Any updates on the Snake Devil 8-A scaling?
Alright, there are two ways to go about this, and regardless of which one's used, understand (not talking to just you, but anyone who reads this) that 2nd Form Yuko makes Post-Weakening Denji too strong.
What I mean by that is forgetting all the numbers and just looking at feats and who fought who, accepting a basic Post-Weakening Denji > Yuko > PS Uniforms chain gets us this situation.
- Post-Training Denji: Can't break uniforms at all (Comparable to Katana Man, who explicitly couldn't break uniforms despite his piercing damage. Both can destroy each other's blades)
- Post-Weakening Denji: Can at least break uniforms w/ chainsaws (Gored 2nd Form Yuko, who bisected an agent and his uniform)
- Post-Reze Fight Denji: Can break uniforms purely physically (Comparable to the Gun Fiend, who should be at least as strong as Unmasked Violence physically)
This just is not enough of a nerf, especially since most of the argument for Post-Reze Fight Denji being stronger than before was a Fear-Boost thanks to Reze leaking news of his existence. So he should be robbed of that buff, and then weakened even more due to everyone's praise of him. However, there is a way of rationalizing this that isn't entirely just powerscaler brainrot.
In Ch. 105, Yuko states:
"A contract with the Justice Devil turns your sense of justice into power!"
-and looking back at both her showings, and other "Justice" contractors, that statement might actually be literal. But this isn't just cope, I have actual reasons to believe this!
First of all, there's the- as the kids would call it- total yap session "Justice" contractors do before showing off which suggests this. From Ch. 144-
"Damn Public Safety dogs! The devil exterminators sell their souls to devils. I'm not like them! I'll become a devil myself! Fight evil with evil... and devils with devils!! I am Justice Incarnate!
And Ch. 196-
Somebody's calling for help! With a heart that burns to right wrongs!I've come from the depths of Hell! Engine revved and ready! Defeating devils with devil powers! Delivering justice with the power of justice!
Second of all, there's an enormous difference between the Yuko that thinks that she solved bullying by getting rid of the entire school, and the Yuko that admitted to Asa that she was totally full of shit, and just wanted to be like Chainsaw Man so people would like her. She's blatantly even smaller and weaker than her initial transformation, and for seemingly no reason since there's nothing to suggest that being revived nerfs you.
(Side note but I was reminded that Fami can resurrect devils from
their severed heads, so if Nayuta's dead for real I'm calling turbo-BS on Fujimoto.)
Basically what I'm trying to say is that Denji was able to stomp Yuko so hard because Yuko couldn't use her Justice-Cope to support why she was fighting
Chainsaw Man.
Omigosh! Chainsaw Man showed up! What am I doing to do now?!
In other words, in either version of the scaling, Post-Weakening Denji should only scale to be higher than his initial self- his performance against Yuko was due to other things at play.