Talk:Semblance/@comment-28509458-20160527032106/@comment-26397825-20160527032959

People can have similar semblances, but they won't be exactly. The best way to explain this is to compare Blake and Sun's semblance. Both create clones, but whereas Blake's clones stay behind to take the hit while she is pushed away, Sun's clones go ahead and attack while he stays behind.

Another example is Yang and Adam's semblance. Yang fills a meter by taking damage, which she can then release as extra strength. Adam seems to absorb attacks, which he then releases as stronger attacks of his own.

So, as you can see, people can have very similar semblances without being related, but they won't be exactly the same. The only people who have semblances exactly the same as other people's are the Schnee family, and in the directors commentary they say that the Schnee's are special that way.