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** Kabuto, goes from being Orochimaru's minion to being TheDragon during the Fourth Ninja World War, when he resurrects an army of deceased ninja, soldiers, leaders, champions, assassins, etc., and forces the BigBad Tobi into forming an alliance. He also gains the Snake [[SuperMode Sage]] [[InHarmonyWithNature Mode]] and effortlessly deals with Itachi and Sasuke, catching ''them'' in a ''genjutsu''.
** Choji, creates chakra wings without using the special pills, and uses this new power to [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever beat down]] several resurrected ninjas, who by the nature of the resurrection were "immortal" with unlimited stamina and chakra. He then takes on the Gedo Mazo along with his dad, and ''staggers'' it with a single blow.
** [[BigBad Tobi]], whose true identity is [[spoiler:Uchiha Obito]], was once an IdiotHero, but goes on to become an ''utterly brilliant'' [[TheChessmaster manipulator]], gains the [[GreenThumb Wood Release ability]], learns several advanced techniques from his "mentor" GreaterScopeVillain [[spoiler:Uchiha Madara]], ability to control the Gedo Mazo and all the Bijuus sealed inside it. He then declares war on ''the entire world'' with only the aforesaid Gedo Mazo, and the Zetsus by his side. (Kabuto does join his side later, but he didn't know about that when he declared the war.) He then takes several ''more'' levels of badass in preparing for the war and then in the fight itself. To put it in perspective, his disguise is [[PaperThinDisguise incredibly thin]], due to [[spoiler:Tobi being Obito, with the kanji reversed]], and yet the readers were almost [[DidntSeeThatComing universally surprised]] by TheReveal, because it seemed outragepis that a wimp like him could take ''so many'' levels in badass.
** The ''entire cast'' becomes this trope during the Fourth Ninja World War, thanks to Naruto sharing chakra cloaks with everyone. In particular, Ino manages to continuously connect telepathically the entire battlefield in the middle of fighting, which even her father couldn't do without special equipment and efforts.

** [[spoiler:Buggy]] mans up considerably, in a way, after everyone [[spoiler:escapes Impel Down and his past as a member of Gold Roger's crew is revealed]], leading the Marines and most of the escapees to believe that he's as strong as his old mate Shanks, who is now an Emperor. With this newfound fame, he declares his intention to [[spoiler:sail into Marineford and strike at Whitebeard, the strongest man in the world.]] He doesn't succeed, but post-TimeSkip he's [[spoiler:become one of the Shichibukai and the leader of a massive organization of pirate mercenaries.]]

** Nami and Brook as well, in Whole Cake Island Arc. [[spoiler: Nami was the [[DidYouJustPunchOutChtulhu first one to actually damage Big Mom]], that too in her [[SanitySlippage rampage mode]], a feat not even Luffy or Bege managed to achieve, while managing to capture ''one of her homies'' in a clever BatmanGambit, while also making him undergo a HeelFaceTurn as he now works with the Straw Hats. Yes you read that right, ''Nami'' managed to brainwash one of the Four Emperors' [[TheDragon dragons]] and make him become an ally. Meanwhile, Brook managed to turn around his capture by Big Mom, and managed to scam Big Mom by stealing ''all 3 poneglyphs'' literally under her nose with her none the wiser, and ''Brook'' was also the one who managed to damage Mother Carmel's painting, effectively rendering Big Mom suspectible to assassination[[note]]Too bad Big Mom's Haki is a storm of its own[[/note]]. ]]

** [[TheHero Jonathan Joestar]] from [[Manga/PhantomBlood part 1]] starts off as a SpoiledSweet kid getting constantly overshadowed by his recently adopted brother [[BigBad Dio Brando]] in every way possible. At one point, Dio goes too far in his [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] and pulls [=JoJo=]'s heroic trigger. Not only he knocks down Dio in a very satisfying fashion, the boy grows up 7 years later and becomes very masculine, and eventually the only person strong enough to challenge his arch-enemy, who has been turned into an extremely powerful vampire.
** At the start of [[Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable part 4]], Koichi was just a [[TagalongKid meek fifteen year old kid without any superpowers]]. In the narrative he himself states, that readers don't need to remember his name, because he isn't important. However, this changes after he gets his Stand. He keeps his timid personality most of the time, but whenever someone manages to really piss him off, [[LetsGetDangerous he goes full badass]] and proceeds to beat his opponent - and since it's part 4, he usually beats them both physically and [[DefeatMeansFriendship psychologically]]. On top of that,[[spoiler:his Stand evolves, each time becoming faster and gaining new abilities]].
** In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind part 5]] this happens to a MonsterOfTheWeek of all people. During the fight on the train, Pesci is introduced as an awkward CowardlyLion who is pretty much being babysat by his partner, Prosciutto. As the fight goes on, he gradually starts learning from his partner's advice and becomes more and more determined to win, eventually scoring a NearVillainVictory.
** Emporio Alnino in [[Manga/StoneOcean part 6]] doesn't have much in the way of combat ability, or anything real impressive. But in the climax of the final battle, [[spoiler:he gains Weather Report as a Stand, and is the one to kill [[BigBad Enrico Pucci]], which Jotaro (resident badass of the series who can ''stop time'') and Jolyne (daughter of said resident badass) couldn't do.]]
** Johnny Joestar, Jonathan's counterpart following the ContinuityReboot in [[Manga/SteelBallRun part 7]], gets hit with it even more than his predecessor -- at the start of the story he is a sad and pathetic shadow of his former self, bound to a wheelchair and [[ParentalNeglect abandoned by his father]]. Over the course of the story, he grows from a whiny spoiled brat to a badass who can hold his own against tough opponents, gets [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower the power to shoot his fingernails]], [[spoiler:which later evolves into creating portals into pocket dimension, and then into spinning every cell in enemy's body until both their body and soul is completely destroyed]], gets his legs to work again and even [[spoiler:gains his father's respect.]]

*** And now we have [[NeutralFemale White]] aiming for third. [[spoiler:After she repaired herself from the [[HeroicBSOD fatal error]] at the Nimbasa Ferris Wheel, it's safe to say she realized that not only is something ''much bigger'' than BW Rentals going on, but as long as she's traveling with Black she's going to be [[DistressedDamsel damsel bait]] for Team Plasma. As a result, she's taken a small squad of Pokemon (including a last-minute donation of Brav by Black) onto the Battle Subway for training, with plans to stay on the train until she feels she can handle the stress. If they are anywhere ''near'' the cheesiness [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard of the games counterpart]], then Team Plasma better hope the experience breaks her further or ''[[GeniusDitz Black]]'' will be the least of their worries... and if the two join forces after that and Ghetsis is still running the show, well, '''''HELL'''''.]]

* In ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', Duke Fleed's neighbor and best friend was the NaiveEverygirl Hikaru Makiba, who soon becomes a DistressedDamsel. She realizes this won't get her anywhere, so she's PutOnABus for some episodes and returns both wearing [[SheIsAllGrownUp sexier clothing]] (miniskirts, boots and denim > gowns and pretty hats) and with a tougher, yet still gentle attitude. By the end of the series, Hikaru has become one of Duke's more trusty sidekicks, along with Koji and Maria Grace.

* ''Manga/VampireKnight'': Yuuki Cross is a straight example, going from something of a DistressedDamsel to an ''awesome'' ActionGirl after [[spoiler:Kaname transforms her back into a vampire]]. Chairman Cross is a subversion; he was a former [[spoiler:vampire hunter]] before the series, and returned to being badass later in the series.

* ''Anime/BlueSeed'': Yoshiki Yaegashi starts out as the cowardly rookie computer nerd. He gets mostly ignored by the other TAC members and is teased and slightly bullied by Koume Sawaguchi. He's attracted to Momiji at first and enrolls her into a talent contest without her knowledge. After he realizes her attraction to Kusanagi, he lets her go and becomes attracted to Komue whom violently rejects him at first. However, by the end of the series, when everyone else is afraid to fight Susano-Oh, Yoshiki is the only one who stands tall ready to meet the challenge, much to Koume's surprise. [[spoiler: Koume falls in love with him afterwards.]]

** [[spoiler:Janine...just Janine. She went from being TheHeart to just ''plain'' awesome during her fight against [[DarkChick Malin]]. You heard me. '''JANINE. ACTUALLY. FIGHTS.''' After spending the last season being TheWoobie, she finally decides to stop playing the victim and shows the audience what shes capable of. "Im so ''sick'' of being the DamselInDistress, its time I showed everyone that I ''can'' fight!" Not only does she use the self-defense Kasuse taught her, she uses her powers ''offensively'' for the first time in a crazy, yet epic manner. Fans and haters of her character rejoiced as she had finally overcome her pacifistic nature and shows that she has gone through ''major'' CharacterDevelopment since Season 2. Plus her one-liner to Malin:]]

* The protagonist of ''Anime/RingingBell'' takes a couple levels as a result of his TrainingFromHell, maturing from a heartbroken lamb to a tall and fearsome ram that looks ''barely'' like the sheep from the farm he was born at. [[spoiler: So barely, in fact, that it's one of the reasons said sheep find themselves unable to accept him back in]].

* Shuuya Nanahara and Noriko Nakagawa in ''Manga/BattleRoyale''. They start out as fairly-normal Japanese schoolkids...but you grow up ''fast'' in the Program, if you survive at all. [[spoiler: And Shogo Kawada was a normal, if smart and cynical, boy... before the Program ''changed'' him. By his second go-round, he's well able to deal with anything the Program throws at him.]]

* Tenma and Nina in ''{{Anime/Monster}}'', who are promptly de-{{woobie}}fied by their gun training and [[DarkerAndEdgier grim]] [[TheFettered determination]].
* Hatou from ''Manga/MurasakiiroNoQualia'', [[spoiler: from the moment she decides to find out more about Yukari's death]]

* In the Anime ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', Main Character Hiraga Saito gets a level of badass in the very beginning, going from ordinary Japanese Teen to a Gandalf. His ability allows him to wield any object intended as a weapon with incredible skill as well as enhancing his physical strength and agility while doing so. As for Lousie, his master, while she is and is always incapable of casting any of the four basic elements of magic, its later revealed that [[spoiler:her affinity is to the Void element, making her an extremely powerful Mage, despite the cast time involved in casting Void-based spells.]]

* In ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon?'' there is the [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure hero]] Bell Cranel, which becomes much more powerful in the course of the plot. In the first episode, he had to be rescued from a medium-strong monster, in the final episode, he was involved in destroying one of the dungeon's most powerful monsters.

* Kazuma of ''LightNovel/KazeNoStigma'', in the backstory. Exiled a few years ago for getting his ass handed to him by his little cousin, by the present time he's become ''the'' most powerful character in the show, handily defeating anyone and everyone (including his dad) without breaking a sweat. Turns out his exile was the best thing to happen to him, since [[BlackSheep he lacked]] his family's [[PlayingWithFire flair for fire]]. Instead, he found his [[BlowYouAway talent for the wind]].

** [[spoiler:Homura]] took ''many'' levels of badass. [[spoiler:According to her previous timelines shown in Episode 10. She went from [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru-level moe]] to [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief-level badass]]; a ShrinkingViolet without combat magic to a LadyOfWar with missle launchers.]]

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'':

* Itsuki Iba, the president of Astral in ''LightNovel/RentalMagica'', starts off as largely useless except for a magic eye that [[BlessedWithSuck frequently hurts him to use]], and is constantly rescued by the others. Eventually, he starts studying martial arts as a semi-magical discipline, and combines that with his magical sight to become fairly effective, at least in situations where hand-to-hand combat becomes necessary. Otherwise, he's still largely useless.

* In the first season of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Hecate (an important member of the Evil Council) was portrayed as a cute, harmless girl who just prayed all the time and was doted on by another member. Even in the anime-original climax arc, the most she did was "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything synchronize]]". Her eventual reappearance in the second season quickly corrects this notion with ''liberal'' BeamSpam, [[SphereOfDestruction Spheres Of Destruction]], and a loaded "gun" to the face.
** Yuji of ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'' fits the "super-powered girlfriends do the fighting for him" part, but eventually takes a level in badass near the end of the second season. Suddenly he's [[spoiler:impaling people with giant swords, blowing them up with balls of silver fire and '''''crushing necks''''']]. ''Wow''.

* Sylphiel Nels Lahda from ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}''. Though she's a very competent [[WhiteMagic healer]] in her own right, her skill in [[BlackMagic offensive magic]] in the first season is extremely lacking, to the point where her attempts at casting Flare Arrow result in Flare ''Carrots'' appearing instead. However, by the time her appearance in the second season rolls around, [[spoiler:not only has she taught herself one of the most destructive spells ever devised, the Dragon Slave, in the interim, but she nearly manages takes out the season's big bad with it as well when she stacks it on top of Lina's.]]

* Tsubomi Hanasaki of ''Anime/HeartCatchPrettyCure''. When we're first introduced to her, she's an extremely shy and introverted girl who, upon becoming Cure Blossom for the first time, ''freaked out and tried to run.'' Because of it, she was given the derogatory term "The Weakest Precure in History". By the end of the series, she realizes that she does lean on her friends for support, but that's her greatest strength - and she uses it to great effect when she and her teammates become something of a Physical God and OneHitKO the series' BigBad. When we see her next in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars DX 3'', she's leading the other pink-type Cures after they're all separated.

* Certainly a part of this trope is Accelerator from ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex''. An example of this was when he [[spoiler:"awakens"]] during his fight against [[spoiler: Teitoku Kakine]] and immediately disposes of the enemy that was curbstomping him just prior to him [[spoiler:"awakening."]]

** [[spoiler:Janine...just Janine. She went from being TheChick to just ''plain'' awesome during her fight against [[DarkChick Malin]]. You heard me. '''JANINE. ACTUALLY. FIGHTS.''' After spending the last season being TheWoobie, she finally decides to stop playing the victim and shows the audience what shes capable of. "Im so ''sick'' of being the DamselInDistress, its time I showed everyone that I ''can'' fight!" Not only does she use the self-defense Kasuse taught her, she uses her powers ''offensively'' for the first time in a crazy, yet epic manner. Fans and haters of her character rejoiced as she had finally overcome her pacifistic nature and shows that she has gone through ''major'' CharacterDevelopment since Season 2. Plus her one-liner to Malin:]]

* Aki in ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' was TheChick in the first series, but in the second, takes at least '''two''' levels in Badass: Not only has she become the hard-nosed commander of the Space Knights in the intervening 10 years, but has also become a Tekkaman herself. This is revealed by her Tek Setting (with her own Pegas robot, even!) and ''slaughtering'' a squad of Radam Tekkamen that had been giving the heroes problems, just to show them how it's done.

** In TheMovie, we even get Nia piloting her own Gunmen in the final battle, who normally tends to not be one of the fighting characters, more serving as TheChick than as an actual pilot.

*** Oh look. He's taken ''yet another'' level in badass. Accompanied by a [[spoiler:[[CoolPet Cool Box Weapon]] that carries around ''[[SwordsAkimbo three swords]]'', more [[ImpossiblyCoolClothes Impossibly Cool Japanese Clothes]], and [[OnlyAFleshWound very cool face bandages]].]]

** Especially notable is Hotaru Tomoe. She is introduced as a [[IllGirl sickly]], fragile girl, who has a tendency to collapse from painful "attacks". [[spoiler:After Mistress 9 takes over her body, her spirit manages to protect Chibimoon's soul and moon crystal ''and'' the souls of the other senshi, all while confining Mistress 9 to her body and preventing her from becoming more powerful. And from there, she goes to be Sailor Saturn, who has enough power to singlehandedly drive the enemy from Earth.]]

** [[IdiotHero Naruto]], a brash loudmouthed kid pre-TimeSkip, takes ''[[UpToEleven several]]'' levels in badass over the course of the series. As early as Chapter 1, he learns the A-rank Jonin Level technique, [[MesACrowd Kage Bunshin no Jutsu]], which becomes one of his two signature techniques through the series. Later, he learns his other signature technique, [[OneHitKill Rasengan]]. He gains increasing levels of mastery over controlling the Kyuubi sealed inside him, which becomes his SuperMode. He also learns ''another'' SuperMode, the Sage Mode, and eventually manages to combine both. He gains the ability to summon frogs, and develops several variations and upgrades of all his techniques. Along the way, his maturity and battle strategies improve, eventually leading to him effectively leading the Shinobi Alliance's fight against Akatsuki during the Fourth Ninja World War.

** Tsuna takes even '''MORE''' levels in badass once he [[spoiler: upgrades to the Vongola Gear and gets the Oath Flame in the Inheritance Ceremony Arc and unlocks the [[UpToEleven Ultimate]] [[TranquilFury Dying Will Mode]] in the The Curse of the Rainbow Arc]]. ''Good lord!''

--->[[spoiler: '''Janine''':"I’m ''not'' here to play around! Hand over my boyfriend, or I will give you a makeover the world will ''not'' forget!"]]
* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
** The entire 104th, over the course of their training.
** Not that she wasn't already a badass, but after she and Levi fight the Female Titan, in the Raid on Stohess arc Mikasa is seen employing some of his techniques (notably the spinning, and slashing along muscle planes) to great effect.

* Quite a few people in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' come under this: Rock, for instance, starts out as a low-level ButtMonkey employee of a Japanese megacorp... ends up as a MagnificentBastard who has all of [[WretchedHive Roanapur]] afraid of him.
** You also have Garcia Lovelace.
** [[spoiler: And, in one of the {{Omake}} episodes, Sgt. Boris of the ''Vysotniki''. He was apparently a skinny {{Shonen}} boy, who joined the Soviet Army to get tougher.]]

* As ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' completed its [[GenreShift transformation]] into a fighting {{shounen}}, the ([[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many]]) characters went and plundered the badass warehouse:

*** Both Ash and Iris get one that needs to be said. At their introduction, they are novice trainers with little to no experience. Come in ''Journeys'' and [[spoiler: both are Champions, Ash of Alola and Iris of Unova, and they are seriously strong]].
*** In the same season, Iris's Axew has been revealed [[spoiler: to have evolved into Haxorus. And according to Iris, he's her strongest Pokémon]].

** Only in the original game, unfortunately. In the Fate route Shirou still seems rather pathetic at the end of the series despite changing that attitude about halfway through the story. In Unlimited Blade Works and Heaven's Feel, on the other hand, he racks up a laundry list of [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moments of Awesome]] and arguably becomes even more badass than Archer at his best thanks to his unstoppable {{Determinator}} status.
** Now that the Unlimited Blade Works was released we can see how Shirou becomes more badass especially in [[spoiler: his epic fight with the King of Heroes Gilgamesh.]]

** To put it on perspective: BigBad Tadaomi is ultra powerful because he's been training in his pyrokinetic abilities for years, [[spoiler: Shou]] controls [[spoiler: his]] wind "magic" fairly well too (though we're not sure of how long [[spoiler: he]]'s been working on them)... but after Mio finds out that she has water powers, ''[[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl she]] manages to control the basics in few days [[HowDoIShotWeb and with next-to-none proper training]].''

** [[spoiler: Played straight after the one year time skip thanks to her Star Dresses. While she admits that she's not on Natsu's level if he decided to go all out, she could still give him a good sparring session. She actually becomes strong enough to take out several mooks with one hit, and is willing to stand up to the PraetorianGuard of the BigBad.]]

* The spinoff series ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' takes this trope and goes Plus Ultra with the protagonist Koichi Haimawari AKA The Crawler. At the start of the series, he has zero combat ability and the power to slide around at the speed of a bike when he has three points touching the ground, with the drawback that he can't slow himself or stop. Over the course of the story, he learns how to increase his acceleration to the point where he outpaces speedsters like Ingenium, shift momentum on a dime, cling to any surface, kick off the air to functionally fly, and fire off blasts of air pressure that range from being as strong as a punch to causing TorsoWithAView. By the time of [[spoiler: his final fight with [[SuperSpeed Num]][[HealingFactor ber]] [[ShapeShifting Si]][[BoomInTheHand x]]]] his skills and powers have reached the point where [[spoiler: he's subconsciously countering attacks moving faster than bullets, creating barriers of force to deflect blows anywhere on his body or let him move normally no matter his condition, and unleashing multiple punches powerful enough to blow gaping holes in [[OneWingedAngel Six's building-sized plasma monster form]] in an instant.]] [[spoiler: All For One himself]] describes his quirk's evolution as "beyond the singularity," an utterly unprecedented occurrence in-universe that even [[spoiler: he hasn't seen in his 200 years]]. It says something that [[spoiler: Six, [[StoryBreakerPower a massive threat who could plausibly take down any hero not named All Might]], is continually outmatched throughout their battle and has to pull out not one but THREE [[OneWingedAngel transformations]] to keep Koichi backed into a corner.]]

* The spinoff series ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' takes this trope and goes Plus Ultra with the protagonist Koichi Haimawari/The Crawler. At the start of the series, he has zero combat ability and the power to slide around at the speed of a bike when he has three points touching the ground, with the drawback that he can't slow himself or stop. Over the course of the story, he learns how to increase his acceleration to the point where he outpaces speedsters like Ingenium, shift momentum on a dime, cling to any surface, kick off the air to functionally fly, and fire off blasts of air pressure that range from being as strong as a punch to causing TorsoWithAView. By the time of [[spoiler: his final fight with [[SuperSpeed Num]][[HealingFactor ber]] [[ShapeShifting Si]][[BoomInTheHand x]]]] his skills and powers have reached the point where [[spoiler: he's subconsciously countering attacks moving faster than bullets, creating barriers of force to deflect blows anywhere on his body or let him move normally no matter his condition, and unleashing multiple punches powerful enough to blow gaping holes in [[OneWingedAngel Six's building-sized plasma monster form]] in an instant.]] [[spoiler: All For One himself]] describes his quirk's evolution as "beyond the singularity," an utterly unprecedented occurrence in-universe that even [[spoiler: he hasn't seen in his 200 years]]. It says something that [[spoiler: Six, [[StoryBreakerPower a massive threat who could plausibly take down any hero not named All Might]], is continually outmatched throughout their battle and has to pull out not one but THREE [[OneWingedAngel transformations]] to keep Koichi backed into a corner.]]

* The spinoff series ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' takes this trend and goes Plus Ultra with the protagonist Koichi Haimawari/The Crawler. At the start of the series, he has zero combat ability and the power to slide around at the speed of a bike when he has three points touching the ground, with the drawback that he can't slow himself or stop. Over the course of the story, he learns how to increase his acceleration to the point where he outpaces speedsters like Ingenium, shift momentum on a dime, cling to any surface, kick off the air to functionally fly, and fire off blasts of air pressure that range from being as strong as a punch to causing TorsoWithAView. By the time of [[spoiler: his final fight with [[SuperSpeed Num]][[HealingFactor ber]] [[ShapeShifting Si]][[BoomInTheHand x]]]] his skills and powers have reached the point where [[spoiler: he's subconsciously countering attacks moving faster than bullets, creating barriers of force to deflect blows anywhere on his body or let him move normally no matter his condition, and unleashing multiple punches powerful enough to blow gaping holes in [[OneWingedAngel Six's building-sized plasma monster form]] in an instant.]] [[spoiler: All For One himself]] describes his quirk's evolution as "beyond the singularity," an utterly unprecedented occurrence in-universe that even [[spoiler: he hasn't seen in his 200 years]]. It says something that [[spoiler: Six, [[StoryBreakerPower a massive threat who could plausibly take down any hero not named All Might]], is continually outmatched throughout their battle and has to pull out not one but THREE [[OneWingedAngel transformations]] to keep Koichi backed into a corner.]]

* The spinoff series ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes'' takes this trend and goes Plus Ultra with the protagonist Koichi Haimawari/The Crawler. At the start of the series, he has zero combat ability and the power to slide around at the speed of a bike when he has three points touching the ground, with the drawback that he can't slow himself or stop. Over the course of the story, he learns how to increase his acceleration to the point where he outpaces speedsters like Ingenium, shift momentum on a dime, cling to any surface, kick off the air to functionally fly, and fire off blasts of air pressure that range from being as strong as a punch to causing TorsoWithAView. By the time of [[spoiler: his final fight with [[SuperSpeed Num]][[HealingFactor ber]] [[ShapeShifting Si]][[BoomInTheHand x]]]] his skills and powers have reached the point where [[spoiler: he's subconsciously countering attacks moving faster than bullets, creating barriers of force to deflect blows anywhere on his body or let him move normally no matter his condition, and unleashing multiple punches powerful enough to blow gaping holes in [[OneWingedAngel Six's building-sized plasma monster form]] in an instant.]] [[spoiler: All For One himself]] describes his quirk's evolution as "beyond the singularity," an utterly unprecedented occurrence in-universe that even [[spoiler: he hasn't seen in his 200 years]]. It says something that [[spoiler: Six, [[StoryBreakerPower a massive threat who could plausibly take down any hero not named All Might]], is continually outmatched throughout their battle and has to pull out not one but THREE[[OneWingedAngel transformations]] to keep Koichi backed into a corner.]]