"Everyone is just as f-ked up as I am! This worldview extends even to himself, though he tried his hardest to deny it. Joker out to destroy hierarchy. Something simpler was neededlike Adrion's ability! Once John starts falling back into his former violent and tyrannical persona, he ends up going down this route to the point of brutally beating down those who've been bullying him and Sera, He really starts to fall into this by chapter 138 when he outright attacks Blyke. But whatis John's reward? In a way, John and Cecile play the villain duo that goes about beating up the Wellston Royals in order to throw the school into chaos by dismantling the hierarchy. John loses his power? Due to Keon breaking him, he is very deeply stuck in this mindset. He then left without giving his pals any aid and called it a day. John concluded that despite the corruption that he succumbed to when using his ability, he would never achieve any results by holding back. John was completely unfazed and surprised Seraphina with his defiance as he introduced to her the concept that instead of living for her reputation, she should do as she wished, just as he did. This was probably somewhat unintentional on John's part given that he may not know about Rei's death, Threatens Arlo to do it in chapter 145 when Arlo prepares to attack John to stop him from finishing off Wellston's hierarchy. It's not verbally said, but after returning from his suspension, John notably attempts to avoid getting into direct combat, mostly due to the fact that he's still learning to hold himself back. Despite only being the 5th strongest person in school, John aimed for nothing less than the top. John's ability relies on perceiving this aura flow and copying it. As of the latest episode, his limit is four high-level abilities, as shown in episode 155 (He copied Zekes, Remis, Blykes, and Isens ability. John is as equally disgusted by Low tiers as he is by High, and has no inclination to become a Superhero or improve their situation. Set in a world where almost everybody possesses a supernatural ability,unOrdinaryfeatures a huge variety of superpowers. It makes it clear that John has PTSD when it comes to Keon. He really is Joker!". John. It then came time to test his improvement. As one of the strongest god-tiers in unOrdinary, John does not have many weaknesses to speak of and has never lost a battle unless he chose not to activate his ability; his ability combined with his high pain tolerance and hand-to-hand combat proficiency makes him a formidable opponent regardless of the situation. He was able to distract Crail and Lin long enough for him to run away and sarcastically thank the Queen.[22]. They were offended enough to activate their abilities and try anyway. Adrion eventually stepped in and tried to get John to stop beating up an opponent past the point of defeat. During the presentation, John proceeded to improvise most of the presentation by fabricating information, resulting in him and Seraphina receiving a B-. Everything used goes to their rightful owners. On their way back to the palace, Seraphina realizes shes in love with Kiggs and in frustration pulls off one of her scales on her arm. It's the culmination of years acting like someone without powers, so that the tragedy of Bostin High School wouldn't be repeated. But soon enough, John's level hit the ceiling at 3.0 after beating every scrub worth fighting around school. Despite the consequences, John felt that he ought to take his combat prowess to the next level, and asked Claire for some future insights. unOrdinary: How Does Johns Supernatural Copy Power Work? Even without powers, he can still hold his own against multiple mid-tier opponents, After he becomes the new King of Wellston, he declares he is the one who rules. This is also revealed to be the reason behind his attacks on the Safe House: He sees the high tiers who once tormented him genuinely trying to change for the better, and feels he can never (nor deserves to) do the same, for putting the blame of Wellston being an unsafe place on others despite the fact that he himself has the power to actually make a difference when it comes to the injustices going on. but as Remi points out, John is secretly the strongest high-tier around, Due to the fact that John turns out to have a powerful copying ability, he tends to dish these out towards people who are vastly weaker than him, uses his ability to fight back, he goes far beyond self-defense. He was angry, but Claire believed what she had to say would cheer him up. This copyabilityallowsJohn to see otherpeople's aura flow, which ishowhe caught wind of Terrence stalking Seraphina. John hasn't forgiven Arlo for treating him like shit and claiming to have ruined his life, which leads John to believe that Arlo deserves to have his life ruined in return, in his past as a King of his old high school. While activating her ability, her eyes glow a bright yellow colour. Adrion tried to remind him that the two of them went back a long way, and that he remained loyal throughout everything. His speech bubbles vary between white with black text or black with white text, depending on his state of mind. John managed to sense Adrion's ability, copy it, and win his first practice match. After a month, John returns to Wellston, reunites with Seraphina, and steps down from his royal position, passing it on to Blyke. During his first week of middle school, John was targeted by a group of bullies led by Oliver, who mocked him for his lack of an ability. And thus, the anti-hair gel John fans were born After a while, John wanted to resume his education. John felt that it would be best if he lived as cripples to for the rest of his life, though he kep it a secret from his dad.[17]. (NO FAST PASS SPOILERS!!! To John, all apologies were lies told to weasel out of the consequences. Subscribe To My Other ChannelsMr. He can only copy four abilities at once, at least for now, and the original ability holder must be within his perception range for him to copy their ability. Claire slapped him and told him that he was being hypocritical on top of being a bloodthirsty tyrant. His rage seemed to blind him to the fact that some of the things he demanded from them were beyond their power. As a late-bloomer who lived the majority of his life as a cripple, he is painfully aware of humanity's cruelty and self-serving nature. This time, John's hair-trigger temper earned him a two-day suspension. When it became clear that the crippled Sera was now going to be treated like shit by Wellston's Mid-tier students, John drops the act by becoming the school's masked, Those who know of John's ability and what he can do are visibly unnerved by his presence, "Do not activate your power when near him". It only gets worse after Seraphina is suspended. And those without strength are crushed. Ultimately brings about his downfall, as not only does he get overpowered, his mind realizes that nobody is going to come for his now at this point, and he goes insane, losing control of his ability. It would explain why he stubbornly refuses to claim any responsibility for the turbulent state of Wellston High's environment and the situation it puts Seraphina in. When it comes to combat, even opponents who understand Aura Manipulation and its limits usually find themselves two steps behind John. John ends up deciding that his whole situation is hopeless and that strong or weak, people still hate him, so he might as well just be a monster, After beating up Cecile in chapter 143, a masked John looks towards the Wellston students (such as Otis) that watched the beatdown, and performs the throat-slitting gesture to scare them off. Abilities like Aura Manipulation and Nightmare have high trick. When Sera gets her results for the final part of project, she is relieved to see they got an "A". By the end of freshman year, John's knowledge of ability and aura fundamentals were unmatched, allowing him to effortlessly mirror nearly every ability around him. UnOrdinarys [SPOILER] Reveals Himself as the Academys , View 21 Unordinary John Reveals His Powers bevasewasueh, unOrdinary: How Does Johns Supernatural Copy Power Work , THE TRUTH ABOUT JOHN HIDING HIS POWERS! After he mentally collapses, John starts attacking those who wronged him and Sera as Joker. An almost literal example appears in chapter 224. No warning of Adrion's could have made John resist following a letter Claire signed with a heart. Claire helped John master his ability through her visions, which also helped him conquer New Bostin. Once Sera loses her powers and was outed as being depowered to the rest of Wellston, John's determination changes where he's now motivated to throw Wellston into chaos. John preferred concealing his true power and trying to forget the pain and suffering he caused rather than improving himself as a high-tier. He's not that bothered by this, seeing as it means he's not the type to devise long-term plots against people, save for Arlo. ), Basically what John's motivation is for why he rejected Arlo's apology in chapter 145. On the same day, after escaping Crail and Lin, John managed to procure a slice of Wellston's famous Triple Chocolate Cake, but Seraphina demanded that he give it to her. John immediately asked to be filled in on what the hell he was doing, but it became perfectly clear that his old friend was calling the Authorities on him. He almost tears one group to shreds with his ability when they take it too far. John didn't have his answer then, but he has it now: because that brutality is exactly what happened to himwhen he pretended not to have abilities. The woman is shocked to hear that Claire survived and is revealed to possess the ability of pyrokinesis. The only friend he had growing up was Adrion. Phase Shift: Zekes ability, Phase Shift, allows him to shift his stats between two distinct forms. In his Offensive Form, Zeke sacrifices defense and recovery for higher attack and speed. John's power, name currently unknown, if you activate your power near him allows him to a) sense it, allowing him to find you even if you're invisible, b) copy your power power at what appears to be a higher power level than your own, and c) combine the powers he has access to, such as, John is the second strongest character in the series and can easily go for broke and become the most powerful if he were to play his cards right. Sera thought john was homeschooled but now she knows he was the king at new bostin. With Claire and Arlo's ambushes and horrible treatment of the high-tiers fresh on his mind, combined with rampage as Joker and new authority as King, his deteriorating mind starts imagining the worst out of everybody combined with feeling like he is entirely flawed, incapable of growth and might fail at his duties. This was his original alignment as well since he acted almost identically at his old school before being reformed, After trying to start over at Wellston High, John starts to go back to his old destructive habits when it becomes clear that Wellston is no better than the New Bostin High School that he was originally expelled from. John was even willing to cut ties with his best friend when she found out about his history, convinced that she saw him as a monster just as his hometown peers did. This could mean that his ability starts with an A or it is simply placeholder text. He didn't directly tell her lol he was literally trying to do the opposite, but if your referring to when she found out he had abilities then ep 155, and when sera talked to him about his abilities on ep 173. However, the secret is out once Juni shows off her article about Sera's depowerment to the school, John's ability allows for him to sense when someone has their ability active nearby. John wasn't pleased to hear this, and he promptly lashed out in response to this disapproval. Who wins? Everything else John has done has blown up in his face when it comes to the hierarchy. However, he is unwilling to become a superhero himself, both out of shame for being corrupted by his power and seeing nearly everyone as not worth saving anyway; the only exception to this is Seraphina. John is a tall and muscular teenager with black hair and burnt gold eyes. His copied abilities manifest in Yellow and Black with some white sometimes. She said he'd have to wait for the next vision. He sees the hierarchy and the people who enforce it as his greatest adversaries. Adrion seemed tongue-tied, so the impatient John grabbed him and demanded that he make his point already. Furthermore, John seems to have a limit of abilities he can copy, with the maximum so far being four abilities, and he appears to be unable to copy certain abilities altogether such as Flash Forward and Clairvoyance. That being said, there's a good chance fans of the webtoon will seehimcome up witha stronger version of his power, especially since he mayrequire it to protect Seraphina from the two dodgy organizations. He is a high school student attending Wellston High School as a third-year. He also can't copy certainpowers,such as Claire's Clairvoyance and Juni's Flash Forward. She can control time, such as making her movements seem quicker than others, or turning back time on herself to heal her own injuries. John's ability relies on perceiving this aura flow and copying it. Home | About | Contact | Copyright | Report Content | Privacy | Cookie Policy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap. John began leading the school to Turf War victories, but the prestige he garnered was just the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned. In private, if course. John's father, William, was a major influence on this personality, and he strived to make it through school days by emulating him (and his hairstyle). mysterious Joker who has been going around assaulting people and destroying the hierarchy. Possibly the reason hes been keeping his ability a secret from his classmates. Later on it is also revealed that due to his past trauma and his inability to trust others, as Seraphina would later note, he is liable to words that he feels is against him, stating it as being "stuck in his past," leaving him blind to the true intentions of the Safe House. RELATED:unOrdinary: John Finally Shows Progress in Managing His Anger. [8] But the scorn of his schoolmates took more of a toll on him than he let on. His sense of judgment and common sense are often clouded by his own anger, fears, and arrogance, making him oblivious to truths that are obvious to others. However, after Seraphina's suspension, and the constant . John's lifelong goal is to live a normal life free of strife. Claire actually thought he may have been asking for it after going overboard in dealing with Oliver. When activating his ability, his eyes glow a bright gold color. Upon graduating Middle School, John and his friends had an entire summer break to figure out just what happened that day. This vicious cycle of gossip and brutality culminated into a warped personality of a King who demanded total respect and obedience. John feared that if the other Royals continued to get a fair share of the fighting at Turf Wars, then he would never make his next breakthrough. Juni is a short girl with light green hair tied into twin buns and yellow eyes. Most students consider her the strongest in school and one of the reasons why John's bullying hasn't been worse. [24], After returning from the infirmary, John and Seraphina were forced to be partners for a three-part literature project, much to the reluctance of both parties. John declared that if he didn't give it his all, his enemies would walk all over him and steal the glory he was trying to win for their school. WARNING: This article contains spoilers for unOrdinary episode 188. But as he and his friends walked the hallways, he overheard other students talking smack about the legitimacy of his power grab. Claire grabbed onto John and tried to pull him off of his victim, but he quickly shoved her away and kept up his assault. for his attack on Isen, John makes it clear that Isen is just as bad as everyone else in the school for how he treated John during the fake interview, and absolutely deserved the beatdown John did to him. Becomes the Joker to tear down the hierarchy and finally put an end to the cycle of violence by completely destroying the hierarchy and destroying the Royals under his feet. When Claire, John's former best friend and classmate, had a premonition of him finally using a power,he initially didn't believe her due to the vision's absurdity -- but his tone immediately changed whenher foresight turned to reality. On a real, I cant lie, idrc about the story (it lost its shine long ago), Im just invested in John as a character. Come Chapter 250, and it's revealed that his ability, John was a little bit of a pushover though. The energy that fuels these supernatural abilitiesis called aura, similar to chakra inNarutoand ki inDragon Ball. Vaughn, the school's incumbent headmaster, agreed to grant John an enrollment interview despite the expulsion on his record. He marched right back and began pounding Oliver mercilessly. Ability Mixing: John can combine the abilities he's copied, once Blyke's "Energy Beam" with Isen's "Hunter" to create homing energy beams that cannot be dodged. Claire swore that she only wanted to keep him out of trouble. However, Might Equals Right has been beaten into him by every person who was permitted, and even encouraged, by the social hierarchy to harm him. Analyzing market trends and how the industry is right now, we expect the unOrdinary anime release date to be somewhere around fall 2021 or summer 2022. John either refuses or is psychologically incapable of owning up to his actions and how they affect everyone around him. Who wins? [3], When graduation was around the corner, their group came into conflict with Oliver's yet again. Due to his father's achievements, who should be the lowest of the low, John views most Low tiers as pathetic and insect-like for clinging onto others, instead of improving their own power. John is capable of copying any abilities that aren't too far above his level, shown when he copies Zirian's ability when his level was higher than John's, and combining abilities for devastating results. 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