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This makes sense to me at least.@Antvasima
TL;DR
- Give Escanor multiple keys.
- Stop scaling The One to Prime Assault Mode Meliodas.
- 50% Deities > Demon King Meliodas > Corand Arc The One Escanor > 412.2 teratons.
You're probably already familiar with this, but I'll just explain the operation of Sunshine.
Basically, Escanor and Mael possess the Grace 'Sun', which dramatically increases or decreases their power depending on how close/far away it from noon (i.e, Escanor at 11 AM is much weaker than Escanor at 11:30, while Escanor at 12:30 PM is stronger than Escanor at 1:00). At noon, they attain an extremely powerful transformation known as The One that lasts for a single minute.
As I said here, Escanor should have multiple keys since he's demonstrably stronger as the series progresses. My particular aim is to scale The One Mael above The One Escanor in the Corand Arc, who's 412.2 teratons.
They both have the same Grace/transformation, but Afternoon Mael was able to curbstomp an opponent that far surpassed Assault Mode Meliodas, who was still easily stomping Near-Noon Escanor mere seconds before he became The One.
Basically:
- Mael well into the afternoon > Escanor mere seconds before noon.
- The One Mael > The One Escanor.
Now, let's look into the supposed contradictions that Speed brought up.
Firstly, The One Mael has no reason to scale to Assault Mode Meliodas like the profiles claim.
Gowther did say that an equal force (that being Mael) would be needed to restore the balance of power between the Goddess and Demon Clan after Meliodas' defection from the Demon Clan, but Gowther and Mael also admit that Ludoshel and Elizabeth (two characters that are weaker than Holy War-era Assault Mode Meliodas) were entirely suitable for that purpose. The only reason Demon Gowther chose Mael specifically was because he killed the former's lover.
Additionally, The One only lasts for a single minute (meaning he's only The One less than 0.07% of the time), and Near-Noon Mael has fought with 2nd Mark Meliodas.
So, from this information, Gowther can't possibly be referring to levels of power on par with Holy War-era Assault Mode Meliodas, and it makes absolutely no sense that he'd be referring to The One Mael.
Secondly, Mael wouldn't scale above the Supreme Deity and Demon King because The One Escanor that matched 100% Demon King Zeldris is going to be a separate key from Corand Arc Escanor.
In fact, this leads me to my next point of scaling the 50% deities above The One Escanor during the Corand Arc.
Firstly, Demon King Meliodas nearly split 2nd Mark Zeldris in half, while The One Escanor only pierced Zeldris' torso with an attack that concentrates Sunshine into one point. Zeldris was notably able to stand and regenerate from this even after Ludoshel attacked him, while he was mostly unconscious and on the verge of dying from Demon King's attack.
Demon King Meliodas = Ban < 50% Demon King.
To kill an argument before it's even brought up, Zeldris here may have been a bit weakened, but he was still powerful enough to tank attacks that would've killed a wounded Mael and The Sins while using just his 1st Demon Mark (Mael > 2nd Mark Zeldris), so he's not really weakened (if he's even weakened at all).
Secondly, Supreme Deity being the ruler and creator of the Goddess Clan should automatically place her above Mael. The four archangels and basically everyone in the series even regard her as a god.