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The Bracket, Pt. 1
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This week we discuss a bracket containing 32 of the best anime characters to ever do it. As we go through the first round there's plenty of debate!
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Meet the Meloninjas: Anime Enthusiasts
00:00:09
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Every story, every battle, every model, every child, every dream, every team, it don't matter if you proud, gotta bleed for it Yeah, nigga, gotta bleed for it
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See my ancestors from Manchester to now I've been to underground stories Since niggas was underground, we them black ninjas Who makin' our mama's pride, better tune in nigga We takin' it all around, it's the meloninjas So go and tell the fam we need better figures And we don't fuck with Uncle Sam, better get the picture These black hands make black bands And I be the greatest nigga like the last dance meloninjas
00:00:58
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Well, hello, everyone. I am one of your hosts, Alex, along with Kawan and Emerson, and we are your Meloninjas. We talk all things anime. We aren't experts, just very passionate anime fans who are happy to give their opinion and perspectives on various topics.
Anime Character Bracket Challenge Introduction
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So today we are actually gonna be talking about our brackets. So this is gonna kick off our series on our bracket challenge. We're gonna try to figure out who we're gonna win each of these fights. So I guess how it works is we've randomized a whole bunch of different characters and we put them in a bracket and right now we're trying to see who would win in these match-ups that we have laid out for you. So we're gonna try to get through a couple rounds here, maybe one, maybe two, we'll see how far we get.
00:01:43
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So we're going to kick off this first round.
All Might vs. Mob Psycho: Power vs. Tactics
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It looks like we're going to start with who would win between All Might from My Hero Academia versus Mob from Mob Psycho. So I will, let's see, I'll pass it to Emerson, who he thinks would win on this one. Oh, man. I mean, it's got to be All Might, but dang, man, I love Mob. Mob's a good kid, man. Unless if it's Mob like unleashed.
00:02:10
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crazy mode. Like we don't know what what level of mob this is. Yeah, that's what I was about to say. Like, yeah, like, cuz if it's mob like after his brother, he thought his brother and his family died, that might be a little too much for All Might. All Might might win just because All Might would never do anything intentionally to hurt any person. So I don't think All Might would set him all the way off necessarily. Except for Nighteye because he did hurt Nighteye by not giving his all from one or one for all.
00:02:41
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I don't understand though. I feel like I don't know like I think mob has a real shot here and I say that because like mob Mob Well, I don't think all might would really go all out against mob in my opinion and I also think mob would probably What's what was I gonna say? I feel like mob is
00:03:08
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it'll come back to me, but I feel like Mob has a real shot. I think All Might could, because All Might really relies a lot more on this close combat, and Mob has this area of effect that just won't, like, I don't, when Mob, has Mob even ever lost?
00:03:25
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So that's the thing. The reason I think All Might Might Win is because he, I don't remember the guy's name, but he was part of that, that, that villain group where he ran away at the end when Mob's brother came, when they were kidnapping his brother and he saw his brother in the alley and he went like one-on-one and the guy used like brute force on Mob. Like brute force would work on Mob because of his psychic powers.
00:03:51
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So he knocks him unconscious. If he gets knocked unconscious, then it's over. If mom gets hit by any punch, it's KO time. Yeah. And now it's all my throwing the punch. That's why. Yeah.
00:04:02
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All Might is an OG hero, too. He's smart. He's going to, like, he's smart enough to look at his opponent and be like, I need to, this nigga has to go now. And to get it done before you necessarily understand. That's just the vibe I get from the heroes of my new academic, like your All Might and your- Yeah, they've got like a military training to them. Exactly. Like they're very like tactical in their decision making, everybody.
00:04:29
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Yeah, but I feel like because Mob has that area of effect, I feel like he would have a hard time getting close enough to Mob to really do anything. No, I disagree. So I think about when Mob and the whole group fought, is it Shimizaki? I can't remember his name. He's the guy who wore the black jacket and the black jeans, and he used to teleport. He teleported behind everybody. Yep, that's Shimizaki.
00:04:59
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I think that All Might Speed would be something similar to that teleportation, because All Might is dumb fast. Yeah, he is. So I feel like it'd be along those lines. And that's why I think All Might got this one. Yeah. And All Might is pretty, like you said, smart, too. He knows how to navigate. I mean, I don't know. I was just saying, I don't think this would be such a massacre the way that we think. But I mean, Mob's physicality, he is frail. He is frail.
00:05:28
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like very much a glass cannon. Plus all Mike got the sneak attack too because he can come in his like not powered up form and then like power up and beat his nigga when they talk. Randomly. You see all this damn smoke coming out from nowhere. Okay. All right. So what's the consensus on this one? I'm going for all Mike. Yeah, all Mike. All right.
00:05:57
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I like it, and I like it. Look at us being civilized. For now. For now. Because you know that last one, I'm going. No, it won't go far. This one here will start soon, don't you wait. All right. I'm not saying say a man on this one. He better not be.
All For One vs. King Bradley: The Power Debate
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All right, for the second fight, we have all for one.
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from My Hero Academia versus King Bradley from Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. Mm. I got all for one. You got all for one? All right, so for me, it's kind of similar to the last conversation we had about just taking into account people's speed and whatnot in situations. If King Bradley can get to all for one,
00:06:55
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He can't. If he lights out. If he could. If he could have done it. His eye. His eye. He can see everything. He can see an ass whooping coming. He can see everything. You see what happens in the best genius when this nigga popped up? Like, Bradley about to get this business. You understand me? Business.
00:07:18
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LLB business, nigga. I just don't think it's cut and dry. That's all I'm saying. I think it is. OK, I'm listening. Explain your reasons.
00:07:27
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No, I just don't think it's cut and dry because if King Bradley actually gets to all for one, he's going to slice and dice his ass up. All for one is fitting to murder this nigga before he gets close without question. Plus, all for one has a massive amount. This nigga can levitate and we don't even know what other powers he's stolen and or has. Have you seen King Bradley jump?
00:07:48
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Okay, but this nigga can levitate and he has the blades and he had he can activate like, but he has the no, no, you know, you know, can't levitate all might all might can't levitate and all might still beat his ass. So I can kind of fly though. Like you remember when he jumped like that forever. This nigga is for it's kind of like Hulk, you know, like how Hulk could jump continents. So he could technically fly. Well, doesn't he have I mean, doesn't all might have
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like something with his punches, like he can control the air currents or like- Yeah, he can like, yeah, he can- Yeah, but that takes like constant active effort. Like a rapid. It's like a rapid. No, but basically all I'm saying is that I do think all for one wins this, but I just don't want this King Bradley slander because if that man can get to him, if he can get to him, you know,
00:08:46
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And we literally just made an excuse for All Might in the last round saying, if he can survive Mob's area of effect and get to him, he's going to knock him out. Granted, Mob is way more frail than all for one is, but
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if King Bradley gets to All For One, he is a trained killer. No, I doubt it. Just because Bradley gets to All For One doesn't mean that he wins. Because All For One also went hand-in-hand with All Might. And Bradley has won. No, I'm not saying it's an instantaneous victory. I'm just saying, it'll be a fight. It'll be a fight.
00:09:18
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I'm saying he's still losing and he gets trash. I agree. No, I agree with you. I think he's I said he's going to lose. I just don't think it's going to be a squash match. Right. I think he if he can if he can get to him and he can lay some blows down before he can actually use before all for one could react with a quirk, then he could do some damage.
00:09:39
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That's right. I see what you're saying on some like some staying type shit. Exactly. I see what you're saying. I can I can get behind that. I can respect that. You're a reasonable man. Go on. You're a reasonable man. Alex, what do you got? Yeah, I think it's good. You got to go all for one. I don't even see King Bradley being honestly being competition. Great. Okay.
00:10:05
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My gosh, the disrespect. All right, come on. Who's number three? Who's number three, come on. Let's move on. From the sake of Emerson's feelings, I will say that King Bradley is a goat, and he will give anybody else some smoke.
00:10:20
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No, I'll take that. I'll take that. I'll take that. Yeah, because All Might is also smart and cunning and all this other stuff. Like, I feel like you're not touching him. He's got all the elements. So is King Bradley. He runs a nation. Yeah, but All Four One runs a whole villain organization.
00:10:37
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The low-key by himself. He holds it together because everyone respects and fears him, just as King Bradley does. So their personalities are definitely almost very similar, however black. The power gap is nah. That's real. Now I have to look this up. I don't know. I feel like there's, am I thinking about the same person? Because y'all got me questioning. Yeah, I mean, he's not even, this isn't even a,
00:11:06
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a contest. It's because he's a homunculus. And he has his his powers that he can like see everybody's weakness. So for him, it's like, I guess it'd be a battle of time or like a surprise attack thing. But if he doesn't kill all for one with a surprise attack, that shit is done. And then like, the other thing is like, he's not often one is not going to kill him instantaneously. Like you saw how hard it was to destroy that the gem or whatever.
00:11:35
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that creates them. Right. Yeah. So it's like, I don't know that all for one has a regenerative ability or regenerative quirk, given by his face condition. Um, so you know, I'm just saying, I don't, I don't think I just think No, he stole, he stole the quirk because it's from a no move. One of the no moves has it. So
00:11:58
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Well, if you're ahead in the, and I'm not, I'm not going to spoil the, the Minga. I feel like they should be there. It's lit, lit, lit, lit, lit up ninjas. All right, Kawhi. What's the third? What's the third round? All right. The third is Akame from Akame got killed in golden freezer.
Golden Frieza vs. Akame: An Uneven Battle
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I feel like this is disrespectful. It is. It is. I think this, we don't even need to argue this one. It's sad though because I can't, the way you feel about Bradley is the way I feel about economy.
00:12:34
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I mean, the thing is, Frieza is so, so like, what is it? Like, he's so arrogant that he might offer her a swing, not knowing that her sword is cursed. Like, there's a scenario where she can win. I just don't think she wins the majority of the time. No, I got it. I can agree with that. Yeah, that's what it is. It's sad, but true. Y'all disrespect my Frieza. Like, no. We heard how you feel about him.
00:13:04
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Yes. Yes. Freeza, I mean, Freeza's insulted that that's his opponent. Oh, you know what? You would know after that mistletoe.
00:13:15
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Listen, Frieza, he he could still beat me under the mistletoe. But what I'm saying is, he would body I mean, he would body her like it wouldn't even be I don't even I think he'd be insulted. I think the only way he'd win is forfeit because of how just un just unworthy that opponent is. Actually, actually,
00:13:35
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Hold on. Fuck Freeza. I think Akame will win. And I'm saying that because Akame is, in essence, an assassin. So Freeza not about to see this shit coming. This is the caveat I'll give. This is the caveat I'll give. Akame, the only way Akame will win is in a surprise attack because she's assassin. If it's any type of fight, it's over.
00:14:05
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I mean, my boy, my boy Frieza has his, has what, death beam? Yeah, but if a comic, all a comic gotta do is slice you. But she has to get close enough to slice you. But these guys learn how to read power levels. Like they can sense you. But she doesn't have one though. Now her universe doesn't even have Senzu Beans. Her universe doesn't even have Senzu Beans. Yeah, she don't need one if he dead first.
00:14:35
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We don't care if they both live, Warren just gotta die first. I don't know. Golden Frieza is a supreme being. Okay.
00:14:49
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There's no way a comment would even be a contest. I don't care what y'all say. You ain't assassinating Golden Frieza. Her little weapon would probably snap on his perfectly porcelain skin. Like, it would just disappear. Like, this is not a thing. I don't even know why we're even talking about it. Teresa built, like, cheap challenges. Let me start playing. I'm just kidding. Whoa! Oh, my God. Don't come.
00:15:17
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He cared for your man. Androgynous beast. Oh, god. Oh, my god. All right. So we got Golden Freeza. All right. All right, Alex. Who wins this one? Freeza. Freeza. OK. The androgynous fine China beast. Yes. All right, Alex. What the fuck is that? OK. He's a queen, OK?
00:15:45
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Just, you have to hail him. But all right, looking at number four, we have, ooh, we have Scar from Full Metal Alchemist versus Benimaru from our Fire Force.
00:16:01
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To me, this is another no contest. I feel like Benimaru just destroyed Scar. I don't even think there's any way that Scar... I mean, Scar is so outclassed. I feel like you can. He would just set him on fire from a distance. Yeah, that's true.
00:16:18
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I don't even think Scar could even get close. And if he did, I mean, Scar's attack. Scar's such a tactician. He's such a tactician. But couldn't Benimaru just like manipulate his, like, do you think it's possible that he as a second gen and third gen pyrokinetic that he could do something with Scar's abilities since his ability kind of ignites things?
00:16:40
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Oh, I mean, yeah, I mean, it depends on the world setting, right? Because I think there's an argument made for that. I also think there's argument made that if Scar grabs that motherfuckers face, it's over. Because he would like in his alchemy, he never got past the he can't recreate shit. He just destroys. It's kind of like overhaul. But he can't like, fix it. So once he grabs his face, it's over. Like he's done with everybody in that show. Hmm.
00:17:09
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Yeah, but like when is Benny Morrow? I mean, he's kind of nonchalant, but he doesn't let people run up on him.
00:17:16
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Yeah, no, he's super, he's super can't like he sees everything knows what's going on. I think I'm thinking about like, in a context of like Goku might lose because scar might run up on Goku and Cascara, you know, go. Yeah, no, no. Nightglass. I was thinking about like the granted this might also play into them knowing each other already. But like when when he fought the captain of the eighth, the captain, the eighth ran up on him.
00:17:42
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And he didn't, like, he was throwing fire at him and everything. And he still, like, he had the- Or isn't that the non- the non- Yes, exactly. Which is why I think- Yeah, which is why I think he might- because Scar doesn't have fire power, he might underestimate him a little bit. But did- was he able to come right up on it? I know he got- He ran up on him and he got a hit in. And Benny Hart- Benny, Benny was saying like, no, you're not going to be able to touch him.
00:18:13
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So he took like an epic meeting to get that one hit in, but all I'm saying is Scar just needs one hit. Scar just needs to grab his face or grab his head. Or like anything? I guess grab his arm or something? Yeah, but I mean, I think he still has another good arm. It's over. That ass whooping is going to be royal. Oh, horrendous. No, horrendous. Okay. Okay. So can we go back so long? No, Benimaru, definitely. Yeah, I think we all agree on that one. Okay. So Benimaru.
00:18:45
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The next one is a doozy. It's not even a
Saitama vs. Hiei: Can Anyone Beat Plot Armor?
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question. All right, so for those of you listening, the next matchup in our lineup is Saitama from One Punch Man versus Hiei from Yu Yu Hakusho.
00:19:04
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Who you got, Emerson? You know who I got, motherfucker, EA. Darkness flame. That darkness flame. Look, the darkness flame isn't even going to kill Satama. What it's going to do is push him out of orbit. It's going to push him out of orbit. He's going to be in space and to die in space. You remember in Dragon Ball? Well, it's not canon. You do remember this nigga jumped in space.
00:19:30
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Yes, yes, I do remember that. But you remember in Dragon Ball Z, the movie, the original Broly movie, where they Kamea made him into the sun? That's what that darkness flame is going to do.
00:19:44
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Because that's an S class demon right there. He is an S class demon. And Saitama is like- He ain't never seen nothing like that. He ain't seen nothing like that. But he can go, I mean, doesn't Saitama, can't he like live in space or something? Yeah, he did. He had a whole fight in space without like breathing in a vacuum. I don't know how you breathe in a vacuum, but Saitama can.
00:20:08
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I feel like because Saitama is a giant meme with like he is armed with the strongest of plot armor there is, I feel like Saitama is absolutely going to destroy Hiei. It won't even be fun. Hey, don't disrespect Hiei. He is a S-class demon. That's all I'm going to say. And this kind of goes to another point, though. I think that the universe that they build in
00:20:35
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One Punch Man is a lot bigger and more robust than the one that they built in the Yu Yu Hakusho. So I just feel like the scale of the battles that Saitama fights in is way bigger than the scale that they do in Yu Yu Hakusho. I feel like it'd be more comparable to have Hiei fight someone from Demon Slayer or something.
00:21:00
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I agree with that. But in I don't think I just think I don't know. Because I think the in one punch man, right? Like, they're he's fighting like, for the most part, we watched a Tomah fight, low grade, low grade monsters. Now he has like a couple he has two big fights maybe.
00:21:18
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maybe two big fights and they're not really big fights. There are aliens coming in, which is, that is fair, right? But like, that just sets up two, like, there's Earth and then aliens where these monsters are coming from. But like, in the Yu Hakusho, you have Spirit World, you have Earth, and you have the Demon World. That's three different planes, Alex. Don't be disrespecting the Yu Hakusho, man. I'm not disrespecting it because the show is, the show, in my opinion, is better than One Punch Man.
00:21:48
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But I don't know. I feel like we're going to move on from this slander. I know where your hearts lie. What you mean? Slander. I mean, yes, say Tom is going to win that. Okay. But, you know, my vote for recording purposes, my vote is with he loyalty first. We get loyalty first. Right. All right. So we got
00:22:17
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Kirito from Sword Art Online versus a Naruto from Naruto. Yeah, so it's kind of hard because they both OP, but Naruto. I think an argument has to be had for Kirito.
00:22:40
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Yeah, there's always an argument, but I think Naruto is gonna win. I mean, look, if anybody outside of Goku has the shield of plot armor, it's Naruto. I'm pretty sure Kirito's plot armor and convenience are unlocked. Look, they are on pace. They are indeed. I feel like this is an all things, if we're all things considered, I think they equally have plot armor.
00:23:07
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I'm just gonna say this, you know, and this is not to be disrespectful, but one character is in a coma and the other isn't so oh, oh, oh, well, character woke up. So I don't know what you're talking about. Okay, one character went into a coma and the other hasn't. Well, actually, Naruto got real sick one time he was being poisoned by the chakra that he was that he had and like this whole mini arc. Yeah, I think it was a light novel. Yeah, it don't sound like a coma but okay. What?
00:23:36
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But what was the attic? Didn't he die without Sakura going in and grabbing his heart? I don't know. Naruto technically died a couple of times. Right. A couple of times. I'm pretty sure if Kirito just went into a coma, he didn't die.
00:23:53
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Yeah, that's true. That's true. But you know, at last I checked he wasn't a Hokage. So you know, it is what it is. Yeah, but he was like the leader of the underworld. Like those people look up to him and my dude has multiple consciousnesses at this point. So like he has his own, like he literally is in the cyberspace. Like he lives there like his, he has like two copies of himself.
00:24:14
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Also, you mean all Naruto got to do is destroy this nigga's computer? That's what I'm hearing. I don't call Jutsu to stop this nigga computer. But he has multiple like I'm saying he's on the internet. He's in the web. So like, it's not a computer. It's like multiple. You're saying he's like ultra where he can just jump from machine to machine. Like the one of one of the consciousnesses is yeah. And the other one, you know, is just a teenage boy. So you know, there's Well, he's a grown man now.
00:24:42
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remember he was he was giving he nodded him back shots oh that's not what it first of all ew that's cannon that is cannon that is cannon first of all we are civil okay now are we
00:25:08
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Oh my God. It's canon, Alex. I didn't write the material. Just, just, just stop. Oh, it's like men. Okay. But no, the, um, he got me all, all kinds of messed up by train of thought. So no, I mean, okay. I, I'm not going to lie. Naruto definitely wins, but Kirito, if we're in the video game,
00:25:34
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And either literally playing in the underworld or like in his game, he's he yeah, he's gonna stop him. He would be I mean, no, he'd be Naruto, because Naruto isn't. I'm not sure he'd be able to. I feel like it would take Naruto a long time to learn the the world that that is. Would he be able to do any his summonings and shit? Even though let's say let's say he could let's just assume he could and he just inherently like inherited all his abilities in the game. I think Kirito still wins, though.
00:26:03
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in universe. But if we're talking about just like the reality of everything, I mean, overall Naruto wins. So I give, yeah, I give it to Naruto. I'm kind of with you. You got Kwon, Naruto. Oh look, that was very civil of us. Most of us. Most of us. All right. Who next? Who next? Garo versus Luffy. You know who I got Kwon.
00:26:34
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I'm very stuck, like, because Garo is not a bitch by any means, but like... Yeah, he loses this though. He has to, but Garo, Garo giving Luffy some smoke, because they both just gonna punch each other and kill each other. But you know, Luffy is made of rubber, so... I mean, but Luffy's also been in fist fights though.
00:26:58
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No, he has. No, he has. He has in but I think like, if we're thinking of Luffy, because I'm just assuming we're thinking of each one of these characters at their peak, like Luffy at his peak in order to hurt him physically, you need to hit him with like some type of hockey. And Garo doesn't have that.
00:27:21
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I think he's going to give him, I think he gives him a fight. I don't think he's going to get washed. I just think it's going to be a fight. And like Luffy probably wins by going gear four or whatever, but like, yeah, I don't know. I mean, you know how I feel about Garo. I think he's like one of the best anime characters ever written, ever. Garo's like, I don't know, Garo's like not even human.
00:27:47
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It's not. It's not. This man took out all them heroes with a fever. With a fever, L's in his back. I don't know. I'm honestly on the fence with this and I'll let Alex break the tie. Alex pleads the fifth because I don't really know these characters that well.
00:28:10
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Okay, so this is, this is what we're gonna, we're gonna go girl. We're gonna do. No, we'll go with Luffy. Luffy's probably. I want people to rage quit. No, I'm just kidding. Please stay. Please stay. Well, then if I get to pick and I don't know these people, I pick Garo because I kind of see him. I know him. Oh gosh. I'm like, no. All right. I'm gonna pick Garo. He win. We got new alarm. So.
00:28:40
Speaker
He got noodle ours damn. All right, hold on, seriously. I don't know what these people, I don't know how outrageous this is. Okay, I think it is like low key. I want Garo to win, but like at the same time is probably like pretty ridiculous to say he beats Luffy.
00:28:58
Speaker
Yeah, he doesn't beat Luvio. He doesn't beat Luvio. Okay, I'll go get the Luvio. Although I do think we should have an upset or two, so I'm actually not opposed. If we, if we, hold on, hold on. Because the question is, who is he gonna fight later? He fights the winner of, he will fight the winner for the Luvio. He'll fight Saetama and get one punched into oblivion. Oh yeah, it doesn't matter then. The Luvio won't get one punched, he's rubber. Bullshit.
00:29:25
Speaker
He ain't going to explode off that punch. He's going to go to another. He's going to die. Okay. Oh, so who are we giving it to? Damn it. Let's get with the Luffy cause I want to have this argument with him mission. Okay, fine. Cause this thing is delusional. He's not even fighting him next. That's the problem. All right. Uh, is it me? Is it me?
00:29:53
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All right, cool. So next round it is... Oh, no, it's Kwan Snakes. No, it's Kwan. No, it's not me. No, it's not me. I think it's not me. Lelouch from Kogias versus Ichiko from Bleach. Easy. Ichiko's got that one. Huh? Okay. Why did Lelouch... Like, why? Why? Tell me, someone explain. Because Lelouch could just look... Have you seen Kogias?
00:30:21
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Yeah. He just needs to make eye contact with him and kill himself. What? Well, Ichigo could put his holo mask on. He still has eye holes with the holo mask. Well, he's I don't know. I feel like that wouldn't work on him because he's like Quincy and demon. I feel like or holo. I feel like he would end up like some one of his other consciousnesses would like
00:30:49
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wake him up or stab him out of it or something. I feel like there would be too many things to control where they each you go. I don't know.
00:31:01
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No, I was like, I was agreeing with Alex because he does have like his hollow form and then gets a good tension like the get together. Yeah. Is an actual person to the wake him up. He has a lot of shit. He's leaning on a lot of things right there. Yeah. I'm still gonna stick with my answer. But um, all right, so I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna assume that I lost this battle by majority rules. I got to put my Ichi go.
00:31:28
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You know, you love you some bleach. We know you love you some bleach. Yeah, I love me. So And like, you know, he's I don't know I feel like he could probably have fought fight him with his eyes closed too If he knew going into it what like I guess that would change the whole dynamic Like if each of them knew that each of them were battling and they had chance to prepare That would probably change some of the outcomes of these two That is true. I'm assuming that they don't know each other's powers though, right?
00:31:58
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Yeah, I've been assuming they just like were thrown into a battle like, all right, fight. Okay, it's real salt like. But if they did know who they were fighting, and they had a chance to prepare, I feel like then you have to like calculate things like their work ethic or their strategy, or whatever their intelligence like really plays like a major factor. That's real. That's real. All right, come on you up.
00:32:27
Speaker
All right. Next up, we have Tatsumi from Akame Gakyo and Shimazaki from Mob Psycho. Yeah, I think that's it right there. Yeah, I don't think we need to talk about this one. I disagree, Alex. I also played the fifth. I don't remember Tatsu. I would literally have to look that one up.
00:32:53
Speaker
Tatsumi is he's the character who had that silver armor in a comic or kill. Yeah. Oh, he inherited it. Yeah. I think this one is definitely easy then. Yeah. Although, you know, I would like to say Tatsumi did die like a hero. I respect the way he went out. No, you have to. He went out. He went out the right way.
00:33:17
Speaker
The way you talk about a kamegakyo makes me like, want to rewatch it, but I watched it a while ago and I just don't think it resonated with me the same way. Yeah, I loved it. I love it. I'll rewatch it as many times as I can. I mean, last year was the first year I didn't rewatch Yu Yu Hakusho in like 11 years. I was pretty sad about that. So I got to start the year off right and do that. But after I do that, I'm going to go back to Akamegakyo. All right, Alex, we on you.
00:33:47
Speaker
Okay, so we got Tanjiro and Nezuko, the ones who punched from Demon Slayer and then versus Meruem from Hunter x Hunter. Oh my gosh. That's really hard. Is it? No, that's hard for me because I feel like they scaled Tanjiro and Nezuko appropriately. So they're not like these overpowered characters in general.
00:34:12
Speaker
But in the end, and again, I'm kind of in the manga now, Tanjiro, we could consider Tanjiro in a different form that he may get later versus Marrowom. I still have to give it to Marrowom. I would have to give it to Marrowom. I think that this is pretty straightforward. But I'm just saying it would be a beautiful fight.
00:34:41
Speaker
And I feel like it'd also be a fight of ideals too, like of their principles and things. I feel like a slightly philosophical fight. I feel like there wouldn't be a conversation. Who do you think would go? Marilyn. Yeah, well, yeah, that's what I mean. I think ultimately it'd be him. But I'm saying, I don't think it'll be a battle of ideals or anything like that, because Marilyn would just be walking around killing niggas. Tanjiro and Mexico are a little bit too nice and naive.
00:35:11
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Yeah, but I think I think because because Marrow was still looking, at least from my understanding, he I feel like he had a lot. Yeah, this is exactly what I thought it was. Yeah, like he had a lot that he was trying to understand about people and humanity and like what makes something alive. I don't know. I just think he would. But they're not humans. But yeah, they are.
00:35:38
Speaker
What are you talking about? Both Tanjiro and Nezuko are humans. Nezuko got killed by a demon and sort of like transformed into one, but things happen. And things happen. The end. I know what happens. Well, anyway, yeah, I agree, Marowam. But I think they would have an interesting conversation.
00:36:07
Speaker
Right. So we're going to number 11. We have Mikasa from Attack on Titan versus Yuno from Black Clover, which is probably my favorite matchup here. Go ahead now. I want to hear you work through that one. Okay. So if I am working through that,
00:36:30
Speaker
I think this is really interesting because current day, you know where we are now, but I guess current day Mikasa is kind of a beast mode to like awaken Mikasa, like late, late attack on Titan.
Mikasa vs. Yuno: Strengths and Weaknesses
00:36:42
Speaker
She's like unstoppable with crazy work ethic, but you know, works hard too. But I guess I think this is a good match because I think they're both strong willed.
00:36:55
Speaker
I think, you know, isn't as, well, he has the wind spirit. So now that he's got like more of an advanced, um, Belle that he used to, cause Belle used to be kind of like pretty young and new. When she was young and new, I think, you know, was a little bit more, I'm going to stand here and like blow wind at you kind of fighter versus like Mikasa is very nimble and kind of goes in with the power does a lot of
00:37:19
Speaker
short range kind of swipes and attacks. She's really fast, but Yuno's fast too. I was going to say I think that it would be pretty close because I think Mikasa has overall, technically Yuno has more speed, but I feel like Mikasa's more nimble somehow. Like she can move around in his space a little bit more easily than Yuno can.
00:37:43
Speaker
But if it was an open space, let me put it this way. It depends on the more they're battling. If they're battling indoors or in a place that's got a lot of buildings and things, I think Mikasa has a really good shot because she can use her 3D maneuver gear effectively. But if it's more of an open arena, I think, you know, destroys Mikasa.
00:38:05
Speaker
I agree with that analysis. I mean, I thought of it when I still think of when you said like the whole indoor I think of like when Mikasa was fighting Annie and like how she was in the forest and she can like move super quickly and to cut her up. I think it's something like that. So I agree. I think the setting does matter. But yeah, I think you know is going to pull out this victory.
00:38:28
Speaker
Mostly because he has magical powers. Because of Belle, Belle is like the ultimate hacks because Belle, I think, I don't know if she can heal him, but she might be able to do something. I wouldn't be surprised. I think it's a good with him and do like spirit dive. Yeah, again, I think it's one of those situations again, where like, the caveat is if Mikasa can get to him, which she very well might not be able to.
00:38:57
Speaker
I think she'll be able to get to him actually, she could get to him, she can slice and dice him up. Yeah, I think she could get to him. I think the real issue would be where they're fighting because I think I think she would be hard to catch like hard to trade like track. I don't know.
00:39:18
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I think, yeah, I don't know that would be what if she runs out of fuel or gas? Well, that's Yeah, that's my point. Like, they hurt. She's really reliant on our 3d maneuver gear. And so she would need places to attach and reattach and like, toss it around and throw. I don't know. But yeah, I mean, in reality, I think you're right. I think it would, it would probably have to go to, you know, but I would want to say that would be a really good battle. It's in the right environment. It would be a fun one.
00:39:49
Speaker
What do you think? What do you think? Come on. I'm sorry, which one? Mikasa, you know, you know. Oh, no, no, no. I forgot we were still on that one. Of course it's, you know, like his magical power. I don't think it's a contest. Oh, yeah.
00:40:11
Speaker
I'm just gonna fly up to where she can't reach whatever with that bullshit and then I'm gonna just I'm gonna hit her with a breeze a very strong breeze a stiff wind All right the next one
00:40:31
Speaker
My guy, the moss hair Zorro from One Piece versus Asta from Black Clover. To swordsman. Can you call Asta swordsman? Yeah. I'm not sure if he's not like a trained- He's not like a samurai, but- But yeah, I think this one is, I don't think this one, well, yeah. It's probably Asta for the same reasons that we were talking about before.
00:41:00
Speaker
Cause they're magical. Cause if he goes beast, if he goes demon mode, oh my gosh. I don't know. I feel like Zuro has, I feel like Zuro wins this. Okay. Let's hear why. Let's hear why. I don't know. I'm just, I'm thinking about like the, the level of battle that they have and like the types of fights that he's been in on one piece. I think he would be able to keep up with something like Asta's demon form.
00:41:31
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Yeah, so for me, the deciding factor is can he outlast Asta's demon form and still have enough strength to deliver a killing blow or a winning blow? That's what it comes to for me. I think he could keep him preoccupied, but I just think if Asta gets him, it's over, right? If he hits him with that black meteorite, it's probably over. Hmm.
00:42:01
Speaker
That's just my argument for it. I love Zara, I love Zara. That's my guy. Alex, you know, what are you thinking? I'm thinking I don't know who Zero is, so I give it to Asta. Look, I like that. I like that. All right, you got Asta. Who you got, Kwon?
00:42:31
Speaker
That's tough now now some pressure on me I think Didn't you vote for after? No, I was just pushing back because spirited debate No, I mean like it's no I agree with you though, I think it's tough I think it's like when you take into account the actual battles that they've been through and shit like
00:42:55
Speaker
Zorro's been through a lot more and he's, you know, well, a well experienced fighter. Yeah. I feel like Zorro and Austin have fought at similar levels in terms of like the skill of power that their opponents have. Yeah. No. Yeah. I, I agree with it. I mean, I, and I will say that like, he doesn't surpass like a Milwaukee at all. So I don't think Zorro is going to be like, Oh, I'm overpowered or whatever.
00:43:24
Speaker
Yeah. All right. I'm going to go Zora on this one. I've been convinced. I've been convinced. Okay. Y'all disrespect Asta. I really, I feel like I don't even know who this dude is, but my man is going to madara his way to victory.
00:43:43
Speaker
Bro, the first I remember when I was like, Hey, Alex, I'm gonna watch Black Clover. And she was just like, just know that Asta screams a lot. Like a lot a lot. I was like, what you mean? And I watched and I was like, shit. This man is wild. Yeah, like all the time. But you know, he's committed to sister. You know, I fuck with that.
00:44:07
Speaker
Oh my gosh. And I'm also gonna put it out there. This next matchup, I'll know Nana these characters. This next matchup is kind of hilarious reminder. This was computer generated. Just gave them the characters. It is Dio from Jojo Bazaar Adventure versus Jotaro from Jojo's Bazaar Adventure.
00:44:33
Speaker
And it's funny because we already know how this turns out. Have you seen the anime or read the manga? Yeah, we can probably just skip this one because JoJo wins. Yeah. But I love Dio, man. I love Dio. He's unhinged. I love a good unhinged character.
00:45:01
Speaker
No, that was tough. That one's tough. But the next one is a good one. The next one's a good one. Wait, wait, wait. So then who wins that one? 13. Who wins? Who wins Dio versus Jotaro? Jotaro.
00:45:18
Speaker
Okay, I'll take your word for it. Characters I don't know. I think the next I think the next few though after this is kind of like, it's interesting. So one of these is very interesting. I hate you because I know what you're gonna say and I will kill you. Are we debating Goku versus Gon?
00:45:48
Speaker
Adult Gon would beat the brakes off Goku and then Goku's gonna have a sense of being in and beat Dogon. I feel like the only reason Gon would have a chance is because Goku would let him beat him up just so he could test his strength. Yeah, but Adult Gon would, I do think Adult Gon might beat the brakes off of him. I don't know. I disagree. Yeah, I'm sorry, Emerson. It's okay. I'm just, I came in this world alone.
00:46:18
Speaker
Oh my gosh. There's like no way to me that Goku would even remotely lose to Gon. I feel like Gon is also a reasonably well-scaled character in his universe, so Gon takes whoopins. Yeah, but adult Gon takes no else. Well, that's the question then. Which Goku's power level
00:46:44
Speaker
in terms of adult gone and P2, because that'll determine- Well, you remember, P2 said adult gone was on par with Miriam.
00:46:54
Speaker
Yeah, but we're talking about like, if we're talking about their at their peak, we're giving Goku the courtesy of being like Goku inherited the power of the gods at some points. Yeah, but also Goku also let Krillin and Android 17 put pause on him. We're talking about are we talking about peak if we're giving peak gone, you got to give peak Goku. Okay, so the issue is the only issue I have, right? Like,
00:47:22
Speaker
I think peak Goku, yes wins because it's peak Goku, but peak Goku requires a lot of him powering up. And I don't think adult Gon gives him the chance to power up. I completely disagree. I don't think he needs time to power up. He just needs interest. He has to power up. He doesn't like, he can jump from like normal base state to Super Saiyan Blue easily.
00:47:49
Speaker
And he has mastered Ultra Instinct. I'm not sure. I don't think he just jumps to Ultra Instinct though. I think he has to go through Super Saiyan Blue still in the manga. I don't think he- I gotta double check that. I gotta double check that. I don't think he goes to Blue first. I think he can go into Ultra Instinct. I haven't seen him do it though. He sucks at mastering it. Like he's got- I haven't seen him do it consistently. I will say that in the manga. But my point is this, Goku wins.
00:48:18
Speaker
Okay, now this next one is like extremely interesting though.
Aizen vs. Madara: Tactical Titans Clash
00:48:23
Speaker
Oh, yes. I want to know why do you think it's interesting? Because I think it's interesting too, but I have a very specific reason why I think it's interesting. So we have Aizen from Bleach versus Madara from Naruto. I feel like these are both mastermind characters with overwhelming power.
00:48:45
Speaker
And so, like, that's why this is going to be interesting because if they had enough time, I feel like both of them. I mean, these are some dudes who've been masterminding behind the scenes for like freaking. Dang, they're centuries. I mean, it's crazy, like the time that they've put into.
00:49:05
Speaker
to things, but I guess scaling it appropriately, I think Aizen's power was bigger than Madara's, but also Madara's a monster, so I don't know. Put Madara's a monster. No. Oh, will you say go on? No, I don't think Aizen's power was bigger than Madara's.
00:49:28
Speaker
The only reason I say that is because like the, what was it called? The colossal devastation or whatever that like, remember when Madara dropped two planets on Onoki's back? Yes. Oh my God. I think, I don't think his, I don't think Eisen's power is bigger than yours.
00:49:45
Speaker
Can we talk about that moment briefly though? He said, good job. That's the second one. We always keep saying like, it's the planetary devastation, but I mean, it's literally just he's throwing asteroids, like they did, they messed that whole thing out dinosaurs.
00:50:04
Speaker
I know, but by the way, Alex, well, actually, there's a lot of things, the reasons for that, like the fact that the sun was out because of the dust cloud that got whatever this is that we keep calling it planetary devastation or whatever. And it's like supposed to be this, you know, the moon sized thing that you can bring down to the earth, but literally
00:50:27
Speaker
It's always like this, basically like relatively small asteroid that they demonstrate on the animation. But anyway, that's not the point. Um, I don't know. I disagree. I think Eisen had huge amounts of power. Like Eisen, when he swallowed the, what is that thing called? The Sengoku or the, that probably said the wrong thing, but that cube.
00:50:53
Speaker
And he merged with it and literally started looking, I mean, and his character design went to crap. Like that version of Aizen was so OP, like completely just nasty OP. That's true. I mean, I'm gonna go with Madara, but the reason I thought this was interesting was because I wasn't sure if Madara's dojutsu would help, like, mean that Aizen's sword wouldn't work on him.
00:51:22
Speaker
Are we talking about resurrected barara like the one that's reanimated are we saying like I mean either one to use I still think he's sharing on or his raining on like Yeah, like either one would break either dojutsu wouldn't I think would stop eyes ins? Um his swords power of like what the like hypnosis or whatever? Yeah, so I that's why I thought this was interesting because I think he wouldn't have that that um that benefit in the fight
00:51:52
Speaker
I have a question. So I'm not to say something, and I want y'all to tell me if y'all disagree. I think Eisen and Madara are both fighters, but Eisen is more so a tactician than a fighter, and Madara is more so. I think Madara is a healthy balance of both. Yeah, I agree with that. I didn't see that.
00:52:14
Speaker
That's one of the reasons I think that Madara would win, is just because I think that he's a much better fighter. Like, if we're talking about straight up fighting, I think Madara has it. Madara has more combat experience overall, too, I'd say. Especially dealing with people like Aizen, just people with some type of ridiculous ass power that he doesn't know about, and trying to understand it while fighting. I guess they both have that skill, but Madara definitely sees more trade.
00:52:44
Speaker
Okay, well then if Madera trumps Isid then what about Isid verse all for one? That's disgusting. I hate you Alex. That's hard. That's really hard. I give it to Isid overall for one.
00:53:08
Speaker
I think Aizen too, just because his power seems a bit bigger than All For One's. But that'll be a good fight. I'll have to at least say that. Yeah, I give it to him because I think Aizen's got more stamina overall too. All For One is old. I mean, he is. Nothing against old people, but you know, his battle days.
00:53:36
Speaker
Not what they used to be. Yeah. Okay. Well, we got our last but not
Eren vs. Yusuke: A Battle of Titans
00:53:44
Speaker
least one. We don't even need to do this one. We already know who won this one. Aaron from Attack on Titan versus Yusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho. I don't know. I don't find that this is as easy as you do, Emerson.
00:54:06
Speaker
Oh, it's super easy. It's Yusuke. Without a doubt. I mean, like Aaron can see the past, present and future. Sure. So you're gonna see that that spirit gun going through his chest. Then he'll avoid it. Like, and not only that, but like my dude does have regenerative powers for real. Yeah, but really, you just need I think you he has regenerative powers and despair, right? But you just need to get to his neck and kill him.
00:54:34
Speaker
But he's got the founding t- I don't know. I don't think he could call all the fucking help he wants, David. You skate is a S-level, David. This man has an attack called organ murder.
00:54:46
Speaker
like he's gonna take down that Titan with that or his spirit wave and once that Titan gets to his knees he's gonna hit him with a spirit gun in the back of his neck probably the demon spirit gun actually the demon gun I think it's called demon gun because it's not it can't be demon and spirit except for when you put a little bit of both in but you know whatever
00:55:07
Speaker
And he's going to kill Aaron because Aaron's I would give I give Aaron the honorary win on that one. Not because I mean, sorry, you skate the honorary win on that one because even though I still think Aaron would eat
00:55:20
Speaker
Like, I think Aaron would totally eat Yusuke. I don't... I dislike Aaron so much that I just need him to lose. Like, he's gonna lose. Like, he's a punk, so he'll lose to Yusuke. So, I give it to Yusuke knowing full well that Aaron more than likely would win. We'll take any win we can. Kawhi, who you got?
00:55:43
Speaker
Don't even matter who you got, Kawan, why? Because that's two for you, Skate. Actually, nigga, I was going to vote for you, Skate. Oh, my god. Tell us why. No, I just, I don't know. If I'm a human and I got to fight a titan, I'm going to shoot this nigga until I can't shoot no more. Then I'm going to go hide and rest and then shoot him some more. I just feel like I don't know.
00:56:10
Speaker
Listen, I don't think, I don't, I think he would probably just shoot everybody and just sit back at a different, I don't see Aaron getting close to him. Yes, Aaron has the founding Titan, but there's only a limited number of Titan anyway, cause it's all based on that, like the people of Eldia and Berth suppose. So I mean, I guess you, I guess you should take away the money.
00:56:33
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, that's something I do think, like be in all seriousness. One thing that I think benefits Yusuke is the fact that he does have strong close range attacks and distance attacks, which help, you know, mostly because I don't, I think if you put him against, if you have a Titan, like Eren fighting somebody that only has close range attacks, like a King Bradley, then you're kind of, they're screwed. Yeah. Hmm.
00:57:00
Speaker
So yeah, I would be sent like change. And the other thing that's kind of interesting, right? It's like, in terms of measuring the world, like what would a Kai or a spirit or key or spirit blast do to like a Titan's body, right? Because the Titan's body still is like flesh and whatever. So in theory, it would like a spirit gun would put a hole through him or put a blast off something.
00:57:26
Speaker
And as a, in his demon form, Yusuke now has all of his spirit power, but then all of his demon power. So he has like an extra reserve, kind of like Naruto has like that extra reserve. It's kind of like that. So like he really could just fire away at a distance and like, you know, do some like wicked shit, like shoot off both his kneecaps. And then when he falls down while he's trying to regenerate, you know, shoot his head off for fun.
00:57:55
Speaker
That got really dark, I apologize. Well, that was dope. I think we went ahead with Yusuke. Yusuke definitely takes the win. I don't think I ever told you guys this before, but I love you guys because you showed great resolve by choosing the right person. And I know that you're going to show that again the next time. You're going to make me rescind my vote. Don't you agree?
00:58:24
Speaker
He's not losing the moderate. Excuse me. Look, because I'm going to pull the one card that I think will get Alex to vote for Yusuke against moderate. I'm not going to say it now, unless if you want to go to the next round right now, we could go to the next round. Exactly. Exactly. But when we get there, let me write down in my notes, so I remember.
00:58:46
Speaker
Right then, you got to say some bullshit. Remind Alex. Yeah, that does sound like some BS is about to come back. Oh, it's not BS. He's just going to give me another honorary vote for Yusuke. And that's all I need. So that's all right. I just need him to get honorary votes all the way through. He will lose. He won't. He already got a vote. Batman will be in the finals. Hold on, wait. Is Satama on his side of the bracket? Oh, shit.
00:59:16
Speaker
No, he's not on his side of the bracket. He's going to face a time up in the finals. Yeah, one punch man's hard to beat, man. That's going to be interesting. Yeah, I don't see that. You guys should let us know what you think if you disagree with us, because I'm curious, especially for these ones I don't know the characters of, let us know. Excited. Ooh, it's going to be fun. Can't wait for them responses.
00:59:47
Speaker
All right, guys, it's been a pleasure. We'll chat with you guys next week. Peace. Have a good day.
01:00:04
Speaker
Ice in my veins, colder than freeze I'm protecting my own like cocoa and Vegeta This is my story, pain in the glory Taking it back all of my territory Black of the berry, the sweet of the juice Stock of the flesh, deep as the roots And my life's just a proof that I rock When melanin just gets you by for good Laughing in the face of danger Flexing my guns and the eye of defeat I am the voice of the night Of all of my people, unleashing the power in me Deep in my genes, this is my destiny This is my legacy
01:00:33
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make you disappear like Mr. Compress
01:00:39
Speaker
Like Okage, my brother, can you pass me the wasabi? Nigga, I'm black as fuck and proud of it I won't be mild as snow, ain't no blockin' me I overcome every obstacle Like a rose out of the concrete, I accomplish the impossible Like Barack and Bakugo, yeah, I'm unstoppable Still I rise from the ashes, mama told me never settle And if I can handle all that I got down, I'm made for metal, Melaninja
01:01:13
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Black is what skin power within Melon inches Black is what skin power within