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That's not what that fallacy is.
No, it'd need to be almost dead-on for that. If she was even a few meters away it would drop to high-end 3-B. One light year away would be 4-A. I don't think it's implausible given the image shown that she would be that far away, assuming it's meant to be her PoV. The universe had a radius of about 10 light years after one second, I think it's pretty easy to call that sort of timeframe the "birth".
I am almost certain that it wouldn't, but I guess we can wait for Ultima for that.
Really, that's the only notable new point being brought up. Considering the Discussion Rule against changing Ajimu's tier without new arguments, this thread would be closeable without the saving grace of the tiering system changes.
@Antvasima @DontTalkDT How much leeway do you think I should be giving here?
Easy.
- Lip Service requires her to kiss someone.
- Five Focus requires her to scratch someone.
- Door to Door requires her to kiss someone.
- Unskilled only lasts for three minutes.
I disagree. There's no universal energy system underlying different abilities in Medaka Box. They can function very differently from each other.
We know that they were looking, all of them (except for maybe Hanten) were watching, and were intimidated by it.
There's nothing in the text of the GLK novels implying that they're purified. I think it's an important point that its actual use seems to have almost nothing to do with the description.
Because they occur on two subsequent pages; the first page there has Unskilled listed at the bottom. And on the next page she says that Count Up is the last skill she uses, so it has to be after the rest.
Even if she used them one after another, they sure seem like the sorts of things that would be visible.
You cannot simultaneously say "Her being Low 1-A is supported by her being above the rest of the cast" and "Some characters are above her, but they just scale". By acknowledging the latter you have to lose the former.
It isn't. They're both spelled the same way, and are just different readings of the same word. They're not related; Anshin'in is invoked to compare to the common word "anshin", use to mean like "feel at ease", "don't worry", etc.
No. We don't use MTL since it often makes relevant mistakes.
And I'd just generally be careful with this sort of thing, since the author often talks about characters in similar ways despite a total lack of meta powers. iirc there's statements about Zaregoto's characters pushing it to be more of a fighting-oriented series (here, question 26). And statements about Monogatari's characters changing the author's direction of the story (in the afterwords for Ougimono and Shinobumono iirc, in the first chapter of Shinomono 2, probably in some other places too).
It's just an evocative way of talking about the story-writing process, not a specific ability of Ajimu's, I think.
That's about her being sealed by Momo Momozono, a statement from chapter 152, a completely different case from Kumagawa sealing Ajimu.
In fact, near that statement we have this statement from Kumagawa that it took Ajimu three years to remove Bookmaker.
No, Ajimu Najimi is her real name, she just occasionally brings up Anshin'in as a nickname.
I find the statement "I would have had no choice but to kill you" way weaker than Ajimu saying that she can't beat Medaka and that she lost to Iihiko over 100,000,000 times, and had to simply avoid him.
It does seem plausible that she protected Zenkichi by sacrificing herself so that Zenkichi, with his protagonist powers, could kill Iihiko. But that doesn't support the idea that Ajimu is a Low 1-A above-author character.
No, she didn't have it. It was Zenkichi's Devil Style ability that he asked Hanten to make for him.
Ajimu probably could've had it, if she asked Hanten for it, but that never happened canonically.
No, that's a misunderstanding.
Ajimu created Hanten to act as a backup of her.
Hanten created a clan of others so they could act as backups for her, the Shiranui clan.
This Shiranui clan decided to use their skill as backups to act that way for other people. Those that they found interesting (like Iihiko), or those that could pay them a lot (like Fukurou).
Iihiko was not a backup of Ajimu. Iihiko was backed up by Ajimu's backups as a side hustle of theirs.
I have no idea where you're getting this idea from.
The first one of those was a joke, as shown on the literal next page.
The second one was the culmination of him remembering all his allies; she was just the last one in the list. This doesn't imply that all the others are telepathically speaking to him.
Oh okay. Yeah I think "realm" is a less confusing word to use there, due to the Low 1-A part of this discussion.
I don't think it's real enough for those ratings.
I find your response an all-too-common case of rating Ajimu high due to misunderstandings and not reading the series closely enough. That's a charitable reading at least, a less charitable one would be that you're deliberately taking things out of context, but I think MB's a confusing enough series for these to be accidents.
That's not what this fallacy is.
1⁰ The argument from repetition (Argumentum ad nauseum) is the argument that just repeats what has been refuted or just continues to make that statement and that is what happened. You twice stated that Ajimu was an unknown distance away but I showed that she would be near or close enough to observe the birth of the universe and that the other paintings depict her closely observing things like the formation of the Earth or the first living thing. Being a close distance that isn't that great, it could be bypassed by, I don't know, 3-C and 3-A.
No, you would need to be almost dead for that. If she were a few meters away, she would drop to high level 3-B. A light year away would be 4-A. I don't find it implausible, given the image shown, that she would be so far away, assuming that's meant to be her PoV. The universe had a radius of about 10 light years after a second, I think it's pretty easy to call that kind of time period a "birth".
2⁰ Using the PoV we have a context that she was close, and I don't think it's consistent that you want to determine the time, but any attempt to measure how far away she would be could not be considered, you would at least have to prove that she could perceive something 1 light year away on the base for example or anything that could support this narrative, since we know that it could replicate the creation of the universe and did not die in combat.
I disagree. There is no universal energy system underlying the Medaka Box's different abilities. They can function very differently from others.
3⁰ If you don't want to put her at the character's level, that's fine, if you think it's better, just put her skills at the level of the guys she fought.
We know they were watching, all of them (except maybe Hanten) were watching and were intimidated by it.
Edit: I forgot to answer this part. From what it looks like it would be Ajinu seeing them, besides I can't even see Scan to say anything, if it's one of those who talk about her abilities, she could very well have only deactivated it after using it and leaving them alive for example
Because they occur on two subsequent pages; the first page has Unskilled listed at the bottom. And on the next page she says that Count Up is the last skill she uses, so it has to be after the rest.
4⁰ I'm not saying that she didn't use one skill and then another, the feeling I meant was using one and already using the next, which what you said doesn't prove this point. We don't see the battle so it's impossible to say that it's wrong to say that she used one after another at a fast pace.
Even though she wears them one after the other, they certainly look like the kind of thing that shows.
5⁰ This is another point, it is very weak, it would be like the False dichotomy, which, according to the words of vs battle
This is when someone claims that there are only a certain amount of options, and if all but one are false, then the other must be true. This ignores the possibility of other options.
Completely ignoring the possibility that Ajimu just decided to deactivate his ability after using it, furthermore, this ends the arguments not being valid. In the worst case scenario, these skills would not be included in combat because we don't know the situation, but it would still be good to put them as part of the Profile, since in any case Ajimu cannot even be used in serious comparisons and could still be described in the skill layer. character, perhaps even increasing consistency.
Type 3-A (survived a Big Bang and is capable of creating universes with her abilities), possibly Low 1-A (Able to transcend dimensions, although how she uses the ability is unknown and the kanji may be about travel as well )
You can't simultaneously say "The fact that she is Low 1-A is supported by her being above the rest of the cast" and "Some characters are above her, but they just climb." By recognizing the latter, you have to lose the former.
6⁰ Sorry, but when did I say that some characters are above her? And another, you're attacking a straw man here, at no point did I say that her being above the others makes her Low 1-A, I just wanted to show her superiority to the rest of the characters and that only she is Scala at the Low -A tier.
And I would generally be careful with this sort of thing, as the author often talks about characters in similar ways despite a complete lack of meta powers. If I'm not mistaken, there are statements about Zaregoto's characters forcing it to be more of a fighting-oriented series (here, question 26). And statements about Monogatari's characters changing the direction of the author's story (in the afterword to Ougimono and Shinobumono, if I'm not mistaken, in the first chapter of Shinomono 2, probably in a few other places as well).
It's just an evocative way of talking about the story-writing process, not a specific skill of Ajimu's, I think.
7⁰ It really is a good point to be raised, but it seems at least a little strange to me, but in the case of Zeragoto I would really like more context, since it seems too open to say that it refutes the elaboration of plot manipulation, since which doesn't explain exactly how they did it or it's just about them stopping fighting so the fight had to be fought because the author couldn't counter the character's evolution to continue the fights, for example. Is there any reason Ougimono and Shinobumono can't have plot manipulation? Furthermore, later you will mention that she doesn't have one because she didn't ask Hanten, but I'll answer now that it's on topic.
No, she didn't. It was Zenkichi's Devil Style skill that he asked Hanten to make for him. Ajimu probably could have had it if she asked Hanten, but that never happened canonically.
8⁰ Hanten compares her ability to create skills that yours doesn't even compare to hers and that is nothing more than a shadow, it is literally like her highlighted phrase in vs Battle and she obviously demonstrates quotes for this, something like possibly plot manipulation with a note that she can have if she wants but it is not certain whether she already has it or not, although she has sought out impossible things to do, so if even Hanten who is inferior to hers, it must be of a lower level and Ajimu's must already have it.
In fact, near that statement we have this statement from Kumagawa that it took Ajimu three years to remove Bookmaker.
9⁰ Where does this prove that Ajimu couldn't take it off whenever she wanted, I can't open the link, but the two possibilities are, she spent 2 years with him or spent two years trying to take him off. Both possibilities could be explained, the first would just be that she hadn't gotten bored yet and the fact that it took two years to take it off could just be her being fair to the script.
No, Ajimu Najimi is her real name, she only occasionally mentions Anshin'in as a nickname.
11⁰ My friend who understands the work and who asked me to be here didn't respond to me while I was doing it, so this and about Ajimu's real name I have to let her respond later.
12⁰ I will ignore this argument because you agree that Ajimu > Iihiko.
Oh, okay. Yes, I think "kingdom" is a less confusing word to use here, given the Low 1-A part of this discussion.
13⁰ Fair enough, in this case this feat would be what speed?
I don't think it's real enough for these ratings.
14⁰ But the possibility still exists here, it is not plausible to say that it would be one or the other, the possibility of discarding it would be something like Argument from ignorance which due to lack of information cannot be taken as real, as it is just one of the possibilities
and no, I didn't forget that
Easy. Lip Service requires her to kiss someone. Five Focus requires her to scratch someone. Door to Door requires her to kiss someone. Unqualified only lasts three minutes
As I mentioned, my friend still hasn't responded to me so I couldn't confirm anything. But, even if these skills couldn't be used in serious battles here at vs battle, she could still perform the feats she mentioned like creating a universe, controlling infinities or transcending dimensions, still being able to be listed on her profile and be used to level up her tier because we know she is capable. In any case, you cannot use ajimu in topics like this
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