arifureta speed downgrade

[Passersby]

saw the speed in hajime's profile was rated as FTL and massively FTL, which is a lot

but the reasoning behind it wasn't much

i saw the calc and it seems the only reason he even has that much speed is because of this single statement in the light novel

Not even a second later, multiple magma serpents shot out of the sea below, each of them chomping down where he'd been nanoseconds before. Volume 5, Chapter 1

which really isn't nearly enough evidence nor justification for this kind of speed, it mostly just seems like a hyperbole


does this warrent a downgrade?

 

[Celestial_Pegasus]

Literally what i found with a quick search, in a vacuum we probably wouldn't take it seriously, if not for all this:

“How dare you make a fool out of me!”

“Calm yourself, Commander! The battle has devolved into a melee, we need your orders to fight effectively!”

Lelei strode up to stand by Kaime and used her mana—which was now silver thanks to her apostleification—to create another arrow. As Badd stared at the mana-rich arrow, his expression turned grim.

Lelei loosed it, sending the arrow streaking toward Badd at the speed of light. Until now he’d acted like he’d been toying with his opponents, but Badd had to dodge it in earnest. He jumped to one side and deflected the arrow with his scythe. The arrow ended up slamming into a nearby pillar and blowing right through it with ease. Lelei’s arrow was clearly enhanced with disintegration magic.

“They need two to three seconds to charge their disintegration magic! You can tell they’re doing it when they concentrate their mana in one spot!” Badd shouted while dodging another barrage of Kaime’s feathers. Meanwhile, he kept an eye on Lelei’s arrow, which did a U-turn midair to chase him down once more.-Arifureta Zero, Volume 6, Chapter 1

Badd switched his focus back to Lelei, but was, unfortunately, a moment too late.

“Gah!” he shouted, as he was knocked back at the speed of light and slammed into one of the temple’s pillars.

Shit, my vision’s spinning.

He’d hit the back of his head, hard. Though he’d managed to dampen the impact as much as possible with godlike reaction time, he’d still taken quite a blow. His brain was howling in pain.

So those are the Paladins I heard so much about, huh?

Indeed, it was not Lelei who had hit him, but a Paladin wielding a massive warhammer who had rushed out from the depths of the temple. On the breastplate of his holy armor was an insignia of a shield surrounded by a halo.-Arifureta Zero, Volume 6, Chapter 1

“Sh-She’s too fast...” Before they could swing their swords and spears down at her, she cut through all of them. “My lightning is the wrath of Ehit! No filthy beastman will ever touch me!” Lilith stabbed her sword into the ground in front of her. Lightning shot out of it in every direction, electrocuting all the beastmen around her. Then, with a flash, she disappeared and reappeared within another formation of beastmen. Lilith swung her sword in a wide arc, shooting lightning all around her in a circle. The beastmen were sent flying before they even had time to shout. Even the federation soldiers couldn’t help but shudder at Lilith’s display of might. It was this special magic of hers, Thunderclap, that had allowed her to rise to the position of Templar Knight commander at the young age of 27. Not only could she cast lightning magic instantly without incantations, but she could also cover herself in lightning, allowing her to move at near light speed.-Arifureta Zero, Volume 4, Chapter 1

Ryutarou’s punches were now strong enough to pulverize steel, and even with the ridiculous sturdiness that Kouki’s stats granted him, it took all of his strength just to keep hold of his sword. He wasn’t able to brace himself against the attack either, due to how bad his footing was, so he was sent flying. Eri wanted to run to Kouki’s aid, but her instincts screamed at her to dodge, so she reflexively backed away instead. She hadn’t heard any sound or seen even the glint of a blade, but there had indeed been a slash, so dodging had been the right move.

“Ngh!”

Looking down, Eri saw that her claymore had been sliced cleanly in half. Had she not leaped backward and used that sword to block, she would’ve suffered that fate instead...and her instincts had only been able to save her because she’d seen Shizuku’s sword skills so many times while they were in the same party. Even a nanosecond’s delay would have concluded this battle before it even truly began.-Volume 12, Chapter 2

Back in the video, Yue was peeking in on Kaori, who was crouching down after having just removed her underwear. Kaori moved faster than light, and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick to the crystal, which shattered. Even Hajime was captivated by her graceful and accurate movements-Volume 6, Bonus Stories

“Divine Shackles!”
The golems on Kouki’s right were cut down by a slash faster than light, while the ones on his left were shackled by chains of purple light. The golems quickly tried to dissolve back into mud to free themselves, but they were sliced in half by another sword slash. This was the next level of the technique Kouki had used, Rippling Pale Moon. The one who had cut them down was of course Shizuku.-Volume 3, Chapter 3

To summarize; relativistic is a thing in the Prequel series, Arifureta Zero, Hajime scales above those characters. In the Main story there are a few of those feats too, and i didn't even touch on the laser dodging feats of Hajime and co dodging lasers produced by sunlight that reflects off ice.

 

[Passersby]

Literally what i found with a quick search, in a vacuum we probably wouldn't take it seriously, if not for all this:

alright, makes sens

just close this thread