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That's not the argument in play. The arguments are that:
- Blowing up a planet is not equal to razing it's surface. Never once did anyone mention destroying the planet's surface; they would cover the planet's surface in seithr to empower the Take-Mikazuchi.
- This so-called "gag segment" can't merely be brushed off because it's purpose is, as you've said, to guide the player. It's making a statement based on pre-established lore; if it is truly trying to "guide the player", it wouldn't make a statement of the sort based on something that has never happened.
- Yes, there have been feats that approached the destruction of a planet. In one of the bad endings of Continuum Shift, most of the world was destroyed simply by the Black Beast simply being released: both the Take-Mikazuchi's laser and Kokonoe's Astral definitely approach widespread devastation that goes deeper than just the surface of the planet, nevermind Makoto's Astral (which we're only not bringing up because it's usually considered a gag feat.)
- The sheer number of times the Black Beast has been pointed out to be able to destroy the world (and in the most recent game, "blow up", something that can't possibly be confused for merely razing the surface) in the main story rather renders the second point irrelevant regardless.
If there were mostly just City-busters or the like present in the cast, I'd be more inclined to be skeptical. As is, everything suggests that everyone who's cited the Black Beast as a planet-buster has not in the slightest referred merely to it's surface.
The most logical path is the one that requires the least assumptions, and there is no reason to assume that they are referring to merely the planet's surface when they refer to "the world" or "the planet" rather than, you know, the world or the planet. When multiple people in the series: several who are geniuses/have scientific backgrounds/have lived for hundreds if not thousands of years: all refer to the same thing as being able to destroy the planet? I'm not going to assume they mean "the planet's surface".
- Blowing up a planet is not equal to razing it's surface. Never once did anyone mention destroying the planet's surface; they would cover the planet's surface in seithr to empower the Take-Mikazuchi.
- This so-called "gag segment" can't merely be brushed off because it's purpose is, as you've said, to guide the player. It's making a statement based on pre-established lore; if it is truly trying to "guide the player", it wouldn't make a statement of the sort based on something that has never happened.
- Yes, there have been feats that approached the destruction of a planet. In one of the bad endings of Continuum Shift, most of the world was destroyed simply by the Black Beast simply being released: both the Take-Mikazuchi's laser and Kokonoe's Astral definitely approach widespread devastation that goes deeper than just the surface of the planet, nevermind Makoto's Astral (which we're only not bringing up because it's usually considered a gag feat.)
- The sheer number of times the Black Beast has been pointed out to be able to destroy the world (and in the most recent game, "blow up", something that can't possibly be confused for merely razing the surface) in the main story rather renders the second point irrelevant regardless.
If there were mostly just City-busters or the like present in the cast, I'd be more inclined to be skeptical. As is, everything suggests that everyone who's cited the Black Beast as a planet-buster has not in the slightest referred merely to it's surface.
The most logical path is the one that requires the least assumptions, and there is no reason to assume that they are referring to merely the planet's surface when they refer to "the world" or "the planet" rather than, you know, the world or the planet. When multiple people in the series: several who are geniuses/have scientific backgrounds/have lived for hundreds if not thousands of years: all refer to the same thing as being able to destroy the planet? I'm not going to assume they mean "the planet's surface".
