TheFinalOrder said:
@IMade
- Sasuke has 2 feats putting him at 5-B physically (Tanking an attack from Limbos and tanking being tossed by Kaguya)
Now, your arguments here if i'm correct consisted of, (1)Sasuke blocked the Limbos with his Chakra Sword and, (2)The exclamation sfx for Naruto and Saauke are for "effect", nothing more and similarly like with Boruto and Ao, because they were shown to have exterior damage on them, they weren't hurt....If I am correct, those where your arguments for these 2 feats.
So these two instances are your main and only points then.
(1)The scans above showing Sasuke getting sent back by Limbos shows us that the positioning of his body contradicts the notion he blocked with his sword. It shows he didn't even have time to swing it which means his body was hit and he was sent back, not his chakra sword.
This is a false assumption,
Sasuke was already in motion to strike as we can see. We know Sasuke is in mid-motion with his Chidori Blade above his head as he's bringing it down, and that in the actual panel of the contact, Sasuke's sword is now actually down.
It's perfect and reasonable implication that the point of contact was with his Chidori Blade. Your stance relies on the entire assumption that we ignore these positionings and assume that Sasuke somehow was hit.
If we were to invoke Occam's Razor, your position would be denied due to the assumptions you must take being higher than the stance of Sasuke making contact through the Blade.
Also, at times like these where we have a form of confusion for feats, the anime is acceptable to use for clarity in how the event played out.
anime portrays the scene exactly how the manga panel's positioning and paneling plays out with Sasuke making contact with his Chidori Blade, not his person taking a hit.
There's no way this is a feat of Sasuke being hit, nothing implies that.
(2)Manga/Comics/Graphic Novels are a visual medium. In Manga, especially manga, sfx and vfx are used Significantly to illustrate to the reader what is happening. There is rarely if any throwaway sfx or vfx in manga that don't serve a purpose. So Naruto and Sasuke exclaiming from being tossed is a legit feat of them being hurt. As for the other argument, you don't have to have exterior or superficial damage to be hurt. This argument is faulty, even irl. Punches, chokeholds, armbars, kicks, blunt force don't always leave exterior damage. Anything that makes you exclaim is hurting you and this is a fact of life. Your nerves transmit pain signals to rhe brain for all kinds of stuff. Bottomline, they were hurt by it, but you have to understand that there are different types of damage.
I'll reiterate Kep's words since he and I basically agree on this:
Yet another brief, one-panel scan that, if taken literally, leads to disastrous scaling. So, we're seeing Sasuke take a direct hit from Kaguya. He is not sent flying any farther than Naruto is, is not roughed up any further by the hit too. He tanked that hit just as well as SPSM Naruto did.
Yet this exact same Sasuke needed his Susano'o in order to match SPSM Naruto evenly, as shown several times in VOTE. The track record is consistent with Base Naruto = Rinnegan Sasuke without Susano'o physically. Yet we are supposed to believe that Rinnegan Sasuke can take hits from Kaguya just as well as SPSM Naruto can.
Sort out that scaling for me now in a manner that won't require headcanons and another batch of 1,000 threads in the matter that wouldn't be necessary if we analyzed each battle in depth instead of picking one single scan and latching into it permanently.
Nothing in the fight with Madara/Kaguya contradicts or straight up debunks Sasuke having 5-B Durability with his 2 feats. I already proved that Striking scales from Durability above and not vise-versa (You didn't respond to it). So Sasuke being 5-B physically isn't a contradiction or outlier.
I didn't respond to it because I didn't see it if you did post it here. You should reiterate your words in that section then.
However, the Kaguya fight does debunk Sasuke having 5-B Durability physically,
unless you're saying that Sasuke is physically more durable than his Perfect Susano'o that got one-shot and four-shot by Kaguya casually.
That'd make no sense if you did.
Kinshiki scales to Sasuke for being able to equally fight him 1 on 1 on two occasions. His feats are consistent thus he scales to 5-B physically, which is backed up by the fact he could withstand a Chidori attack from Sasuke.
His feats aren't consistently 5-B, this is false:
Kinshiki's feats are consistently 7-A. His 5-B feats are actually outliers since the majority of his feats are 7-A.
You're also trying to justify Kinshiki being 5-B through Sasuke when we're currently debating the validity of a physically 5-B Sasuke. You first need to have Sasuke accepted before you even attempt this.
Momoshiki scales physically to 5-B from Naruto and Sasuke by tanking serious Strikes from SPSM Naruto and Sasuke. Momoshiki harming Sasuke with his kicks backs up the notion striking scales from Durability.
That's Fused Momsohiki that takes hits from SPSM, being physically hit by Sasuke proves nothing as I said above, you first need to have Sasuke accepted as 5-B physically before you can use him for evidence.
However, I do agree that Fused Momoshiki's durability scales from SPSM Naruto. Fused Momoshiki has majority of feats being scalable to 5-B than lower. Nonetheless, Fused Momoshiki striking Sasuke does not grant Sasuke 5-B durability due to Fused Momoshiki's consistent striking feats being Tier 7-A:
Fused Momoshiki never strikes anyone with confirmed 5-B Durability and Base Momoshiki doesn't have confirmed 5-B striking either.
Recall you recently tried to downgrade a verse because a God Tier was showing consistent displays of a lower AP, then you tried to downgrade another character's durability that that God Tier fought by saying the God Tier was utilizing a lower AP. That is the definition of hypocrisy.
Now, in regards to the Kage, their feats are the outliers.
Not really honestly, it's solid and consistent 7-A scaling from the Kage to Momoshiki and Kinshiki.
Starting with Kurotsuchi and Chojirou vs Kinshiki. For starters, Chojirou did not hold his own against Kinshiki. Kinshiki went at him, knocked his blade away, split him open and was about to finish him off, casually and quickly. What was portrayed was that Kinshiki was easily above Chojirou.
Kinshiki literally had to dodge an
attack from Chojuro.
Chojuro could literally react and dodge an attempted blitz from Kinshiki. Then
Chojuro even crossed blades with Kinshiki and
took a hit from him.
Chojuro held his own.
Kurotsuchi's punch did absolutely nothing to him. He was knocked back, but knocking someone back isn't proof of hurting them. She might as well been Luffy Attacking Kaidou, lol.
Kurotsuchi then sends Kinishiki flying and
into roots of the God Tree with a punch.
She hit him hard enough that he dropped his weapon, went flying out of control, angered him and gave him superficial injuries. He was hurt as he didn't even no-sell the hit, at best you could say he almost tanked it.
As for Chojirou piercing him, that's not an outlier. Sasuke, Base Naruto, Kinshiki and Momoshiki all have one thing in common. "They are not cloaked in their chakra" thus they don't have protection against Cutting and Piercing attacks. Unlike Madara and Naruto in Chakra mode, they aren't cloaked in their powerful chakra. In the case of Juubito, He was cloaked in Juubi's Hide. Throughout the verse since part 1 how strong you are doesn't matter. You can still be harmed by cutting and Piercing attacks unless you have a cloak. As I have said for a long time now, Naruto characters are similar to OP Characters in that they are tanks when it comes to Blunt force or Energy attacks, but are susceptible to cutting/piercing attacks without cloaks. Most recent examples of this is: (1)Sasuke getting stabbed by Shin's blades (2)Naruto needing his Chakra to palm a blade thrust from Shin Jr., so there is precedence in the manga, stemming from even the beginning that backs Kinshiki being stabbed by Chojirou's jutsu.
I actually do agree with non-cloaked Naruto characters have poor durability to piercing and slashing attacks. I can agree with this one, but we should specify this in the Weakness section for all characters or for character's keys if they have cloaked keys.
Kinshiki should have been able to flex out of Kurotsuchi's Sealing jutsu, so that part is PIS, but it can be reasoned. As stated back in the beginning of Part 2 when Yamato tried protecting Sakura from Sasuke, Lightning Release does make you go numb. Kinshiki was hit dead on by A Chidori before being assaulted by Chojirou and put into a sealing by Kurotsuchi, and I believe Chojirou's jutsu does something to the victim ƒñö
That's not PIS:
PIS is based on plot inducement and needs to happen to push the plot further. This doesn't qualify for PIS and there are too many consistent feats of this level that happen in a long string of chapters.
The plot didn't rely on this scene to occur in order to move forward. Raiton can cause a user to go numb, but Sasuke's Chidori doesn't contain this property after early Part 2.
It doesn't stun nor make anyone go numb in the War Arc, it just cuts or stabs.
Also, what reasoning do you have to assume Chojuro's Jutsu does something?
As far as Momoshiki goes, his flight speed is irrelevant. Nothing even says it's comparable to anyone elses of note.
It shows that he's not as powerful as we thought when MHS+ characters can outspeed his flight when they are running.
I explained why blocking cutting/piercing attacks is necessary.
Addressed it as well.
Momoshiki after absorbing Kinshiki, casually dispatched of them. It was a casual display of power, not his max. This should in no way be used to justify a 7-A ranking. He has displayed a range, At Least 7-A casually - 5-B.
You're saying he casually dispatched them, verbatim, your own words. Thus it justifies a casually 7-A striking rating. He was casually 7-A in striking and has no confirmed 5-B striking as well.
Oh, and as far as the Boruto stuff goes, Momoshiki's jutsu was broke because the Rasengan made him lose concentration, nothing more.
A Vanishing Rasengan from Boruto not only
knocks back this Momoshiki but
it breaks his Jutsu as well.
It physically knocks him back and even contorts his skin.
Edit: Someone should probably call Kep back here, the thread won't be concluded without him as he is the Knowledgeable Naruto Staff Member.