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Kakine Teitoku vs Neo Hargraves | Battle for the 2nd Strongest 7-B Non-smurf

Imma be honest, I really don't see what stops Neo from just killing him via a thought, or his aura passive crushing him and fearing him.

Kakine doesn't really have any way to kill Neo, and Neo, even when his entire body is gone, can literally just come back as a form of pure death lightning.

Apparently Kakine is made of dark matter particles and has range or whatever, but Neo has stellar range, so he should be fine. He could also put the Concept of Eternal sleep on him (fyi, normal sleep manip or any ability for that matter, and its concept stuff, are distinctly different and concepts were stated to be vastly superior).

And incap isn't really an option when Neo could just kill himself via a thought (along with the fact he has infinite willpower and infinite potency resistance to all mind shenanigans). So like- good luck.
 
Counted, and yeah honestly, I really do not see anything Kakine can do to kill Neo (Mid-Godly res and resistance to res/regen neg), or even Incap (Infinite Mind Potency says hi and can just kill himself via a thought and come back also I should probably make unconventional resistance later since iirc the actual mind is inside the Seed of Existence)

Meanwhile, Neo can:
Insta-kill via Death
Passive aura crush
Make his own aura of death.
Come back as a form of death.
Devour the time of Kakine
Absorb Kakine via his darkness
EE him
Regen neg him.
AD and RE.
Etc...
 
Counted, and yeah honestly, I really do not see anything Kakine can do to kill Neo (Mid-Godly res and resistance to res/regen neg), or even Incap (Infinite Mind Potency says hi and can just kill himself via a thought and come back also I should probably make unconventional resistance later since iirc the actual mind is inside the Seed of Existence)

Meanwhile, Neo can:
Insta-kill via Death
Passive aura crush
Make his own aura of death.
Come back as a form of death.
Devour the time of Kakine
Absorb Kakine via his darkness
EE him
Regen neg him.
AD and RE.
Etc...
As a Toaru supporter, this is a huge stomp for Neo. Kakine can't handle any of that lol
 
Very nice, tho bump still just in case other supporters wanna give their input
 
The only thing that could affect Neo is maybe Transmutation? If not Absorbing Neo maybe. If those 2 doesn´t work he cannot deal with him. Then there is the second part. Can Neo deal with an exponential growth of subatomic particles? not even 1 can escape unscathed or it will be useless. That is all there is to Kakine.
 
The only thing that could affect Neo is maybe Transmutation? If not Absorbing Neo maybe. If those 2 doesn´t work he cannot deal with him. Then there is the second part. Can Neo deal with an exponential growth of subatomic particles? not even 1 can escape unscathed or it will be useless. That is all there is to Kakine.
Neo's mind is infinite in potency, so anything that even affects the mind couldn't really work. Dude could even think when his entire body is erased/gone, or even if the soul is gone. Technically even when his "mind" is gone he can come back.

As for the "Exponential growth", I assume Stellar range (brother erased an entire star, though not ap) should be enough, no?
 
I didn´t say a single thing about mind or soul. I don´t understand your point. Erasing an star is not the same as finding subatomic particles with weird properties and destroying them, How does he do that?
 
I didn´t say a single thing about mind or soul. I don´t understand your point. Erasing an star is not the same as finding subatomic particles with weird properties and destroying them. How does he do that?
For the soul and mind, I said it in response to the transmutation, as in, the transmutation really wouldn't do anything, since if it affected him, he could simply kill himself via a thought, and come back to life (with Accelerated Development btw).

As for the star, I simply meant as in his AOE and stuff of death could reach that far. He could simply "kill" or "erase" an entire area with just a thought. I say this because his range could cover an entire star, so he could simply just erase the entire area. EDIT: He does that by simply thinking "die". That's it, really.

Though, if it really is that much of a problem, what stops him from just... devouring the time of Kakine, making him forever in time stop, or potentially erasing him from the timeline?
 
For the soul and mind, I said it in response to the transmutation, as in, the transmutation really wouldn't do anything, since if it affected him, he could simply kill himself via a thought, and come back to life (with Accelerated Development btw).

As for the star, I simply meant as in his AOE and stuff of death could reach that far. He could simply "kill" or "erase" an entire area with just a thought. I say this because his range could cover an entire star, so he could simply just erase the entire area. EDIT: He does that by simply thinking "die". That's it, really.

Though, if it really is that much of a problem, what stops him from just... devouring the time of Kakine, making him forever in time stop, or potentially erasing him from the timeline?
His stuff is rooted in his soul/seed of existence and can think after destruction of his body so physical alterations are useless anyways better off saying that
 
Imma be honest, I really don't see what stops Neo from just killing him via a thought, or his aura passive crushing him and fearing him.
Has he shown the ability to death hax inanimate matter? Same question to his fear hax.

Crushing Kakine isn't really doing much either, at best that would destroy/incap a single body.

He could also put the Concept of Eternal sleep on him (fyi, normal sleep manip or any ability for that matter, and its concept stuff, are distinctly different and concepts were stated to be vastly superior).
Same as the above, I get the "conceptual" part is supposed to make this really impressive, but he still needs feats where he affects inanimate stuff.

Also, in case this does work, what supports this somehow affecting disconnected bodies?

Devour the time of Kakine
Absorb Kakine via his darkness
These would have to affect the disconnected bodies too, any evidence supporting that?


Is it in character for him to erase whole cities as soon as battles start? Kakine can spread himself over a whole island in a second, if the battle keeps going anything less than destroying their half of the planet (or even the whole planet) wouldn't be enough.


Regen neg him.
AD and RE.
The first doesn't cover Kakine's type 8 from what I've seen, even the mechanics behind Kakaine's regen are completely different from the Phoenix and the Minotaur that Neo's profile talks about, I see no reason for his regen to get nulled but even if it does, that doesn't solve Type 8.

What exactly would AD and RE do in practice here? His AD seems to amp stats only and I didn’t find anything about RE in his profile whatsoever (not even the category for reactive evolution seems to be there).
 
Has he shown the ability to death hax inanimate matter? Same question to his fear hax.

Crushing Kakine isn't really doing much either, at best that would destroy/incap a single body.
He has been able to kill Statues before via his death abilities, and has shown to able to death hax individual body parts, if that helps. Was also able to kill flame and other elements.

Additionally, considering his aura, Kakine still wouldn't really be able to do anything to Neo, no? Considering his passive aura, and the aura of death he can bring about when he uses his Red Lightning, anything that comes close to him just dies.
Same as the above, I get the "conceptual" part is supposed to make this really impressive, but he still needs feats where he affects inanimate stuff.
See the above. They are the same.
Also, in case this does work, what supports this somehow affecting disconnected bodies?
Not that I recall, no. That said, absorption is an aura, so anything that comes close will get absorbed, and the time stop or devour works by absorbing the time elementals of something, which are like particles that exist in everything, which will erase them from the timeline.
Is it in character for him to erase whole cities as soon as battles start? Kakine can spread himself over a whole island in a second, if the battle keeps going anything less than destroying their half of the planet (or even the whole planet) wouldn't be enough.
Ehhh not really, no, at least not in a normal location such as earth. Though if it reached such an extent that'll require him
The first doesn't cover Kakine's type 8 from what I've seen, even the mechanics behind Kakaine's regen are completely different from the Phoenix and the Minotaur that Neo's profile talks about, I see no reason for his regen to get nulled but even if it does, that doesn't solve Type 8.
Noted.
What exactly would AD and RE do in practice here? His AD seems to amp stats only and I didn’t find anything about RE in his profile whatsoever (not even the category for reactive evolution seems to be there).
It's mostly about his abilities, where if you keep using them more and more, they evolve (in this case, dying or killing himself), and they evolve based on one's experiences. For example, one of his abilities, Eternal, he got it based on his experience of being in the time stream where he kept aging and deaging, and Eternal skill made him ageless in return. The AD will just keep making him stronger and faster. Though, Neo will eventually reach his third key if the battle keeps continuing, and by then, he'll be able to absorb one's Seed of Existence, which will erase them from a conceptual and informational level, and that does include clones or whatnot iirc.

Anyways, what are Kakine's wincon? For Neo, I'm not sure if he's able to permanently kill Kakine without resorting to instantly EEing the entire world (assume Kakine can cover the entire world within a few seconds, do tell if that's the case) or eventually getting strong enough. That said, I don't see anything that Kakine can do that'll really work on Neo or permanently incap him, especially since he can just come back as pure energy of death.
 
He has been able to kill Statues
To be sure, generic random statues?


shown to able to death hax individual body parts, if that helps
Doesn't, organic matter is mostly considered alive.


Was also able to kill flame and other elements.
Magical ones or natural ones? If there's any explanation on why exactly he can do that I'd like to see it, but yeah this is in line with what's required to deal with Kakine.


Not that I recall, no. That said, absorption is an aura, so anything that comes close will get absorbed, and the time stop or devour works by absorbing the time elementals of something, which are like particles that exist in everything, which will erase them from the timeline.
This seems to be heading to an inconclusive, as neither seem to be able to kill each other.

It's mostly about his abilities, where if you keep using them more and more, they evolve (in this case, dying or killing himself), and they evolve based on one's experiences. For example, one of his abilities, Eternal, he got it based on his experience of being in the time stream where he kept aging and deaging, and Eternal skill made him ageless in return.
Ehhhhhh

That seems very NLFish by itself, given the example you provided and the situation here with Kakine are completely different, either other instances of RE or examples from other users would be required IMO.


Though, Neo will eventually reach his third key if the battle keeps continuing, and by then, he'll be able to absorb one's Seed of Existence, which will erase them from a conceptual and informational level, and that does include clones or whatnot iirc.
Kakine's powers don't really fit in the usual definition of clones if you ask me, his stuff is pretty specific in nature.


Kakine still obviously has a mind
No? DM Kakine (especially during NT6) doesn't really have a mind, it's literally just DM that got his personality coded into it.

It's definitely strange and made worse by the novel keeping it vague if there's still something remaining of the original Kakine, but given all that we see, it's very likely that during NT6 there was nothing of the original.

Kakine's situation is basically a ship of theseus that tackles not just the physical body but also the consciousness, the practical conclusion, again, is that the original is gone by the time we see the DM Body fighting.
 
To be sure, generic random statues?
We know they are stone statues, and were shown to be rubble when broken.
Magical ones or natural ones? If there's any explanation on why exactly he can do that I'd like to see it, but yeah this is in line with what's required to deal with Kakine.
They're mostly the same? IIRC in verse, Magical or Natural Flames all use the same flame elementals, so they're barely any different in-verse (except for a few things).

The way he does that is just by imposing the concept of death on something, at least in his first key. Current key can just do it with a thought.
This seems to be heading to an inconclusive, as neither seem to be able to kill each other.
I'll respond to this below.
Ehhhhhh

That seems very NLFish by itself, given the example you provided and the situation here with Kakine are completely different, either other instances of RE or examples from other users would be required IMO.
Meh, not really? Nothing that Kakine has doesn't exist in the verse, so I don't really see why it couldn't just evolve eventually to counter it, but even if he doesn't it doesn't really matter since he'll level up eventually.
Kakine's powers don't really fit in the usual definition of clones if you ask me, his stuff is pretty specific in nature.
Clones were just an example, but Neo in the next key eats up the Seed of Existence, which "Is the fundamental self-definition of a person and contains their concept", and it was shown that anything you create iirc are connected via Existence, and he can just eat it up. Either way, if the match prolongs to the point Neo just becomes the next key, then unless Kakine's range reaches Solar System or smth, he can still just erase him. He still has a pretty good win-con, especially if he reaches the next key considering he'll just know everything about Kakine and know what to do next.
 
We know they are stone statues, and were shown to be rubble when broken.
I mean, they weren't magical statues is what I was asking in practice, your answer didn't really tell me much.

They're mostly the same? IIRC in verse, Magical or Natural Flames all use the same flame elementals, so they're barely any different in-verse (except for a few things).

The way he does that is just by imposing the concept of death on something, at least in his first key. Current key can just do it with a thought.
2 things:

First, are you saying he has killed both or are you saying he has only killed magical flames?

Second, If the reasoning behind him being able to kill normal fire is that it is powered by "flame elementals" or whatever, then Kakine is definitely safe given he doesn't have an elemental powering him or anything like that.


Meh, not really? Nothing that Kakine has doesn't exist in the verse, so I don't really see why it couldn't just evolve eventually to counter it, but even if he doesn't it doesn't really matter since he'll level up eventually.
His profile doesn't mention any type 8 immortality similar to Kakine's and none of his abilities even later down the line seem to be actually definitive ways to kill Kakine.

Clones were just an example, but Neo in the next key eats up the Seed of Existence, which "Is the fundamental self-definition of a person and contains their concept", and it was shown that anything you create iirc are connected via Existence, and he can just eat it up.
Thing is, he isn't fighting a person here, there's no individual source here, there's not a personal concept.

Killing Kakine through death/EE requires something closer to erasing a metal door and alongside it all other doors made in the same factory than a simple "I erase this human and their magical constructs/copies alongside it".

Kakine in this key is literally just DM, a bunch of self replicating exotic elementary particles with reality warping capabilities.
 
I mean, they weren't magical statues is what I was asking in practice, your answer didn't really tell me much.
Not sure exactly what you mean? We don't really know much about their nature besides the fact they are statues that kill anyone who has seen them and keep coming back. Surely you aren't insinuating that because they can move, hence magical, and it is disqualified?

Here is their sandbox (it had a profile before Ant deleted it, but I'll restore it later)
2 things:

First, are you saying he has killed both or are you saying he has only killed magical flames?

Second, If the reasoning behind him being able to kill normal fire is that it is powered by "flame elementals" or whatever, then Kakine is definitely safe given he doesn't have an elemental powering him or anything like that.
I'm pretty sure I have other scenes where he kill normal stuff, but I can't find it for the life of me so Ignore it for now.

As if right now, he killed a magical flame. That said, it isn't "Powered" or anything of that sort, but that they are literally made of "Flame Elementals". Elementals are literally everywhere, the wind is Wind Elemental and it is how wind functions, Fire (any kind) is made of Flame Elementals, Space itself is made of Space Elementals. Basically, they are the foundation of the entire world. In other words, magical flame and normal flame are all made of Flame Elementals.
His profile doesn't mention any type 8 immortality similar to Kakine's and none of his abilities even later down the line seem to be actually definitive ways to kill Kakine.


Thing is, he isn't fighting a person here, there's no individual source here, there's not a personal concept.

Killing Kakine through death/EE requires something closer to erasing a metal door and alongside it all other doors made in the same factory than a simple "I erase this human and their magical constructs/copies alongside it".

Kakine in this key is literally just DM, a bunch of self replicating exotic elementary particles with reality warping capabilities.
That seems weird? Kakine is still an individual, the DM is Kakine, even if his personality and stuff are ******. Hell, he has Extraordinary Genius and can apparently think. I don't see how this somehow proves that he doesn't have a type 3 concept, which is just weird. And even then, I don't see how that stops the Info type 2 absorption? Unless you want to institute that he also somehow doesn't have info type 2? Like, it is very weird, you say that Kakine doesn't even exist, and it is just DM, but he can still think and do stuff, so idk how he can't have concept type 3 or info type 2.

Regardless, it seems at worst, it'll be an incon, since Kakine doesn't really have a way to kill Neo at all, since he'll just come back (and mind shenanigans won't do anything to him and if he got incapped, he can just res) and Neo likely cannot kill all of Kakine unless he immediately opens with EE, and even eventual evolution is doubtful since Kakine might have spread outside of the Solar System by now. I don't mind an Incon, honestly.
 
Not sure exactly what you mean? We don't really know much about their nature besides the fact they are statues that kill anyone who has seen them and keep coming back. Surely you aren't insinuating that because they can move, hence magical, and it is disqualified?
That's the point yes, killing something that is powered by magic is completely different from the requirement to deal with Kakine.


As if right now, he killed a magical flame. That said, it isn't "Powered" or anything of that sort, but that they are literally made of "Flame Elementals". Elementals are literally everywhere, the wind is Wind Elemental and it is how wind functions, Fire (any kind) is made of Flame Elementals, Space itself is made of Space Elementals. Basically, they are the foundation of the entire world. In other words, magical flame and normal flame are all made of Flame Elementals.
I mean, that's fine but then comes the problem that due to verse equalization Kakine has no elemental of his own, how does his power interact with stuff in this case?


That seems weird? Kakine is still an individual, the DM is Kakine, even if his personality and stuff are ******. Hell, he has Extraordinary Genius and can apparently think. I don't see how this somehow proves that he doesn't have a type 3 concept, which is just weird. And even then, I don't see how that stops the Info type 2 absorption? Unless you want to institute that he also somehow doesn't have info type 2? Like, it is very weird, you say that Kakine doesn't even exist, and it is just DM, but he can still think and do stuff, so idk how he can't have concept type 3 or info type 2.
You're definitely not following nor understanding what the deal with Kakine is.

DM Kakine isn't an individual, think of him as a machine, easier now?

I read the description for Seed of Existence in Neo's profile, it is something aimed at living beings, it even explicitly talks about the self-definition of beings, but Kakine lacks all that in this key, he isn't a being, he is a thing.

This is no different from the other requirement for the other abilities, has the Seed of Existence been used against inanimate, inorganic stuff? If yes it works on Kakine, otherwise it doesn't.

I never said anything in this entire thread about information type 2, you are only bringing it up now, I said that his absorption, in case it works, needs evidence to absorb the disconnected/far away pieces of DM, otherwise it's the same problem of everything else where it deals with a few bodies but there's DM still remaining.


but he can still think and do stuff, so idk how he can't have concept type 3 or info type 2.
Hell, he has Extraordinary Genius and can apparently think
He has all the capabilities of the original Kakine yes, but you can understand it better if you it as the difference between an artificial intelligence and a real human.


Regardless, it seems at worst, it'll be an incon, since Kakine doesn't really have a way to kill Neo at all, since he'll just come back (and mind shenanigans won't do anything to him and if he got incapped, he can just res) and Neo likely cannot kill all of Kakine unless he immediately opens with EE, and even eventual evolution is doubtful since Kakine might have spread outside of the Solar System by now. I don't mind an Incon, honestly.
Spreading outside of the planet is very unlikely although not impossible if it just lasts that much.

But yeah, I think it's mostly an incon.
 
I read the description for Seed of Existence in Neo's profile, it is something aimed at living beings, it even explicitly talks about the self-definition of beings, but Kakine lacks all that in this key, he isn't a being, he is a thing.

This is no different from the other requirement for the other abilities, has the Seed of Existence been used against inanimate, inorganic stuff? If yes it works on Kakine, otherwise it doesn't.
Everything in the verse has information/concept/self-definition

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Gotta make sure, while I don't think Neo could kill all of Kakine's stuff at once, but couldn't he just eventually incon it? If he doesn't spread beyond the solar system in a long time period (months to years, if it reaches the point, unlikely), but surely Neo can just delete the entire planet if shit becomes too much, no?

Not to mention, the reason it is Incon is just because Kakine will keep getting deleted and getting other copies, but he doesn't have anything that can even injure Neo, meanwhile Neo has wincons (albeit a bit low). I'd see if the spot above can be beaten, then I'd ask in the top 15 strongest to see how it would work.
 
Oh ye a question, I assume the particles of dark matter are the things that are spreading, not necessarily that he keeps duplicating, no? As in, does he just instantly duplicate, or does his dark matter keep spreading and each one becomes him?

I'm just asking to see what exactly stops Neo from just thinking "Die", considering iirc he can affect multiple beings at once with just a single "die" (tho I gotta find the feat, so take this with a grain of salt. Tho given he could kill two legs at once via a thought, I'd assume he'd be able to target everything), or just his lightning shenanigans, where with just a single swing that has no projectile or anything of sort and requires no aiming, kills everything in vicinity. Which range should be upped to the sky due to everything being linked to his Death.

Or, if he somehow reaches Empyrean Realm (which is pretty close considering he's at the peak of the mythic realm in this key), then he can just... absorb all the dark matter into his shadow world, or stop the time (mind you, he stopped the time of an entire country very casually, and that country is twice the size of the largest country on old earth, ie russia, so there's that too).

Also, if he is allowed to reach Empyrean Realm, then his passive would just nullify anything within at least miles (likely far, far higher considering he restricted to the same strength of his first key), so all the Kakine near him would just have their powers nullified (mind you, many of their powers come from their very own bloodline);
Neo's true aura burst out from his body.

The sheer intensity crushed the surrounding miles of forest, flattening trees and sending wildlife scattering in terror.

The ground beneath him cracked and trembled.

The once-lush greenery was reduced to ash and dust.

Everyone was forced to their knees by the oppressive weight of his presence.

Mars' flames were extinguished in an instant.

Arthur's Invincible skill shattered.

Neo's shadows began to stir. - Ch. 348

He made sure it was just barely enough to not kill them – although his current method seemed harsh it would help them face stronger enemies and not be rattled by their auras.

"You need to get used to this," Neo said. "Stronger enemies won't be as forgiving as I am." - Ch. 348

'This place should be good enough,' Neo thought.

Neo's aura surged.

It filled the region of the forest that was destroyed during the earlier fight.

The aura of Death began to condense.

It transformed into a metallic platform. - Ch. 350

Or... and I can't believe I forgot about this, Neo could take one Kakine, sentence him to judgement hell, and gain his powers. So there's that too.

Although I still think it'll probably be incon depending on how fast his spread speed is, I just wanted to mention these to see other's input on it.
 
Oh ye a question, I assume the particles of dark matter are the things that are spreading, not necessarily that he keeps duplicating, no? As in, does he just instantly duplicate, or does his dark matter keep spreading and each one becomes him?
The Dark Matter is

More is created through reality warping.

I'm just asking to see what exactly stops Neo from just thinking "Die", considering iirc he can affect multiple beings at once with just a single "die" (tho I gotta find the feat, so take this with a grain of salt. Tho given he could kill two legs at once via a thought, I'd assume he'd be able to target everything), or just his lightning shenanigans, where with just a single swing that has no projectile or anything of sort and requires no aiming, kills everything in vicinity. Which range should be upped to the sky due to everything being linked to his Death.
I mean, as I said in the start Kakine needs a mere moment to spread his DM over a massive distance, and beyond the obvious white bodies and other constructs Kakine can spread DM in more dispersed ways that are essentially invisible due to their size.

That means that, again, depending on feats he may just be unable to affect everything at once even if he wanted to.

But anyway, Riki said Neo should win due to planetary EE, I don't really have a problem with that.
 
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