Kenganverse vs Bakiverse: Man of China vs The Giant Killer

[BakiHanma18]

Retsu Kaioh (New Grappler Baki) vs Kaneda Suekichi

Speed equalized

Location: Raitai Tournament Arena

Rules: everything allowed except for the use of weapons

In-Character

Bracket here (note: keys of characters are subject to change)

Combatants have 1 day to heal any wounds sustained in the match

Winner will be declared after 12 hours if only 1 fighter has 0 votes

Julius vs Raian here

 

[Red-Eyed_Specter]

Interesting.

 

[BakiHanma18]

I was especially excited for this one

 

[Ciruno_Fortes]

Pressure points and air attack is going to be a pain. Hard to predict latter and former can cripple Kaneda even more before he can really analyze.

Leaning Retsu

 

[BakiHanma18]

To give Kaneda some desirable points, Kujin Style is specially designed to end fights quickly and get opponents off-balance. That means Kaneda is applying double duty pressure: Retsu has to be careful to not get beaten quickly, but there's also pressure to not let the fight drag on, as Kaneda can stall with his throws and trip, making his Foresight better and better

 

[BakiHanma18]

Bump

 

[BakiHanma18]

Bump

 

[Red-Eyed_Specter]

Retsu takes him as an apprentice.

 

[BakiHanma18]

I'm assuming that's a vote for Retsu?

 

[Red-Eyed_Specter]

Nah that's just me memeing. I'll vote seriously later tho, this is a matchup that'd I'd need time to research.

 

[BakiHanma18]

Understood!

 

[BakiHanma18]

Also, something I failed to remember about Kaneda's style, he needs to use Stance of Yin-Yang Intersection to use his best Kujin Style techniques, and as we see with Katsumi vs Retsu with Katsumi's Mach Punch stance, Retsu not only ca create an opening with Invisible Squash, but is actually likely to. If Retsu were to use this opening to use something like Spinning Lotus in that opening, I don't think Kaneda can come back from that. Just food for thought

 

[BakiHanma18]

Bump

 

[Amlad22]

I can't imagine Kaneda winning this. Retsu is extremely intense right off the bat and has no issue using deadly attacks to end fights right away. He doesn't like dragging fights on. He's also just as skilled as Kaneda so he won't get caught off guard by Kaneda's style.

Retsu finishes off Kaneda before he can use his prediction properly.

 

[BakiHanma18]

What move are we thinking he uses? If it's Spinning Lotus, damage he takes would be negligible. If not, Retsu might take on some bruising or joint related damage

 

[Amlad22]

He's likely to do something like he did against Katsumi. Either that or spinning lotus. Either way the fact that Retsu doesn't hold back is what will be Kaneda's demise.

 

[BakiHanma18]

So one for Retsu, one leaning toward Retsu, and one undecided

Retsu will be moving on in 1 hour barring arguments for Kaneda

 

[BakiHanma18]

Retsu wins, next fight here

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