Originally Posted by
eddyak
The first is already explained, the second is lolanime
Hell, in the early novels he's all "yeah i can do fireballs and magic and electrorailgun stuff, sure, but if I piss off like three back alley dudes they're gonna kick the crap out of me".
Touma's nightmare is an amateur martial artist, and his worst nightmare is a dude, doesn't even have to be trained, with a gun.
Actually, his worst nightmare would be a not-villain he couldn't give a "You suck and here's why" speech to.