

In some shonen anime, there is this trope of a hidden power system that is
sometimes foreshadowed throughout the series, and eventually learned by the
protagonist(s). Typically, it's a power used by essentially all characters
past a certain power-level threshold, and is vital for the protagonist(s) to
learn to continue fighting tougher opponents.

Specifically, however, these powers are capable of being learned by any person
and have very consistent rules for all users. But, at the same time, are
typically unknown to the public due to secrecy by users, an extreme difficulty
curve, etc.

Usually they are used alongside the unique, natural talents/powers the
protagonists were born with/trained up until that point in the story.

The most obvious example is Haki from One Piece. The second most obvious would
probably be Nen from Hunter X Hunter. A smaller example would be the
"Incarnate System" from Accel World.

Is there a name to describe this trope of these hidden/revised power systems?


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Is there a name to describe the shonen trope of "secret power systems"?