Many slice of life, comedy, and isekai anime rely on archetypal characters who develop along predicted routes, but some characters are hiding a secret or two. Some of them have hidden talents or abilities.
These characters can use their special skills to save the day, or just to show off and have some fun. Like in real life, it's not a good call to judge a book by its cover, because people hide all kinds of remarkable talents, skills, and hobbies under the surface.
10 Bolin And His Acting Chops (The Legend Of Korra)
At first, everyone saw Bolin as a lovable but dense fellow, the "little brother" who needed looking after. Everyone thought they had Bolin pegged, but in Book Two: Spirits, the cunning Varrick discovered (and made use of) a new side to him.
Bolin is a charismatic and expressive person, and this made him perfect casting as the lead of several propaganda movies based on the ongoing Water Tribe civil war. Bolin became a movie star, and his brother Mako could hardly believe it.
9 Uryu Ishida Is An Expert Tailor (Bleach)
Uryu Ishida is a Quincy archer and he rather bookish, being the top student of his year (if not the entire school). For the most part, that's what his friends and associates knew him for, but then they beheld his hidden talent: sewing.
Uryu is handy with a sewing needle and thread, and with a look of great concentration on his face, he can patch up any piece of clothing in mere seconds. He also used Kon, the talking stuffed lion, as a practice dummy for his newest tailoring ideas.
8 Jiraiya Is A Talented Novelist (Naruto)
Jiraiya the toad sage is renowned for being one of the three Sannin, a powerhouse ninja who can compete with the likes of Orochimaru himself. He's also known for his hedonistic and womanizing ways, but he's also skilled with putting words to paper.
When Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan were young, Jiraiya worked on a novel featuring a gutsy ninja and also wrote a few erotica books that Kakashi Hatake loved to read. In fact, Jiraiya's original novel's contents helped inspire Nagato to heal the world and take Naruto's side, betraying Obito Uchiha in the process.
7 Light Yagami Is Good At Building Things (Death Note)
Light Yagami was a young man of many talents, from cunning schemes all the way to his stone-cold acting. He was also adept at woodworking and hardware, and used those skills to hide the Death Note in true style. Hiding the notebook was a real concern, so Light visited a hardware store to buy nails, wood, metal strips and more, then assembled the perfect trap in his desk to hide the notebook.
6 Hanako Koyanagi Is A Cosplay Expert (Wotakoi: Love Is Hard For Otaku)
Hanako Koyanagi takes cosplay to the next level. She often channels her cosplay passion into the most convincing male cosplay anyone has ever seen.
Hanako can use any combination of clothes, makeup, contact lenses, accessories, and more to transform herself into another character and pull it off with style. Her good friend Narumi Momose was especially astonished to see how convincing her friend's male cosplays can be.
5 Cana Alberona Can Drink Almost Anyone Under The Table (Fairy Tail)
From Monkey D. Luffy to Son Goku, there are a lot of big eaters in anime – but what about big drinkers? Cana Alberona, a magical card-slinging wizard, can chug alcohol like it's her job. Cana is usually seen with a full barrel of booze and can finish it off without even passing out or getting sick. Anyone who challenges her to a drinking contest will end up soundly beaten, with the sole exception of Bacchus, who uses drunk-fu in combat.
4 Bruno Bucciarati Can Taste Lies Through Sweat (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
Early on in Golden Wind, Bruno Bucciarati stood up to Giorno and showed him what he could do, including his natural lie detection skill.
Bucciarati snuck up on Giorno and ran his tongue along the latter's cheek to actually taste whether Giorno was being honest. Incredibly, Bucciarati can taste lies and deceit via sweat. From there, the fight was on.
3 Ban, The Fox Sin Of Greed, Can Cook (The Seven Deadly Sins)
Ban, the fox sin of greed, grew up as a desperate street urchin and had little access to proper education, training, or even housing. He usually stole what he needed to survive, mainly food, but despite that, he became a good cook.
In his adulthood, Ban was a mean cook, and Hawk and Meliodas agreed that Ban's cooking was a huge boon to the Boar Hat tavern. Hawk always looked forward to Ban's meals, especially since Meliodas himself was lousy in the kitchen.
2 Gen Asagiri's Ability To Mimic Voices (Dr. Stone)
Gen Asagiri was a known mentalist, using tricky wording, misdirection, and more to fool his enemies and perform magic tricks. This saved Senku's life more than once, and in Season 2, Gen took his trickery to a new level.
Senku Ishigami needed to convince Tsukasa's empire that the United States was fully revived, and to that effect, Gen unveiled his ability to mimic voices, imitating the long-dead Lillian Weinberg via radio. This talent astonished everyone who witnessed it.
1 Misaki Ayuzawa Is A Beloved Maid Cafe Employee (Maid-Sama!)
Overall, there's nothing unusual about working in a maid cafe, but in Misaki Ayuzawa's case, it came as a shock to the other characters in Maid-Sama! Misaki's classmates were more used to her stern, tough "big sister" persona at school, and they never saw any other side of her.
Misaki really does have a warm, caring side, and she channels it when working in a lovely maid cafe where she is quite popular. Misaki worked hard to keep that hidden talent a secret, until Takumi Usui discovered it.
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