/lit/ - Literature

>>8113949
Sanderson's magic systems are generic as a fuck. The only time he really does rip off anime is pic related for his YA series (and he clearly can't into science fiction at all. Perfect State was clearly a watered down version of the Matrix too.)

The Reckoners
>Has Epics which appear following the appearance of Calamity, appearing as a red glowing star in the sky, which gifts powers to humans
>Upon becoming an Epic a human becomes an immoral sociopath who instinctively kills everyone in their vicinity and hunts down people they know in the interests of self preservation
>Each Epic has a seemingly random weakness (but relevant to them) tied to them that invalidates their powers eg music
>Each Epic obtains a power set which can range from anything from electrical powers to precognition
>MC (David) joins an elite underground organisation dedicated to killing Epics which actually contains Epics

Darker than Black
>Has Contractors who appear following the replacement of the real sky with the fake sky and Contractors are denoted by glowing stars in the sky
>Upon becoming a Contractor a human becomes an immoral sociopath who thinks rationally and prioritises their self preservation to the point of genocide
>Each Contractor has a seemingly random price which they must pay following the use of their powers which often weakens them or reduces the amount of time they can dedicate to combat
>Each Contracotr obtains a power set which can range from anywhere from electrical powers to chronokinesis
>MC (Hei) is part of an elite secret organisation dedicated to killing Contractors which actually contains Contractors

The difference between the two is that Reckoners goes to complete shit with Megan's 'imma access alternate dimesnion' powers, insane power levels and making Calamity into a whingy boy as well as having far worse worlbuilding than Darker than Black, whilst the latter only goes to shit in S2.