Friday, November 14, 2003

   My take on the question I asked yesterday... (doot doot doot...)

Possible spoilers, though hopefully they'll be vague enough that they don't matter ^.~ I'll try to avoid them. *ponderponder* anyway... I asked yesterday, if Kenshin and Vash got in a fight, who would win? This is something that I can talk for hours on ^.^' In fact, I would LOVE to see a sanctioned, formatted, formal-style debate on this topic. So... both Vash and Kenshin are really, really fast, and both of them rely heavily on their speed and ability to dodge in order to get an edge in battle. I've seen Kenshin dodge bullets numerous times - in the fifth episode, when Gohei is interfering with his fight against Sanosuke, and later on in the Megumi story arc when he dodges that wicked machine gun thing, most notably. Another thing to note: when Gohei shoots at him, Kenshin knocks the bullet away with his sword, so I don't think it's as much a question of the attacker's accuracy as it is Kenshin's ability to block and/or dodge. In that case, I think that even though Vash is an amazing shot, Kenshin would be able to dodge or deflect a lot of his bullets. Of course, it'd be pretty difficult for Kenshin to actually hit Vash with his sword - a lot of the more powerful attacks in the Hiten Mitsurugi style (judging from the movie) are easy to avoid provided you can predict where they're going fast enough, which we know Vash could do. Getting down to who I actually think would win... when you consider that neither would be trying to kill - I guess they'd both be trying not to kill, wouldn't they - it is a heck of a lot easier to do serious damage with a gun than it is to with a reverse-blade sword. A sword with a blunt edge can be used to hit pressure points, for example, the backs of the knees, the back of the neck, the small of the back, or the inside of the elbow; whereas with a gun, you're stuck with having to impale, draw blood, and risk more internal damage in most places it's possible to shoot people. Also, with a reverse-blade sword, you have a lot more room for error when it comes to swinging hard, while with a gun, if you slip up just a little your opponent can end up dead. For this reason, I think Vash would be holding back a lot more than Kenshin would to avoid doing excessive damage. Thus, Kenshin would probably be able to win, since he wouldn't be holding back as much and he wouldn't be in as much danger from Vash's attacks. (post script; Vash obviously wouldn't use his angel arm ^.~ not only would it kill Kenshin, but it'd probably take out everyone else for miles around o.o; ) ... capisce? ^.^' that's my take on things.

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