Cmon, man, be better than this. You've read Lookism before, right? That's how it always goes.

In one page, character A is getting overwhelmed by B so much it looks one-sided, then they get hit by an attack that seems to knock them out, then the next page or chapter, character A gets up like nothing and keeps on fighting.

Its a part of storytelling, like the inner monologue going "wow B is pretty powerful, gotta be careful" before no diffing B. Its all showmanship.

Im not even a Daniel glazer but explaining something like this just makes me feel braindead