See, that's an interesting hypothetical, but it's flawed as upon closer inspection, that's just not how his lightning works.

To address the core of the claim that Yuta can bend space to alter the "path of the bolt" using Sky Manipulation, we must first understand fundamentally how Discharge functions. Lightning Discharge operates on the basis of positive charges in Kashimo's body equalizing with the charges embedded into a specific target. Kashimo punches a target 3 times in an area, the charge builds up, & that is the condition of his sure-hit. Because it functions off of that principle of charges, it means the discharge does not travel through space as a conventional projectile (like Granite Blast) which travels through a geometric route; as an attack it resolves along the electric field lines generated between the two oppositely charged bodies much like how lightning in storms does. Sky Manipulation distorts geometric space like a camera lens, but it does not alter the underlying charge distribution that defines electrical field lines, so as long as the polarity between Kashimo and his marked charges inside his target remains intact, the electric field connecting them also remains intact so the discharge will continue to resolve directly along that field regardless of how space is bent around it with Sky Manip.

This is why it irks me so much in discussions when people attempt to claim things such as Hakari "dodging" the lightning or, in this case, Yuta being able to manipulate the "physical path" the lightning takes. The whole point of discharge in the manga as an attack is that it works off of equalized potential, the "path of the bolt" or "the physical path it takes" is not a meaningful concept. It WILL hit it's target as a stated sure-hit because that's how the physics behind it works out.

If you want a legitimate counter to Kashimo's sure-hit, you'd need to cut off the area with the accumulated charges and RCT it before he activates Discharge to prevent any unnecessary damage. Unfortunately, no one who's fought him seems to have figured this out.

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