It’s an established fact in Manga/Anime, if you don’t name your Ultimate move its just not powerful.
Like even Saitama named his ultimate move “Serious Punch” and so far it hasn’t failed.
My favorite is Gum Gum Bell
My thought is that it helps the audience know what exactly they’re doing. Not saying it’s necessary because I think a good visual indication will let the audience know, but I think that’s what they were maybe going for.
I really liked YuYu Hakusho for having big title cards whenever some characters would use attacks (and sometimes equipment/weapons) without yelling. It was also nice that the narrator would sometimes explain things quickly to not detract from the action, though they stopped doing that pretty early on, presumably because they assumed the audience would have a better grasp on things as the show progressed, or because the characters actually had a reason to assess or explain things.
The ol’ Brock effect, a character who’s job 90% of the time was to tell the audience what was going on. More forgivable in a kids show, used to happen way too much in more adult shows too
Especially in manga.
Pokemon world in shambles
Jujutsu kaisen lol
It does in Jujutsu Kaisen… sorta.
I like how in JJK it’s a chance to create variation in power levels while also allowing an in-universe reason to expo-dump about a character’s power.
It makes a shonen trope feel like these genius characters aren’t just giving away all their tricks for shits n giggles. But then sometimes we just get a total lack of explanation and that’s fine too because it’s more fun, and the character doesn’t need to (cough Sukuna)
False, the enemy is so amazed by your fucking swag that he is frozen in place. THAT’s when you hit em with the kamehameha.
My kiai says otherwise!
Jujutsu Kaisen would also like a word
Go Go Gadget Anime attack
Thunder breathing, first form
I’d have lost 90% of my hype if it wasn’t announced
Meanwhile Saitama whispers…
consecutive normal punches
Except in some power systems where it does.
PUNCH IN THE FACE!!!
I would watch MMA if one of them started doing this.
By the time it’s said, someone’s landed six of them.
Try telling that to a tennis player
Doesn’t count, he uses a multiplier.
I always just assumed they’re like magical spells and shouting the name is a requirement to cast them
i think my hero academia sorta does this? i know the protag at least has to concentrate and think in a certain way to manage to pull fancy moves off before he internalizes the activation and can really do it at will, and i think other characters have similar challenges?
“so clench your buttcheeks kid, and yell this from the depth of your heart: SMASH!”