Some people see the battlefield as a graveyard-in-the-making. Others see it as a stage to put on a performance. After all, when a person is not assured of coming back, they might as well make their last moments on Earth a spectacle for everyone to remember.
Magical girls are famous for their colorful attacks in anime, but shonen heroes aren't complete strangers when it comes to putting a little bit of style when they launch an attack. Some might use flashy lights, beautiful flowers, or even colorful costumes. In fact, some heroes might even have a different costume for every attack. There's even anime and manga like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure where practically all the characters are fabulously stylish killers and fighters.
10 Black Clover: Kirsch Vermillion Uses Cherry Blossom Magic
In a world where nearly everyone has some form of magic, Kirsch Vermillion has the power of Cherry Blossom Magic, which allows him to drown a battlefield in beautiful petals.
Style and beauty are reflected in his various attacks: "Clones of the Beautiful Me," "Magic Cherry Blossom Blizzard," and "Dance of 100 Million Cherry Blossoms." After all, with all the references to myths and fairy tales in the series, he seems patterned off of Narcissus himself.
9 Bleach: Charlotte Chuhlhourne Lives For Beauty
Charlotte Chuhlhourne is an Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army, meaning that he's a Hollow who removed his mask and obtained powers like a Shinigami. He believes beauty is a reflection of the heart and soul, making him come off as very vain and flamboyant during battle.
He tends to give his attacks long names like "Beautiful Charlotte Chuhlhourne's Final Holy Wonderful Pretty Super Magnum Sexy Sexy Glamorous Cero," and even has a transformation sequence patterned off a magical girl's, complete with an explosion of pink light.
8 City Hunter: Ryo Saeba Is Practically Japan's Answer To James Bond
Ryo is a feared hitman and a skilled gunman. He comes up with crazy and innovative ways to take on his targets. He's even weaponized his own underwear to contain sleeping substances. His coat is also weaponized to emit tear gas and even explode when he needs it to.
He can always come up with a way to win a fight. Once, when he ran out of bullets, he managed to throw the gun at his opponent and knock him out before being shot at. He's also talented as a gunslinger enough to shoot an incoming bullet out of the air.
7 Yu Yu Hakusho: Kurama Can Kill An Opponent With A Rose
When it comes to attacks, Kurama often puts flowers to use. Kurama's go-to weapon is a rose that he transforms into a whip. One shouldn't underestimate him, though, as he is considered one of the deadliest members of Team Urameshi.
He's so skilled when it comes to manipulating supernatural plants that he was even able to condemn an immortal opponent to a fate worse than death thanks to a parasitic plant.
6 Toriko: Sunny's Hair Is Even Stylized To Collect Different Data
Sunny can attack with his own hair, reflecting power back at opponents, shaping it like a tornado and actually commanding the wind, and using strands as cutting implements. He can even use strands of his hair to turn a target into a puppet.
Sunny's rainbow-colored hair is even specialized to transmit different types of data to his brain. The blue hair detects cold, the pink hair detects heat, the green hair detects pressure, the white hair detects stimuli, and he has a special golden hair that's useful in battle.
5 Cutey Honey: Honey Has A Special Outfit (& Weapon) For Every Attack
Honey is probably the most famous Shonen superheroine. Originally an android intended to replace her creator's dead daughter, she came into her powers after her maker was killed by his enemies. She can transform into a variety of alter-egos: a biker, a singer, a stewardess, a photographer, and a model, each complete with a unique outfit.
That said, her main form is the pink-haired swordswoman Cutey Honey, the self-proclaimed warrior of love. Despite this, each of her different forms has its own weapon of sorts, whether it's a microphone or a camera's flash.
4 One Piece: Sanji Will Attack In A Nice Suit
Sanji doesn't use a Devil Fruit or weapon when he can take on an opponent with his own two feet. In fact, he normally won't even use his hands to attack since he needs to keep them safe as he's a cook. And he got his powerful legs just by training.
And when he attacks, he fights in style, as his usual clothing includes a nice suit. When it comes to style, it also helps that he was born a prince, even if he disowned and fled from his family.
3 Sorcerer Hunters: Marron Commands The Four Beasts
One of the titular Sorcerer Hunters, Marron carries himself like a gentleman. This is in contrast to his older brother, Carrot. In fact, his mature demeanor causes people to think he's the older sibling.
He commands magic that allows him to conjure the Four Symbols of Chinese mythology: the Azure Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Black Tortoise, each of which corresponds to one of the four cardinal directions. He's also a capable swordsman, but he prefers to use magic.
2 Warrior Of Love Rainbowman: Rainbowman Has A Robot For Each Color Of The Rainbow
Originally a Tokusatsu series, Rainbowman is a superhero with seven different forms, each a different color that reflects different elements: fire, water, earth, wood, and metal, as well as the sun and the moon.
In the anime adaptation, instead of being a superhero, Rainbowman controls different robots that represent each of these elements, once again each being a different color.
1 Zatch Bell!: Parco Folgore Is A Pop Star & Mamodo Partner
Parco Folgore is an Italian superstar, pop singer, and film actor. In addition to this, he's a partner of a mamodo, Kanchomé, allowing them to cast various spells together and fight other mamodos in the battle to choose the king of the race.
While their spells aren't originally taken too seriously, it's eventually shown that they are capable of powerful attacks, like creating devastating tornados or casting illusions that cause mental damage to the target.