The hugely popular superhero anime series TIGER & BUNNY, the first of which was broadcast in 2011, is now back for the first time in 10 years. In a world where living things can be born with supernatural powers called NEXT, the story follows heroes with NEXT abilities as they struggle to tackle serious crimes, and features a variety of NEXT abilities. Here we've compiled a list of the NEXT abilities possessed by the heroes!
NEXT Part 1 Wild Tiger (Kaburagi T. Kotetsu) / "One Hundred Power"
Wild Tiger, the righteous destroyer, has a NEXT ability that increases his physical abilities by 100 times for just five minutes. When activated, his five senses are also strengthened and his natural healing ability is dramatically improved. However, once the five-minute time limit has passed, he cannot activate it again for one hour.
NEXT Part 2: Barnaby Brooks Jr. / "One Hundred Power"
Super rookie (super nobleman in season 2), Barnaby Brooks Jr. has the NEXT ability. His ability is the same One Hundred Power as Wild Tiger. However, unlike Tiger, he does not destroy anything uselessly and solves cases smartly. He teams up with Tiger, who has the same ability, and although they did not mesh at all at first, they gradually became more in sync and now show excellent cooperation.
NEXT Part 3 Wild Tiger (Kaburagi T. Kotetsu) / "One Hundred Power One Minute"
Wild Tiger's NEXT, whose effect time has been reduced to one minute due to a decrease in his abilities. Because of this, he once considered retiring from being a hero, but in the end he decided to announce his decrease in abilities to the public and work in the second division. He is later promoted back to the first division. In the past, the legendary hero Mr. Legend had the same abilities and was in the same situation.
NEXT Part 4 Blue Rose (Karina Lyle) / "Controlling Ice"
Blue Rose, a super idol in the hero world, has NEXT. It is the ability to freely shoot ice from the palm of her hand or a special gun, and it is an ability that can be applied in various situations such as firefighting and capturing criminals. From the second season, she has been paired with Golden Ryan.
NEXT Part 5 Rock Bison (Antonio Lopez) / "Body Hardening"
NEXT possessed by Rock Bison, the fierce bull tank of the West Coast. His ability is simply body strengthening that hardens his body like steel. He is a powerful type of NEXT that can deflect bullets and catch the car of a fleeing criminal. In the first season, his clumsy side was noticeable and there were many scenes where he was unable to play an active role or was defeated without realizing it, but in the second season, he is active as a senior hero and there are more scenes to show off.
NEXT Part 6: Origami Cyclone (Ivan Karelin) / "Mimicry"
NEXT possessed by Origami Cyclone, the master of imitation. His ability is the ability to mimic a person or inorganic object he touches. However, he does not copy the ability of that person. Since it is not a hero-oriented ability, but an ability that uses a trick, he himself was worried about whether he could make it as a hero, but in the movie version and the second season, he has become a hero who is not just able to be imitation due to his high physical ability and the application of his ability.
NEXT No. 7 Sky High (Keith Goodman) / "Controlling the Wind"
NEXT owned by Sky High, the wind magician (King of Heroes in the first half of the first season). NEXT combines offensive power and mobility, such as controlling strong winds to blow away enemies and objects, and flying freely in the sky using the jets on its back. In the second season, it teams up with Fire Emblem and becomes a leader in the hero industry, shining at the top of the rankings.
NEXT No. 8 Fire Emblem (Nathan Seymour) / "Controlling Fire"
The NEXT possessed by Bourgeois Direct Fire Grill, Fire Emblem. A NEXT that controls extremely powerful flames, its firepower is the highest among all existing NEXTs, excluding Lunatic. She is a veteran black okama and the president of a large company, and is relied upon by everyone, but she also suffered from gender identity disorder in the past.
NEXT Part 9: Dragon Kid (Huang Pao Lin) / "Controlling Lightning"
The NEXT of Dragon Kid, a lightning kung fu master. He fights by combining his own kung fu with NEXT in attacks. He is an honor student who has achieved results as a hero at a young age, and in the second season he teams up with the new hero Magical Cat.
NEXT No. 10 Golden Ryan (Ryan Goldsmith) / "Gravity Manipulation"
The NEXT possessed by Golden Ryan, the wandering prince of gravity. A powerful NEXT that can generate a gravity field within a radius of about 30m. Its weaknesses are that it cannot move while its ability is activated, and that it may involve its allies. It first appeared in the movie version and was thought to be a one-off guest character, but it unexpectedly becomes a regular character.
NEXT Part 11 Mr. Black (Subaru Sengoku) / "Barrier"
The NEXT of Mr. Black, the new hero who will appear in the second season, a man dressed in black. He has the ability to deploy a barrier around himself. It is the same ability as Jake Martinez, the strongest enemy that once faced the heroes, but unlike him, he does not seem to be able to skip the barrier or transfer it to physical strengthening. It is unclear whether there is a big difference in ability between him and Jake, or if it is due to lack of experience.
NEXT Part 12 Hees Thomas (Thomas Taurus) / "Psychokinesis"
The NEXT possessed by Hees Thomas, the one clad in white light, a new hero appearing in the second season. He can move anything remotely that he can lift. However, he cannot move anything that he cannot hold, so he works hard at muscle training every day.
NEXT Part 13 Magical Cat (Lara Chaikoskaya) / "Controlling Water"
The new hero appearing in the second season, the carnivorous witch, Magical Cat, has NEXT. With the ability to control water, she can not only put out fires, but her high-pressure water guns are extremely powerful. However, the output of the water seems to be greatly affected by her mental state, and she sometimes has trouble activating her ability.
【TIGER&BUNNY2】NEXT Summary
Here is a summary of the NEXT abilities of the heroes who appear! The new hero's NEXT ability also looked interesting. Black's ability was previously used by Jake, and Thomas's ability was similar to the baby's in the first season. The content of the second season is also consistently interesting, and we can look forward to the second part of the second season, which will be released soon! It's a limited release and not broadcast on terrestrial TV, so it's a bit of a hurdle to watch, but it was definitely interesting, so please give it a watch!
