Reze VS Mukuro Ikusaba is a What-If? Death Battle featuring Reze from Chainsaw Man and Mukuro Ikusaba from Danganronpa. This page was created by Timpack and is his thirtyeight written Death Battle. The next battle is Arthur Nielsen VS Jack Horner while the previous one was Owl House VS Monster House.
| Reze VS Mukuro Ikusaba | |
|---|---|
| Season | 3 |
| Season Episode | 11 |
| Air date | August 10, 2023 |
| Written by | Timpack |
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| Previous Owl House VS Monster House |
Next Arthur Nielsen VS Jack Horner |
Description[]
Chainsaw Man VS Danganronpa! Raised as soldiers and infiltrators at a young age to become military powerhouses and gaining crushes on a target of theirs during an mission that ended tragically for them are things these 2 girls have in common. One was forced into gaining explosive abilities and whose whereabouts remain unknown as of this day while the other chose this path and gained a somewhat happy ending in a separate continuity. Who is deadlier though? Reze or Mukuro?
Intro[]
Wiz: Being trained in the art of war and espionage is something a child should never be allowed to take part in regardless of if they volunteered or were forced into this line of work. This kind of grueling work result in them losing their childhood and often end in tragedy after all.
Boomstick: The teenage combatants of today’s death battle fit this description like a glove. Their missions basically ended in the worst possible way for them. At least one of them gained a somewhat happy ending in an alternative timeline so I guess that counts for something probably.
Wiz: Perhaps when it comes to who managed to gain the less tragic ending Boomstick but not when it comes to a battle to the death.
Boomstick: Reze, The Bomb Devil Hybrid Hailing From The Soviet Union
Wiz: and Mukuro Ikusaba, The Ultimate Solider of Hope's Peak Academy.
Boomstick: He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick!
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armor, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle.
Reze[]
Wiz: Chainsaws, death, sharks, violence, spiders, and more. These are all examples of things which mankind fear to some degree and in the world of Chainsaw Man; these things all take physical shape as actually living creatures called Devils. They are terrifying creatures in the eyes of the main populace of the world. In the eyes of the governments however, they are seen as something else entirely.
Boomstick: That is very surprising……………………….NOT. The bigwigs trying to weaponize these creatures and in the process almost causing worldwide conflicts does not sound too different from our world to be honest. Not sure if that is good or just disappointing. At least the Soviet Union does not exist anymore in our world unlike the world of Chainsaw man so that is something I guess.
Wiz: What the Soviet Union does in this world like kidnapping children in order to subject them to harsh training and transform them into first rate soldiers is something groups of people in our world do as well unfortunately. One such girl was subjected to this kind of training but that was nothing compared to what was done to her next. Being experimented upon and having her insides fused with parts of the Bomb devil transformed her into an devil-human hybrid. The name of this poor girl was Reze and much more misfortune was meant for her in the future.
Boomstick: That’s the understatement of the century. Before we go into that, lets discuss the girl and her capabilities. People that force kids into this kind of “training” are perfect targets for my flamethrower even if there are some small upsides to this kind of situation. Her being strong enough break someone’s arm, choke them to death, or snap their neck regardless of whether they are other hybrids like her or experienced assassins makes this situation a minuscule less bad in the long run.
Wiz: Being trained in the art of war has indeed made Reze a terrifying opponent to face in battle. With a knife in hand, she can cut an opponent’s wrist and throat before they even realize what is going on. Without a knife, she can easily disarm an opponent of their weapons and kill them quickly with what Boomstick mentioned before. Her being fluent in multiple languages like Japanese and Russian makes her an effective infiltrator as well.
Boomstick: It’s for this reason that the shoulder-length purple haired girl was sent to Japan in order to claim the heart of the chainsaw devil-human hybrid for her country. She certainly has the explosive power required to accomplish this task…………………..May I go on a tangent talking about the awesomeness of the explosions this girl can create Wiz? You know how much I like explosive firepower and gushing about all the beautiful carnage created as a result.
Wiz: Go ahead Boomstick. Reze is a bomb-human devil hybrid so explaining her powers is right up your alley. Let’s first discuss how hybrids differ from regular devils. Drinking blood allows Reze like many other hybrids and devils to heal themselves and regain lost limbs. Unlike regular devils that get sent back to hell and resurrected with no memories of their previous life when slain, hybrids are nigh-Immortal. Regardless of how severe her injuries are or if she is already dead, ingesting blood or allowing someone to pull the grenade pin hidden under her choker allows her to come back in perfect condition. Reze also seemingly sometimes does not need blood to regenerate limbs as she had regrown appendages without it quite a few times.
Boomstick: Immortality plus giant explosions make a great combo especially since transforming requires her head to be exploded by pulling said pin on her neck. Having a sweet looking devil form with a giant bomb for a head, fuses covering her arms, and a dynamite apron concealing something I am not going to mention raises the bomb lady’s stocks even more. Being able to fly make these stocks explode sky high.
Wiz: Do you know how she manages to fly somewhat despite having no wings? By unleashing propulsion explosions from her arms and legs continuous, she can fly fast enough to catch up with fast-moving cars. This also allows her to enhance her physical attacks and movements with the explosive force created from her blasts. Examples of this includes destroying large trucks, b……………….
Boomstick: ………..blowing large buildings to smithereens, exploding various cars and telephone-poles with her fists transformed into torpedoes, and send her target AKA Chainsaw Man either flying through multiple walls of concrete or sky high into the air only to catch up with him immediately to perform a nasty torpedo kick downspike down to the ground again. This is what you meant to say Wiz? I thought I told you I wanted to explain the awesomeness of these spectacular explosions.
Wiz: Sorry! I might not be explosion crazy like you Boomstick but the science needed to create powerful blasts like this does intrigue me. Perhaps you would be interested in a lecture of how it works Boomstick?
Boomstick: Apology accepted but boring lecture denied. Other than having a mean explosive knuckle sandwich, the girl can explode someone into barbecue by touching them slightly or flick her fingers to fling spark-like projectiles towards her unlucky foes. These little sparks explode upon contact with great fireworks enough to kill several Devil Hunters and wreck their car. Not bad for a puny little projectile but it gets even weirder as Reze can literally tear her off own fingers or other body parts and use them as remote bombs. Looks extremely painful and is a big reminder that the process used to give these explosive abilities should never have been utilized in the first place.
Wiz: This gruesome technique has been very creatively used by Reze on occasion so she has certainly learned not to allow the pain to bother her anymore. An example of this occurred when some Devil hunters created some mold inside her body which could not be removed by simply healing herself with blood. Reze exploded her head off her body and had her headless body pick it up to throw inside a building where it exploded and regrew into another Reze to bypass this inconvenience. Having the remaining headless body do a kamikaze maneuver to kill the group of bewildered devil hunters among the confusion is another imaginative use of this ability.
Boomstick: A very creative way of using an explosion that is and I 100% adore it. Having so many ways of blowing things up is kind of required when you live in the world of Chainsaw Man since its inhabited by a lot of nightmare-inducing Devils and skilled Devil Hunters. The massacre of plenty of hunters during her pursuit of Chainsaw Man is proof of this. Knocking the devil fiend Beam out cold multiple times and blocking a full-power kick from the Violence Fiend capable of cracking pavement during that same pursuit makes it obvious why Chainsaw Man AKA Denji got curbstomped for majority of their battle. Not even Aki with his nifty little devil contract that allows him to see a couple seconds into the future was able to keep up with Reze.
Wiz: Chainsaw Man is the most impressive of this quartet. Denji in this form is strong enough to throw cars and defeat opponents such as the Bat Devil and Katana Man. They can both wreck buildings with their attacks as well but they still failed to give Denji anywhere as hard of a time as Reze. Makes sense how she survived being eaten by the Fox Devil who can break through buildings with its jaws.
Boomstick: Kind of also makes sense that the horndog that is Denji beat Reze by basically throwing both of them into the ocean. Being hit by a large amount of water basically turns Reze from a large-scale bombardment to something less than a burning candlestick. It wasn’t the water that beat the bomb girl in the end however. It was something else entirely that has killed more people than guns ever have; love.
Wiz: She would probably deny this and say that the only reason she got close to him was to complete her mission if asked. The proof says otherwise however. It is true that she tried to seduce him to come with her before being forced to revel her powers but she truly did sympathize with him due to them both missing out parts of their childhoods due to their unique upbringings.
Boomstick: Them actually wishing they had gone to school is something I will never understand. In fact, they should count themselves lucky for managing to skip the entire thing. I did the same and I am the epitome of a self-made man.
Wiz: Not even going to try and say how irresponsible that is. I can tell however that those fake feelings she had for Denji turned genuine and that she might have actually run away with him if it hadn’t been for a certain someone. A very controlling someone in particular whose abilities make Reze’s look cute and nonthreatening by comparison.
Boomstick: Had she not fallen for this lovable idiot, she might not have been “killed” and brainwashed into being a yesman of Makima AKA One of the most terrifying females in anime. This plus the fact that she was “killed” a second time at the hands of a far more experienced Denji and disappeared without a trace when Makima was defeated is the great misfortune that Wiz mentioned earlier. It is indeed a crappy end for a traumatized child solider.
Wiz: Not sure if she would agree with this statement fully. If some of the teasing and flirty personality of Reze was part of her true personality, there is even more proof that she fell for Denji’s interesting quirks. She might have felt in the end that her time spent with him was worth it in the end. It is also not known if she even remembered Denji and was capable of regret over all these events when under Makima’s control.
Boomstick: Whether she was brainwashed or not, being taken out fighting the true form of Chainsaw Man alongside many other equally capable hybrids is not a bad way to go out. It’s especially true when this form of Chainsaw Man is capable of surviving the force of consecutive blows that resulted in him being sent into atmosphere. His way of getting back to Earth? Ripping out his bloody heart and throwing it down to the Earth where it regenerated into a new body that proceeded shred the bomb lady into bloody pieces.
Wiz: It might not be the end of her role in the story due to her immortality though. She does need blood or outside assistance for her to be revived so without these methods available; Reze will remain a corpse and unable to move for the foreseeable future. Whenever that happens, Reze’s reappearance is sure to set both the story and fandom ablaze.
Boomstick: Hopefully this happens. She is too popular, explosively cool, and tragic to simply disappear offscreen and never show up again. Let’s hope this bomb lady gets the happy ending she deserves. Knowing the author of Chainsaw Mans track record however, I won’t be too surprised if this never takes place.
Wiz: Even if she never makes a reappearance in the story, Reze made sure she left an explosive mark that most won’t forget for a long time to come. She definitely earned her spot as one of Denji’s better developed love interests.
Reze: Come here Denji! I'll teach you how we do battle!
Mukuro Ikusaba []
Wiz: Military life is not an easy thing to go through. Not many chose this kind of life willingly. Either it’s because they feel it is right thing to do or are forced into it because of personal circumstances. For the Ultimate solider however, neither of these are the correct answers.
Boomstick: Ultimates, as explained in a previous death battle featuring the wacky world of Danganronpa, are basically kids that are unnaturally good in a certain area of expertise. The Ultimate Solider basically chose her career and joined the elite mercenary group Fenrir mainly because she wanted to and nothing else. I do not really agree with this choice but at least it is better than being forced into a child solider against her will.
Wiz: Mukuro Ikusaba chose this path due to her interest in this field of work since she was a child. Winning survival game tournaments and writing for military magazines at a young age makes this very clear. The second reason isn’t as glamorous and has resulted in her becoming a broken mess of a girl that died a rather unsettling death. In order to explain this in full detail, we first need to discuss all there is to analyze about the Ultimate Solider of Hope's Peak Academy.
Boomstick: Lets first discuss the fact that the girl never even received a freaking singe scratch during her 3 years of service with the mercenaries named after the giant wolf Hulk beat up during Thor Ragnarök. She basically ran away from home just before joining middle school and was able to pass through multiple warzones without getting hurt right away during her first missions? Have we ever had an combatant on this show with a spotless record like this? I am genuinely curious.
Wiz: I don’t think so Boomstick so this is indeed a first. Her interests and skills from before joining the organization certainly makes this plausible when you include all the training she received as a member. Mukuru has been trained to be highly proficient in everything ranging from handling a variety of firearms and explosives to hand-to-hand combat to the point of being considered one of the deadliest fighters alive. Semi-Automatic pistols, assault rifles, sub machine guns, and RPG launchers are all weapons that the Ultimate Solider can use with deadly accuracy.
Boomstick: A fellow collector of beautiful guns like myself eh? The most deadly weapon in her arsenal is her trusty combat knife which is the soldier’s preferred tool for slicing people to shreds. Other things she has in her arsenal is a ballistic vest for protection and storing things like medicine and ammo, a electrifying stun gun, and……………………………………………………………………………
Wiz: I see you finally discovered the fact that Mukuro wears underwear made of bulletproof and blade-resistant fibers. You are not even going to try to come up with some kind inappropriate joke?
Boomstick: Even I know when to shut up and quietly move on to a less uncomfortable topic like for example anything Muku touching becoming a deadly weapon in her hands. In a situation where she has none of her regular weapons present in her arsenal, she can simply pick up anything in the environment like an IV pole and use it with the same precision as her normal weapons. It’s not like she need regular or improvised tools of destruction however to be a complete badass.
Wiz: Mukuros way above physical stats proves this statement true with her being strong enough to sending people flying and speedy enough to dodge a hail of bullets. Other impressive feats of the Ultimate Solider include being able to withstand intense G-Force and flames without problem, kicking a pipe chair hard enough that it bounced of a lamppost, and instinctively dodging an explosion she did not know was going to occur. Her most impressive feats come from her various tussles with other Ultimate Students that also eventually joined Hope's Peak Academy.
Boomstick: Want a couple of examples of these Ultimate specimens? The Ultimate Martial Artist Sakura Ogami have already been analyzed somewhat during the time that dam bear invaded the studio but let’s do a quick refresher. Sakura, who I remember is a girl despite her looks, has won 400 martial art matches in a row and is often described as the strongest human on Earth. Thats no overexaggeration as she can knock out the Mach 10 missile slicing and kaiju robot slayer Genocide Jack. Their around 10-minute long legendary solider vs fighter battle had Mukuro match the buff teenager blow for blow that shaked the poor gymnasium this all took place within. She even had a handicap during the fight as she had Makoto Naegi dangling in her arms the entire time and Ikusaba still managed to end the fight and escape with a quick distraction.
Wiz: As for Ultimates not mentioned in previous episodes, there is the Ultimate Swordswoman Peko Pekoyama, Izuru Kamukura who can casually destroy steel walls and sink 41 battleships, and the octuplets Madarai brothers. Mukuro defeated Peko with her knife in a swordfight, survived a hit from Izuru, and killed all of the brothers with brute force alone who are all separately strong enough to obliterate doors.
Boomstick: Are all the students of Hope's Peak this busted and we 100% sure this school simply isn’t another name for a superhero school? It’s not as if Mukuro needs to attend this prestigious academy when she has already unlocked a version of freaking Ultra Instinct offscreen. This is no joke and very much superior to the shukucwhatever technique that allows her to move at faster than eyesight speeds and Sakura to travel from Japan to Prague in only a couple of seconds hailing from a novel of questionable canonicity.
Wiz: Comparing the Battle Trance that Mukuro can enter in the bliss of battle to Ultra Instinct from Dragonball is an apt comparison. The perception of time seemingly freezes all around the Ultimate Solider as she enters this state and gets the feeling that she is one with the battlefield around her. No sneak attacks can catch Ikusaba off-guard in this state as by her own words; evert inch of her skin gets covered with eyes that analyze everything going on all around her.
Boomstick: Creepy but makes sense since the solider did almost whop the mechanical asses of 100 Monokumas once. 100 despair bears that were programmed to beat Muku to a pulp and had the assistance of turret gunfire to be more specific. The result; Muku basically owning and one-shotting a majority of them with only a sharpened pipe and receiving no wounds for the majority of the slaughter. Perhaps we should hire this chick in case the Mono annoyance returns here?
Wiz: Sounds like a surprisingly good suggestion from you Boomstick. A copycat inferior to the real deal was able to clash slightly in a knife fight Takumi Hijirihara so it would not matter if we somehow hired the actually Ultimate Solider or not. Takumi could slice a giant manor in half so both the copycat and the real Mukuru should be able to do the same or more.
Boomstick: I would rather have the actual Mukuro that really fought Monokumas capable of fighting Sakura and other overpowered Ultimates than some lame copy. Speaking of the despair bear, its creator is the reason for why this exemplary school student of a solider is basically an emotionally abused girl that has no autonomy of her own. It’s not exactly a flattering image when you realize the truth of this girl in desperate need of therapy.
Wiz: The reason for Ikusaba’s psychological problems is her younger twin sister and creator of Monokuma; Junko Enoshima also known as the Ultimate Despair worldwide. Ever since their early lives of living homeless on the streets, Junko was implied to abuse her older sister both verbally physically. It’s gotten to the point that she finds pleasure whenever Junko insults her and actually acknowledges her presence as she knows this will make her younger sister happy.
Boomstick: Want to know who is the worst little sister in history? Look no further than Enoshima. Telling her older twin that she is useless, ugly, and stupid? Check. Actively trying to murder her when no one is looking? Doublecheck. It’s no wonder she ran away from home to join the military with a wicked brat like this for a sister. Too bad her ecstatic need to be acknowledged grew to uncomfortable levels when they were both chosen to attend Hope's Peak.
Wiz: It’s not only Mukuros emotional maturity that has been severely diminished by her sister. Her skills as a solider can also halted in their entirety by Junko simply opening her mouth to play on the soldier’s emotions. It was in fact Junko who betrayed and killed Mukuro in the canon timeline with a massive spear after several previous failed attempts by playing on her sisters’ loyalty.
Boomstick: Without Junko, Mukuro is an indifferent killer who doesn’t feel any sadistic pleasure when killing her victims in battle and a socially awkward girl out of touch with her emotions that hide her uncertainty under a very well reserved personality. With Junko, Ikusaba is a broken masochist of a girl that does whatever her sister tells her to do with no question asked like taking part in a scheme that would cause the entire world to go bonkers with despair. That’s basically Mukuro in a nutshell as I understand her Wiz.
Wiz: Apt description of this traumatized soldier Boomstick. There was one light of hope illuminating the darkness surrounding Ikusaba at all times however. A light that managed to save the Ultimate Solider in an alternative timeline from her fate of despair. Someone who has the title of Ultimate Hope…….
Boomstick: AKA the previously mentioned Makoto Naegi; The Ultimate Lucky Student. Lucky is right with how he has 3 girls fawning for him which include our favorite solider. In the battlefield called love though, it was the solider that got herself curbstomped by her fellow classmates instead of the other way around.
Wiz: Fawning is a too strong of a word. Admiring his kindness and optimistic personality is a more fitting description. It was in fact his kind smile that attracted Mukuro due to being the first smile ever sent her way causing a domino effect to take place within the girl’s psyche. It eventually ended up with her somewhat becoming more interested in the world outside of her dedication to Junko.
Boomstick: It’s just too bad that the timeline where Ikusaba decided to start thinking for herself and said suck it to her devil brat of a sister was not within the main timeline of Danganronpa. Kind of wish the IF timeline was the canon one. At least there is a world in the multiverse where she got a kind of happy ending with her crush and schoolmates. Mukuro deserves as much with the fucked-up life she has had.
Wiz: In the canon timeline, Mukuru Ikusaba is a tool of destruction for the Ultimate Despair while she is an unlikely hero struggling with overcoming a toxic relationship in the IF timeline. The Ultimate Solider’s mark will certainly always be felt within these timelines and the hearts of her fans everywhere.
Mukuro Ikusaba: I'm so sorry, Junko. I never really understood what despair was but it's going to be all right now. I finally understand. So... I'll make sure I make you happy, Junko. I'll make sure I fill you with despair. I'll save Makoto... I'll make sure the others don't die. I'll let them escape from this place...
Intermission[]
Wiz: All right, the combatants are set, it's time to end this debate once and for all!
Boomstick: It's time for a DEATH BATTLE!
Death Battle![]
Somewhere in Japan:
Denji: What just happened? Did you seriously slip on a banana peel right as that devil tried taking a swipe at you? I don’t know if you are lucky or unlucky.
Makoto Naegi: I have asked that question myself for a while. I might be the so-called Ultimate Lucky student but there are indeed times when I question me getting enrolled at Hope's Peak Academy. I really am just a normal kid compared to my fellow classmates.
Denji: Ultimate Lucky student? Hope's Peak Academy? Never heard of those terms before. Speaking of students, is that girl besides you a friend from school and more importantly; is she still single or are you two out on a date?
Makoto Naegi: You don’t know Hope's Peak Academy? I have never meet anyone not familiar with that institution of learning. Also Kyoko here is a good friend and I don’t know if she has a boyfriend or not…………………….Why are you suddenly blushing Kyoko? Do you have a cold?
Located on a nearby roof with binoculars in her grasp was Reze; the soviet Bomb Devil hybrid. It was not birds in the sky she was observing however. Her primary target was in fact on the street below getting his man-parts kicked in by a girl with lavender hair.
The conversation between her target and the duo he was speaking with was of no concern to her mission as of yet. What she could gleam from reading their lips from afar with these binoculars was not very interesting and showed no danger of interfering with her assignment. It did make one thing clear however. Using her female charms might just be the perfect method of gaining the Chainsaw Mans heart.
It wasn’t as if the thought of seducing the human form of Chainsaw Man was completely unappealing to Reze. He seemed like a moron and too crass for her liking from a distance but she had to admit that Denji has a roughish charm to him that she couldn’t explain after getting to know him a little. Any other intrusive thoughts that could compromise her mission disappeared immediately as Reze noticed something that caused her eyes to narrow.
Reze: What do we have here? A rival assassin? A spy from another country? Seems like I have to speed up my timetable. If they want to see a hybrid close up, I am happy to help and fulfill that dream.
As Reze pocketed her binoculars and jumped down from the roof, the newcomer she had noticed remained where she was stationed in a nearby alleyway with a sniper rifle in her grasp. It was not Denji it was pointed at however. That would be the boy trying to defuse the situation between him and the boy’s lavender haired companion.
A girlish voice originated from the phone the assailant was holding to her ear as she continued to observe the situation from afar. What could be heard made it clear that the gun was not being used for its intended purpose of killing by the wielder.
Junko Enoshima: Come on Sis. Don’t be such a downer. You are already there spying on your precious Naegi. Don’t you want to have him all to yourself? Don’t you want to do “it” with him? Shoot Kyoko in her stupid face and send yourself and your crush into everlasting despair because it’s the only way an ugly bitch like you will ever get a boyfriend.
Mukuro Ikusaba, the Ultimate Solider and sister of the Ultimate Despair Junko Enoshima, could only sigh heavily at her sister’s suggestion. Being used to her sister’s antics didn’t stop her from rolling her eyes sometimes. Junko knew what was best however so she really should do as ordered. For some reason that she didn’t fully understand, she didn’t pull the trigger right away.
Mukuro Ikusaba: Wouldn’t making a scene now cause the authorities to investigate her death and possibly discover my involvement making it a bit harder for you to create worldwide despair? I shall do as you command if this is indeed what you want however Junko. I will always be here for you Junko.
What Mukuro spoke was the truth. If asked to kill Kyoko again, she would do so in a heartbeat. The same could be said for Makoto regardless of if her entire reason for following him on this day was to make sure that he didn’t get himself into any more dangerous situations. Speaking the truth caused a disappointed groan curtsey of Junko to come out of the phone.
Junko Enoshima: ………..You do know you are such a bore sometimes right my very ugly big sis? Can’t you think for yourself for a single minute and make your own decisions? You really are stupid. Then again, that is why I love you Muku. You are so disappointing that the despair of it is making me feel things right now. See you later Sis. Hope you won’t regret not swopping that boy of his feet before it is too late.
All the hurtful words sent her way as Junko ended their conversation made Mukuro feel both overwhelming sadness and bliss coursing through her body. Sad because of being reprimanded and full of bliss because of Junko paying attention to someone as disappointing as her.
Mukuro Ikusaba: Sorry Junko for being such a disappointment. The fact that you give someone like me the time of day despite my unforgivable actions towards you is something I will always treasure dearly.
A sudden new sound echoing across the alleyway behind her made Ikusaba turn around with rifle ready to fire. What meet her gaze was someone around her age drunkenly walking towards her with a bottle in her hand.
Reze took in the girl from top to bottom as she made her way forward. The girl in front of her was definitely a trained solider with all the weapons hanging on her back. Seems like her hypothesis of this being another country’s assailant hired to complete the same mission as her was turning out to be correct. If she could just keep up the act and get in closer, this little complication would be as quickly eliminated as it had arrived.
Reze: Do you know that you smell like a dead dog? I don’t hate it. In fact, you are actually very cute. By the way, wha…………….
Bullets impacting the ground mere inches from her feet caused Reze to stop her advance forwards and look into the cold eyes of the Ultimate Soldier. The look she was sending towards the soviet assassin made it clear the gig was up. Seems like this assignment was about to turn deadly quicker than expected.
Reze: I didn’t think that act would work but what you did just proves you are no normal peeping Tom. You are also interested in gaining his heart don’t you? I will overlook this if you leave right now and never come back. Either way if you do as I say or not, I will clean up this situation.
If Mukuro had not been committed to killing the suspicious individual before, she was fully motivated to end this newcomer life now. She had not received a killing order from Junko to take out this obviously well-trained opponent but the thought of her killing Makoto by ripping out his heart made the Ultimate Soldiers eyesight turn red. She didn’t know why this affected her so greatly however.
Noticing her opponent sudden change in stature, Reze got into a fighting stance and equipped herself with her knife. Hopefully this fight wouldn’t take too long. The more time wasted here equals a larger chance of being discovered and having her plan fall apart. She certainly was full of “explosive surprises” to make sure this outcome was never going to become reality.
FIGHT!
Knifes collided as Reze moved forward with such speed that Mukuro threw her rifle to the ground in order to parry with her own knife in time. Her face remained without emotion as she pushed her knife forward with such strength that Reze was forced to disengage the knife clash. Seeing as the knife in her opponent’s hand was flung into the air because of this, Mukuro used this opening to strike her disarmed opponent who just barely managed to grab onto the incoming knife with her left hand. The knife stooped a millimeter away from Rezes face.
The pain emanating from the blood dripping down her hand did not prevent Reze from yanking the knife out of her opponents grasp and throwing it to the ground out of reach. The solider narrowed her eyes at this sudden burst of strength and sent a kick her opponents’ way. It impacted hard with the devil hybrids chest but Reze seemingly ignored the pain all together. Grabbing the leg caused her to momentarily make Mukuro lose her balance allowing the soviet assassin to wrestle her down to the ground where she put the solider in an impeccably strong choke hold.
Reze: Everything Is Ready For My Date With Jane. We Are Going To The Church In The Mor…...
Seeing her opponent getting up from the ground and standing up straight despite she still clinging around the soldier’s neck with her legs caused Reze to be paralyzed out of sheer shock and surprise. What surprised her even more was that Mukuro used her arms to force her legs to disengage their grip around her neck before throwing Reze into the air. No one had ever gotten out of her signature choke hold before. Was this girl truly human?
Reze: You know how to fight I see. Not bad but let me teach you how my kind does batt…….
Bullets originating from a semi-automatic pistol piercing through the soviet assassin like butter made it impossible for Mukuro to make out the last part of the sentence uttered. It did not matter though. A dead opponent was a neutralized opponent. Based on the entry and exits wounds seen on the corpse landing on the ground with a heavy thud, there was no question that the threat to Makoto had been vanquished.
Speaking of the boy who caused so many conflicting emotions within her and had just left her sight alongside Kyoko and the rude boy, which organization had sent this assailant after him? Maybe it was someone with knowledge of Junko’s plans and sought to stop it by killing him perhaps? Questions like this popped up in Mukuros mind as she started to walk past her fallen opponent.
Mukuro Ikusaba: She was well trained. Based on her way of speech, she does not hail from Japan. Why would a foreign solider be interested in a student from Hopes Peak Academy however? Better tell Junko about this.
A sudden stinging pain on her right leg made the ultimate solider pause in her steps and look down to see the cause. What she saw made Mukuros eyes widen in rare surprise. Looking up at her was the fallen body of Reze smiling with lips stained full of blood. The origin of the blood was clear as day due to the large bitemark on one of the soldier’s legs.
Reze: Boom.
Bright red flames of destruction appeared explosively as the body of Reze suddenly combusted. If Mukuro hadn’t instinctively moved out of the way by bouncing of the closest trashcan to launch herself upward towards the nearest balcony, the student of Hopes Peak would have been burned to a crisp. Mukuro cursed herself for being so sloppy as she glanced down on the flames below. Her opponent must have been more skilled than she first though if she could hide explosives with such fines that her senses could not detect them.
The figure that walked out of the flames made the Ultimate solider reconsider this hypothesis. Having a head in the shape of a bomb and wearing an apron made out of dynamite made it hard to recognize her but it was unquestionably her opponent. Reze had not been wearing any explosives. She was the explosive.
Reze: Thief!
With a single word spoken, Reze in her new form snaped her fingers and sent small sparks up towards the student of Hopes Peak who proceeded jump to the balcony besides the one she had been standing on. This balcony is question exploded into dust not long after. Seeing her opponent zig zag from balcony to balcony to avoid being blown up by minuscule explosive sparks made Reze grin sinisterly inwardly. The procedure to gain these powers had been painful and not worth the cost in many areas but they still came with a few advantages that came in handy on occasion. Using her immortality to take opponents by surprise was one such thing.
Barrages of sparks destroyed balcony after balcony until Mukuro reached the end of the alleyway. A ladder to the roof made it possible for Mukuro to launch herself upwards while at the same time throwing several grenades of her own downwards. The grenades exploded all around Reze with little effect but it gave the solider enough time to reach the roof and get into a sniping position with her semi-automatic pistol.
Gaining the high ground proved to be a futile endeavor as Reze used explosions to propel herself into the air and out of the alleyway. Letting out another powerful explosion when high above Mukuro to descend rapidly downwards was what the devil hybrid did next. A bullet curtsey of Ikusaba sliced an arm off only for Reze to regrow a giant missile in its place. All other bullets heading her way were avoided by explosion propelling side to side in a zig zag pattern. Reze couldn’t help but mock her opponent as she slammed the missile fist into the roof of the building.
Reze: You are much better than I first though. You certainly are not firing your weapons randomly in every direction. Hopefully you survive this next explosion since this is starting to become fun. I highly doubt it however.
The entire building was enveloped in a gigantic explosion not long after the missile impact took place. Stone and debris rained over the entire area as people ran in every direction to avoid being squished by the rain of flaming debris. Standing in the epicenter of the now dwindling explosion cloud, Reze observed her work with both satisfaction and disappointment. Her little lightshows hade probably made it evident to Makima that she was stationed in Japan so the mission to acquire Denji had to enter its final stages now before it was too late.
Electricity surging through her body made Reze aware that her foe was not completely finished yet. Mukuro was upon her in seconds after firing her stun gun forcing the devil hybrid to transform both her arms into missiles to dissuade any future attacks. It did not work however as with a single slice of her recently required knife; Reze and the building behind her were sliced in two.
Mukuro Ikusaba: I know a skilled solider when I see one and you definitely qualify. I don’t understand the specifics behind your abilities but exemplary soldiers are something that I am an expert at determining. You lack certain capabilities however which I don’t. There is a reason why I am called the Ultimate Soldier.
Having her upper and lower parts separated didn’t prevent the devil hybrid from firing a couple sparks Mukuros way using what remained of her upper half. This was no surprise as the Ultimate solider retreated backwards and used her machine gun to make sure the explosions did not occur in her vicinity. The decently trained assassin in front of her had beyond human abilities she had never seen before so it was not too surprising to see the upper half of Reze regrow her legs after ingesting some blood from a nearby dead civilian.
Reze: The girl finally speaks. I was starting to think you were mute. It’s too late to give up though Ultimate Solider. You are about to cut to the chase and die for me now after all.
The already massively destroyed area around them was further ruined by Reze slamming both of her missile fists into the ground hoping to gain some payback. Mukuro managed to get out of the blast radius just in time but not before two large pieces of debris hit her. One sharp piece managed to hit her forehead while the other dislodged the backpack full of weapons from her back and burying the majority of them.
Reze let out a tired sigh as she transformed her hands back to normal. Creating explosions as big as these were tiring but they were required to take down a human far stronger than most devils she had fought. Mukuro felt her stamina draining too which was evident by the blood running down her face. The first wound she had received in forever had been because of this person making her too great of a threat to Makoto and Junko both. It was time to get her head in the game and show why she was considered an Ultimate in the field of battle.
Mukuro Ikusaba: Threatening Makoto and interfering with my sister’s plan by just being here are a couple big mistakes performed by you. Pissing me of is something you should have tried and avoided.
After simply standing still giving the other an expression that betrayed none of the emotions present within their minds, both of the battle-weary girls made their move. A giant explosion-like blast was sent the ultimate soldiers way ready to return her to ash. Charging towards the devil hybrid at the same time was what her opponent did. Human and giant explosion was about to collide when something happened that one of the combatants did not expect at all.
Her opponent vanishing from sight just as the explosive blast was about to incinerate the solider is what Reze managed to make out before said solider appeared right in front of her ready with one of the few weapons not buried beneath the flaming debris.
Mukuro Ikusaba: I might not fully understand my sister’s definition of despair but I am sure I can make you feel something similar.
An RPG at extremely close range would have killed a normal person. A devil hybrid like Reze was just flung through the sides of several building before crashlanding in a park. She got not time to recuperate as Mukuro was upon her in seconds knife ready for some slicing and dicing with speeds that completely baffled the hybrid. Such speeds should be impossible to reach for human and devil alike.
For Mukuro however, time had completely frozen all around her. She was one with the battlefield. The battlefield was one with her. Even all of her opponent’s actions was one with her making it extremely easy to slice an arm and leg of Rezes body. The soviet assassins attempt at using her remaining appendages to explode herself high into the air took place in extreme slow-motion according to the ultimate soldier’s senses. The second leg being dismembered made Reze an immobile target allowing Ikusaba to kick her with such force that she was flung through several trees and creating a small crater in the ground upon impact.
This mission was turning out to be more difficult than expected. The solider rushing her at unimageable speeds was a far more impressive combatant than Denji. Perhaps catching her opponent and allowing her to be studied by the people back in the Soviet Union would allow Denji to be spar……………..Where did this thought come from? There was no time for fantasies like this. She had a mission to complete and a way to take down this human once and for all.
Reze: Are you sure you are not a devil yourself? No normal human should be able to do what you can do. Perhaps I should take your corpse with me as well as the Chainsaws heart.
Seeing the devil hybrid removing the head from her body and get into a throwing position with it caused the student of Hopes Peak to raise an eyebrow. It was not enough to shock her out of the battle trance however. A kick impacting with the thrown head sent it flailing high into the air.
Rezes dismembered head started to grin when launched out of view high into the sky. Time for an explosive phase 2.
Mukuro Ikusaba: Devils? Chainsaw hearts? What are you talking about? Sounds like nonsense that Hifumi reads in hi……………….
The headless body rushed forward readying another missile punch but Mukuro easily avoided being in the blast radius and went in for a counterattack impossible to prevent. As the headless body fell into a heap of body parts after being sliced apart, the hypersensitive “eyes” on the soldier’s body picked up several small things falling from the sky.
Fingers rained down from the sky all around the edge of the park and the second all of them reached the ground; explosions enveloped the entire park as the fallen body parts and the sliced headless body blew themselves up in a fiery inferno. A fully regenerated Reze hovered in the air thanks to small consecutive explosions overlooking the inferno. The battle was finally over and she had won.
Reze: Check mate or more accurately; Boom! I win. Denj…….. I mean Chainsaw Mans heart belongs to mGYAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
A rocket unexpectedly exiting the explosion cloud and impacting Reze in the chest made her scream out in pain and lose control of her flight. The devil hybrids descent down towards the explosions was met with someone using the force of the explosions to launch themselves high into the air towards her.
Mukuro Ikusaba: Target hit. Preparing to terminate hostile once and for all.
In order to be light enough to use the explosions momentum to launch herself, the RPG had to be thrown away after using it. This did not bother Mukuro at all though. A knife in hand when taking part in an assignment that could end her life at any minute was soothing and comfortable to the Ultimate soldier after all. It was the battlefield where she was at peace. Nothing could ever interrupt this feel…………..
Reze: Don’t count me out yet. His heart is mine and mine alone. I love him!!!…………..Wait a second! Did I admit what I think I did?
Every single part of Mukuro stopped working all at once the second she heard the desperate screech from the devil hybrid falling towards her. Thoughts of Makoto and the opponent kissing invaded her mind disrupting the trance of battle she had embedded herself in. The incoming missile punch therefore impacted with her enveloping the ultimate solider in flames. Both combatants not long after crashed into the now burning park.
The lack of ingested blood was starting to become a problem. Her entire body was starting to become difficult to move as she stood up. Her bomb head was cracked in multiple places and the apron of dynamite was completely gone. If she did not do something fast, she would never get the opportunity to face Denji again and that bothered her greatly after the sudden realization while falling. Mukuro herself was facing a completely different dilemma as her scorched body laid on the ground.
Mukuro Ikusaba: You love Makoto? That’s no………..How……….…..I………can’t allow you to live any longer!!!!!!!!
Images of Reze kissing and then killing Makoto prompted Mukuro to force her body upwards and rush with uncharacteristic emotions on her face toward the soviet assassin. A sharp burning tree stick was picked up and thrown as she ran towards her opponent. Reze tried to propel herself out of the way only to find the exhaustion she felt being more severe than expected. No explosions came out of her hands so the stick pierced right through Reze and pinned her to the nearest tree like a lifeless puppet.
Her gaze turned dim. Her body was starting to turn cold. She was dying and her opponent probably understood her regeneration enough by now not to accidentally revive her in the future. The likelihood of never seeing Denji again finally made her realize why she felt so attracted to the immature boy. It was too late however.
Reze: I didn’t go to school either. I am sorry I lied De….
Mukuros knife slicing her face into 4 bloody pieces made sure that Reze did not get to finish her final words. The soviet assassin’s body was turned into swiss cheese not long after. No blood of Mukuro fell on the body parts as the ultimate solider made sure that victory in this battle was hers to keep. The burning park had become the final destination of this battle of ultimate students and devil hybrids.
KO!
Once the adrenalin stopped pumping throughout her body, Mukuro felt herself falling to the ground in exhaustion and dropped her knife. It wasn’t her body that felt like it could stop working at any moment. It was her mind instead that felt like it could burst into a million pieces. The feelings and thoughts flowing though her brain was far more exhausting and unnerving than any battlefield.
Mukuro Ikusaba: What is this feeling? Is it what they call love? Was Junko right? Do I love Makoto? I……. need to call Junko about what to do next. I don’t understand what’s happening to or what to do next with this body. A disappointment like me have no right to make decisions like these.
If this feeling coursing thought her was indeed what one called love, Mukuro didn’t find it unwelcome. It actually felt much nicer and soothing than any battlefield she had ever walked through. She did not deserve to give or receive feeling such as this however. She was an ugly disappointment after all. Perhaps she could muster the courage to act on these feelings in the future but in the present; Junko’s happiness was more important than her own.
Speaking of Junko, she would no doubt know what to do with the remains of her inhuman opponent. She was the mastermind that would one day destroy the world after all and Mukuro would always be her loyal tool until the bitter end.
- The body parts of Reze are each put separately in metal boxes and sent to the bottom of the ocean.
- Mukuro witnesses a maniacally gleeful Junko push the final box filled with vials full of Rezes blood into the ocean from the deck of a large ship.
Results[]
Boomstick: Talk about both an literal and psychological explosive conclusion. A forest set ablaze in the final act? Check! Combatants having some major revelations about themselves? Check! The battle being awesome because of these 2 things? Check times infinity!
Wiz: This battle of devil hybrids and ultimate students definitely was an interesting one to both watch and analyze. The bomb devil-hybrid was a decently trained solider with a very explosively creative arsenal to unleash while the ultimate soldier had a normal arsenal of weapons and the skills of a absurdly highly trained soldier in comparison. From this little description, it might seem like this was a rather even matchup but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. This was not close to a stomp for either of the well-trained teenagers but Mukuro Ikusaba did have a couple advantages that would make sure she wins this battle more times than she losses.
Boomstick: Strength and durability was not such advantages unfortunately. An devil hybrid is obviously much more proficient in this areas seeing as they are not fully human. Reze pulverizing buildings with awesome explosions and having regeneration that even Wolverine would call impressive makes Mukuros feats in this area much less special. Sure the extremely mentally abused girl can be scaled to Sakura, Genocide Jack, and many more Ultimate students along with having enough strength to probably slice a building in half so the strength difference is surprisingly small between the fan-favorite girls with a knack for killing. Mukus durability compared to the bombastic Reze is very much thrash however.
Wiz: Its more accurate to say that the ultimate’s survivability is extremely inconsistent seeing as she can take a punch from Sakura and Izuru who are far superior to the spear that killed her in the main Danganronpa timeline. Rezes blood-based regeneration that allows her to regrow body parts and revive herself is much more consistent in comparison. Her creativity in combining using her regeneration and explosives would manage to take Mukuro by surprise and allow Reze to actually come out on top in certain situations. The reason for these situations not being in the cards majority of the time for the soviet devil hybrid is two areas where Ikusaba excels at to the point of it being logically impossible. What I am talking about is Mukuros speed and instincts that has allowed her to walk into multiple warzones without getting a single scratch.
Boomstick: Great speeds that can be reached by propelling oneself using explosions is nothing next to your opponent having a version of Ultra instinct from Dragon Ball isn’t that right Wiz. I would very much like a battle trance like the one that Mukuro can enter in the midst of a battlefield as well. Having time seemingly frozen all around you and feeling as if one is literally one with everything would make it much harder for Wiz to sneak up behind me to test an involuntary experiment. Reze stood no chance of catching her when the ultimate was in this trance and that’s even more obvious when one realizes that the girl’s fiery arsenal is kind of useless against someone that dodges explosions instinctively before they even happen. Talk about having the wrong devil power for this matchup.
Wiz: Rezes great variety of explosion-based power like her missile punches, spark-like projectiles, and explosive touch are indeed not nearly as useful against Mukuro like they are against opponents like Beam, the Violence Fiend, and Denji. Mukuros instincts and speed combined with her super-human skills as a solider makes it almost impossible for Reze to catch her opponent with a mortal blow majority of the time. Even with Reze arguably being the more stable of the two mentally and emotionally, the likelihood of her actually finding a way to successfully disrupt Mukuros focus is slim to none. Mentioning Makoto or Junko is the only way to possibly disturb the battle trance and unfortunately for the devil hybrid; this was knowledge she could not take advantage of without prior knowledge.
Boomstick: Being less stable does not mean stupid though Wiz. Without Junko around to boss her around, Muku is an experienced fighter that would eventually figure out the secret of Rezes regeneration. The blood of a bystander or opponent is required so if the ultimate basically used her skills and senses to prevent the bomb girl from swallowing nearby blood; Rezes fuse of victory could in theory never have a likelihood of being lit.
Wiz: Very good observation Boomstick. Both Reze and Mukuro are intelligent young girls despite their traumatic upbringing in the line of blood and warfare. Their emotional trauma, difficult life, yearning for love and purpose, and tragic deaths makes them the fan-favorite characters they are in their respective franchises. Only the ultimate soldier had the necessary speed, skill, and instincts however to counter the bomb devil’s explosive arsenal and inhuman regeneration in order to acquire the highest percentage of victory in this battle of devilish despair.
Boomstick: Reze might have been a devil hybrid of ultimate potential but being turned into a devilishly explosive corpse of despair and sadness curtsey of a similar girl looking for an purpose in life must really blow in the long run.
Wiz: The winner is Mukuro Ikusaba.
