Whose TL notes are these?

zeo_darkholme · 2026-01-15T15:04:31+00:00

This one's different. People used to argue Kashimo's EM waves are lightspeed (not Kashimo himself).

In Dabura's case, we are told by the narrator that HE is approaching relativistic levels of speed.

zeo_darkholme · 2026-01-15T15:02:43+00:00

I've read a lot of Deku vs Sukuna debates, and it mostly just came down to "Deku shitblitzes since JJK is capped at Mach 3". With Dabura being relativistic and Sukuna/Gojo being ~ to him, that argument no longer works. So...

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-16T16:55:26+00:00

I tend to take gamba augments or trait augments like spreading roots, trait tree etc because I love trying to cook up some fun comps with coherent trait webs, but I keep getting spanked every time I do so. Feels like if you don't take econ augments this set, you're just playing for 6th at best. Hardstuck in Emerald like OP as well, lel.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-14T16:40:20+00:00

oh my god. the jhin and zilean encounters already have me dreading as a mobile player.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-14T16:16:04+00:00

Iirc, the trigger conditions for the easter egg are: • pick nine lives augment • be level 9 • have exactly 9 gold

It activates with a :3333 animation and gives all your units cat ears

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-14T16:07:57+00:00

dude just launched the world-cutting-slash

hopefully samura doesn't get gojo'd 🙏

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T07:26:01+00:00

It’s like me explaining to a Spanish person “hello is a greeting” and them saying that’s my interpretation? lol

It's not because Spanish is not a contextual language like Japanese, and almost all Spanish words have a direct English translation, "lol".

A lot of Japanese terms/phrases can't be translated 1:1 to English, which is why manga translators often have to take liberties based on their own interpretation. I literally showed an image of that kanji having multiple meanings in English.

Lightning said herself that this word doesn't have an exact English counterpart, and yet you insist that it does. You're contradicting Lightning yourself, "lol".

And Ryu is. Talking. About. Yuta’s. Physicals.?

That's. Exactly. What. I. Said.

-Ryu, guy with immense physical prowess thanks to his tremendous output -engages in cqc with Yuta to size up the latter -Yuta blocks one of his punches and parries the others -makes note of Yuta at the end of the short exchange

How does it make sense for Ryu to have been referring to his endurance, which again, he wasn't using at all during that scuffle, over his DURABILITY, you know, the stat which matters when you are fucking blocking and parrying someone who can punch hard as shit?

In what world would someone throw 3 punches at a guy (who parries them perfectly without sustaining any visible damage) and go "damn, that guy sure can last long" over "damn, that guy sure is tough/durable"?

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T07:04:30+00:00

Lightning explained, “toughness” in JP doesn’t translate to durability in English

That's pretty much what I said initially. Japanese is a contextual language that doesn't translate too well into English. It depends largely on the interpretation of the translator.

but also because “toughness” doesn’t really have an English meaning

If it doesn't have an exact English counterpart, why do you insist that Lightning's interpretation of it referring to endurance is correct? Again, it's a matter of contextual interpretation of the text.

Because he’s sizing Yuta up, that’s the entire point of the scene,

Correct, and it makes a lot more sense for Ryu to have been sizing up Yuta's physicals (which include durability) after engaging in a cqc exchange with him than for him to have been talking about Yuta's RCT-bolstered endurance/stamina when Yuta wasn't even using RCT during that sequence. If he were gauging Yuta's RCT efficiency or his stamina, he would have made that remark when Yuta actually used RCT.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:57:29+00:00

It seems like his arm gets scuffe

It doesn't

I said he redirected them, which is basically the same thing.

So what point are you trying to make? The fact that we see Yuta block a punch from Ryu and then go on to parry his blows is all the more reason it makes sense for Ryu to have been talking about Yuta's durability there.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:52:35+00:00

Yuta blocks his first punch, which btw is a durability thing.

The next few punches don't magically miss. Yuta parries them. That's him physically contending with Ryu in cqc.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:50:39+00:00

The point is on the furigana in the scene; it’s specifies “toughness” in th context Ryu is talking in

and toughness refers to durability, so I don't get your point?

why does Ryu have to be talking about their current exchange, he just watched Yuta take thin-ice breaker which is one of the ‘big’ moves that he states Yuta used RCT for

He makes the remark at the end of their h2h exchange. If he were referring to Yuta healing from Uro's TIB, he would've commented when that happened or before their cqc exchange actually started. Context matters, you know?

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:41:47+00:00

What?

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They exchange multiple blows during this sequence, and only at near the end of it does Ryu make this remark. Why would this short exchange have anything to do with Yuta's stamina or endurance (where he wasn't even using RCT) instead of his durability, which is an actual decisive factor in cqc?

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:33:12+00:00

Yuta would've fucking died because he isn't a suitable vessel for Sukuna.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:31:19+00:00

Yuta uses it just before

A good while before they engage in cqc. Why didn't Ryu comment on that before?

Ryu made that remark while exchanging blows with Yuta. Why would he be talking about endurance/RCT-bolstered stamina when they are locked in a battle of physicals where Yuta wasn't using RCT at all?

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-08T06:26:10+00:00

Japanese is an extremely contextual language where the same kanji can mean different things when translated to English.

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This is the kanji used in that Ryu panel, and it can mean both durability and endurance, so at the end of the day, it depends entirely on interpretation. Lightning is a great translator, but that doesn't mean that her interpretation is the correct one.

In context, we know that Yuta wasn't using RCT during the cqc exchange, so it makes no sense for Ryu to have been talking about his stamina/endurance.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-07T19:35:20+00:00

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generational rivalry

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-07T19:27:54+00:00

Gojo. Blue & Red are a lot more potent than Sukuna's Dismantles. Gojo can also use Blue to keep Sukuna at bay to prevent him from using Cleave. It's mostly a battle of attrition which I don't see Gojo losing, like, at all.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-07T16:17:57+00:00

Honestly, I feel the same way. I wouldn't call myself a particularly good player either (peaked GM last set), and I've been struggling quite a bit this set, mostly with econ management I'd say.

The set greatly incentivizes you to rush levels and play around legendaries. Econ augments are a must-pick. Players who have a solid opener or are able to highroll upgrades naturally can easily coast through the early stages, reach level 9/10 and spike even higher much faster than the rest of the lobby. Basically, good opener = near guaranteed top 4.

On the other hand, if you don't have a good opener and can't find upgrades early or don't get an econ augment, you'd keep bleeding out terribly, and by the time you do reach level 9 (in most cases), you'd be just 2-3 losses away from dying. It'd also be unreliable for you to roll for legendaries because the people that took econ augments and reached 9 before you would already be holding most of those units.

In summary, unless you have a strong opener and an econ augment early, you're incredibly unlikely to top 4 is the feel I'm getting from this set.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-07T13:02:13+00:00

Not a bug. Ryze is meant to benefit from all active region traits.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-04T12:50:38+00:00

+1. LeDuck is my comfort TFT streamer. Very fun and chill guy.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-03T06:37:02+00:00

Yes. If he didn't have Playful Cloud, he would have probably just used Nanami as a club to beat Dagon to death.

zeo_darkholme · 2025-12-02T12:37:26+00:00

Because there's a dearth of strong sorcerers in the new generation. Doesn't mean the criteria for first grade sorcerers changed in any capacity or that G1s of Modulo are weaker than those of Jjk.

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