9 most powerful finishing moves in shonen anime, ranked

The shonen anime genre places great importance on combat and fighting, which shows how essential the concept of combat is to the genre as a whole. So, naturally, the franchises that fall into this anime subgenre have shown incredibly strong skills throughout the series.

As is often the case with this trend in the genre, there are some skills that are much more powerful than others, and they are often among the most powerful characters in the series. So, in this article, we will look at some of the most powerful finishing moves in the shonen anime genre that can end an entire battle with just one use.

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Zanka no Tachi is Yamamoto's legendary bankai.

Japanese cartoon movies: bleach

As the most offensively powerful Bankai of all bleach Yamamoto's ultimate attack in the series is the pinnacle of the Flame-type Zanpakutō. This bankai allows Yamamoto's sword to burn at 15 million degrees, making it so impossibly hot that it cannot even burn the target, but simply annihilates it. Even when not used in battle, the fire was so hot that it could completely dry out the entire Soul Society, and even the slightest touch would cause huge cracks to form in the ground.

United States Of Smash is a very powerful attack.

Japanese cartoon movies: My Hero Academia

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United States of Smash is the most powerful technique in All Might's arsenal and the most powerful application of the One For All Quirk. By gathering all his energy and focusing it into one fist, All Might unleashes the most powerful smash attack in the entire series. Its intensity is so astronomical that it leaves huge craters around the user and creates small tornadoes of wind. When All Might used it, it took everything away from him.

Night Guy Almost Killed God

Japanese cartoon movies: naruto

When faced with the wrath of Madara's ultimate form, the entire Shinobi alliance was unable to stand against him due to his impermeability to almost any type of Jutsu. But knowing that Taijutsu was one of his only weaknesses, Guy opened the Eighth Door of Death and launched his ultimate attack. Night Guy, who almost killed Madara, made him admit that Guy was the only person since Hashirama that made him so horny. If Night Guy wasn't so burdensome, using it again on Madara might kill him.

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The Bajrang Gun dwarfed the entire island.

Japanese cartoon movies: one piece

one piece This isn't a series known for its incredibly powerful offensive attacks. But despite this, Luffy's Bajrang Gun remains the most powerful attack we've ever seen in the series. Gear 5 allowed Luffy to inflate his fists larger than Onigashima and coat them with advanced armored Haki, allowing him to unleash a barrage of fists that destroyed the island and sent Kaido straight into the depths of Wano.

Domain extension is an instant win

Japanese cartoon movies: Do a jujutsu

power system Do a jujutsu The franchise is one of the best anime, and its culmination is Domain Extension. This is the most powerful skill in the entire series, available only to the strongest wizards, and when applied to any combat situation, victory is usually guaranteed to whoever uses it. Many domain extensions are competing to be the most powerful, but no matter who uses them, they will almost certainly win the matchup every time they are used.

Saitama's Serious Punch Could Destroy a Planet

Japanese cartoon movies: One Punch Man

From this point on, power scaling goes up several levels, and Saitama's Serious Punch is a perfect example of this. Defined by his unparalleled strength, Saitama possesses the ability to end any fight he has ever been in with one serious punch, yet most opponents cannot withstand even his regular punches. Over the course of the series, Saitama has eliminated galactic-level threats and destroyed entire planets with a single serious punch, making him one of the most powerful characters in anime.

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The Super 1000 Won Breakthrough Giga Drill break is incredibly large.

Japanese cartoon movies: Gurren Lagann

Super Tengen Breakthrough Gurren Lagann A space-sized mecha
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An animation about machines eventually becomes off-world in scale during the final battle with the Anti-Spiral. The Giga Drill Break used in this fight is similar to virtually every other version, but what makes it so insanely powerful is its sheer scale, as its scale and components of the final battle are thousands of times the size of the entire universe. That is why the Giga Drill Break used in the ultimate clash is enough to end the entire reality.

Hakai is the power to erase existence

Japanese cartoon movies: dragon ball super

greatest force overall dragon ball The franchise is Hakai. Because this is the signature technique of the Multiverse God of Destruction. Destroyers are the simplest to understand, as they can use them to completely erase objects from existence, whether they are as small as a pebble or as large as a planet. To make it even more powerful, Beerus has been shown to erase conceptual and intangible entities as well. The most powerful version of this technique is theorized to be Grand Zeno's, which easily erased the entire universe, making it the most powerful technique in all of anime.

Gold Experience Requiem is the best ability

Japanese cartoon movies: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Golden Wind

Gold Experience was a noticeably powerful Stand on its own, but its awakened form through Requiem Arrow was its most powerful ability ever. Although not an 'attack' in the traditional sense, Gold Experience Requiem can essentially take any attack against the user and revert it to zero, essentially giving the user control over causality itself and keeping the user safe from all harm. Not only this, GER sends the offender into an infinite loop of death. Here they are trapped in endless scenarios of dying through various means across all realities, making it perhaps the most overwhelming thing in the anime.

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