Simple works because you can do more with less restraint. In a complex power system, abilities need to be justified. In a simple one they can just be done
Undead Unluck is a perfect example of a power system where the logic is up to the user because it very much is. Negators are only limited by themselves and their beliefs. this gives the author so much room to work with with out retconning anything.
@smoke4818 I watched up until the episode where the protaganist kills the girl who could make a force field then we find out the undead guys past with him being chained up
Something I love about Naruto’s power system is that, theoretically, anyone can learn to do anything. It’s all just different forms of chakra manipulation, so if you have enough chakra and know-how, you can most likely pull it off. Even Kamui can be replicated with a combination of fuinjutsu and space-time ninjutsu(though, to be fair, fuinjutsu can do pretty much anything).
@@StriderWolf incorrect. It was stated in the Land Of Waves Arc that bloodlines can be replicated by studying the corpse of a ninja who possesses one, which is one of the reasons that hunter Ninja burn the bodies of missing nin they kill. Tailed Beasts, however, while it’s true that not just anybody can create them, replicating their chakra and abilities is theoretically doable, if you manage to get your hands on even a little. For example, the Gold and Silver brothers started generating their own Kurama Chakra after he ate them and they kept themselves alive by eating his flesh, absorbing his chakra by doing so.
Flight, energy blast, telekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, getting frickin buff, opening wormholes, stopping time, am speed, multiplying buff-ness, or, best of all, CLOTHES RAY!
@@azzamramadhanusmira6226 Yes it is. Dargon Ball actually has a few different power systems. There is the most popular, Ki. There is Also Magic, Telekinesis, God Ki, and more that I cant even remember all that well.
Thank you for this video Salad. When trying to make my own story I would sometimes worry if people wouldn't be interested if there isn't some large power system with a 50 page rule book you need in order to understand. Simplicity does not inherently mean lesser quality.
My favorite simple power system is pyrokinesis from fire force. There’s just so much variety on how the characters use produce and manipulate fire. Each one has their own spin on it but always originating from those 2 abilities.
@nelisezpasce yep. It's technically the same system of magic under different aspects while also being completely different magic systems. This fact is already more complicated than many other power systems
@@Rob-nk2fd I don't even know exactly how many systems are there, because non-mages can still inherit genetic psychic abilities, Dead Apostles and Church members may or may not employ spells, and mountain people from the 1980s haven't interacted with Spiritron Hackers from the 2030s yet as far as I know.
I actually like Bleach's concept. Characters have unique abilities either simple or complex, but what matters is Reiatsu. If your Reiatsu isn't high enough you can't damage your opponent, kinda like how a skilled level 10 player faces off against a level 100 player without any experience
@@AmbivalentRay i think a healthy medium is if your reiatsu/cursed energy/ki overly eclipses your opponents i think the abilities effect would be less and less effective, but not making it a dik measuring comp with power levels
I love how many stories have their own unique form of power systems. Meanwhile Dragonball's power system is simply, "Just lift bro. And be sure to meditate as well."
No, Dragonball has 3 different facets at least, Ki, Magic and god ki. meditation is just part of martial arts and has nothing to do with the power system
That’s why I love in dragon ball it’s so simple and my fav and quirks too amd magic too ( fairy tail and black clover )also ninjutsu from the naruto series
thats becaue they don't use magic.. and chakra is not simple. there's 5 element affinity those elements can mix into different things, like kekkai genkai or kekkai tota, there's senjutsu which is an entirely different thing. there's also shinjutsu and karma.
I think devil fruit was SO much better than haki. Oda making haki less relevant with the awakenings stuff was the best decision, because wow, giving everyone the same super perception + super resistance + super damage power set that negates everything else made every fight just a Haki measuring contest. Who wouldda thunk it?! The advanced forms of haki were at best a bandaid to that problem, but making some fruit able to work despite haki was the much better decision.
exactly, I think people hate the power system too much, they act as if haki or fruits have to be at the "nen" level its works for the world and storytelling of one piece
@@Ninja-ixyBeing able to touch people that can turn into smoke, sand, mochi, or in the case of Luffy, be immune to blunt damage via rubber among other intangible elements is why Haki needed to exist.
@@Ninja-ixy To add on too, I think Haki is cool and works well at least in the sly way its been introduced so far in the time skip where I'm at. Without Haki, I was beginning to question how Zoro would keep up with Luffy but it balances the field.
Although you talking about "Simple power system" in this video, but i want to talk about one perticular manga that didn't have any types of power system, but still has potential to compete with manga with "simple power system". I am talking about Yuto Suzuki's "Sakamoto Days", even though this manga didn't have a power system, it's still amaze me how Yuto Suzuki's deliver us sach a unique but simple fight at the same time! Btw you should guys check it out this manga
I like atla the most the elements and how only the avatar can wield all four but each element also has diffrent subdivisions earth with metal and lavabend Water with healing and blood bending and so much more😊
Having a simpler system means the author has to spend less time worrying about the specific intricacies and rules of their system and just let it do what it needs for the sake of moving the story along. It also means the audience can move on without having to be constantly reminded of particular rules to not get lost.
@@xande5345 but jjk is easy compare to nen the only think i could agree its is in the last couple of chapters, the power system and the power scalation is kinda over the place
@@guilhermepupo2840 how is it easier? Especially when, most of the time, the only relevant part of the power system to HxH's plot and fights is Hatsu; the other principles and techniques are used very marginally, unlike in JJK
@@mattb.7079 conditions, restrictions and vows... and the names of nen being much similar can cause some confusion to understand like ren,ten,ken,en and more
Fairy Tail's Power System is Simple. Some people have Dragon Slayer Magic Like Natsu, Some People Have Ice Maker Magic, Some have Celestal Magic and more.
Only problem is inconsistency in scaling the system, the power system simple & works but also needs some consistency but every thing is friendship power
I would say it straddles the line between a hard and soft power system, leaning more toward the former. With cursed techniques being unending in variety, but the foundations of jujutsu and cursed energy having very set in stone characteristics
Till this day I don’t fully understand the power system lol but as long as it has good animation idc. I’m not the biggest fan of jjk I just watch for some of the side cast such as mei mei / gojo / maki / yuta and some others. Yuta is so bad ass
I like simple power system, especially when the power is just, complete this dungeon and obtain this object, fight other pirates to obtain this fruit. Is like a reward for a Challenge. My problem with this kind of powers is when they are not unique. My example is black clover, yuno has air magic, whats the diference between his air birds, air arrows, air tornado or air kamehameha? Nothing, this makes the fights worse, because nothing is happening they are just spaming attacks. ( Black clover also have good examples, like darkness, light and time.)
I think you hit the nail on the head you need to find a balance for authors if they want to make their power system more complex they need to make it easier for their readers to understand. JJK is a perfect example of that and so far I think Kagubachi has that balance as well. But I think simple is easy because it’s easier to understand obviously but the authors doesn’t restrict themselves from doing whatever they want as long as it makes sense and fits the power system
I think the real distinction here is, the simpler a power system is while doing what it needs to for the story, the better. Stuff like Stands and Nen and jujutsu work because the rules are always there, and they're simple. Stands just say "they have an ability, and possibly a punch ghost". Nen says "you have aura, and you can make pacts to trade anything for anything else. go wild." Jujutsu says the same, but with a different energy and inborn abilities to fit the... actually, honestly, JJK's setting is probably less dark than HxH, if only because HxH was probably that way to be all 'watch humans take something completely neutral and consistently turn it into evil'. Mistborn is another great example of a system that lays down a simple, easy to understand basis for all of its three (!) power systems, and sticks to them. The other side of the scale, the bad ones, fairy tail and black clover. I hate these power systems. The core of them, in both cases, is "they have magic, they absorb it from the air and store it in their body, they can expend it to cast spells, they get new spells by xyz". Some things, like black clover's mana zone, are good and fine, they're a natural extension of the core. Then the authors start grafting bits on to explain plot contrivances. Oops, they made their villain immune to all magic, better make it all magic except this sort! And also this sort, because this guy doesn't have that other sort! Oh, and this one too. Suddenly Black Clover has like five different types of magic, of which one actually has a tangible difference (true magic making real lightning instead of lightning-y magic), the rest are just handwavey same thing bigger explosion. Adding complexity is to be avoided wherever possible, it must be worth it, there must be a point to it. Else it's just bloat. Also, distinction between power and power system, obviously the abilities in Jojo's and HxH are sometimes convoluted, but that's a whole different thing. I do think the principle also applies there, though, Jojo's worst stands are the most complicated ones.
I like black clover power system and how it's tied to character development most of the time and i i think u have misconception their only 3 types of magic in black clover , normal magic, true magic and ultimate magic Normal magic is just magic everyone uses or magic that comes from your own magic supply. True magic u are using nature mana to power your magic instead of your own magic supply, it's similar to how naruto absorbs nature energy to enter sage mode and use senjutsu, that's true magic basically uses nature mana to power your spells it's called true magic bc they are taking mana from nature Ultimate magic is just magic but with a higher output, it's similar to gyo from hxh where they can raise there nen output temporarily for advantage similarly mages in black clover they raise the level of magic they normally use , for a particular spell Stuff like spirit magic and devil/forbidden magic are not necessarily types of magic, they are just magic unique to different races , think of it like dragonball where they have god ki , demon ki and evil ki , think of it like naruto where u have tailed beast chakra and six paths chakra , they have different names but they still do the same thing they are just more powerful similarly how god ki is usually more potent than regular ki and how tailed beast chakra is more potent than normal chakra, Also they don't absorb magic from their surroundings, ppl in black clover subconsciously turn their life energy into magic, stuff like zetten is just consciously using your life energy to make more magical energy to boost what u already have for a brief burst of power it's similar to how goku can launch attack that is greater than his own power level by using the kamehameha encae u dont the Kamehameha multiples the user power level by 2 for brief moment If u don't understand i can explain more if u want
i like that the binding vow can be used that way. asspulls in fiction are common, but binding vow has the extra component of the cost. as long as the price sukuna has to pay feels fair to us, then the vow works. right now, it might seem that the writing failed but we don't know how the costs of the binding vows sukuna made will come into play in his eventual defeat.
The main issue with simpler power systems is they're especially vulnerable to power-creep. When you don't have many mechanics going on the choice is either to introduce new ones to expand your narrative options with horizontal progression or you can increase the numbers (so to speak) to create the sensation of progression by growing linearly. This is partly why the latter arcs of Shounen manga can be the most underwhelming in any given series, they've exhausted the earlier creative potential of their power system and are just making everything bigger-er-er to compensate.
@@guilhermepupo2840 I wouldn't call the Chimera Ants a bad example at all. They are much stronger than anything we've seen before, but the way they are dealt with prevents the series from losing itself in power creep. The only major problem that I have is Nanika, because it can do pretty much everything if Killua so desires and it negates consequences
Ok is the best and worst power system it’s so simple that it basically has no rules so most of the time its just beam attack but occasionally toriyama can deliver interesting abilities without breaking the power systems rules because basically it’s just you have energy that you can use and it can do things like shoot beams make you teleport etc but sometimes it’s just to simple but for dragon ball I think it works despite the flaws
I fully agree with your video. When the power system is simple, and has hard rules, it feels intuitive. When you break those rules as well, it feels like a big deal. Logia types in one piece were seen as being op since you would as the question "how can you deal with them". They were overpowered. So when you brought haki into it, it felt like a big deal. You can now deal with logia types using haki which can negate their elements. Plus since haki itself has more softer rules, you can get away with bending the rules a bit, or adding onto it whilst remaining consistent. This is also why the fight between enel and luffy was a big deal since enel was seen as a super op character. Someone who was destroying the whole strawhat crew. So luffy countering him felt extremely intuitive because he was made out of rubber. It was basically a very well done deus ex machina. It allowed you to close the gap between enel and luffy, without compromising enel's strength. You didn't need to make enel weaker, or make luffy stronger. Or create some muddy situation where this occurs. It just felt right. I personally do prefer simple systems over complex ones. Since if you just say that you have some "magic force" instilled in you, it pretty much gives you the ability to get away with anything. You don't necessary have any rules you follow. You can do anything because your "magic force" makes it so. But if you have this "magic force" and you have rules put into them, it feels better too.
That's what i think about chainsaw man power system which is like personification of simple power system. Their are devil which are feared and that makes them powerful and hybrids can't be normally killed. A simple system which gives author to have freedom to do whatever crazy shit he want to do.
simple is just better cuz its not complicated and not hard to follow however some complex like cursed energy works well as theres a lot of creativity behind it and makes it interesting
Thank you for the video. Your editing is fantastic, and your points are well articulated. Bravo. I respectfully disagree with many of your points, more so how they apply to specific examples than the overarching idea, but that's irrelevant. It's interesting to see an opposing viewpoint articulated well and in an enjoyable way. So again, thanks for the video.
@@MohamedDekkal-yy3uh the difference is that dragon ball doesn't do anything interesting with ki. Ki kinda just does everything with little justification, it feels like ass pulls when you look at it from a big picture perspective. Nen is based on ki ultimately, but because it takes the time to categorize, explain, and subdivide itself it feels more like aspects of the system are being revealed to the audience.
@@uboa8060 how not? the dbs literraly expand the concept new apliccations of ki like hakai and blade or scythe of goku black even god ki the aspect i could agree it is underused is magic in dragon ball like moro
I like what baki and kengan ashura do where all of their abilities aren't because of some super natural force but because they're simply built different.
good video people act like every power system has to be the next "nen" or look down on other power systems just because they don't work like "nen"(look for you hunter x hunter fans) simpler power systems help the authors to don't have to think too much or Maybe the focus is on other things like world building (One Piece) or use the power system for character development (Chainsaw Man) just take Pokemon as an example, it's a simple system that everyone likes and leaves a lot of freedom to expand like mega evolutions all things the power system need most is consitency and execution another example would be avatar, simple 4 elements but they are works both in world building and philosophy
fun fact. one piece has 3 power systems actually. its devil druits, haki, swords. as we've seen swords in one piece actually kinda have a mind of their own and their own will power. we've also seen swords get stronger as the story progressed.
I honestly never understood the idea of calling stuff like Devil Fruits and Quirks a power system. Its like saying being a mutant or Meta Human or falling into vat of chemicals in Marvel and DC is a power system. In order to be a called a system, a power system should be more than just a set of abilities that all share a name with very little tying them together. Like Chakra and Ki are power systems which have an infinite number of possibilities that anyone with either energies can use to create a variety of abilities but its all ties back to a very basic source. Someone with Ki can do anything someone else with Ki can do but there also has plenty of freedom so they can create their own techniques. Chakra has more restrictions and rules and functions, but there's still enough room to where one person could theoretically do what another person does while also having the freedom to create their own techniques. In the case of DFs there's no underlying thing that ties them together beyond, eat a fruit, get a power lose the ability to swim. And in the case of Quirks its just, be born with a quirk that may or may not have some kind of physical drawback or handicap. Someone who eats one fruit or is born with one quirk can't do the same things that someone with a completely different DF power or quirk can do. A Quake Quake person can't do stuff a Dog Dog person can do and vice versa. Someone with Pop-Off can't do what someone with Explosion can do. There's no real system at play, just people with a differing abilities, some more similar than others. Sure, quirks and DF can be awakened or improved and are split into types, but you're hard limited to what you can do with that ability. Haki is very power system because anyone with access to a specific kind of Haki can do the same thing with enough effort. You may need to be born with Conqueror's Haki, but one person with Conqueror's Haki can do the same things another can.
I love this video it highlights some power systems that are looked down upon because they lack endless layers of complexity. Don’t get me wrong complex power systems can be interesting but tend to be to much. Simple system like the ones listed are good because their simple but very rooted in their stories rules, And they’re cool. I’d pick most of these over Nen just me personally.
First thoughts at the start of the video: I like the thumbnail (i clicked because of it), i like your voice, and your editing style. Maybe try giving some pauses when doing transitions? Voice is already fast enough so it becomes a white noise when too consistent
Personally, I tend to like simpler power systems compared to complex ones Chakra is one of my favorite systems but i feel its like the perfect middle ground of both simple and complex The Magic in Fairy Tail is also generally pretty good, given that almost anyone with a container can learn any type of magic, no limits to what they can learn, that is if they choose to learn it and then there's the magic they're born with they can learn, like Erza's Telekinesis Magic Dragon Ball's power system is also generally fantastic as well, easy to understand and anyone can learn Ki, if they choose to, don't know about the other energies, which aside from God Ki, I assume anyone can learn the other ones as well But in terms of wild power sustems, I gotta go with the Guyver's power system, the suits, tye Zoanoids anf Zoalords... Intense stuff that tickles my brain something good
I prefer a simple power system and simple doesn’t automatically equal lesser. This is a Shonen magazine revolving around combat. I don’t need a 5 page essay on why someone’s punch or energy blast didn’t land.
Id actually argue that HxH has a pretty simple power system. It just allows for massive diversity of usage and the complexity is only really added for individuals unique techniques.
It genuinely comes down to how good the writer is. Nen is complicated but everyone loves hxh. Ki is simple but everyone loves dragon ball. Cursed energy is just an asspull system but no one cares because they just like watching everyone fight lol
I think one of the best examples of a simple power system is magic in frieren. It's so simple, but by adding the concept of history metas science spetialties and visualization, it becomes so interesting.
I think a simple power system is calm as long as the scaling remain consistent. Like the introduction of god power in db fuqed the scaling where god ki is basically nothing.
@@bafenada1141 true but I was making that an example since super was a new show it had a chance to start something new with the god power and transformations & den it just went back to the regular old scaling once again lmao. I mean the original DB scaling wasn’t bad at all. Z had wonky scaling but it did take a twist when they introduced supreme Kai that stayed consistent because nobody could sense their ki so this was like an introduction to all the god stuff.
@@Fuegoaries Ah yeah true. I'm not up to date with the manga, but does any new important character after Zamasu even have God Ki? The only ones I can think of are the Gods of Destruction, Angels and Supreme Kais, but they all do basically nothing in the story
@@bafenada1141 fr😂 & bro nah, the only one who has something of god ki is toppo he has the destruction energy other than that nobody ultra instinct goku and jiren had this heat ki that was basically superior to everyone else fr whatever that was supposed to be tho.
Eh... Since the beggining there was 7 elements, plus blood lines, plus the rank of the jutsus, plus the hand seals, plus fuinjutsu, plus the tailed beasts, plus the three type of applications (taijutsu, ninjutsu and genjutsu)... It was never a simple system, and I'M guilty of thinking it was simple and should have appeared in this video at first, until I thought about it.
Kishimoto made the power systems in Naruto way too bloated. Everything can be solved with chakra because chakra covers every base which means that in order to be strong you just need a lot of chakra and jutsu to burn that chakra up and destroy shit. There’s no reason for a shinobi to fight like a shinobi when the alternative is summoning spirit bombs and killing god tier threats. I think Kishimoto wanted a big grand clusterfuck of match ups for the sake of pure spectacle without actually thinking of the many ways his choices spit in the face of the original limitations and consequences of chakra.
I don't get why people act like Naruto becoming the way it did in Shippuden was such a shock to people or felt out of left field. In Part 1 during the Valley of the End fight between Naruto and Sauske, it's told to us that the Valley itself was created by the fight between Hashirama and Madara. Part 1 establishes right there that the strongest shinobi in the verse are capable of reshaping entire landscapes. The only reason we didn't see more crazy shit early on in Konoha crush is because the Edo Kages were nerfed and Hiruzen was fighting Orochimaru in a barrier meant to contain the fight as to avoid more collateral damage to the village.
Sonic is literally god if the plot wants him to be, he may have frieza's potential, if we actually think about it, sonic just increases in power which is interesting but there are some inconsistency but every power scaling system will at some point have some inconsistency.
Personally I think that jjk's power system is absolutely atrocious. Mostly because the supposed depth is in the explanation, but not actually in the story, and that complexity destroyed the pacing and stakes of the plot and fights. The specific jujutsu that you referenced was one of the worst offenders, where the whole thing was about gambling, except he never misses his jackpot. So aaaall the complexity and risk that we wasted a week reading was just nothing, since he is just nigh immortal on an endless loop. Complexity can't come at the cost of intuition either. It should be that by understanding the system and you can predict how fights might go and see interesting ways for characters to use their powers. JJK has none of that. Every ounce of complexity is added as a retroactive justification for what looks to the reader like a complete ass-pull, there's no predictive element. It needs these endless long-winded discussions that completely derail the action because with out them the reader just loses all suspension of disbelief, says "well that was bullshit" and puts the manga down. That is not a well implemented system, objectively.
I personally think that Ki leans to be too simple. especially in the latter half of the series. Ki leaves no room for any interesting utility abilities to be useful in relevant fights. Let's look at Hit as an example that ability is useful and unique but Jiren broke out of it simply by being so much stronger than hit. A way that the z fighters could have remained relevant is by allowing them to have certain utility abilities that allow them to help in big fights but the last time I can really think of something like this happening is in the cell saga with tien tri beaming cell into the ground to delay him. That's a great example of a character who isn't on the level of the big fighters but found one spot where he could still help with utility rather than raw power. But there really hasn't been too much of that since.
I think YuYu Hakusho's Spirit/Demon Energy feels like a better version of Dragon Balls Ki. It leaves more room for tactics and use of unique abilities, although the series ran into a similar problem of power escalation later on
I don’t think it’s “too simple” at all, just that people expect it to be something it never was in the first place. Especially from people that aren’t long time fans and just hopped on the bandwagon when super came out and now have these random demands to forcibly change the power system into just another one from a different anime because that’s deemed “better”. If you’re only going to use a single example from dbs and not dragon ball as a whole which you originally claimed, that’s not an actual problem and you just your own preference for what you think ki should be and not liking how a fight ended.
@@LegendXD00 It is my opinion which is why the comment started with "I personally think" It is simply my taste that throughout all of dragon ball the power system of ki is just a little too simple for my personal liking. If you like it that's great! I just wish that Ki allowed for more utility which would allow people who aren't Goku/Vegeta/Gohan to participate in fights against the bigger enemies. Which is why I brought up tien in the cell saga. He was no where near the main cast in terms of power but he manage to find a spot where his specific technique was able to help out not by doing damage to cell but instead by holding cell down. I don't mind simple power systems but when it becomes too much of "That's a cool technique you've got there it's a shame I'm stronger than you so it's completely useless" (Hit vs ssbkk/Jiren) I just personally like it far less.
@@haydenmcqueen2503 It “being your opinion” doesn’t make it immune to criticism bud. Hiding behind that thinking it’s some scared text that can never be challenged is your own issue and is an annoying take people keep using to deflect from criticism. You’re also not doing much to address my actual points in favor of just repeating yourself even after I already tackled those same overused and frankly overrated claims people love to toss around to “improve dragon ball” when it’s just them trying to force the show into what they want it to he or into a different anime’s power system altogether. Again, you claimed ki as a whole is “too simple” because the show doesn’t go the way you want it to.
@@LegendXD00 I never said I want them to rewrite the DB to "improve Dragon Ball" Dragon Ball is what it is. Both for good and for bad. There are some hax abilities that aren't negated by simply being stronger than your opponent. there are some that are. We don't know if Ginyu's Bodyswap works on stronger opponents or not. Same with Guldo's Time stop. We have no clue if Devilman could do shit with his devilmite beam. Solar Flare does seem to work against stronger opponents but there are very few examples as it's rarely used. Destructo disc is a strange one. Krillin used it against Cell Max to cut his wing. (In the movie he cut his cheek) In the Cell Saga, Krillin hits Cell in the neck with a destructo disk only for it to do literally nothing and then Cell later threw destructo discs at Gohan only for gohan to catch them and then throw them back at him. We've been over TIme Skip. We don't know if Dabura's spit would do much though since it's Magic and not KI. Future Trunks did deflect it with his hands so I'm not sure. Buu's candy beam did turn Vegito to candy but Vegito was able to resist it by keeping his power and consciousness and continued to manhandle buu so I guess it kinda worked? They just used a ki barrier to block lavender's poison. Mafuba does work against stronger opponents but there's a limit on how much stronger, it also drains your life force in return. Roshi said that he not only couldn't seal Zamasu but it would also kill him to try. So I think Mafuba is a pretty good example of a utility technique that works even on stronger opponents. However, Mafuba has many weaknesses which lead it being ultimately useless as a technique which further shows that utility abilities are rather lacking in DB imo. 1. There is a limit to how much stronger your opponent can be to you Roshi couldn't seal Zamasu for example. 2. It can easily just be deflected. 3. It can easily be redirected to hit the wrong target. 4. You have to have a container ready nearby. 5. The container can easily be broken/moved during the technique rendering it completely useless. 6. You can straight up hit your opponent but miss the container which means that if you use a small container which is ideal you have a much higher chance of missing the container. So there are some examples of utility movies that do still work and there are many examples where they're easily rendered completely ineffective. Which is simply my personal main problem with the series. If that doesn't bother you and you love Dragon Ball's power system as is that's also perfectly valid. It's simply a personal gripe I have as an individual. That is all.
I like complex power scaling, I don't like power scaling like DBZ/dbs: "oh my power level is 14005 and you only have a power of 14000 units " and one shot him (vegeta vs pui pui)
to me anything thats "each person has their own ability" is simple power system even thought it can be presented in complex way like jojo anything where "everyone has same ability" is complex to me but this can also be presented in simple way like fma or dragon ball. its just that with this system everyone can pull out random stuff they never did before in the series
Using the words simple and complex is quite vague and probably a bad idea. You should have just used the terms "soft magic system" and "hard magic system". There is a reason why these terms are preferred and it's because magic systems in fantasy can't be classified as just "simple" or "complex". No nead to retread ground and make up new terms. Worth noting, that a hard system can also be simple or complex. I just wanted to point out how weird the omission of those terms were given how they perfectly explain some aspects of the video.
