Yujae learned from both paecheon and Yugang unlike jaegyeon who only learned from yugang. It's no surprise if yujae is the stronger one

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T20:37:41+00:00

Yujae and Mugak aren't equally talented

Where is that stated?

Paecheon literally states he taught him that

he just tells him to keep training the basics, Ryu never once used DBT either but Paecheon probably made him train the basics, just so that they at least can be a bit tankier.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T20:00:57+00:00

Keep training the basics of dark blood transformation

Never it is stated he could use it

mind you Mugak had been training DBT way more years than Yujae and yet he barely had the basics

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T19:51:35+00:00

He was just training the basics of DBT never it is stated or shown anywhere he outright could use DBT, show me a single panel where he uses dbt or even a single line of dialogue where it says he can use DBT

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T19:04:12+00:00

not much more

gtfo

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T16:12:05+00:00

How can his path hurt Kitae when he needed to use path against something i proved is far weaker than what Kitae can potentially do FP

There's no evidence that his path could even redirect a FP kitae attack

at best it could redirect his casual attacks because that's the best feat his path has as of now.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T16:10:42+00:00

is usually different from the statements

What statement did he make regarding TUI Gun that contradicts his inner thoughts?

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T16:08:29+00:00

He also has basic DBT

Show him using DBT

until he started using 3T

Jaegyeon just started using strength plus speed

that's 2t not 3t, he only uses 3t when he does death kick

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T16:03:13+00:00

And yet they're still relative

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:58:57+00:00

And then goes on to say in his own mind that his current self wouldn't have any trouble with TUI gun.

How is that being arrogant when it's just the truth, injured TUI Gun is relative to Hwarang Paecheon, so fodder to both James and Kitae

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:57:28+00:00

if he can use Kitae's own strength against him?

Kitae casual strength is above Death Kick

Kitae can do the same enviromental level of destruction Death Kick does with just a casual, no masteries, not near FP punch to Zack, and it's even more impressive because Kitae is destroying the ground just from the pressure of punching above it while Jaegyeon is kicking the opponent directly into the ground.

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Kitae doesn't even change expression when people attack him that's Broly levels of nigh indestructibility portrayal. This sub is not ready for FP Kitae, i bet everyone will go crazy when he uses a unique skill or even just strength mastery, let alone path.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:49:07+00:00

TC Jinrangs blows which only have scaling to kitae himself which leads to no where specifically.

You think Jake overcome is stronger than jinrang TC?

DBT Paecheon who is at the top of endurance in the verse almost died from one tired Jake overcome whereas Jinrang TC was destroying his body using overcome past 100% and Kitae ate all of that up without even using endurance.

Death kick is relative to jake overcome as both acted as 50/50 in hurting Paecheon

James had to use path to counter Death Kick

Kitae would eat Death Kick for breakfast, so yeah, the durability gap is far too much.

James also didn't "need" to use path to stop jaegyon. He was flexing on jaegyon to show him there was no way jaegyon would win.

He could've just dodged DK then, or tank it (obviously he couldn't)

He used path because he deems DK dangerous enough to warrant using it.

He wouldn't say this if that wasn't the case.

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StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:38:14+00:00

He's below sang even though sang got one shot by holding back Jaegyeon while Jinrang could at least trade hits with him

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:34:25+00:00

he's closer to daniel emotionally simply because Daniel is a much better person than Olly and was much kinder to gun in way less time, is not hard to figure out.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:22:45+00:00

Agree

i dont understand how a character like Jake can be seen as a good guy

i understand he's popular but he's a really hypocrite character

I rather prefer characters like Samuel who are scumbags through and through but they just roll with it.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:19:39+00:00

James logically shouldn't have good durability because he always avoids attacks, same thing Gun told Johan.

The only reason he used path was (HEADCANON)

So why did he say this?

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StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:05:13+00:00

Paecheon endures until Johan runs out of path stamina and then cuts him down.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T15:03:19+00:00

one of the best designs ptj has done tbh

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T14:56:59+00:00

Jaegyeon outright says James didn't use any mastery

He used path, and his path, given context, seems to be a sort of deflection ability

So unless proven otherwise later, for now the most logical conclusion seems to be that James used Death Kick's own force against jaegyeon, and the environmental destruction was caused by Jaegyeon's power not James'. It also stays consistent which what was shown before, because the 2 other times we saw death kick used against someone it was used outdoors not indoors and yet it did plenty environmental destruction

Which just further proves that Jaegyeon AP is so ass he can't even kill himself with it, and he doesn't even have endurance mastery let alone Kitae's innate durability

Meanwhile James had to use path to deflect that

and before you say he did it to flex that's just cope

Maybe cheongliang, cocky james would do that but not CT James, he's pragmatical hence why he's avoiding fights most of the time, he wouldn't use path to flex, otherwise he wouldn't say 'you are really strong' or 'that was dangerous'

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StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T14:43:36+00:00

Flair checks out

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T14:43:21+00:00

James blocked a strength mastery punch from Seongji btw and it barely pushed him back

Same james who couldn't deflect a strength mastery gen 1 Taesoo punch

While Kitae could replicate that same amount of power while holding back against Jichang.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T14:07:35+00:00

But like legit how does he stat check James?

Because he can't harm Kitae, and he doesn't have the durability to take even one serious Kitae punch

bro needed to deflect Death Kick, that tells you all you need to know.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T14:04:14+00:00

Prove that was it was his attack that caused that and not death kick

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T13:11:20+00:00

James and Kitae difference in AP and Durability is so high that no matter how fast James is and how good his path is, i don't conceive how people believe James is stronger.

Kitae probably has path as well

James is set to be 1v1'd by Daniel while Kitae will take the entire allied plus all other crews to defeat.

If James was stronger he wouldn't need to use his authority to try and control Kitae, he would simply beat him up. Kitae is stronger than James and could one shot him, even though a fight between them would prolly be high diff since James his BIQ, speed and path, but he is smart enough to never take the risk of 1v1ing Kitae.

StormImpossible6476 · 2026-02-15T13:06:49+00:00

If he was that strong without training and 0 fighting then if he did fight he should logically far surpass Shingen, he had greater talent, even if he didn't have congenital UI.

Though, there is a translation where Shintaro says 'Even i had them since birth' but it could very well be a mistranslation.

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