History BadassNormal / AnimeAndManga

** Jillas qualifies even better: he has no magic ability nor wields a special weapon, but with his bombs he sometimes manages to be quite [[BadAss badass.]]

** No love for Naruto's original BadassNormal, Rock Lee? Being literally incapable of performing the superpowers his peers can, Lee's only weapons are normal fighting techniques and [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique an ability to harness his body's latent power,]] and even though he's a constant victim of TheWorfEffect, he generally gives some of the tougher foes in the series a serious run for their money. There's also Might Guy, who, being Rock Lee's mentor, is basically a more successful version of him, and it's implied that he's actually a BadassNormal ''by choice''.

* Nenene Sumiragawa from the ''ReadOrDie'' TV series is one of the only normal humans in the series. However, she is the strongest-willed, and dealing with her leads to the fall of not one, but two [[AncientConspiracy Ancient Conspiracies]]. It should be noted that, as a popular and talented author in the world of the series, her ability to write is itself something of a "superpower".

* Many people consider Kyon from ''HaruhiSuzumiya'' already in this trope (if you include the novels, that is), as he still kicks ''everyone's'' ass without having any power at all. In the 4th novel, he [[spoiler:courageously '''pwns''' the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Data Overmind]], threatening to use Haruhi to recreate the universe, should anything happen to Yuki Nagato.]] Pretty much Badass Normal, yeah.

* Genjyo Sanzo in ''{{Saiyuki}}'', while being a normal human, manages to keep up with and, if anything, outstrip his magical youkai companions' fighting skills.

* Bardroy of ''{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' is the most normal out of the whole house staff. He isn't a super competent badass like [[BattleButler Sebastian,]] doesn't have [[spoiler:super strength]] like Finny, and isn't [[spoiler:a ridiculously skilled sniper]] like Mey-Rin. He gets by on his apparent [[TheStrategist strategical know-how]] and skill with a rifle.

** Little Yugi, when up against Atem in the Ceremonial Duel, would be another. Whereas the latter is locked and loaded with all three Egyptian god cards and by this point the ability to will his topdecks with his Millennium powers, the non-magical Yugi takes him and his gods down with much weaker monsters augmented by strategic use of spells and traps, and in spite of Atem's ability to [[WindsOfDestinyChange select what he draws every turn]], Yugi manages to stay one step ahead, culminating in his calling out Atem's final strategy of revive Osiris. (Added in the anime version was Kaiba's presence, where he offers Yugi to choose among his rarest and strongest cards for help against Atem, but Yugi chooses to rely on his own cards. Not only that, he takes down all three god cards at once!)

* [[ColonelBadass Colonel]] Shikishima from ''{{Akira}}''. While [[AdaptationDistillation perhaps more impressive overall in the manga]], [[spoiler:surviving not one but two [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalypses]]]], the film's image of him facing down a rapidly mutating [[BigBad Tetsuo]] with nothing but a .45 Automatic and a grunted "Come on!" exemplifies the trope.

* Li Meiling from ''CardCaptorSakura'', who has no magical powers at all, but still helps to take down the cards, even beating one in a straight up fight. Tomoyo would count, but she always stays out of the fights.

* Hei from ''DarkerThanBlack'' was a Badass Normal until the end of [[PhlebotinumWar Heaven's War]], when [[spoiler:he ended up with his sister's Contractor powers]]. As a ''[[ChildSoldiers teenager]]'' who had nothing more to go on than ninjutsu, he still managed to earn the nickname "[[BadassNickname The Black Reaper]]" from taking down so many Contractors.

* Similar to the Captain Bravo example above, Erza from FairyTail is considered one of the strongest mages in her guild, despite the fact the only magic she can do is to summon the swords and armour with which she fights.

* The few characters of ''OnePiece'' without [[GreenRocks devil fruit]] powers are that. Mainly the strawhats, Zoro, Sanji, Nami and even Usopp, as they beat the crap out of elite fighters with sometimes nothing more than a leg (which is mysteriously burning, at least).

* Mizushima Toru, protagonist of ''IrisZero''. Interestingly, he lives in a setting where amongst his age group, having eye powers is the norm. His lack of iris earns him the titular nickname. He manages to get by through AwesomenessByAnalysis, and utilizing his friends abilities more skillfully.

* Yahiko Myojin from ''RurouniKenshin''. While his idol, Kenshin is a master of a Sword Style that grants both SuperSpeed and SuperStrength to the user and is a ShellShockedVeteran, and [[TheBruiser Sanosuke]] is a bullet timer brawler whose skin is so tough he can shrug off a direct stab from a normal human being with no damage, Yahiko is a 10/11 year old boy who ''took down a Juppongatana'' by riding the blast wave of his own bomb and smashing him with his shinai!

** And in ''Best Wishes'' both of Ash's traveling companions, [[LittleMissBadass Iris]] and [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Cilan]] prove that they can battle a Pokémon without the need of using one. Iris has demonstrated many ninja like movements being incredibly fast compared to other Pokémon, has shown to dodge many attacks coming to her and was able to [[spoiler:befriend Drilbur that later evolved into her powerful Excadrill because of it]]. As for Cilan, while he does more thinking than actual battling, he's shown to be a pro at fishing. He battled a Stunfisk just using his fishing rod [[spoiler:and caught it after Ash caught his Palpitoad.]]

** Bad guy Domino in ''PokemonMewtwoReturns'' held off and pushed a Scyther away herself among other things. She was one of the few human characters who did not have a Pokémon and did things herself quite well, of course, she was CrazyPrepared.

* Guts from ''{{Berserk}}'' is just about as badass as a human can be, and eventually fights demons. At one point he [[spoiler:has his arm cut off and keep fighting]].
** Correction: [[spoiler:He cuts off his own arm, in the middle of battle, to keep fighting.]] Big difference. Amazing badass.

* [[SamuraiInNinjaTown Mifune]] in ''{{Naruto}}''. While the other leaders of the Shinobi Alliance can do stuff such as creating a sea of sand, obliterating mass, healing with such speed that it basically equals immortality, manipulating lava and acid alike, and dramatically augmenting one's physical abilities with ''lightning'', Mifune just draws his katana enough to prevent even high-level ninja from performing the hand-seals needed to use their special techniques.

* Mifune in ''{{Naruto}}''. While the other leaders of the Shinobi Alliance can do stuff such as creating a sea of sand, obliterate mass, resurrect on a whim, manipulate lava and acid alike or just punch out demons, Mifune just wields his Katana and draws it fast enough to prevent those techniques to be used.
** Lest we forget Tenten too. In a world rife with immortal ninjas, one girl seeks to take them all down with just about every type of weapon there is. [[spoiler: The latest war arc has her turning into a full fledged ActionGirl too. Her pluckiness is just too badass.]]