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Here to de-construct the argument that Izana didn't outpace bullets, heres my recent calc where I lowball the distance moved by Izana.
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This is how you read manga, the panel at the top is always what happened first, when you look at the panel showing what happened you see Kisaki shooting a bullet and then Izana with no bullet wound shoving Kakucho out of the way showing he outpaced bullets
Arguments posed by other people:
1. Why didn't Kakucho dodge the bullet if he is capable of doing it. Debunk: Plot induced stupidity (events in a story that contradict a character's normal capabilities for the purpose of the plot). The whole point of this scene was to kill Izana off and do it in a good way, the best way was for him to die saving Kakucho, this really needs no more debating. Plus, Kakucho only scales to subsonic+ now
2. Characters are constantly dying to bullets so supersonic+ would be an outlier. Debunk: The only times characters have died to bullets I will name below
1. Mikey gets shot by Naoto. Mikey was looking away from Naoto and wanted to be killed, he was literally begging Takemichi to pop a cap in his head lol
2. Kakucho gets shot. Kakucho was looking away from Kisaki so its not really a matter of being an outlier
3. Chifuyu gets shot. Chifuyu was tied up, pretty simple
4. Draken gets shot. Draken was saving Takemichi and Senju here, his death was important to the plot so ofc he had to die. He couldn't have caught the bullets since thats not a matter of only speed. Plus, to move both Takemichi and Senju out of the way would have taken ALOT more speed and a lot more LS then the verse has, calculating it, we get this: F = 105 x 1178 =12612 kg, meaning he would have had to have a class 25 LS to actually pick them up and move them out of the way in time, meaning he had to tank the bullets to save them.
5. Why didn't a high tier (Senju) not move Takemichi out of the way of the bullets. I mean, Takemichi literally had her pinned down so she couldn't have done much
3. Why would characters be scared of guns if they were faster then them. Debunk: characters likely use guns because the piercing damage they have. For example
Without a knife, Angry is capable of no diffing and blitzing Mucho, but when Mucho has a knife, Angry struggles with him and is much more cautious even though he is capable of blitzing him, thats how we know isn't because the speed of the knife, its because the knife is capable of piercing Angry. The same argument can be said for bullets, guns are scary to characters because if a bullet lands, they would likely die, meaning, characters need to be much more cautious around guns which is why they're usually shocked when someone has a gun. The same happens when someone pulls a knife out, characters are shocked. Also, only mid tiers are shocked and they scale to subsonic+ so yeah
4. Why would characters use guns if they were faster then them. Debunk: The only time a high tier has used a gun was when Izana used it on Mikey as a last resort, when he was beaten up and his limbs were tired, he was likely slower then a gun during that instance.
"But hollow, how is he slower then a gun in one instance but faster when saving Kakucho", thanks for pointing this out, I can explain.
When Izana heard Kisaki scream "DIE" he likely would have snapped back and saw Kakucho was about to get shot, Izana then in this state most likely had a surge of adrenaline and likely became stronger then even him at the start of the arc.
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/adrenaline#:~:text=When you have a lot,called noradrenaline (or norepinephrine).
"When you have a lot of adrenaline in your blood, you don’t feel as much pain, so you can keep running or fighting, even if you are injured. It makes you stronger"
"you get a temporary boost of strength"
"A person exhibiting hysterical strength is reckoned to have lifted at least 3000lbs"
Proof that adrenaline is capable of making you stronger far past your normal capabilities, strength goes hand in hand with speed btw
"the stronger an athlete is for their body weight, the faster their times in short sprints will be"
I think this is it, the supporters of the verse can also help me add more.
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This is how you read manga, the panel at the top is always what happened first, when you look at the panel showing what happened you see Kisaki shooting a bullet and then Izana with no bullet wound shoving Kakucho out of the way showing he outpaced bullets
Arguments posed by other people:
1. Why didn't Kakucho dodge the bullet if he is capable of doing it. Debunk: Plot induced stupidity (events in a story that contradict a character's normal capabilities for the purpose of the plot). The whole point of this scene was to kill Izana off and do it in a good way, the best way was for him to die saving Kakucho, this really needs no more debating. Plus, Kakucho only scales to subsonic+ now
2. Characters are constantly dying to bullets so supersonic+ would be an outlier. Debunk: The only times characters have died to bullets I will name below
1. Mikey gets shot by Naoto. Mikey was looking away from Naoto and wanted to be killed, he was literally begging Takemichi to pop a cap in his head lol
2. Kakucho gets shot. Kakucho was looking away from Kisaki so its not really a matter of being an outlier
3. Chifuyu gets shot. Chifuyu was tied up, pretty simple
4. Draken gets shot. Draken was saving Takemichi and Senju here, his death was important to the plot so ofc he had to die. He couldn't have caught the bullets since thats not a matter of only speed. Plus, to move both Takemichi and Senju out of the way would have taken ALOT more speed and a lot more LS then the verse has, calculating it, we get this: F = 105 x 1178 =12612 kg, meaning he would have had to have a class 25 LS to actually pick them up and move them out of the way in time, meaning he had to tank the bullets to save them.
5. Why didn't a high tier (Senju) not move Takemichi out of the way of the bullets. I mean, Takemichi literally had her pinned down so she couldn't have done much
3. Why would characters be scared of guns if they were faster then them. Debunk: characters likely use guns because the piercing damage they have. For example
Without a knife, Angry is capable of no diffing and blitzing Mucho, but when Mucho has a knife, Angry struggles with him and is much more cautious even though he is capable of blitzing him, thats how we know isn't because the speed of the knife, its because the knife is capable of piercing Angry. The same argument can be said for bullets, guns are scary to characters because if a bullet lands, they would likely die, meaning, characters need to be much more cautious around guns which is why they're usually shocked when someone has a gun. The same happens when someone pulls a knife out, characters are shocked. Also, only mid tiers are shocked and they scale to subsonic+ so yeah
4. Why would characters use guns if they were faster then them. Debunk: The only time a high tier has used a gun was when Izana used it on Mikey as a last resort, when he was beaten up and his limbs were tired, he was likely slower then a gun during that instance.
"But hollow, how is he slower then a gun in one instance but faster when saving Kakucho", thanks for pointing this out, I can explain.
When Izana heard Kisaki scream "DIE" he likely would have snapped back and saw Kakucho was about to get shot, Izana then in this state most likely had a surge of adrenaline and likely became stronger then even him at the start of the arc.
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/adrenaline#:~:text=When you have a lot,called noradrenaline (or norepinephrine).
"When you have a lot of adrenaline in your blood, you don’t feel as much pain, so you can keep running or fighting, even if you are injured. It makes you stronger"
"you get a temporary boost of strength"
"A person exhibiting hysterical strength is reckoned to have lifted at least 3000lbs"
Proof that adrenaline is capable of making you stronger far past your normal capabilities, strength goes hand in hand with speed btw
"the stronger an athlete is for their body weight, the faster their times in short sprints will be"
I think this is it, the supporters of the verse can also help me add more.
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