I mean, isn't Regulus doing the same with time manipulation? He isn't actually nullifying damage, he's just making clever use of causality so he's technically not hit.
I see.
That the point, i mean, via the usage of time, he make himself unable to be damaged, with a clear mechanism of his power. Howevet, unlike Gojo infinity which stop object from interact with him, Regulus still interacted normally, can get kicked and punched, but not get damaged. So aside from having a clear mechanism, other thing is you need to be interacted first, but not get any damage, not prevent yourself from potential harms
Ngl here, idk if you guys gonna think of me as GoW downplayer or not, but from my opinion based on what is currently going in Invul thread, i don't think it count, the mechanism must be explicit, how it negate damage, make you invulnerable. So in order for Kratos to keep his Invul, the CM need to have a clear mechanism of how it negate Fear Zeus damage, rather than Kratos get Hope power, and it is show visually that Kratos getting no damage from Fear Zeus attack. Of course idk the verse much so i just based on what it show on the profile
From what I checked, Kratos has CM and AE type 2 in his power of hope key so I wouldn't think it's out of reach that he has invulnerability by using Hope as a mechanism. A possibly rating should be fine at least imo.
The original logic was that Zeus not only bounced off of him entirely and couldn't actually touch him while he stood still, but that according to Athena, nothing he could do would ever allow him to overcome Hope, even with his endless latent growth and ability to adapt and grow to higher levels of soul magic.
