Talk:Nanashi VS Asuka/@comment-29661625-20161009051612/@comment-26978410-20161009212530

Sorry for such the late response. I've played Estival Versus and the DLC myself. I'm aware of Daidoji's strength, but there were several reasons why I didn't include it. I think I'll add on to your other points as well. Brace yourself, this is a long comment.

First off, the DLC has two different endings to it, each in a different mission. This is probably because the DLC is non-canon anyways, but since I am pulling from non-canon sources, I would include something like this, but there were other factors that kept me from doing so.

I'm not a fan of pulling information from fights where the player is in control of the character, because you could, in this case, make Asuka dodge every attack and also land every attack perfectly, and win. At the same time you could lose. It's just difficult to say what happens when there's no facts about what happened in the fight to go on.

That aside, Daidoji was also fighting against the entirety of Asuka's team, including Yagyuu, who was shot and wounded by Mirai (As a reference, this takes place in the manga in "Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows", volume 1, chapter 5. It should be very close to the end). Yagyuu surviving a punch that could shatter the fabric of space/time would be inconsistant, so it's safe to say that Daidoji was not using her full strength, or anything close to that honestly. Also, many other hanzo members have bled for wounds inflicted from normal weapons or some by brute force. since they all have similar feats, it would be safe to say that Asuka is in the same durability range as her teammates.

Continuing on, Kenichiro Takaki (Producer) recently made a statement on Twitter about two seperate timelines. There's a translation of his tweet on This thread near the bottom of the page. If, however, you want his direct statement, you can find it here (It's in Japanese, though). I actually didn't know about this at the time of writing the fight, but I'm using the Asuka from the completed timeline (timeline 1). That's probably a fair move considering that Nanashi in both the game and manga are completed stories (anime announcement aside, since the two in the picturedon't look like anyone we've seen so far in the Akiba's Trip series. Only time will tell for that one.). Also I'm only using the first manga for comparison purposes because the Akiba's Trip 2 manga is untranslated, feel free to interpret what I've pointed out in the conclusion, but I feel it's a fair comparison.

As for your other points...

1. I'd like to find something a little more solid to go on then an opening sequence for a game, but Asuka already has the edge in attack strength, anyways.

2. See above.

3. I personally find Ikaruga's feat to be more soild, accurate, and impressive to go on, especially since it's being shown used against another person (making it better to use in a fight). And again I'd like to base this on something more solid that an opening sequence.

4. Mostly true, I'm not sure where you're pulling the invincibility feat from, unless it's a game mechanic.

5. True