For Tatsuya's powers, the flashback in 8 explains his origin. Then 16 is where his full title and role within the Yotsuba are confirmed, tying directly to his capabilities. Those are the two main ones. The other volumes just show him using what was established there.
I'm rewatching the anime and wanted the details the show glosses over, so I went digging. The light novels get way more technical about his abilities. The early volumes, especially 1 'Enrollment' and 2 'Nine Schools Competition Part 1', lay the foundational stuff. You see him analyze and dismantle magic at the competition, which is a huge hint.
But the real deep dives happen later. Volume 8 'Reminiscence' is almost essential—it's a flashback to the experimentation that created him. That's where you learn about his artificial magical calculation area and the restrictions placed on him. Then volume 16 'Yotsuba Succession' is a massive power showcase and info dump on his true nature and the 'Material Burst' strategic magic. Those two are probably the core texts for understanding what he is.
Honestly, after reading those, the way he uses 'Decomposition' and 'Regrowth' in every fight makes a lot more sense. The series doesn't have a single 'Tatsuya power manual' volume; it's pieced together across these key story arcs.
If you're asking which books are just him flexing, that's most of them. But for the mechanics? Start with 8, no question. It's a prequel explaining why his magic is so weird and destructive compared to everyone else's. It gets pretty dark with the Yotsuba clan's experiments.
The Yokohama Disturbance arc (volumes 9-11) shows the practical military applications when he's not holding back. And the Visitor arc (volumes 12-13) has him facing alien magic, which forces him to use his powers in new ways. I'd say 8, then 11 for the climax of the Disturbance, and then 16 for the full family revelation.
I always felt the series was more about the system of magic than any one character's power, but Tatsuya's an exception because he breaks the system. The focus isn't isolated to specific 'power volumes'—his abilities are the central mystery of the whole plot. That said, the payoff moments are in the arcs where his origin is revealed or his limits are tested.
Volume 8 is the big emotional and expositional one. Volume 16 is the political and power culmination where everything comes to light for the other characters. The stuff in between, like the competition arcs, are demonstrations of the rules he's subtly violating. You need the context from the earlier world-building to appreciate how abnormal he is later on.
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