my best example of what I'm looking for would be hunter x hunter. 1. everyone has a unique fighting style and/or ability 2. great action and story (in a sense that you are always interested) 3. well-developed and/or interesting characters 4. good pacing (not just constant fighting or too much talking) Bonus for: 1. romance (not harem) 2. protag is competent and has an interesting power
Infinite Competitive Dungeon Society maybe. They have ability users that have different abilities. It is a harem though~
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria , it has 7 volumes in total and a good LN, this won't definitely won't waste your time, I promise you.
Are you looking for a novel, manga, anime...? There is Tower of God and The God of High School, though the latter one gets a bit over the top in the previous to last volume (it's currently ongoing and in it's last volume according to the author.) Kubera and Magician (all of these are manhwas) are also quite good, though I haven't really tried the translation of Webtoons. I remember Trump being also good and it has interesting powers, but it's been a really long time since I read it. You also have Teppu which is a manga about martial arts, but iirc the ending was rushed due to the author being ill or something like that. There is also UQ Holder, but that hasn't been updated in forever... All except for the last two are webtoons you can find on the very cleverly named site, "Webtoons." The last two are manga. I can't be bothered to look through my anime list so no anime. I haven't read a novel that reminds me of Hunter x Hunter so nothing there either. Also, Kubera, Magician and Trump only have interesting special powers, but nothing like a competition in Hunter x Hunter. Though there are mercenaries and bounty hunters in Magician which all get some sort of ranking (I think) depending on their achievements. Kubera also has a ranking for the magicians in the story. Trump doesn't have anything of the sort as far as I can remember.