Talk:Simon the Digger vs. Ryuko Matoi/@comment-27574279-20160820005944/@comment-26418719-20160820082852

I don't see Ryuko beating the Gurren Lagann at all. I mean, while both have healing factors (sort of), Ryuko's has much lower limits than the Gurren Lagann does. Not much short of totally obliterating the mech would cause its self-repair function to stop.

The Gurren Lagann also has better defenses and durability than Ryuko does, and I'm absolutely certain that it's faster. According to this calc, the Gurren Lagann can move at over Mach 5000.

On top of that, Simon kinda... punched out the Anti-Spiral. Yes, seriously. That foe that's universal. No mechs or anything. Simon punched him out then pierced him with a drill made of his own blood.

And Simon, despite his hot-bloodedness, is actually a fairly smart combatant. This is best demonstrated in the first part of the series, before the timeskip. It was Simon who came up with the plan to immobilize the Dai-Gunzan, after all.