History BlessedWithSuck / AnimeAndManga

* Marshall D. Teach of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has a two-fer; first, he ate the [[CastingAShadow Dark-Dark Fruit]], which gives him the power to control shadows and absorb incoming attacks, and he's stated to be able to survive without sleep (some comments noting he physically ''can't'' sleep). Unfortunately the Dark-Dark Fruit has some noticeable drawbacks- it turns any attack coming towards Teach into a HomingProjectile, and unlike other Logia fruits it doesn't augment Teach's physical abilities or durability. In fact, Teach claims that it makes pain feel even ''worse'' than if he were a regular human, which has made him unique among those bearing the initial "D" in their name that he's a DirtyCoward instead of a FearlessFool. And not having to sleep? No good if you have to spend a full half of your life completely and utterly alone while everyone else is resting, with even a tough pirate like Teach breaking down into a sobbing mess from the isolation.

* Otono-Tachibana Makie from ''Manga/BladeOfTheImmortal'' is subject to much RealityEnsues related [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] and [[BreakTheCutie general misery]] in relation to her curse of being the [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman jaw-droppingly gorgeous]] mothereffin' [[WorldsBestWarrior absolute pinnacle of natural talent in the world.]] To elaborate: When she was no more than ten years old she, without having taken so much as a single lesson in how to ''hold'' a sword, much less ''use'' one, defeated her five years older brother, the HeirToTheDojo, in a sparring match. This [[DrivenToSuicide drove her brother to commit]] {{seppuku}} out of shame; dishonoured the dojo and left it heirless as she, [[ValuesDissonance being a woman]], was not allowed to become its heir ''and'' made her father disown her and her mother, the circumstances forcing them to join a whorehouse. Which, according to her mother, wasn't so bad because [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold it's better to spend one's life comforting others rather than taking lives]]. Around this time Makie also saved the life of her second cousin, the aspiring BigBad of the series, Anotsu Kagehisa. [[RescueRomance Love was born at first sight.]] Only, to Makie [[KissingCousins it was the birth of true love of Anotsu]], but to Anotsu it was nothing but [[InLoveWithYourCarnage love of Makie's unbelievable skill with the sword]]. Many years later this leads him to attempt to recruit her for his dojo of CombatPragmatism, putting her wish to be loved (or at least be with the man she loved) and have a handful of happiness in her life in direct conflict with what her mother had taught her about being a decent human being... So Makie's nigh-superhuman battle prowess lead to the complete destruction of her entire family as well as making the love of her life want her as nothing more than a sword in his army, her beauty lead her to a "successful" life in prostitution and her blessing of suckage filled her life with nothing but [[BrokenBird self-loathing and more pain than any human should ever have to go through]].

** Milagro Man in ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion JoJolion]]'' makes the user constantly earn money whenever they try and spend it. Shopkeepers refuse payment, and give more money back. Vending machines spit it out and give even more in change. Gambling it away results in always winning the highest payout. The end result is that the user [[DeathByMaterialism is buried to death in cash]]. The only way to escape this fate is for someone else to steal money from the user, causing Milagro Man to transfer to the thief.

** In the original manga ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'', Chisame kinda got shafted in the Pactio department. Her artifact, a MagicalGirl staff that gives her super hacking powers, is theoretically incredibly useful...except that it requires electronics to function, and the next arc features the cast getting TrappedInAnotherWorld, where there aren't any electronic computers, rendering her artifact more or less useless. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Apparently,]] it also works well on ''[[{{Magitek}} magical]]'' computer, as Kurt Godel's tech can attest.]]

* As a Deconstruction of the action hero genre, in ''Manga/OnePunchMan'', Saitama is the strongest hero of all: he has the power to [[OneHitKill defeat any enemy with a single punch]]. But this causes him frustration and ennui, since none of his fights are challenging or satisfying.

* Princess Hinoto of ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' has the ability to [[{{Seers}} predict the future through dreams.]] Her ability to predict is so powerful that she resides beneath Tokyo's Diet building and helps the politicians there determine Japan's future course. Not only that, but she also has ''many'' other PsychicPowers like DeflectorShields, [[DreamWeaver dream walking]], {{telepathy}}, {{Psychic Link}}s, etc. The downside is that her powers are so immense that her body can barely handle them, and thus [[SuperpowerRussianRoulette she's permanently crippled, blind, deaf, and mute.]]

* ''Manga/TheDisastrousLifeOfSaikiK'' is about a boy with a seemingly endless array of psychic powers, from {{telepathy}} and {{clairvoyance}} to superhuman speed and strength to weather control and shapeshifting. Unfortunately, [[PowerIncontinence he has enormous difficulty controlling his powers]] and they cause him all kinds of trouble; for example, Kusuo can't turn off his telepathy unless he's touching germanium, so he has to wear a special ring to go to the movies without overhearing spoilers.

* [[PsychopathicManChild Russia]] from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' hates General Winter for tormenting him with the constant cold. However, in war time, the weather is effective on his enemies.

** Boingo from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' has the Stand Thoth, a comic book that can see into the future, with its predictions always being 100% accurate. Sounds incredibly useful, right? And it is! The problem is that its predictions are usually incredibly vague, don't show the long term consequences of the events, and has the tendency to undergo ProphecyTwist. As a result, Boingo, his brother Oingo, and later [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Hol Horse]] tend to end up harming themselves more than they do the heroes. For example, Thoth predicts that the brothers will get a man's wallet after they beat him up, but doesn't say that he will eventually come back with his buddies to take revenge, and it predicts that Jotaro will be blown up by a bomb disguised as an orange, but the "Jotaro" who gets blown up is actually Oingo using his Stand Khnum to disguise himself as Jotaro.
** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' has several examples of Stands that are more trouble than they're worth, not including the aforementioned Cheap Trick (which doesn't count as this trope since it doesn't have ''any'' upsides; it's more a disability than anything):

** From ''Manga/VentoAureo'':

** The Stand Survivor from ''Manga/StoneOcean'' can stimulate people's limbic system with electric current, making them angrier to the point that two people can beat each other to the death with little reason. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman While this can prove useful if used in the correct situation]], it mostly just causes harm to everyone around it, including the user. Its original owner often used it inadvertently on those close to him. As a result people around him constantly got into fights, his parents divorced and his siblings stopped living with family.
** Milagro Man in ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' makes the user constantly earn money whenever they try and spend it. Shopkeepers refuse payment, and give more money back. Vending machines spit it out and give even more in change. Gambling it away results in always winning the highest payout. The end result is that the user [[DeathByMaterialism is buried to death in cash]]. The only way to escape this fate is for someone else to steal money from the user, causing Milagro Man to transfer to the thief.

* Almost every ability in ''Anime/{{Charlotte}}'' has its drawbacks or limitations. Yu can [[GrandTheftMe possess anyone]] in his line of sight for only 5 seconds. Nao can become [[{{Invisibility}} invisible]] to only one person at a time. Joujirou's SuperSpeed only works in short bursts and he has very little control over it, leading to a lot of wounds and collateral damage. Yusa can channel the spirit of her dead sister in what's essentially a form of dissociative identity disorder, with no memory of when it happens. [[spoiler: Ayumi]] can collapse an entire building but only when under intense emotional stress.

* Fujisawa-sensei from Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld is firmly of the opinion that he falls into this category. Immense super-strength, almost enough to turn him into a one man army, with one tiny little catch. It only works when he's sober and he is very much TheAlcoholic. In the OAV continuity he also gets even stronger when his [[MustHaveNicotine smokes]] run out. Extra awesome but with extra suck.

* The pactio cards in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' (not to be confused with ''Anime/{{Negima}}'') have suck written all over them. When the pactio is activated it randomly triggers one of three cards - the null card, the cosplay card or the armour card. The armour card is for maximum offense, the cosplay card is a powerup but it isn't as strong and the null card turns the recipient into a chibi animal which can't actually fight. So that's a 1 in 3 chance of being useless in a fight. To top it off, regardless of which card is activated, when it wears off (after a very short time) the person is both tired and very hungry. So if it runs out before the fight is over you are in even more trouble.
** In the original manga, Chisame kinda got shafted in the Pactio department. Her artifact, a MagicalGirl staff that gives her super hacking powers, is theoretically incredibly useful...except that it requires electronics to function, and the next arc features the cast getting TrappedInAnotherWorld, where there aren't any [[spoiler:electronic]] computers, rendering her artifact more or less useless. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Apparently,]] it also works well on ''[[{{Magitek}} magical]]'' computer, as Kurt Godel's tech can attest.]]

* Gaara from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' had sand-related powers given to him at birth which, by automatically blocking any attacks, make him virtually unkillable. Unfortunately, this power has also made everyone around him want him dead. He was deprived of any sort of love as a child, which brought him great depression. Once, he even tried to slit his wrist in an attempt to commit suicide.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'':
** In the Sohma family, the few perks that come with being possessed by the spirits of the EasternZodiac don't turn out to be all that helpful. Although it is occasionally helpful to turn into an animal, it's generally outweighed by the number of times you transform when you ''[[InvoluntaryShapeshifter don't]]'' [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter want to]]. Many of those who are cursed also have to deal with parents who are either overprotective or outright [[AbusiveParents abusive]] towards them. The worst part of the curse is [[spoiler:how those who are possessed by the Zodiac animals are compelled to be subservient to whoever is possessed by the spirit of the "God" that brought all the animals together, even when that "God" does nothing but abuse them]].
** [[TheStoic Hatori]] gets an especially bad case. You'd think that at least being ''[[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons the dragon]]'' would have some great perks, but nope! His ability to [[SpeaksFluentAnimal talk to dragons]], which would be amazing in any other fantasy setting, is completely useless because [[RealityEnsues there aren't any dragons in modern Japan]]. And rather than transforming into your typical Eastern dragon, he turns into a ''[[SeahorsesAreDragons seahorse]]'' - a "baby dragon". He gets teased mercilessly for it, and transforming is especially dangerous for him if there's no body of water nearby.

* ''Manga/ImStandingOnAMillionLives'' has the entire main cast blessed with suck. They are sent to a game-like world given jobs via roulette, and even if the jobs do match up with their talents and personalities, they are completely unable to deal with whatever Quest the GM puts them on, and the main cast can't do ''anything at all'' aside from the abilities their jobs give them. The protagonist has to go hunt goblins an entire day before he gets a new job that's even situationally usefull.

** Boingo from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' has the Stand Thoth, a comic book that can see into the future, with it's predictions always being 100% accurate. Sounds incredibly useful, right? And it is! The problem is that it's predictions are usually incredibly vague, don't show the long term consequences of the events, and has the tendency to undergo ProphecyTwist. As a result, Boingo, his brother Oingo, and later [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Hol Horse]] tend to end up harming themselves more than they do the heroes. For example, Thoth predicts that the brothers will get a man's wallet after they beat him up, but doesn't say that he will eventually come back with his buddies to take revenge, and it predicts that Jotaro will be blown up by a bomb disguised as an orange, but the "Jotaro" who gets blown up is actually Oingo using his Stand Khnum to disguise himself as Jotaro.

** The Stand Survivor from ''Manga/StoneOcean'' can stimulate people's limbic system with electric current, making them angrier to the point that two people can beat each other to the death with little reason. [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman While this can prove useful if used in the correct situation]], it mostly just causes harm to everyone around it, including the user. It's original owner often used it inadvertently on those close to him. As a result people around him constantly got into fights, his parents divorced and his siblings stopped living with family.

* ''Law of Ueki Plus'', sequel to the above series brings back Kosuke, having lost all his cool [[MutuallyExclusivePowerups heavenly powerups]] and his original powers. He's sent to a new world full of naturally born power users and is forced to choose a new power to survive. By chance he accidentally picks the power to wield a mop. Things get more interesting when he learns how to make it grab stuff and hit people with its end. In the end turns out that the mop is actually [[spoiler: a [[UpgradeArtifact powerup]] that allows Ueki's new [[LoyalAnimalCompanion friend]] to reach it's final form]]

* ''Manga/IAmStandingOnAMillionLives'' has the entire main cast blessed with suck. They are sent to a game-like world given jobs via roulette, and even if the jobs do match up with their talents and personalities, they are completely unable to deal with whatever Quest the GM puts them on, and the main cast can't do ''anything at all'' aside from the abilities their jobs give them. The protagonist has to go hunt goblins an entire day before he gets a new job that's even situationally usefull.

* ''Anime/IAmStandingOnAMillionLives'' has the entire main cast blessed with suck. They are sent to a game-like world given jobs via roulette, and even if the jobs do match up with their talents and personalities, they are completely unable to deal with whatever Quest the GM puts them on, and the main cast can't do ''anything at all'' aside from the abilities their jobs give them. The protagonist has to go hunt goblins an entire day before he gets a new job that's even situationally usefull.

** Boingo from ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' has the Stand Thoth, a comic book that can see into the future, with it's predictions always being 100% accurate. Sounds incredibly useful, right? And it is! The problem is that it's predictions are usually incredibly vague, don't show the long term consequences of the events, and has the tendency to undergo ProphecyTwist. As a result, Boingo, his brother Oingo, and later [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Hol Horse]] tend to end up harming themselves more than they do the heroes.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', some Quirks are this. Yuga Aoyoma's Navel Laser [[PottyFailure hurts his stomach and bowels]] to use, and if he doesn't wear his special belt at all times, [[PowerIncontinence it can leak out on accident]]. A minor villain has SuperStrength [[EmotionalPowers powered by shame]], so he needs to humiliate himself to fight. The one who has it the worst is probably a minor villain from the spin-off who has the power to be a suicide bomb. And he can't even control what sets him off- anything that would ignite his fuse could do it.
** One could consider Midoriya’s use of One For All as this. Sure, he hits like a truck when he uses it, but it causes physical damage to his body, often causing his entire arm to become bruised or breaking bones. He’s still trying to find a way around it.

** In the Sohma family, the few perks that come with being [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting possessed by the Zodiac spirits]] don't turn out to be all that helpful. Although it is occasionally helpful to turn into an animal, it's generally outweighed by the number of times you transform when you ''don't'' want to. Many of those who are cursed also have to deal with parents who are either overprotective or want nothing to do with them. The worst part of the curse is [[spoiler:how those who are possessed by the Zodiac animals are compelled to be subservient to whoever is possessed by the spirit of the "God" that brought all the animals together, even when that "God" does nothing but abuse them]].

* A few of the ninjas in ''Manga/{{Basilisk}}'' have powers that adversely affect their lives. If Kagerou ever [[DeathBySex has sex with some one, they will die.]] Hyouma has a ''doujutsu'' that can kill people by looking at them, but he is unable to turn it off. Being ninjas, they will use these same abilities to kill their enemies.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. In the movie ''Bardock, Father of Goku'', Bardock is "blessed" with the gift of prophecy by the natives of his most recently conquered planet. Not because the alien felt it would help, but because he wanted Bardock to feel the same helplessness in the face of his own species' demise. Sure enough, the only vision he gets is of Frieza destroying Planet Vegeta, and [[CassandraTruth nobody will believe him]]. Do not tick off psychic aliens. It's not all bad, though: he also gets to see that his son will grow up to be a good warrior, and will fight Frieza one day...

** [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are a reflection of the Stand User's fighting spirit. If the User doesn't have enough fighting spirit when their Stand is awakened, the Stand is weakened, and in the worst cases the Stand becomes a downright detrimental to the User, like Holly Kujo's Stand slowly killing her trying to awaken, or Cheap Trick having ''no'' abilities save killing the User if someone looks at their back. And even if you ''do'' get a useful Stand, or one you can [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower wrangle into usefulness with sufficient creativity]], Stand Users are drawn by fate to other Stand Users, meaning you'll probably have to fight people whether you want to or not.

** [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are a reflection of the Stand User's fighting spirit. If the User doesn't have enough fighting spirit when their Stand is awakened, the Stand is weakened, and in the worst cases the Stand becomes a downright SuperpowerDisability, like Holly Kujo's Stand slowly killing her trying to awaken, or Cheap Trick having ''no'' abilities save killing the User if someone looks at their back. And even if you ''do'' get a useful Stand, or one you can [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower wrangle into usefulness with sufficient creativity]], Stand Users are drawn by fate to other Stand Users, meaning you'll probably have to fight people whether you want to or not.

** [[FightingSpirit Stands]] are a reflection of the Stand User's fighting spirit. If the user doesn't have enough fighting spirit when their stand is awakened, the stand is weakened, and in the worst cases the stand becomes a downright SuperpowerDisability, like Holly Kujo's stand slowly killing her trying to awaken, or Cheap Trick having ''no'' abilities save killing the user if someone looks at their back. And even if you ''do'' get a useful stand, or one you can [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower wrangle into usefulness with sufficient creativity]], Stand Users are drawn by fate to other stand users, meaning you'll probably have to fight people whether you want to or not.

** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' has several examples of Stands that are more trouble than they're worth, even not including the aforementioned Cheap Trick (which doesn't count as this trope since it doesn't have ''any'' upsides; it's more a disability than anything):

** Stands are a reflection of the Stand User's fighting spirit. If the user doesn't have enough fighting spirit when their stand is awakened, the stand is weakened, and in the worst cases the stand becomes a downright SuperpowerDisability, like Holly Kujo's stand slowly killing her trying to awaken, or Cheap Trick having ''no'' abilities save killing the user if someone looks at their back. And even if you ''do'' get a useful stand, or one you can [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower wrangle into usefulness with sufficient creativity]], Stand Users are drawn by fate to other stand users, meaning you'll probably have to fight people whether you want to or not.

%%Please do not add Cheap Trick; it's been removed from this page at least twice already. It goes against the trope since it's purely detrimental to the user, with no useful or beneficial aspects to it at all.

** ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' has several examples of harmful Stands:
*** Shizuka's Stand, Achtung Baby, has the power to make her invisible. That sounds like an useful power, except that she's just a baby and [[PowerIncontinence can't control her power]], which makes taking care of her nearly impossible (as Joseph found out when she fell into a lake and nearly drowned).

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', some Quirks are this. Yuga Aoyoma's Navel Laser hurts his stomach and bowels to use, and if he doesn't wear his special belt at all times, it can leak out on accident. A minor villain has SuperStrength [[EmotionalPowers powered by shame]], so he needs to humiliate himself to fight. The one who has it the worst is probably a minor villain from the spin-off who has the power to be a suicide bomb. And he can't even control what sets him off- anything that would ignite his fuse could do it.

** Stands are a reflection of the Stand User's fighting spirit. [[ActualPacifist If the Stand User has no fighting spirit]], though, it can actually become ''harmful'' to the user, as was the case with Jotaro's mother. Even if one DOES have the strength to control their Stand, it may still suck as [[WeirdnessMagnet Stand users are drawn by fate to other Stand users]], meaning that it is very likely that they will be forced to use their power to fight.

** Milagro Man in ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'' makes the user constantly earn money whenever they try and spend it. Shopkeepers refuse payment, and give more money back. Vending machines spit it out and give even more in change. Gambling it away results in always winning the highest payout. The end result is that the user [[DeathByMaterialism is buried to death in cash]].