10. Seeing ghosts - Multiple Works
Being able to see ghosts may as well be the most common superpower in all of K-drama land,
because we can spot its appearance in a variety of series, from all time classics like Goblin and
Master’s Sun to the more recent Hotel de Luna. The workings of this power is nothing to write
home about: it can be innate, gained through an accident, or obtained because you joked with fate,
and wala! Now you see ghosts and they see you! With this kind of superpower,
you can gather information by conversing with ghosts, talk to dancing dogs,
or you know, let ghosts possess you and seduce your crush on your behalf!
Handy, yes, but ghost-whispering can also be overwhelming at times. After all, these floating
spirits can be just as annoying as your relatives every new year’s eve, and talking to empty air can
make you look kinda like a freak. So yea, not exactly the best superpower to have if you take
practicality in tow. .
Thankfully, the next superpower may just be a little bit more helpful.
9. Punching ghosts - Let’s Fight Ghost! In most cases, being able to see the deceased
does not necessarily extend to being able to touch them, but ‘Let’s fight ghosts!’ takes things a bit
further, because now the main character can kick, punch, and hit ghosts if he so tries.
While it may be a bit challenging to take on ghosts twice your size,
it is still at least reassuring to know that you can fight back,
instead of just letting the ghosts bother you for eternity.
Perks are that you can open a ghost extermination service and wait for the money to flow in.
But bottoms… well, endless: getting followed around by ghosts,
getting beaten around by ghosts, and getting scammed, also by ghosts.
But hey, at least you can punch some other-worldly beings without having to worry about lawsuits!
8. Seeing smells - Girl Who See Scents Waking up after an accident that left
her comatose, our female lead suddenly gains the ability to
see smells in various shapes and ...movements. Before you assume that this is just another case
of synaesthesia, it actually is a bit different, because this power allows you to follow the
scent to its sources , at the same time separate different smells. Kinda like, having a dog’s nose,
except with visual effects. So, what use do we have for this dog-like
superpower? Well, investigation, for once. Dogs can’t really impart their discoveries to humans,
but this girl who can see scents totally can. In fact, in ‘Girl Who See Scents’, our female lead
manages to unfold a whole serial murder case, at the same time manages to avenge her parents.
Cool as it is, this superpower doesn’t really come to much use in real life.
Unless you want some cool heterochromia with one brown and one green eye… or when you want to know
exactly what you’re eating? So yep, number 8 it is.
7. Seeing people’s life span - About Time It’s nice to know how long you will live,
or if the friend you are getting chummy with will leave the world the next day. And in ‘About Time’,
our female lead Mika can do exactly that - seeing countdown clocks that indicate the passing of a
person. With this kind of superpower, it’s easy to get all humane - because you will
know who’s in their final moments, and make the rest of their lives as beautiful as possible.
Yet, this superpower resides at the meager number 7 because of the sheer hopelessness you may
feel - there’s little way to change fate, and you can only look at numbers ticking down in misery.
Luckily for our female lead though, she ends up running into a handsome guy that can stop her own
clock! So, perhaps if you are full of will to live and lucky enough to get a dashing showstopper,
you know, in the literal sense, it may be a super useful superpower.
6. Super strength - Strong Woman Do Bong Soon
The name of this superpower has basically said it all: With superstrength,
you can kinda win all hand-wrestling matches, break some walls, punch some men,
and lift an entire truck should the need arise. At the same time, you ain’t going to look all
muscular like those gigantic bodybuilders, but rather can still do some sweet sweet aegyo and
look as tiny and cute as the female lead Do Bong Soon in front of the man she likes.
The most brilliant thing though? Is that people are going to assume that you are weak, so you
are going to have that sick satisfaction when they are left flabbergasted under your fists ^^
So, simple as it is, having super strength is extremely convenient,
and threatening men that look down on you may just be the best hobby you can find.
5. Reading people’s mind - I Can Hear Your Voice Can’t tell what your mom is thinking about?
Having difficulties telling the thoughts of your significant other? Not knowing why your boss is
being a hassle? Well, with this superpower, all these worries will go away - because once
you make eye contact with the annoyed people, you can tell exactly what’s on their minds.
Sure, you may read some information you didn’t want to know, ruin all
of your surprises, and things may get a bit loud,
but being able to tell people true feelings still feels like a pretty big advantage. You
can also bring this superpower into investigation like what our male lead tries to do, but frankly,
the criminal may just end up pissing you off. So, better avoid evil people, pass your exams,
sway your crush, and ease the ire of your boss while you’re at it. And if your life
is as bland as a Zoom meeting, it will surely get juicier with some mind-reading.
4. Seeing the future - Multiple works There are multiple ways to see the future
in K-dramas, you know, from getting random flashes triggered by someone or something,
to experiencing snippets of the future straight into your dreams. Nevertheless, it’s still seeing
the future, and is a power super cool to have. While you may not get to see the full picture of
what’s going to come, you will still get certain clues that allow you to change things for the
better. And really, what else do we ask for? Sadlyl, brilliant as this superpower is,
it can still be traumatizing at times, because you may see a future you being
all miserable and penniless, or you know, just giving up the will to live.
You may see lottery results though, so we’d say it’s a pretty fair deal.
3. Psychometry - He Is Psychometric
It may sound spooky, but psychometry basically means you can read the memories of people and
objects upon touch. Like, you can pat a person and tell what he was up to at 3 a.m last night,
if they murdered a fellow civilian or ended up binge-watching K-dramas.
At the same time, you can touch basically everything around you, if a robot cleaner
drew some spooky images, if someone had stuck snots on the table… the list goes on.
So basically, with psychometry, you’d become this all-knowing force that can
tell all the secrets of the world. Well, or at least you can become one, with practice.
In the case of our male lead, he can only see tiny, irrelevant snippets at a time,
getting more detailed as he uses the power more often. So, this is still a pretty neat superpower,
and as people always say, practice makes perfect!
2. Time-travelling - Tomorrow With You Compared to just seeing the future,
being able to time-travel means you can take matters into your own hands. After all,
getting to actually experience the future must feel way better than just getting snippets of it.
And this is exactly what happened to the male lead of ‘Tomorrow With You’,
when he realized that by taking the train, he will get transported to the future.
So, what can he do with such a superpower? Get rich, apparently, because that’s what our male
lead did. He learned about real estates that will rise in prices in the future,
return to the past, and then get those properties when they’re still dirt cheap.
And, even if you have no funds for buying houses, worry not, because the future can still offer you
infinite means to earn money, like buying the lottery, investing in Google, the list goes on.
Still, time-travelling is just second on the list - and before we get to our precious first place,
here’s some honorable mentions: Flying (Blade Man)
Foreseeing people’s deaths (The Game: Towards Zero)
Super Hearing (Voice) Perfect memory (Remember)
Reading people’s past (Memorist) And now, drumroll:
1. Super healing powers - The Uncanny Counter Compared to other super powers on this list…
healing seems like of lame. Why is it in the first place then?
Well, the reason is simple - it’s both practical and humane.
For starters, you can treat any wound you want - as long as it’s not super life-threatening.
You can make a disabled person able, awaken comatose people,
fixing all the legs and heads and broken arms without a single scar.
And while Choo Mae Ok, the person with this superpower does not use her abilities for profit,
it’s still a completely viable option. Furthermore, this counter can also erase
people’s memories, so you can fix people up, get their cash,
and go on your merry way without worrying about the government hunting you down. Super convenient.
. And that’s the list!
What do you think about our rankings? Did we miss out on any other cool superpowers?