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Introduction:
This is my first CRT thingy so please excuse my horrible formatting. As far as Im aware, the Hunter X Hunter speed scaling has changed quite a bit as of late, with this CRT barely a year ago, which only concluded a few months ago if im not wrong. And funnily enough, the one making it thought the verse was wanked, and here I am, trying to downgrade it further. Okay, im not trying to downgrade it, but some of the calculations he made are to me not fully accurate or rely on assumptions that I don't think are justified. Just like that thread, I will talk about each calculation on its own to fully explain my problems.
My Problems with the current calculations:
Tocino Reacts to Franklins Nen BulletsThis calculation is derived from Tocino moving in tandem with Franklin’s Nen Bullets. Because Franklin named the technique “Dual Machine Gun: Ambidextrous Automatic Weapon” the calc assumes that the speed is the same as that of our more common automatic weapons. This completely misses the point of what a machine gun is. In simple terms, a machine gun is a weapon that can rapid fire in quick succession without having to individually pull the trigger for each shot. That is essentially what Franklins technique is. A machine gun doesn't have a minimum bullet velocity, and we have no reason to believe that Franklins technique fires with anything approaching that speed. There is also the problem of taking a characters ability name to seriously, that's how you get characters like Bonolenov and Feitan up to Planet-and Star Level, which we should all agree is ridiculous, so why should Franklin be treated differently?
Goreinu Reacts to Razor's Throw
Just like the Tocino speed feat, this one is also dependant on comparing to a real world object, but this time things are a bit different. The context here is that Goreinu reacts Razor’s dodgeball throw, and Razor’s dodgeball throw was compared to Gon’s, which in turn was compared to a cannon. The problem here is that speed is not necessarily part of that comparison. What is actually happening here is that Killua’s hands are holding the ball for Gon, and when talking about the damage his hands have taken, they compare his hands to the barrel of a cannon. This is simply talking about the similar mechanics between the two, there is no mention of its speed or force being similar, even if one might expect it to be comparable.
Uvogin Bites a Bullet
Among the problems with this calculation is that it assumes that Uvo opened his mouth wide open just to pick up a tiny little bullet. I can agree that this might not be that big of a problem, as the calc mentions his ability to open it wider. What I cannot agree with is the assumption that Uvo couldn't possibly have began closing his mouth until the bullet had already entered, I just don't see any reasoning for this to be the case. He would have had "plenty of time" to react to the bullet being fired. I wouldn't go as far as to call this aim-dodging, but it's something similar at least.
What I would do with this calc is simply go the route of seeing how fast he would have had to be to both open and close his mouth in the time it took the bullet to get to him, which would come out at around 250 m/s or Subsonic+. Im not saying that this is correct or in any way Uvo's speed limit, but it seems like a much more reasonable estimation than what is currently accepted.
Netero and Meruem trade blows
I'm not sure how often this has been debated, but anyways, the translation the wiki uses is just outright wrong. The calculation says that they traded “Hundreds of Thousands of blows” which is just blatantly incorrect. First of all, both the Anime translation and the Official Viz Manga have it as some variation of “Hundreds and Thousands” which is the correct interpretation.
The actual kanji used are 数百数千 (Suuyhaku Susen) which literally means Hundreds and Thousands, even Google Translate would tell you as much. Im honestly baffled as to how this was missed.
So the feat would have to be recalculated to take this into account. What qualifies as hundreds and thousands is I guess up for debate, but I would assume it’s at least like 3300, going by the current calculation. Using 3300 would make it 291 m/s or Subsonic+.
The Odd One Out: Cheetu Dodges Bullets
I saved this for last, just to gain some good faith here. I actually think this one is lowballed a bit too much, though nothing super huge. The current calculation assumes Cheetu ran in a straight line in front of the bullet. This obviously can't be the case, as he would have had to run straight through the bullet to accomplish that, which would have left him with a bullet sized hole in his head. So bare minimum, he would have had to circle around it, which would add about 5 isch centimetre to the distance moved (Half his head's diameter) and put his speed at around Mach 24, or just below High Hypersonic.
So what now?
Honestly, im not fully sure. I don't have any new calcs like the other overhaul. And some of these might still for some reason be kept (Mainly the Uvo one depending on others opinions) but if I would have to guess.As for Tocino and squad, they'd likely just have to upscale from Killua and Gon's feats during the hunter exams.
Kurapika's Mach 2 Bullet Catching feat would likely be the main calculation used to scale the mid tier characters. As this was accomplished without Emperor Time or the Scarlet Eyes I could see it scaling to many characters, like Full Power Uvogin or Morel and Knuckle for example.
And finally, Netero would likely just massively upscale from the likes of Cheetu and Hisoka, or maybe even Killua's reaction speed, since he did kind of just blitz the Royal Guards.
