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Something I find strange in One Punch Man is, it seems no all kinds of power
seems to exist in the story. I mean, what we usually see is, people with
increased strenght, resistance, regeneration, speed, (all augmentations of
natural human habilities), ESP, and people who increased their power through
artifacts such as cyborgs, people using special guns (like golden ball, spring
mustachio, stinger, etc) and that's it. We dont see for example, heroes who
can manipulate ice or fire without artifacts , invisibility, people who can
naturally fire beams, wind control, water control, animal control, etc. May be
I'm wrong and I don't know all the heroes, but isnt it so?

Can heroes have any kind of powers in One Punch Man?


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Can heroes have any kind of powers in One Punch Man?


I think that _a definite or correct answer to this question can only be
provided by the mangaka himself/herself_ as someone else might entail the need
for speculation. I'll provide my views, however.

**We dont see for example, heroes who can manipulate ice or fire without
artifacts , invisibility, people who can naturally fire beams, wind control,
water control, animal control, etc.** Almost all of the powers you mentioned
here can be done by [espers](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Esper),
except for invisibility and naturally fire beams, whatever kind of beams they
may be. There's really no such thing as impossible when it comes to an author
and his/her story. Anything can be made possible if the mangaka can create a
situation to make things not previously included in his/her story to be
possible.

However, the problem I see with ONE including, for example, invisibility and
fire beams, and why I think we would not see them anytime soon, is that it is
unoriginal. In _One-Punch Man_ , most of the heroes apart from espers,
acquired their abilities via training or some other means later in life.
**They were not born with them, which sets the story apart**. Including a part
where people are now born with different abilities would make it seem like
_Boku no Hero Academia_ or _X-Men_.

Although, again, who knows. The mangaka has control of the story so if he can
make it work, then I have no complaints. So, yes, heroes can have any kind of
powers in _One-Punch Man_ if the mangaka wills it so.


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I dont know if it's canon or it should be considered "filler", but in th new
OVA 1 of season 2 (not released at the time of the question),

> Heroes who can manipulate ice, fire and animals appeared


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