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Hey so I'm a HUGE fan of Toriko with a pretty much encyclopedic knowledge of everything in the series, and I am almost positive that none of the high-tiers are actually FTL. The idea that they are is based on a feat by Bambina in which he supposedly had to move FTL in order to dodge "Mold Spears" being thrown at point-blank range at near-lightspeed. But here's the thing. They WEREN'T at lightspeed, just a significantly high percentage of it (relativistic). Even if he can dodge projectiles at near-lightspeed at point-blank range, that still only would require lightspeed-reflexes and high-relativistic speed; one does not actually NEED FTL speed to dodge near-lightspeed attacks, all one needs is speed near that of light even higher than that of the attacks.
Why do I think he is not FTL? Because I do not think ANY of the Eight Kings or human characters in Toriko are FTL, and "ANOTHER" is the only entity in the series which is truly FTL! Why? Because the series made a HUGELY BIG DEAL about the fact that Another can surpass lightspeed, as if it is unique in that respect. Moreover, the mechanics of the series have been established that IN ORDER TO SURPASS LIGHTSPEED, a being like Another has to ENTER A HYPERSPACE DIMENSION, the Back Channel. We never saw Bambina do so when he was dodging the Mold Spears! He was just moving normally. His movements did not open a rift in space, and it is EXPLICITLY stated that wherever a being surpasses lightspeed in the Toriko-verse, it opens up a rift in space (Gate into the Spirit World, specifically) which will then stay in that spot seemingly indefinitely, because that is what Another had to do in order to surpass lightspeed to escape Whale King Moon (which, of course, also establishes Whale King Moon as DEFINITELY not FTL).
So, I firmly believe that all the high-tiers of Toriko should have their speed downgraded to high-relativistic.
Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "but in one of the latest chapters, they're starting to fight God, and Starjun says that with speed like that God could be on the other side of the planet in an instant. Goodyfresh, that is totally a statement claiming a being in the series besides Another has FTL speed! And then there was that time that Wolf King Guiness traveled thousands of miles in like, a millisecond!" Well, that could just as easily be a case of (and this happens VERY commonly in such works) the author/mangaka not knowing diddley-squat about physics or about what actual lightspeed really is. Just look up "writers don't know math" on TV Tropes, guys. It could also be a function of that universe having a DIFFERENT VALUE for the speed of light than our own universe. Either way, that still doesn't mean that the being in question HAS to be FTL!
Why do I think he is not FTL? Because I do not think ANY of the Eight Kings or human characters in Toriko are FTL, and "ANOTHER" is the only entity in the series which is truly FTL! Why? Because the series made a HUGELY BIG DEAL about the fact that Another can surpass lightspeed, as if it is unique in that respect. Moreover, the mechanics of the series have been established that IN ORDER TO SURPASS LIGHTSPEED, a being like Another has to ENTER A HYPERSPACE DIMENSION, the Back Channel. We never saw Bambina do so when he was dodging the Mold Spears! He was just moving normally. His movements did not open a rift in space, and it is EXPLICITLY stated that wherever a being surpasses lightspeed in the Toriko-verse, it opens up a rift in space (Gate into the Spirit World, specifically) which will then stay in that spot seemingly indefinitely, because that is what Another had to do in order to surpass lightspeed to escape Whale King Moon (which, of course, also establishes Whale King Moon as DEFINITELY not FTL).
So, I firmly believe that all the high-tiers of Toriko should have their speed downgraded to high-relativistic.
Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking "but in one of the latest chapters, they're starting to fight God, and Starjun says that with speed like that God could be on the other side of the planet in an instant. Goodyfresh, that is totally a statement claiming a being in the series besides Another has FTL speed! And then there was that time that Wolf King Guiness traveled thousands of miles in like, a millisecond!" Well, that could just as easily be a case of (and this happens VERY commonly in such works) the author/mangaka not knowing diddley-squat about physics or about what actual lightspeed really is. Just look up "writers don't know math" on TV Tropes, guys. It could also be a function of that universe having a DIFFERENT VALUE for the speed of light than our own universe. Either way, that still doesn't mean that the being in question HAS to be FTL!