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Let me know what exactly I'm missing or getting wrong. And I'm talking about base Kashimo.

My main point is gonna be that he already has a sure hit effect and he has an anti domain technique.

The biggest thing seems to be the idea that Kashimo lacking a domain means he can't counter domain users. Kashimo having hwb to counter is seen as a minus while characters having a domain to counter is seen as a plus. But is it really better to gamble with a domain clash and just get crushed if you lose, than to just have a consistent anti domain technique? I'd rather be Kashimo with HWB against unlimtied void than Ryu or Uro or Yorozu with their domains against unlimited void, even though both just die.

My question becomes what does he really gain with a domain, if he already has a sure hit attack and HWB?

• Yes, his sure hit does need multiple hits and buildup to charge up.
  • However imo, unless said opponent completely stat-cliffs him to hell and back, its basically guaranteed he'll get his hits and charges in, with few complications (Uraume-like AOE types or Yorozu's bug armor).
  • The people that he wouldn't be able to get to with his sure hit lightning are people he would probably lose to a domain clash with anyways (like Gojo or Sukuna). Hell, with someone like Kenjaku he's probably honestly better off trying to get him with the sure hit lightning rather than get into a domain clash with him lmfao.
• Then there's HWB, which is often clowned on.
  • People cite the whole "hand sign for output" but Reggie activates HWB with full confidence and drops the handsign, even gloats to Megumi. Most domain users are not Kenjaku who can crush your SD/HWB in ten seconds.
  • Moreover, being from the edo period means doesn't mean he wouldn't know what to do with the lethal sure hit of modern domains, lethal sure hits seem to be all that HWB counters. It so useless for anything else that Megumi's shikigami from his domain is able to get to Reggie, his HWB was only there to block whatever Megumi's possible sure hit was. (Moreover, domains with lethal sure hits were probably known about in the past and existed. I mean Sukuna for god's sake.)

TLDR: He doesn't loose that much with charging up requirement for sure hits imo, any opponent that would be able to stat-cliff Kashimo and not get charged would probably crush in a hypothetical domain clash anyways. Moreover, imo, HWB gives him a fighting chance with everyone who has a domain, rather than making him gamble in a domain clash. I don't know why the latter is seen as preferrable to the former. Hopefully this can be explained to me.

I guess he does lose the home turf advantage and stat boost. But if that's it then I'm missing something.

Kashimo lacking or not being explictly confirmed with RCT is so much more damning for him than lacking a domain. Just me though.

Saw a post about how Kashimo was a lame strongest character, and it was all about what Kashimo lacked and couldn't do. Incredibly boring way to define coolness.

In a verse dominated with monsters with busted cursed techniques (and reversals), the reversed cursed technique, and domain expansions, Kashimo fights with pure cursed energy manipulation and a nyoi staff. And despite that, he is able to contend with the higher tiers of the entire verse.

If that isn't cool to you, I don't know what is.

I had never thought cursed energy was anything crazy, but I've consumed a decent amount of JJK powerscaling content and its changed my mind a lot.

Seeing the extent to which cursed energy can be utilised and how it can create all types of matchups and scenarios while having narrative and thematic function has honestly really impressed me. Creative, complex, but still intentional and purposeful.

If I had to give a quick top 3 it would be Nen, Stands, and Cursed Energy, in no real order.

Contenders:

• Bleach - I really like Reiatsu, it has strong narrative and thematic relevance, and it can be really creative. However, I plan to reread Bleach and I want that to be a chance to reassess whether its better than any of the top 3
• Fullmetal Alchemist - Alchemy is a good one, especially for being intentional/purposeful narratively as well as setting limits and defining hard rules, but its creativity and complexity only goes so far, probably peaking with Edward reconstructing the carbon in Greed's body.

Chakra has good function thematically in Naruto, and it is complex and creative in application, but the authors ability to be creative/complex with it begins to deteriorate as the story goes on, the War arc being the best example of the limits of Chakra's creativity/complexity (Naruto giving everyone cloaks or the fighitng of the white zetsus on the top of my head)

Devil Fruits / Haki is perfect for One Piece, but I find it hard to see it being a power system exceptional enough to shoot it up to these 3.

I like MHA a lot, but Quirks definetly are not an exceptional power system.

Same with Demon Slayer and Breathing Styles, or Magic from the little I've seen from the first 40 episodes of Black Clover.

Let me know if ya'll agree or disagree, or what top 3 you would have instead.