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It is GENUINELY absurd how Sukuna mauls Akemura and effectively all of Kagurabachi. (Doing this for @BY_NM123, who wanted me to go into this, was originally not going to but this post randomly appeared, and I didn’t wanna be a hindrance to the community but since the opportunity presented itself, why not) If we use the “lightning” speed feet, we can firstly just clarify that this isn’t actually lightning speed to begin with. Firstly, there’s no indication that the lightning emitted by Cloud Gouger is ACTUAL lightning, since while it carries conductive properties, we see later that when Chihiro deducts that he must “swing and wring” it (the kanji for wring being 絞— to squeeze out to the last drop). At maximum, Cloud Gouger manifests Black Lightning which operates entirely differently in the way it makes Chihiro even faster than cloaked Mei. But even if we were to say it’s real lightning, it doesn’t detract from the fact that cloaked Mei doesn’t actually do anything SUPER unique, rather it’s made to “纏う” Mei— WEAR. The specific kanji is 纏, meaning to wrap and wear. So all cloaked Mei does is carry you with lightning. So, to be scientific for a moment: real lightning travels around a third lightspeed for the return stroke, whilst the stepped leader is about 200km/s. The reason this speed is possible is because of electromagnetic discharge through an ionised plasma channel— it’s legit just charge propagation, nothing to do with matter transportation. The moment you add mass on, that entire function deteriorates. Now, this only leaves one answer, that answer being that it’s not ACTUAL lightning, rather an ability to call upon the properties of lightning, which is suggested through an earlier statement about it actually regarding a property of THUNDER (雷). It’s also stated later in the chapter about Lightning Rod mechanisms, so it’s clear that it does emulate Lightning to a degree. So, how do we ACTUALLY calculate the speed? Well, that’s easy, we don’t. To accelerate a human body to that speed, it’d require energy so absurd that it’d release a shockwave. It doesn’t, so we can say it’s below Mach 30. At Mach 5, air has significantly plasma heating, so it’s not near that either. Even if we presume superhuman function, a human blacks out at about ~5g. Going that speed for 0.1 second would be ~1,000g or so, which’d be Mach 3, but also conk you out. The indication of zero energy release, the fact that there’s a separate mode which is black which goes even faster (ik it being black is irrelevant to the speed amp, that’s not what I’m talking about, I’m talking ABOUT the speed amp showcased through Shred) to suggest the typical type isn’t even that speed, and the fact it works at all shows that the Cloud Gouger Lightning feats aren’t actually able to be seen as anything more than more than a cool marginal speed amp. While we can say the superhuman body can handle it, which would be a fine argument, it’s immediately debunked by the air around, which ISN’T at all sundered. At maximum, it’s far below Mach 3. The human body can handle about Mach 0.02 until its eye can’t track things moving 5m away, and given that it can be reacted to, it’s probably about 30mph. Still excellent, of course, actually very scientifically plausible, just not scalerslop high-level like it’s proposed. Also, about the statement where it’s said it “exceeded its limit” to justify the idea it’s faster than conventional lightning, “限界を超えた雷” reads as lightning whose magnitude exceeds the blade’s integrity. It’s the limit of the blade, not the power— it’s just more than it can usually sustain, FURTHER proving the original one isn’t actually proper lightning. There’s the whole butterfly stuff, but honestly, with the speed caps of the series, one punch from 1.6f Sukuna does it lol ANYWAY ASIDE FROM THAT HOLY SHIT THIS ART IS BOSS DUDE FUUUUCK MAN THAT LOOKS SO GOOD 😭 Phanto really inspired so many good pieces recently man

@SpecialFreak_ @NickYou423584 Sukuna is relative in speed Gojo is relative in speed Kenny domain diffs Yuta domain diffs Kashimo is immune to his entire kit 😭