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* Celica in ''LightNovel/AkashicRecordsOfBastardMagicInstructor'' is a four hundred year-old [[TheArchmage Archmage]] with incredible power, skill and experience. For the first five light novel volumes (the period covered by the anime adaptation), she's either not present or the problem is one that can't be solved by brute force... and even in the latter case, she was able to help solve the problem. It's only from the sixth volume onwards that she starts having a major role in the story, both because (a) there are opponents who are actually stronger than her now, and (b) [[spoiler:she suffers [[DramaPreservingHandicap a permanent injury]] that leaves her somewhat weaker than before]].

* Claire Stanfield from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' has a story-breaking CharlesAtlasSuperpower -- despite being ostensibly a [[BadassNormal normal human]], he's strong enough to take on anyone in the series (and a few in other series), including the resident demon/EldritchAbomination and a ''vampire''. WordOfGod is that he purposely didn't give Claire his own plotline because there's no one in the series who could possibly challenge him, which generally doesn't make for the most interesting story. He says he is tied for the third strongest character in TheVerse, alongside a man whose body's natural strength limitations have been removed and a ''demon'', only losing out to an EldritchAbomination that's a black hole and a character whose defining characteristic is being the strongest man ever.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': Some of the Spirits possess powers that are more useful than others.

* Fans often describe Yuki from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' as the strongest character ever made. Although this is probably an exaggeration, she does demonstrate NighInvulnerability, SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, and RealityWarper powers. Her crowning achievement would be [[spoiler:''hijacking Haruhi's full power'' to retroactively de-power everyone and rewrite the universe to her liking]]. Her job is only to observe, however, so her overt actions are limited.

* ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'':

* TheHero of ''LightNovel/{{Maoyu}}'' is this in a nutshell. If he ever got in a fight, ''any fight'', he's guaranteed to win. The only thing that's stopping him is that he's not trying to cause a war, but instead have world peace by working alongside Demon Queen.[[spoiler: He is however vulnerable to an entire rifle using army firing enchanted bullets at him.]]

* ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}''. The name alone says it all.

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'':

* ''LightNovel/ThatTimeIGotReincarnatedAsASlime'': Played with. Rimiru is essentially reincarnated into a ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''-like RPG world where he has a massive advantage due to a few unique skills. In particular, with his [[CannibalismSuperpower Predator]] ability, he becomes the most powerful entity within a hundred miles by the second chapter. The series solves this problem by [[GenreShift transitioning from an RPG]] to a FourX game. Rimiru's ability to fight armies quickly becomes overshadowed by his ability to build a town.

** While nowhere near as powerful as the previous examples, [[SuperMode Dragon Force]] is shown to be this show's answer to the {{Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] transformation. It's got some absurd destructive power, capable of rivaling and even '''overpowering''' S-Class and '''Wizard Saint''' level opponents with ease. naturally, none of the first-generation Dragon Slayers [[spoiler: ([[TookALevelInBadass except]] [[ChildProdigy Wendy]])]] can activate it at will, and Natsu himself only gets to use it a total of three times so far. [[spoiler:The first two instances result in total victory (but not without some resistance on the 2nd occasion given just how [[WorthyOpponent strong]] the opponent was), and the last one had him run out of power before he could deliver the final blow.]]

*** The protagonist's very own partner, Zeromaru, has a pretty solid claim for the title of "strongest partner digimon in the franchise." As pointed out, it's usually more than just his uncanny strength that gets him by in fights (since many of his opponents are higher leveled) but when he reaches his Mega stage...[[spoiler:he unlocks the Ulforce, a HealingFactor so strong that he can recover from [[OneHitKill instant death attacks!]] Even [[BigBad Daemon]] had to negate it before he started whooping ass.]] After [[spoiler: evolving to [[SuperMode Future Mode]]]], he's capable of [[spoiler: killing Daemon, who had likewise reached the [[NextTierPowerUp Super Ultimate level]] and [[TheDreaded was one of the strongest digimon in the franchise even before doing so,]] [[OneHitKill in a single blow.]]]] He's so ridiculously powerful that his [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars next appearance]] required [[spoiler: both the loss of Future Mode and his separation from Taichi]] in order to keep him from curbstomping the antagonists by himself and ending the story before it began.

*** The protagonist's very own partner, Zeromaru, has a pretty strong claim to the title of "strongest partner digimon in the franchise." As pointed out, it's usually more than just his uncanny strength that gets him by in fights (since many of his opponents are higher leveled) but when he reaches his Mega stage...[[spoiler:he unlocks the Ulforce, a HealingFactor so strong that he can recover from [[OneHitKill instant death attacks!]] Even [[BigBad Daemon]] had to negate it before he started whooping ass.]] After [[spoiler: evolving to [[SuperMode Future Mode]]]], he's capable of [[spoiler: killing Daemon, who had likewise reached the [[NextTierPowerUp Super Ultimate level]] and [[TheDreaded was one of the strongest digimon in the franchise even before doing so,]] [[OneHitKill in a single blow.]]]] He's so ridiculously powerful that his [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars next appearance]] required [[spoiler: both the loss of Future Mode and his separation from Taichi]] in order to keep him from curbstomping the antagonists by himself and ending the story before it began.

*** The protagonist's very own partner, Zeromaru. As pointed out, it's usually more than just his uncanny strength that gets him by in fights (since many of his opponents are higher leveled) but when he reaches his Mega stage...[[spoiler:he unlocks the Ulforce, a HealingFactor so strong that he can recover from [[OneHitKill instant death attacks!]] Even [[BigBad Daemon]] had to negate it before he started whooping ass.]] After [[spoiler: evolving to [[SuperMode Future Mode]]]], he's capable of [[spoiler: killing Daemon, who had likewise reached the [[NextTierPowerUp Super Ultimate level]] and [[TheDreaded was one of the strongest digimon in the franchise even before doing so,]] [[OneHitKill in a single blow.]]]] He's so ridiculously powerful that his [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars next appearance]] required [[spoiler: both the loss of Future Mode and his separation from Taichi]] in order to keep him from curbstomping the antagonists by himself and ending the story before it began.

** [[spoiler: And unlike Kurumi, she was firmly on Shido's side by the end ([[UndyingLoyalty to the exact same extent as Tohka, in fact]]), and her power was said to be '''second''' only to [[AlwaysABiggerFish The Spirt Of Origin.]] Meaning that if she had been a canon main-stay, she could've easily resolved many later problems all by herself.]]

** [[WorldsBestWarrior Musashi]] is the '''only''' person in the series who doesn't need over-the-top techniques to match Yujiro's strength and '''damage''' him with ease (even after Yujiro has already awakened his [[SuperMode Demon Back]]). Naturally, like Pickle above, his fight with Yujiro is called off before a winner can be decided.

** Raw strength-wise, [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Pickle]] is likely stronger than the Ogre, but is at least ([[CurbStompCushion Sort of) balanced out by the fact that he lacks any formal technique like all the modern fighters.

** Lately, it appears even [[spoiler: Baki himself is]] headed this way as of the Musashi arc. After [[spoiler: [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption losing]] his final fight with Yujiro, Baki]] has just been getting stronger and stronger. So much to the point, that he [[OutOfFocus rarely even appears]] in the new sagas all that often anymore, and lets the [[ADayInTheLimelight other characters take center focus.]] He only [[spoiler: ever appears towards the end of a given arc now when its time for the final showdown with the current arc villain of the week.]]

** Raw strength-wise, [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Pickle]] is likely stronger than the Ogre.
** [[WorldsBestWarrior Musashi]] is the '''only''' person in the series who doesn't need over-the-top techniques to match Yujiro's strength and '''damage''' him with ease (even after Yujiro has already awakened his [[SuperMode Demon Back]]). Naturally, like Pickle above, their fight is called off before a winner can be decided.

** All Might was this before his injury. His Quirk pretty much put him on the same level as Superman. [[spoiler:Izuku will be even worse when he finally masters his Quirk, because not only will he be physically stronger than All Might ever was, he'll also have all six Quirks of his predecessors at his disposal, and those Quirks will also be further empowered by One For All]].

** Ash's latest team in Journeys. The first two captures, Dragonite and Gengar, were already in their final forms when Ash got them. The two later additions, Riolu and Galarian Farfetch'd had to be trained up and even caused Ash to lose a few battles early on, but soon evolved a dozen episodes later. And the final addition is the Gen 8 fossil Pokemon, Dracovish, one of the biggest GameBreakers the games have ever Seen. And he got them all within the first 60 episodes of the series. Making it the fastest he's ever gotten a fully-evolved team in a new series. And the team only got stronger over the course of the series from there. Lucario got [[SuperMode Mega Evolution and Gengar got Gigantamaxing,]] while Pikachu just sticks with the [[LimitBreak Z Moves]] from last the series. In '''Any''' normal league tournament, this team would've granted Ash '''Instant Victory,''' but because he's competing in the World Coronation Series, where lots of trainers are skilled enough to challenge a champion, it's not that cut and dry. [[spoiler: Case in point as of this writing, this team has now officially beaten Korrina, [[TookALevelInBadass Unova Champion]] [[TheBusCameBack Iris,]] Volkner, Bea, Marnie, Former Hoenn Champion Wallace, Drasna, Raihan, Steven and even '''Cynthia herself!!!!!''']]

*** The protagonist's very own partner, Zeromaru. As pointed out, it's usually more than just his uncanny strength that gets him by in fights (since many of his opponents are higher leveled) but when he reaches his Mega stage...[[spoiler:he unlocks the Ulforce, a HealingFactor so strong that he can recover from [[OneHitKill instant death attacks!]] Even [[BigBad Daemon]] had to negate it before he started whooping ass.]] After [[spoiler: evolving to [[SuperMode Future Mode]]]], he's capable of [[spoiler: killing Daemon, who had likewise reached the [[NextTierPowerUp Super Ultimate level]] and [[TheDreaded was one of the strongest digimon in the franchise even before doing so,]] [[OneHitKill in a single blow.]]]] He's so ridiculously powerful that his [[Manga/DigimonXrosWars next appearance]] required [[spoiler: both the loss of Future Mode and his separation from Taichi in order to keep him from curbstomping the antagonists by himself and ending the story before it began.]]

*** The protagonist's very own partner, Zeromaru. As pointed out, it's usually more than just his uncanny strength that gets him by in fights (since many of his opponents are higher leveled) but when he reaches his Mega stage...[[spoiler:he unlocks the Ulforce, a HealingFactor so strong that he can recover from [[OneHitKill instant death attacks!]] Even [[BigBad Daemon]] had to negate it before he started whooping ass.]]

*** Just to name a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters FEW]] of them: [[TheAce Charizard,]] [[PutOnABus Pidgeot,]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Kingler,]] [[StoneWall Snorlax,]] [[BareFistedMonk Heracross,]] [[StrongAndSkilled Sceptile,]] [[LightningBruiser Infernape,]] [[DishingOutDirt Krookodile,]] [[ShowyInvincibleHero Gren]][[TooPowerfulToLive inja,]] [[UnskilledButStrong Noivern,]] [[GameChanger Lycanroc,]] and [[MagikarpPower Incineroar.]]

** Many of Ash's Pokémon from previous regions such as Charizard, Sceptile, or Infernape. He could have easily won most of his gym battles in the new regions, and might give him a higher chance of winning in the Pokémon Leagues. But that would remove the need to catch and train newer Pokémon, which is kind of bad for a MerchandiseDriven show. TropesAreTools however, as this formula has allowed Ash to amas an [[BadassCrew Army]] of absurdly high level mons over the years.

** Raw strength-wise, [[AllCavemenAreNeanderthals Pickle]] is likely stronger than the Ogre.

** Raw strength-wise, Pickle is likely stronger than the Ogre.
** [[WorldsBestWarrior Musashi]] so far is the '''only''' person in the series who doesn't need over-the-top techniques to match Yujiro's strength and '''damage''' him with ease (even after Yujiro has already awakened his [[SuperMode Demon Back]]). Naturally, like Pickle above, their fight is called off before a winner can be decided.

** Musashi is the *only* person in the series who doesn't need over-the-top techniques to match Yujiro's strength and '''damage''' him with ease (even after Yujiro has already awakened his [[SuperMode Demond Back]]). Naturally, like Pickle above, their fight is called off before a winner can be decided.

*** Just to name a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters FEW]] of them: [[TheAce Charizard,]] [[PutOnABus Pidgeot,]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Kingler,]] [[StoneWall Snorlax,]] [[BareFistedMonk Heracross,]] [[StrongAndSkilled Sceptile,]] [[InvincibleHero Infernape,]] [[DishingOutDirt Krookodile,]] [[ShowyInvincibleHero Gren]][[TooPowerfulToLive inja,]] [[UnskilledButStrong Noivern,]] [[GameChanger Lycanroc,]] and [[MagikarpPower Incineroar.]]

** [[spoiler: This last one probably takes the cake. A tweet from [[WordOfGod Maruyama]] has confirmed that, level wise, [[GreaterScopeVillain Dragon]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Emperor]] is actually '''above''' [[LevelCap level 100]] which would make even [[WorldsStrongestMan more powerful]] [[OhCrap than your typical player.]]]]

** Many of Ash's Pokémon from previous regions such as Charizard, Sceptile, or Infernape. He could have easily won most of his gym battles in the new regions, and might give him a higher chance of winning in the Pokémon Leagues. But that would remove the need to catch and train newer Pokémon, which is kind of bad for a MerchandiseDriven show. TropesAreNotBad however, as this formula has allowed Ash to amas an [[BadassCrew Army]] of absurdly high level mons over the years.
*** Just to name a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters FEW]] of them: [[TheAce Charizard,]] [[PutOnABus Pidgeot,]] [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower Kingler,]] [[StoneWall Snorlax,]] [[BareFistedMonk Heracross,]] [[StrongAndSkilled Sceptile,]] [[InvincibleHero Infernape,]] [[DishingOutDirt Krookodile,]] [[ShowyInvincibleHero Gren]][[TooPowerfulToLive inja,]] [[UnskilledBuStrong Noivern,]] [[GameChanger Lycanroc,]] and [[MagikarpPower Incineroar.]]

** [[spoiler: This last one probably takes the cake. A tweet from [[WordOfGod Maruyama]] has confirmed that, level wise, [[GreaterScopeVillain Dragon Emperor]] is actually '''above''' [[LevelCap level 100]] which would make even [[WorldsStrongestMan more powerful]] [[OhCrap than your typical player.]]]]

** Many of Ash's Pokémon from previous regions such as Charizard, Sceptile, or Infernape. He could have easily won most of his gym battles in the new regions, and might give him a higher chance of winning in the Pokémon Leagues. But that would remove the need to catch and train newer Pokémon, which is kind of bad for a MerchandiseDriven show.

** Ash's latest team in Journeys. The first two captures, Dragonite and Gengar, were already in their final forms when Ash got them. The two later additions, Riolu and Galarian Farfetch'd had to be trained up and even caused Ash to lose a few battles early on, but soon evolved a dozen episodes later. And the final addition is the Gen 8 fossil Pokemon, Dracovish, one of the biggest GameBreakers the games have ever Seen. And he got them all within the first 60 episodes of the series. Making it the fastest he's ever gotten a fully-evolved team in a new series. And the team only got stronger over the course of the series from there. Lucario got [[SuperMode Mega Evolution and Gengar got Gigantamaxing,]] while Pikachu just sticks with the [[LimitBreak Z Moves]] from last the series. In '''Any''' normal league tournament, this team would've granted Ash '''Instant Victory,''' but because he's competing in the World Coronation Series, where lots of trainers are skilled enough to challenge a champion, it's not that cut and dry. [[spoiler: Case in point as of this writing, this team has now officially beaten [[TheRival Bea,]] [[TookALevelInBadass Unova Champion]] [[TheBusCameBack Iris,]] [[AlmightyJanitor Volkner,]] Marnie,]]

** There's another character that has yet to be officially revealed called [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Fast "Deep Darkness Dragon Lord."]] Not only did this dragon successfully fight and kill a [[Juggernaut Player]] 300 years ago, but he even [[OhCrap took that player's]] [[InfinityPlusOneSword World Item.]] The author even claims that even without the world item, his strength level is comparable to '''Shalltear's.''' [[WorldsStrongestWoman SHALLTEAR'S.]] Naturally (according to Platinum Dragon Lord), he's asleep deep underground in a dangerous labyrinth somewhere and likely will not be able to aid PDL in the fight against Nazarick.

** Many of Ash's Pokémon from previous regions such as Charizard, or Sceptile. He could have easily won most of his gym battles in the new regions, and might give him a higher chance of winning in the Pokémon Leagues. But that would remove the need to catch and train newer Pokémon, which is kind of bad for a MerchandiseDriven show.

** Averted with the new powerup in ''Journeys'', [[MakeMyMonsterGrow Dynamaxing]], which can only be performed in select locations and by its very nature gives the opponent the option to use it as well, provided the trainer has the required equipment. ''Journeys'' also establishes that, in the Pokémon World Tournament, a trainer is only allotted one use of either Dynamax, Mega Evolution, and Z-moves in a match as using all three would be quite ridiculous.

* ''Manga/OnePunchMan''
** Saitama can, as the title suggests, beat anything in one punch. ANYTHING. In a world where ''{{kaiju}}'' make regular appearances. He also has SuperSpeed and SuperReflexes greater than characters who ''specialize'' in speed, allowing him to dodge any attack and essentially making him invincible. The manga usually parodies this concept, as the main character is a total InvincibleHero [[VictoryIsBoring who is bored out of his mind]] because [[ChallengeSeeker no one is strong enough to make him use even a third of his true strength]] and whose backstory is disappointingly simple to the point of boring (he literally just does push-ups, sit-ups, and squats every day). Most stories boil down to "other heroes keep the villain busy until Saitama wanders up" (as he's always getting lost or neglecting to check his messages), but do so entertainingly enough that it doesn't get stale (that, and the other heroes are entertainingly dysfunctional).
** Terrible Tornado [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment of Terror]] is a [[MindOverMatter Psychic]] superhero who is essentially as far beyond the other S-class heroes as Saitama is beyond her. Very, very few monsters survive encounters with her and her victory in any battle she's a part of is treated as a ForegoneConclusion. Her feats include pulling a meteor down from deep space to kill a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' {{expy}}, stopping an innumerable amount of jumbo-sized artillery shells from a spaceship and then turning them back, and pulling an entire complex underground headquarters out from the ground, all without breaking a sweat. Similarly to Saitama, her status of InvincibleHero is deconstructed: She's exceedingly arrogant and [[DestructiveSavior causes a lot of collateral damage,]] everyone's afraid of her and her bosses are actively planning to fire her from the Hero Organization and consider her a threat to be neutralized if she doesn't improve her behavior.