(May. 06, 2023 8:18 PM)Orichalcum Wrote: (May. 06, 2023 8:00 PM)Admiral W Wrote: You're portraying it as the only people they can battle are Legends. There are others characters they can take on. The title of Blading Legend has to mean something. These are the world's top bladers. One of the problems with QS was that they treated that title like trash.
The example of Rantaro doesn't work. Rantaro is a Blading Legend. He is literally one of the world's top bladers.
We can certainly feel tension. We don't know well they will do in their battles against a Legend and again, the Legends aren't the only bladers they can battle.
Rantaro is the weakest Legend(lowest Rank), which implies that if he faced literally any other Legend, he'd lose more often than not. In Season 5, the vast majority of the cast were Legends. Most of his feats are against other Legends (Bursting Valkyrie, Pushing back Longinus, etc.), who should beat him because they're ranked higher, hence why it's impressive. And "has to mean something" shouldn't be invincible or that people who aren't of the same rank can't win no matter what. Also, what makes you think they're battling Non-Legend bladers? Throughout every promotional material we've only seen Legends. In the opening all we see are Legends. I'd consider the possibility of them facing Non-S Rank bladers when such is implied whatsoever. And just because QD made Legends look like fodder doesn't mean the opposite extreme is any better. Remember how the Asahi Brothers manged to beat Legends without dropping them every single time and actually lost more often than not?
As a Blading Legend, Rantaro is one of the world's top bladers. He is in the upper echelon of the Blading world. The Blading Legends can pose a challenge to each other. Most of his feats are against other Legends, which is fine, because he is also a legend.
If they are the world's top bladers, that has to be shown. Being at the top by it's very nature means they are on a whole other level from other bladers. That shouldn't just be lip service.
All the characters we've see in the promotional material aren't all Legends. Hikaru, Hyuga, Ken, and Kit are not Blading Legends.
As for Hyuga and Hikaru beating legends, they weren't displayed as really being on the level of Legends 1v1. All of their 1v1 wins against Legends were for the most part flukes, Hyuga vs Silas being a prime example. Hyuga beat him one episode and got destroyed by him an episode of two later. They weren't legend level individually.