All-Powerful Bystander: Difference between revisions

== Anime and Manga ==

* Ryuk, from ''[[Death Note]]''. He could use his shinigami eyes to kill L and solve all of Light's problems at any moment, but chooses not to. This is because, in his own words, [[Intrigued by Humanity|"Humans are so interesting."]]

** Expanded on when {{spoiler|Watanuki}} takes over the job from her. He keeps undercharging, and gets mysterious injuries proportional in severity to how much he undercharges.

* Seijuro Hiko from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' taught the main character every sword skill he knows, except that, unlike Kenshin, Hiko's got the raw muscular power to use Hiten Mitsurigi style to its fullest, and doesn't bother with Kenshin's [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]] philosophy. [[Word of God|The author stated outright]] that Hiko was far too powerful for anyone else in the series to handle. That's why he was made too apathetic and anti-social to ever go after the [[Big Bad]]s himself.