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Charlotte is a very interesting show featuring people with powerful abilities,
but all of them have limitations. For example, the "time jump" ability makes
the user's vision fade, and the "high speed" ability causes the user to move
at an uncontrollable but very fast speed. The "plunder" ability is introduced
late in the game, and it

> allows the user to steal other ability-wielder's abilities.

However, as far as I can remember, there was never a limitation for this
ability explicitly declared. Did I miss something? Are there no limitations?


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Limitations on "plunder" ability?


The direct repercussion of using the plunder ability is that the user is
knocked out for 5 seconds.

However, if the ability is used many times, it indirectly causes the user to
lose their memory. As mentioned on the [Wikia article on Yū
Otosaka](http://charlotte-anime.wikia.com/wiki/Y%C5%AB_Otosaka):

> Over the course of his journey, Yū's abilities, as well as the constant
> danger he faces, begin to take their toll on him. He shows signs of PTSD and
> is unable to sleep, and if he does sleep he sleepwalks and attacks enemy
> ability users as well as innocent civilians. Gaps in his memory start to
> form, and he finds himself unable to remember either his past or his goal.
> He isn't even able to remember Nao, but he is able to remember their
> promise.

It is also explicitly mentioned there as:

> Although "Plunder" has a side effect. The more people he loots abilities
> from, the more memories he loses.


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There's two side effects. The first is immediately noticeable: he cannot
control his own body when he is controlling someone else's. This results in
his body slumping over awkwardly.

The second effect is less obvious. The more he uses his ability, the more
memories he loses. This is likely due to the sheer amount of the brain all of
these abilities are taking up.

This second effect can be seen gradually increasing as he forgets his mission,
his friends, and eventually everything in the last episode.

It seems reasonable that he gets two negative side-effects like this since his
ability lets him control people's bodies and steal abilities.


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