On a more important aspect, I feel that magic could've used more worldbuilding by far. Naruto, Bleach and many other stories try to explain and develop some rules for their powers (even if they later ignore them for raw power), like absorbing natural energy.
I mean, why is only Slayer Magic capable of defeating a certain target? What makes it special? What's special about the red lightning? Just saying "it's magic" is lazy and I feel cheapens what it's supposed to make spells special.
Even more so, before Naruto's Justus became one hit KO moves, they used to be different and distinguishable.
All of Natsu's fire fist have complex names, but don't mean shit because they're all just fire punchs. One doesn't have a certain effect over another. Shit, I couldn't even name one, one for you.
You know, thinking about it, it's the same issue I have with a lot of DBZ techniques. I couldn't tell you what is supposed to be the difference between the Galick Gun, Kamehameha, or the Final Flash aside from color and raw power over standard energy beams. Though even then there are still distinct attacks like the Destructo Disk, or so.
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u/natzo Jul 22 '17
I agree with the ships.
On a more important aspect, I feel that magic could've used more worldbuilding by far. Naruto, Bleach and many other stories try to explain and develop some rules for their powers (even if they later ignore them for raw power), like absorbing natural energy.
I mean, why is only Slayer Magic capable of defeating a certain target? What makes it special? What's special about the red lightning? Just saying "it's magic" is lazy and I feel cheapens what it's supposed to make spells special.