sport
and it would be you know know it can be
non-lethal I mean they fight each other
all the time they don’t die all the time
right right fair enough
I know but would you keep it on the list
would it stay would it go yeah I think
it’s I think it’s honestly a safe number
10 it’s a popular series it’s cool
innovative idea why why not you know
alright moving
to number nine we’ve got ultimate
telekinesis from Acura now a comment
here says by speedboost gamer
why would ultimate telekinesis be up
there I would not wish that power was
real it’s so ugly and seems really
uncomfortable and I don’t want to kill
people by accident and shit now it’s a
movie and we don’t put movies on our
anime lists that much anymore but I
think it’s know as a place at least at
number 9 what do you think well I kind
of agree with the commenter I don’t
really like this as a power to put on
our anime powers I wish are real because
it’s not so much of powers it’s like a
huge burden you can tell as soon as the
power start developing Tetsuo that she’s
not going to have a very happy ending
and sure enough he ends up killing his
girlfriend and almost killing his best
friend wiping out a city block and
turning into a giant fetus baby which is
a pretty dark it’s more of a
degenerative disease than the power I’d
say well I think you’re missing the
point here like it’s really about this
powers about sacrifice you know how like
like Jesus sacrificed himself heard a
good of the human race to get rid of the
sins
well Tetsuo wants to get rid of the
government right so like he sacrifices
himself for a better future so in that
uptick like it is a good power would
would I like to have it no but no one
should exactly like the end of the movie
is a very positive ish ending so you
know all this horrible things happen but
then you end up with a debatably better
world so if there was somebody else
running around with that power would
scare a corrupted government you know is
that worth it for me not so much like I
said with the giant feeis there seems to
be a lot of death and destruction in
order to achieve these things so no I
would not put this on the list at all
alright moving on to number 8 we’ve got
shine gun from Naruto and I’ve got a
comment here from slaughter slasher
sharingan can control people to devil
fruits make you unable to swim Sharingan
should be higher now I agree with this
guy that it would be higher if we had
decided to include all of the different
chocolate powers and all the ninja
techniques but for Sharingan by itself I
think it’s pretty good at number
because it is really really specific I
mean like mind control and being able to
see other people’s chakra isn’t
something I think would be that useful
and realize I’m gonna have to agree with
you on that I think if everybody had the
Sharingan we’d all be following each
other in circles and general chaos
wouldn’t you so at least with chakra
everyone has their own personal
abilities that they can develop over
time so yeah probably change those two
it would definitely if a way have you
included all the ninja powers do you
think it would be like higher on the
list I think like you said if we were to
include all the powers in Naruto like it
would be higher but if it’s only that
specific one I think that eight is like
a good place for it
all right so for number seven we have
the die Claudius vectors from Elfen Lied
and the comment here is the en eighty
central huh why do you want vectors to
be real Elfen Lied is one of the sickest
anime I’ve ever heard of well he’s not
wrong but in the anime they use the
vectors to rip people in half almost
exclusively but imagine having a whole
bunch of invisible arms they could just
do stuff for you that would be amazing
yeah that’s definitely one of my
favorite on the list or so much you can
do with like a few pairs of extra and
like it’d be endless I could text people
like have another phone talk with people
like it’s a crazy power I think it’s
super interesting to have it I think one
of the comments I saw and this was the
index the show index handled this power
a lot better with the character called
accelerator and I have to agree with
that he’s one of my favorite characters
he’s completely broken so I would prefer
his version of the vector powers I don’t
want the vector powers just because the
horns or ears or whatever they are look
really stupid
okay the horns look really stupid we can
cover those up or you can just rip
somebody’s head off if they make fun of
your horns the hole isn’t that the whole
point of the show yeah like no one can
talk back to you yeah you’re the one
with invisible hands like you wouldn’t
have a problem with difícil so I don’t
know I think it’d be really cool you
could get so much work done
I mean imagine like typing or just doing
regular office work yeah or like the
implications of the bedroom too if you
want to go there no I think it’s
self-explanatory so you’re saying you
don’t need help I’ll take the fifth on
that one
okay moving on we’ve got the zanpakuto
from Bleach now I’ve got a comment here
from Joshua wass I would take the
zanpakuto because who doesn’t want a
sword the size of your fucking body and
you can fly in shit it’s a pretty solid
entry honestly it started off as the
Ghostbusters proton pack for anime you
know going around killing hollows with
your sword and there’s the potential of
bank I as well attached to it so yeah so
you become as you become strong become
more powerful your sword becomes more
powerful your powers become stronger I
mean that’s sort of like in the series
they just end up fighting each other
yeah I’m sorry to be a buzzkill here but
like once again we’re talking about
anime powers in real life so how would
you use that in real life the sword the
size of a man well Felix I know that you
personally go around and you chop a lot
of wood in your job so can you see it
yeah I’ve literally never done that okay
okay but what if hollows were real yeah
you think in that case like you you
basically need that weapon to do your
job so yeah it would be extremely like
useful yeah so I would be cool with like
other Shinigami running around fighting
hollows and sort of keeping me safe they
can if they can do it you wouldn’t want
to have your own special soul sword with
its own name and personnel oh it feels
like the characters in that show die a
lot and I really don’t want to die
alright before we move on with number 5
let’s just take a moment to give a
shout-out to our sponsor crunchy roll
with crunchy roll you can watch
unlimited anime ad free in full 1080p
across all of your devices PC mobile
phone home console or Scouter and as
WatchMojo fans you guys can try a
crunchy roll premium for free for 30
days and get exclusive content like the
one piece special edition HD or the
Asterix War click the link below to see
how you can do that alright moving on to
number 5 we’ve got the devil fruit
powers from one piece and the comment I
have here from Nathalie Ruis says you
didn’t mention that on number 5 that
whoever eats the devil fruit cannot swim
or float that’s a really good point
would that be a deal-breaker for you
guys or not well I think that if you eat
a devil fruit and you wind up with like
some weird crazy power like being able
to control wax or turning into syrup you
kind of have no choice but to set out
and become a pirate and advise
sure and sale the grand line yeah but
for me I think the whole not being able
to swim thing has become completely
redundant at least in the series when
this characters who can you know freeze
the water and walk across it it doesn’t
seem to have that much gravity I would
actually put this higher on the list it
possible really Felix for me like not
swimming is not a big deal at all like I
mean when you put this in perspective
like okay I can’t go to the pool with my
friends but on the other hand like I can
control light I can create tornados like
it’s way better than not swimming but
you don’t know what power you’re gonna
get necessarily right like what if you
get boned
yeah which is part of the fun you bite
into the fruit is like what am I gonna
get like am I gonna become a weird
animal or am I gonna be like a god
basically that wouldn’t be really cool
if there was like a demo for a corner
store and we’re just running around with
devil fruit power so I guess it would
sort of be like when you turn 13 you
know instead of getting a car you get to
go out and get devil fruit don’t fire
your 13 year olds a car or you get like
it’s like a liquor license but you’re
gonna do that one by double fruit
instead so it would be really cool but I
don’t know man not being able to swim to
me that’s why it’s at number five all
right for number four we’ve got the
Geass powers from Code Geass and the
comment comment I have here is Merlin
Emrys says also a Geass varies from user
to user in the Code Geass a few
different types appear control people
see a few seconds at a time stop time
well not really read minds but I’m sure
more could exist and I know the entry
here focus just on lucious power which
is mind control so but I think maybe
number four might be a little bit too
high if we’re only looking at malucia’s
what do you think well I think that even
if it is just specifically lucious power
it still has so much potential in there
you can tell people to do whatever you
want them to yeah I got I agree with
Ashley on that like it’s so powerful you
could like if you use it in politics you
can easily become like leader of the
whole world like leg Lelouch does in the
anime but do we want that like do we
want a politician to have that much
power regardless of who they are like
it’s a double-edged sword because at the
same time people don’t necessarily use
it for evil there’s one point in the
series way Lelouch just tells Suzaku
survive and he does he has plumber for
the rest of
because of it so yeah I think it’s not
that you’re gonna be evil if you use it
there’s there’s potential left so you’re
saying there’s like therapeutic uses to
controlling someone’s mind
that’s not my implication but you know
yeah oh but if somebody was suicidal
like I could see a doctor or a therapist
using it very effectively but
essentially hypnosis like the person
they don’t have control on can you
selling to us exactly to survive that’s
giving him the will to survive but what
if you told somebody like a don’t be
depressed and they’re just running
around like oh yeah I’m like that’s not
life
yeah and again it has its downsides as
well you can only use it once per person
all right number three super saiyan from
of course the Dragon Ball franchise the
comment I have here from height of the
gamer is my favorite comment ever DBZ
can still kill everyone from any series
so for me DBZ is the best obviously
going super saiyan is like the
quintessential anime power and it’s
probably the most powerful thing in
anime how useful is it in real life I
don’t think it’s very useful at all I
think the whole point of being super
saiyan is it’s just a really chaotic
power you’re using forces that are too
strong for you to control and you end up
depleted after like a few minutes I
don’t agree at all I mean like you could
fly to work you couldn’t monetize it you
could like become the most like
efficient this demolition expert you
just go there and just destroy
everything in the building just
disintegrate all of it yeah but when
you’re a Super Saiyan often you wind up
kind of more aggressive and more
impulsive than you usually would be so
do you think you could really trust
yourself to just just two-story one
building when you go yeah horse of a
nuclear bomb well the address that in
Assyria at one point Goku and a go and
like they stay super silent for a really
long time and they’re able to stay calm
and really like master to power so
that’s the approach I would take I think
it’s okay as long as we put cap on it
because with each stage of the Super
Saiyan it gets more and more ridiculous
we’re at the point where what’s a new
one called it’s like Super Saiyan God
Super Saiyan yeah where he has blue hair
now and he just he’s fighting another
God at this point I don’t think we want
people flying around with that kind of
power so maybe if it’s like Super Saiyan
one two things we don’t reach the mullet
stage it’s okay yeah especially like it
at three euro you have a mullet and
that’s for your basically a monkey
so like I would cap it off at two I
don’t know I think no cap and how cool
would like bar fights be if you just
have like two people about to fight each
other a whole lot hold on that would be
amazing
that’d be a lot of fun all right so
we’re at number two now the Death Note
from Death Note and the comment I have
here is a good one
Adrian robble says I would love to have
a Death Note just to up some people you
pissed me off or wronged me you get yeah
I think someone should like look in his
room for weapons probably yeah I mean
like the Death Note is a really it’s a
scary thing do is that something like
you want like you want a Death Note well
I think the the main thing we need to
focus on is the title of this video in
the first place which was anime powers
we wish were real and that doesn’t
necessarily mean that we’re gonna get
them so if there’s someone like that
lovely commenter that had the Death Note
and now that he knows our names and
faces I don’t think I would want that to
to exists I think you have a bad opinion
of it because in the Serie like light
uses it uses it in such a bad way that
you think that anyone who’s gonna pick
it up gonna use it in a bad way but I
have a lot of faith in my fellow man’s
so I I guess I bet that a person who
would pick it up would use it for good
and just create a better society all
right moving on to number one alchemy
from the full metal alchemist franchise
now this is my absolute favorite one but
before we get to that I’ve got a comment
here Yoshi kitten DM after watching both
Full Metal Alchemist the series and
reading the books I learned how
complicated alchemy is and that’s a
really good point but how come he is
still even though it’s presented as a
science in the series
it’s obviously not hard science so it’s
something that like would still count as
a power but I think it would be amazing
to have it in real life yeah number one
it’s honestly really cool as well
because it’s an equal playing field like
the amount of effort you put into it the
more you learn about it directly like
correlates with how well you can harness
it and things like that as well so yeah
I love this one of the number one I
actually don’t really like yes
I think that alchemy is just something
that’s so um it enables somebody to do
some pre Horan distinct amaura with
their dog it’s just you have too much
power to control the world down to its
very elements so I’m not really okay
with the being number one on the list
yeah I gotta agree with Jessica on that
one it’s it’s just the amount of work
you have to put into it it’s such a
chore like you could like before you can
just become super Sayan just like that
but that you have to study it’s a it’s
like going to school for a really long
time it’s not fun but the payoff is huge
the things you can do and they’re all
practical things you can build a wall or
you can fix somebody’s house you know
yeah but then people try to push it
beyond the practical things and often
they try to bring back the dead to
terrible consequences
so I wouldn’t be okay with the whole
world having access to that kind of
power okay well for me it’s absolutely
number one it stays number one I would
fight you for it but what do you guys
think one two lower higher off I would
keep it where it is either that or I put
the devil fruit at number one because
they both have that equal playing field
same thing in the endless possibilities
so I like it in number one Jessica I
would put it down a bit and then put the
bow bow bow bow bow bow bow bow hair
power at number one all right well this
list has been officially deconstructed
I’d like to thank the panel for coming
along and of course crunchyroll our
sponsor for more great top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com this video is brought to
you by crunchyroll the leading source
for anime manga and Asian drama with
titles like the asterisk war Ruby and
Digimon Adventure tri as a WatchMojo fan
you can try out crunchyroll premium for
free for 30 days and enjoyed their new
and classic content ad free across all
of your favorite devices in HD you will
get the newest episodes as soon as one
hour after they air in Japan via
simulcast and all episodes are
professionally subtitled get your free
30-day trial now by going to
crunchyroll.com slash WatchMojo or by
clicking on the link in the description
below
you
[Music]
Please follow and like us: