Wielder of Names 6-111
Lord Intra gathered his retainers, who were hungry for tutelage. “Lord Intra!” said his sandal bearer, “What is the first step on the path to Royalty?”
“There are no steps,” replied Intra, “It is zero-sum with your reality. It is not measured in finger-lengths.”
“Lord Intra,” said his bodyguard, “Is the path to Royalty the path of struggle, then?”
“No,” said Intra, “One may attain it without any effort at all. It is, in fact, the antithesis of struggle.”
Intra’s steward was very discontent with his master’s evasiveness. “Lord,” he said, “Allow us lowly men some small measure of understanding. For sympathy’s sake, and the sake of we good and loyal servants, please tell us in plain language the nature of Royalty.”
“I will tell you precisely what Royalty is,” said Intra, “It is a continuous cutting motion.”
-The Song of Maybe
The art of cutting!
And from 6.5 Juggernaut’s corner, the Art of Jobbing.
Being defeated is not jobbing if your opponent is sufficiently lethal. I mean, do you have their relative stats or something?
He’s been building 6JSSTU up as a monster for some time.
The guards, and even the 108 fools were more like jobbers.
That’s not how it works, Munro. Jobbing is a narrative thing, power levels don’t really come into it.
“Woe be he who mistakes the rider for the steed.”
I’m not quite sure I will scratch the 6 off of Juggernaut Star’s name until I see the fate of the wheel of eyes. It was in the battle when 6 Juggernaut Star arrived, but for the last several pages it has been unaccounted for.
Till then, it’s not quite clear what is The Thorn Knight’s heart and what is a mere appendage.
That is observant.
Perhaps this is merely the opening gambit of an all together more epic battle.
Ahah! You make an excellent point.
And then, he exploded.
Cio approves.
MAYBE!
I don’t know why I expected a fight. The art of cutting is all about doing it well the first time, no?
Measure twice, cut once
this is axiomatic
Inhale. Kill. Exhale.
8th in the 18 Precepts of Meti’s Sword Manual:
“You must never make ‘multiple’ cuts. Each must be singular in its beauty, no matter how many precede it. You must make your enemies weep with admiration, and likewise should your head be shorn off by such an object of beauty, you must do your best to shed tears of respect.”
uhm. Oh shit. This is serious
You think it’s serious now? Wait till she uses the hairpin.
I’m moving her to the top of my Do Not Fuck With list.
For me, she was on that list after meeting her at the noodle stand…
Chaos shall ensue an angel divided
Always with the sleeptalking.
Pay respect to our fallen brothersisters! What are you, a damn Petal Knight?
I pledge no knightly allegiance, nor do I respect swollen ancients too turgid with age to rise and fight.
http://www.audiomack.com/song/vgo/akbar-ball-so-hard-vgo-mix
Also holy shit, THIS should be a good fight.
So long as people are recommending soundtracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMkBuI6mc4E
Oh, okay! This didn’t show up at first, so I thought you were saying the link *I* posted didn’t work for you for some reason.
Communications breakdown!
Oops, bad link. Please ignore and use this instead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYzYo-XJfUI
Huh. Well, I’d post the version I found on tumblr, but that blue hellsite doesn’t want to play audio half the time.
Nice, though.
I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. You link is quite lovely. The first one *I* posted is wrong.
If only my total mastery of spacetime allowed me to rescind or edit my past statements, here in Abbadon’s domain.
Screw your hair metal, Vgo is awesome.
Can’t we all just share the things we love without needing to tear down what other people love?
Culture is enriched through sharing, savoring and synthesis.
We all must face the Reaping in our turn. Spend your time making conversation, not trolling for flames.
TO SUNDER THE HEAVENS IN A SINGLE SWING
Kill The Gods and Topple Their Thrones.
Wow. Even 6 (maybe 7, soon?) Juggernaut Star’s halo got cut.
Traditionally, and angel would spend a few kalpa marinating in the corrupting influence of Oblivion, before being allowed to reincarnate.
I suspect that the herald of Metatron will make himself an exception to this rule.
One Cut Woman.
ONE CUUUT
Falcon cut?
“I wanna be a saiko hero!”
rest in pieces
Two perfectly even ones.
And our thorn knight’s armor is cut open to reveal….
A bunch of kitten angels. :1
Eyes. It is eyes all the way down.
Kitten eyes.
So many.
So cold.
So cruel.
So cute…
Those must be some very angry kittens
Just beautiful. You’ve outdone yourself these last two panels.
Another wordless cut. How I despise this beggar.
Saitama’s watching this thinking “Yo go girl.”
I’d watch a One Cut Woman spinoff
I can only assume that Saitama would more so be jealous that Meti didn’t have to lose all her hair to get this far.
Juggernaught seems to have reached heaven through violence*. Auntie Maya: adding numbers on to angels’ names since the Golden Age.
*unless of course they have mastered the little-known “bisected stance” and are merely showing off.
To quote my Master, 34 Rules Without Exception: “GIT’CHO ASS WHOOPED!!!”
Welcome, 7 Juggernaut Star Scours The Universe.
I never expected Juggernaut to get so thoroughly fucked, in all honesty.
Angel names change when reincarnating. There will never be a 7 Juggernaut Star Scours the Universe.
Can you cite your source demiurge?
I seem to have overlooked it.
Fairly sure they do not, but I am not convinced even the destruction of his vessel will prove trauma enough to kill Juggernaut Star.
Abbadon himself stated the number before the names indicates the number of reincarnations the angel has undergone, thus if Juggy perishes, he will enter his seventh reincarnation. However, that assumes this will be enough and not simply banish him to the void. Old prickle-bottom seems much to stubborn to die off this quickly in the story.
HAH! Get fucked Juggernaut Star!
Holy shit, I don’t want to be in the way of any sanctioned action if they all look like that.
“What, the Barons of Move Like This didn’t teach you a countermove to this, 6 Juggernaut Star Scours The Universe?
Even that resplendent pillar of fighting styles cannot anticipate a sword move that does not exist.
Only Lord Vivec has all the gifts of Fa-Nuit-Hen. And even Fa-Nuit-Hen cannot counter some moves…
I’m suddenly scared that Auntie Maya has learned Pankratosword, and simply never uses it because that’s no fun.
Ye think ol’ Thorny’s dead?
Well, maybe.
“Not dead, merely banished.”
“That is not dead, which can eternal lie.”
Though heaven cracks with the fall of Mottom
I doubt we’ve seen the last of dear prickle-bottom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WgKubW5Z0o
very fitting
Now he explodes.
Now that’s a wound.
Just a flesh wound!
Well, it’s not exactly flesh.
I’d be worried about the resulting explosion, but I get the feeling Maya would probably just cut the explosion in half too.
Once you achieve Royalty, you can cut anything.
I suspect that it is the other way around. Or perhaps that they are merely two ways to refer to the same thing.
Once you achieve Royalty, you can Cut anything. Once you can Cut anything you will achieve Royalty.
The apotheosis is a single, effortless moment.
I… did not see that coming.