Naruto-Verse.
That just seems like cope tbh. Sasuke can't possibly be a threat to someone who easily destroyed their Avatars.
Again, being stronger and destroying the Avatar's doesn't mean he's no-selling a cutting attack to the throat. Sasuke swinging a sword at some's throat =/= Sasuke punching someone as the type of damage is different. Would you agree with that statement?
Sasuke is relative to Naruto so there's no way that he can be a threat to V2 Jigen.
That is literally not the case as Jigen is shown blocking the sword. Yes, not a threat in that he stomps in stats and nothing Sasuke can throw at him or use to protect himself is going to work, but that doesn't mean he's suddenly going to be unaffected by a direct cutting attack by Sasuke. You're equating the two types of damage. That is why I asked, do you not draw a difference between Blunt Force and Cutting/Piercing damage in NV.
Like I said we have instances of scenes where stronger characters block or dodge attacks from far weaker opponents, that does that mean they automatically scale.
The point is, characters like Jigen are depicted as consistently blocking the same attacks Momoshiki is being argued to no-sell, on the bases of 1 feat. This is inconsistent. Especially since, again, Naruto & Sasuke ~ Fused Momoshiki physically.
Sasuke ~ Momoshiki ~ Sasuke's Jutsu (able to harm Borushiki)
Sasuke's Jutsu > Sasuke's Physicals ~ FM Physicals ~ Borushiki's Physicals. That's what i'm arguing.
His jutsus are superior to his physicals
Yes. Idk how I made it sound otherwise.
Yeah my problem is I don't think Sasuke hurt Fused Momoshiki when he punched him. Dodging or blocking attacks don't automatically mean you scale to them. He sent Momoshiki flying yeah, but considering we don't see any signs of injury from sound effects or from Momoshiki himself, hell we see him smiling after, I don't think he did any damage.
If we have Sasuke ~ Naruto, then he scales to Naruto hurting Fused Momoshiki, unless we're arguing
this doesn't count as hurting him, in which case, sure, there is no other feat in the manga that draws a line of comparison between them, other than the Rasengan overpowering Momoshiki's Rasengan. But I'd disagree with stance entirely.
You see an explicit feat which is Momoshiki tanking Sasuke versus Momoshiki dodging a sword, that doesn't automatically mean Sasuke was gonna harm him.
That's inconsistent showings, brother. If Momoshiki is unaffected by Sasuke's sword strikes, why is he depicted as evading Sasuke's sword? At a certain point, you have to understand, these Mangaka aren't stupid. Make it make sense. Across all iterations, Momoshiki is threatened by Naruto and Sasuke's capabilities, as well as their team work. If we've written a character that is so far above these characters that something like a "Direct Strike" is something you don't have to worry about, what sense does it make to write a h2h fight scene with these characters if your intent was to show, A Character can't hurt B Character? Author intent is clear, Naruto and Sasuke vs Momoshiki is meant to showcase that Naruto and Sasuke are capable of fighting and being valid threats to this character. You don't cook this up if this is not your intent.
That is why, based on the feats and depictions, Fused Momoshiki no-selling a direct strike to the neck, is inconsistent and an outlier.
Momoshiki blocking Boruto's punch (which ended up being a kunai) does not mean that Boruto was gonna harm him.
Obviously, we're not stating the obvious about where he struck, but sure. That said, Boruto is not Sasuke. There is no real significant gap between Momoshiki and Sasuke/Naruto as there is with Momoshiki and CE Boruto. I don't think it's fair, and extremely faulty, to use CE Boruto w/ a Kunai as a counter point against Sasuke with a Sword. That's not even Apples and Oranges. That's Apples and... Orange residue on your fingers after you peel it open.
Isshiki blocking Koji's punch does not mean he was going to harm him.
Sure, but Blunt Force damage / Cutting damage, so the example is faulty.
Naruto avoiding Karma Boruto's Jutsu does not mean he was gonna harm him.
I beg to differ and i'm not a fan of ignoring basic logic or intent either. If i'm creating a visual medium, why am I wasting time, effort, panels, etc, on showing a character doing something meaningless when I can just depict a true showcase of my intent for the reader? Yes, Boruto at that time isn't a "Threat" to Naruto overall as he's holding back, surprised him from behind and still beats him with a single casual kick, that doesn't mean his Karma Enhanced Ninjutsu at that time has 0% affect if hit dead on w/o protection (such as his cloak). There is a point to showcasing Naruto being surprised and cautious in that situation. When you're writing a character, you have all of this stuff in mind. You know what Character A is capable of and you know what you want to depict Character B as being capable of.
I'm not a fan of ignoring that basic context, WHOLESALE, and it feels like, the majority of arguments around this tend to want me to do just that.
Once again you're using someone blocking attacks as an example of meaning the other person should scale.
No, I'm showing you how the character is consistently being depicted. If the argument is around FM tanking a sword strike from Sasuke w/o issue, and every other feat and instance shows Charactrers who are relative to and stronger than Sasuke blocking his this same strike. Either Fused Momoshiki > Kv1 Jigen (Not the case) or FM feat is an outlier.
Sasuke's best feat is cutting up Momoshiki's Jutsu.
Even more evidence why FM tanking Sasuke's strike is inconsistent.
Which can be explained with the Jutsu being that of a restraining ninjutsu and not a Jutsu being specifically as strong or stronger than Sasuke.
Nierre... are you telling me that you think it's sensical to depict a "Restraining Jutsu" being used on someone with the express intent of that jutsu not being capable of restraining them? Because that can be misconstrued, let me give an example of what I mean: Do you think it's sensical for Zodd to seriously attempt to restrain Superman, whom he's just fought briefly, with a standard pair of steel handcuffs, knowing the handcuffs are not as strong as Superman?
^This is how that response reads to me. If I'm mistaken, please correct me, bc logic dictates, the Jutsu is meant to combat what he just experienced.
Considering how it grabbed him, he couldn't let go and it was about to launch him onto the ground, seems to me that he'd take damage from that fall but also he's be unable to break through physically because of the LS difference.
Brother, the feat is no difference than
this, with the only difference being Sasuke showed he can
cut through them but was outnumbered by them and their attack speed. Would he have been hurt by it if it was allowed to slam him into the ground? "Maybe" (Kishimoto certainly showcased that to be the case in the movie), but it's not like It was just holding him there indefinitely. Naruto is shown
breaking it as soon as Sasuke gets caught.