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After reading the entire debate. I will mention on the few things.
This thread just got a lot out of control. But the fact that UI Daniel can copy the entire skillset of Ayanokouji isn't debatable. Also, the fact that when both can copy each other isn't debatable.
Some mentions:
1. Daniel has better copying ability than Ayanokouji. Daniel's ability is observing a move for once and then doing it instantly. Ayanokouji is the same. To address the misconception raised in the thread, Ayanokouji's ability is not just restricted to skiing,
he himself mentioned that it applies to sports in general, and martial arts was extensively included in the White Room curriculum, so almost all the physical moves (which aren't normally physically impossible) should be able to be copied by Ayanokouji. Still, Daniel takes the win for copying abilities, because whatever can be said, his copying is backed up by a supernatural element which would be concrete.
2. Ayanokouji unarguably outskills to oblivion. Skills isn't only martial arts or techniques; it includes the application of it as well. Skills is battle knowledge + battle experience. So, while UI might help Daniel to certainly copy his every move (i.e., battle knowledge), he cannot copy his experience. Ayanokouji himself mentions his fighting experience as "countless" and we do have calculations from his statements about him being in 10s of thousands of fights, which is simply not just worth comparing to Daniel's experience.
3. Ayanokouji's battle IQ is vastly a major flaw for Daniel. Ayanokouji's Information Analysis, first of all, comes in handy a lot. We do know that Ayanokouji analyzes movements, but the extent of his analysis is crazy. There was one time when he was planning to go shooting, and he missed, but he didn't blame his aim, he was sure that he was doing it very well, instead, he said that there were a millimeter-level of discrepancies in the gun manufacturing, and that was the reason why he missed (
here). So, when he missed the target, it is actually the gun's fault, he even pointed it out when observing others while shooting. He can also point out really small differences, like once
he pointed out that Tsukishiro was moving 2 degrees faster than before, that's like saying that your opponent was like 2 kmph faster than before.
Second thing is Ayanokouji's Analytical Prediction. While yes, Daniel does have the resistance to Analytical Prediction, he cannot resist Ayanokouji's because it is completely different from the general type of prediction which he resists. Ayanokouji has the prediction ability of being able to analyze his opponents' upper limits, which allows him to gap their strength and he just predicts their attacks. There's no narrative stating about how it works, but his feats in the fight with Tsukishiro and Shiba greatly show it. He can predict the attacks which come directly out of the corner of his eye, while he does have enhanced awareness and can detect presences around him, he mentioned that the reason why he dodges Shiba's attack was because of his "intuition", and he even predicted Tsukishiro's attack which did come in the future (
here).
However, considering how Daniel's ability might work, and his advantages on the other hand as well, I also would say that this also has chances of going inconclusive.
I will mention that considering Daniel's abilities, both somehow would have the same techniques and knowledge as Daniel would just copy his opponents. Both have similar advantages like Daniel can oneshot while Ayanokouji would have the same advantage due to having a knife. So, the fight is mainly outhaxxing and who uses their intelligence best, which I think Ayanokouji has an advantage in for now.
It's legit a vote with reasoning and you have to count them too.
"Voting Daniel" is not reasoning
I did, I typed out as much stuff (if not more) as you.
You didn't