But the author spends 2 episodes establishing that nobody takes his dream seriously because he's not in the 80 percentile. By giving him a power, it damns all who don't have powers to forever be considered worthless to this society. The message takes a sharp turn off of "pursue your dreams no matter your circumstances" and completely undercuts that.
Like, go for you dreams*!
*unless you're not normally abled, then just give up