I'm the first one here?! That's weird.

Suwako seems to be flying a lot in this fight so far.

Keep going Byakuren! Get an epic air juggle combo!

Suwako uses bite attack!

i'm still wonder what the f*ck is going on with suwako's attitude / eyes.

Well, Suwako was the one who was able to give Yuuka a hard time, and gave Flandre a thrashing, her defences must be on par with Tenshi by now.

Neo_X said:
Well, Suwako was the one who was able to give Yuuka a hard time, and gave Flandre a thrashing, her defences must be on par with Tenshi by now.

Suwako was never a weakling in the first place and I'm not surprised by this, it'd be a bit too easy if the attack actually dropped Suwako.

Suwako can fight, I'll give her that... but as long as the victory is hers, and not Sanae's, I think I can believe it. Sanae has a bad habit of bullshit victories from nowhere...

YuriTenshi said:
Sanae has a bad habit of miraculous victories from nowhere...

ftfy

YuriTenshi said:
Sanae has a bad habit of miraculous victories from nowhere...

Kernel said:
ftfy

Seconded, a lot of people forget that abilities are not easily canceled out by the stadium's barrier, like Sanae's power over miracles. Thanks to that, she fits in the role of protagonist. Cliche'd as hell yes, but alot of things aren't.

I like Suwako's hair and fangs.

People seem to be missing the big thing in this strip:

Maximum Byakuren isn't working.

Suwako's defense is what's keeping her afloat. She's simply 'selling' the attack and slapping her thigh to give the illusion of a hit for the fans, while tweaking Byakuren.

Suwako has taken her advice and has taken leave of all common sense.

She has rejected reality and substituted her own.

Neo_X said:
Seconded, a lot of people forget that abilities are not easily canceled out by the stadium's barrier, like Sanae's power over miracles. Thanks to that, she fits in the role of protagonist. Cliche'd as hell yes, but alot of things aren't.

Actually it puts a real damper on most of them as well as magic. It doesn't affect physical strength or internal magics/etc (like Sakuya's limited time stop.)

YuriTenshi said:
Sanae has a bad habit of bullshit victories from nowhere...

QFT

Sometimes to beat a monster, you'll have to be the bigger monster.

Suwako's about to show Reimu how to no-sell and dominate the ring.

YuriTenshi said:
Sanae has a bad habit of bullshit victories from nowhere...

I'm not sure Suwako's habit of being a dirty cheater is any better.

Magus said:
I'm not sure Suwako's habit of being a dirty cheater is any better.

She didn't cheat; she's just being extremely heel.

Possessed_by_Phoenix said:
She didn't cheat; she's just being extremely heel.

Exactly, THAT doesn't bother me at all. If she smacks down Lotus here in full heel form I'll be happy with it. It's the random BS Sanae victories that irritates me.

So Moriya is taking the early lead. That's been a pretty reliable defeat flag in previous matches.

Possessed_by_Phoenix said:
She didn't cheat; she's just being extremely heel.

She does have a bad habit of whipping out Iron knuckles though, think yuuka let it slide in their match though.

Pumpkin_Eater said:
So Moriya is taking the early lead. That's been a pretty reliable defeat flag in previous matches.

Tell that to the magicians or the ghost/rabbit team.

*nom*

YuriTenshi said:
Suwako can fight, I'll give her that... but as long as the victory is hers, and not Sanae's, I think I can believe it. Sanae has a bad habit of miraculous victories from nowhere...

Humorously, Symposium of Post Mysticism revealed that without extended casting time, Sanae's miracles are kind of weak.

StriderTuna said:
Tell that to the magicians or the ghost/rabbit team.

IIRC both came out hitting hard and dirty, ruined Reimu for marriage, but couldn't manage a KO and ran out of juice. The pattern I see is that one team will be winning for around a quarter of the match, then it either goes back and forth awhile or the other team just stabilizes, and we have yet another come from behind victory in the end.

She's certainly gonna carry that weight.

randomness said:
Humorously, Symposium of Post Mysticism revealed that without extended casting time, Sanae's miracles are kind of weak.

Don't twist my words like that.

If her victory is earned, I won't have a problem with it, but the victories vs Yuuka and Flan were just... uggh. Vs Flan in particular. Had Suwako scored the win, I'd have been fine because it would have been freaking earned. But the way it ended was just... it left a very bad taste in my mouth.

YuriTenshi said:
Don't twist my words like that.

If her victory is earned, I won't have a problem with it, but the victories vs Yuuka and Flan were just... uggh. Vs Flan in particular. Had Suwako scored the win, I'd have been fine because it would have been freaking earned. But the way it ended was just... it left a very bad taste in my mouth.

The victory in the first match was earned by Yuuka being a bitch. The second match...yeah, the ending to the second match sucked, but I can't blame the Moriyas for that, for obvious reasons.