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The Law of Ueki (うえきの法則, Ueki no Hōsoku?) is a Japanese manga by Tsubasa Fukuchi and an anime series based off of the manga.The manga was serialised in Shonen Sunday magazine. The series completed in 16 tankōbon volumes published by Shogakukan. The manga sequel, Law of Ueki Plus (うえきの法則プラス, Ueki no Hōsoku PURASU?), continues as of September 2005 in the same magazine. An anime adaptation by Studio Deen, began airing in Japan on April 4, 2005.
Summary
he Law of Ueki tells the story of the Battle of the Supernatural Powers, a tournament to decide who will be the next God (Kami (天界人) in Japanese). Each candidate (100 total) is required to choose a junior high school student to act as their fighter. Each student is given a unique power--the power to change one thing into something else. The winning God Candidate will become God and the winning student will receive the Blank Talent (blank zai), a talent that can be anything they choose. While this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness, Kosuke Ueki has decided to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift.
-Taken from Wikipedia
Tournament
Initially, fights in the tournament consist of a battle between two gifted - one wins by knocking the other combatant out. When a knock-out is obtained, the loser will lose their power and the winner will gain a talent (才 zai), which is a talent of some sort (e.g. "talent of running," "talent of studying," and so on). A gifted who has lost a fight and their power is labelled "retired."
The rules for the combatants of the tournament revolve around the talents:
There are also rules which apply to the God Candidates. The punishment for breaking them is that the God Candidate is sent to Hell.
Near the end of the tournament, gifted are allowed to form groups of five for "battle royale"-style fighting. Knock-outs during this stage do not result in losing powers. Each team is given a penalty if it loses, such as having all of the members die or losing their hair in addition to losing their powers. To decide who receives the Blank Talent among the winning team, a device is used to measure the growth in power that each participant has shown from the beginning to the end of the tournament. To decide who is to become God, the winning team votes which of the God Candidates is given that honor.
A level 2 power may be obtained by the gifted. The requirements are a total mastery of their original power and the powerful desire to become stronger.
-Taken from Wikipedia