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Originally Posted by giorno
No, but the most important thing here is to evacuate all 3 of them in the shortest time possible, not evacuate the two most defenseless regardless of time and then if there's still time the third one
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What? That's
EXACTLY what you do. It doesn't matter how much time you have; if there's a dangerous situation, you get the civilians out of the way ASAP, with priority on who needs help the most, in this case Index and Hyouka. (officially speaking from a Judgement point of view, Touma would be included as well, but Kuroko knew she couldn't teleport him)
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Except Kuroko is STILL a first year middle school girl who we have already seen is not nearly as trained, disciplined and qualified as an anti-skill
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So in a series full
of kids where they're easily just as capable as adults, just like hundreds of other animes, Kuroko is the
one single person who is an exception? This almost screams plot hole itself; plot hole or not beside, one would
think that an important agency like Judgement would be better choosers about their members.
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well, not exactly, the priority is evacuating ALL civilians in the shortest time possible, and sure, the most vulnerable ones should be evacuated first when possible
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Of course you evacuate them
all, but as you just agreed you start with the more vulerable ones first. That means one of the first two people out should be Hyouka instead of Mikoto.
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which doesn't change the fact that Kuroko is not an anti-skill, she even let Touma decide who to evacuate first and just grabbed the two closest persons to her when Index and Kuroko started bitching and losing time over it...
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Which is exactly why it's a plot hole, i.e. inconsistency; Kuroko has demonstrated time and again that she is a capable, well-knowledged member of Judgement. Deciding that a level 0 is more in danger than a level 5 who just blew away the terrorist's ability with ease doesn't take a rocket scientist.
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heh, yes, but they're only street patrols, not an anti-terrorist unit. They do not have nearly as much training as the anti-skills.
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Even street patrols, civilian neighborhood watch groups,
whatever, know to get out the most vulnerable first in an evacuation.
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the point is why the heck he didn't wait for Kuroko's return with Hyouka, to make sure she would be taken to safety before rushing into battle
that is a plot hole
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Why didn't he wait? Because he's
always going off to fight the bad guys. That's not inconsistent at that he went after the bad guy; he was already telling them that he would be the decoy and buy everybody time to get out befoe Kuroko had taken anybody out of the mall int he first place.
He told Hyouka to stay put, but like I've said several times around here, he has no means to
make people stay put; Hyouka will go after him if she wants, as will Mikoto. He can't stop them.
That was an
example that I was talking about where Mikoto could go with Touma to face a big enemy. Note how I didn't say she chould have gone with him in
that exact scene. I was speaking more generaly there. "Why should Mikoto ever listen to Touma and stay away from a fiht?" Obviously she took care of the grunts, although to be picky, thats not exactly glamorous screentime.
Admittedly is was inconsistent of me to go off an a tangent and speak generally when you were speaking specifically, and I apologize.
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i never said Mikoto is weak. My point is that Frenda, a much more experience fighter than Mikoto, nearly killed her by using superior tactics, a result of her experience, despite the overwhelming difference in power.
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This is another assumption you guys are makingl how do you know how much experience Mikoto has? How do you know Frenda is more experienced?
Either way, Frenda obviously
couldn't overpower Mikoto through tactics, as she lost very thoroughly. Part of that was due to Mikoto using her powers strategically and creatively as opposed to "point and shoot."
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Your point, which is what i was countering with this, was that Mikoto is very smart and can defeat magicians by using superior tactics. Except 9 out of 10 magicians are much more experienced than her, so if anything, it would be THEM who hold the tactical advantage over Mikoto. Especially in the case of people like Acqua, who pretty much spent all his life fighting
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Again, I point out that you're making baseless assumptions about Mikoto's level of experience, no offense.
Besides which, Touma had zero experience fighting against magicians, same as Mikoto, but did just fine. And if Mikoto had fought bad guys with Touma, any knowledge he gained from index would have been available to him.
That said, I would fully expect Mikoto to try and keep Touma
out of the battles at first (he
is getting hospitalized nearly every arc, after all....
), which would lead to some big defeats aginst the more powerful (read:
broken ) magicians that she or Touma would both need specific knowledge to beat, barring Index being there for support anyway. But as I've said, such an event could lead to development of her character; she tries to help Touma, gets beaten to a pulp, realizes there are serious hardcore bad guys out there, and works to become stronger.
[quote]1) Shiage is a skill out
2) Shiage had good knowledge and understanding of Mugino's power. Without this, he never would have won against her[/'quote]1. Not very relevant; he's a level 0 in what is essentially a street gang. A gfar cry from the third most powerful level 5.
2. Except Mikoto beat Mugino too. With tactics and creative use of her powers. Knocked her out stone cold. Shiage having anything over Mikoto is irrelevant and pointless; Mikoto proved she's
at least just as competent.
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I never said she is weak. I'm saying she's not a tactical genius, like you claim she is, and she can't compete in that with people who are much more experienced than her
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Mikoto's victories over Frenda and Mugino through tactics and creative power usage would like to have a word with you too.
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yeah, and again, this was a result of her exceptional power and her creativity and adaptability with it, coupled with Mugino underestimating the shit out of her
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Erm, what are you talking about? Mikoto didn't win through a show of power; she konked Mugino in the head with one of Frenda's dolls from her flank after distracting her with what was supposed to look like a full frontal assault. While Mugino was bragging, no less. A very creative and intelligent strategy using available supplies.
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Yes. And it is also obvious that she has nowhere near as much experience with real battles as Touma, the majority of magicians and people of the dark side of AC have
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And where are you getting any of this? I don't recall there being any census on combat experience for characters in the show.
Of course the magicians have lots of experience, but I don't see where you're getting that
Mikoto doesn't have the required experience, when we have clear evidence she
does.
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He had plenty of experience from fights against espers in the back alleys of AC, it wasn't his first time dealing with someone with a strange power
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First, magic is almost literally worlds apart from Esper abilities; they're not really comparable, as people here are pointing out themselves. Having experience against Espers would give him no help against things like Divine Punishment.
Second, this still doesn't mean Mikoto lacks experience in any way.
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He only won thanks to Index. And i'm not saying Mikoto couldn't win in Touma's situation, either. To begin with, Styil isn't someone who is above her league
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Well, this we can obviously agree on.
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No, not even close. Touma basically grew up fighting against espers and level 0 in the back alleys of AC. Mikoto grew up like a normal girl
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Like biz said, utter phail.
Not to mention, you don't have any basis for this; where is it said that Mikoto didn't have any experience in combat?
But consider this: if you're right and Mikoto really doesn't have much experience, that makes her victories over Kiyama, Frenda, and Mugino even
more impressive; if she could do all that and use tactics and strategy that well with minimal experience, what could she do if she got more?
It's like Chad said about Ichigo in Bleach: "If he gained experience, he'd be
frighteningly powerful." Note that you gain experience from simple training; you don't have to be staring down a gun barrel or at a hospital sentence to improve your experience.
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she's a 14 year old girl who's just realized she's in love with a guy and is completely overwhelmed by the situation and by his words. Which carried a clear undertone of "don't get involved" with it
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I still somewhat disagree with this undertone thing.
Sure he didn't want her to get involved and specifically told her to go home, but he didn't have anything to force her away nor did he actually specifically put any effort into; and again, even if he did, Mikoto's not the type of character to just turn her back on someone limping to a battle because they asked her to, much less when she's in love with him and knows it.
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Kuroko probably never received training for such situations, and in her eyes are 4 civilians she has to take to safety, not Touma, one level 5 and two defenseless civilians. Or more precisely, there are 4 civilians whom she must evacuate in the shortest time possible, of which one whom she can't teleport, and the two closest to her who are arguing about who should be teleported first and losing time
Forced? Yes. Inconsistent? heck no
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Again, Judgement's duties specifically involve evacuation/protection of civilians. If there's
one thing they would be trained on, it would be this. And even assuming they weren't trained at all, which would be
utterly irreponsible for a group charged with public safety, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the weaker people go first. "The women, children, and elderly first." Ages-old saying in evacuation and protection. Because they're the weakest/most helpless. (obviously speaking traditionally about the women and children, of course
) But the point stands.
It's inconsistent for any group dedicated to public protections, as I stated.
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Except given the circumstances and the fact that Kuroko is not an anti-skill, knows Mikoto's character all too well, and in her eyes are 3(4 actually) "defenceless" civilians to be evacuated
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It doesn't matter if she's Anit-Skill or not; she's
Judgement. A public saftey organization, just like the police.
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Because she's overwhelmed by the situation and because he's made clear that it was HIS battle
but mostly because she was overwhelmed by the situation. Which is entirely understandable, considering she's only 14
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Honestly, there was nothing to be
that overwhelmed about. She confronted him about his amnesia and he explained to her why he fights even though he can't remember his life. He didn't drop some bombshell that utterly changed her life beyond a semblance of its former shape.
Unless you're saying that Touma made one of those terribly corny speech moments that even
I find hard to bear.
(and I'm in the Touma's "preaching" is no big deal crowd
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Touma is two years older than her; that's not much extra leeway for emotional stability.
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Wrong. There are 4 civilians to be evacuated in the shortest time possible, and that is all
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Half right half wrong. Four people, two of whom are are helpless, one of whom is a capable level 5, and one who she can't really do anything about for the immediate moment. (Touma) Priorities. Priorities, priorities. You can't argue with priorities. You can only get two people out at a time; so you pick the two people in most danger. If there were eight people there and three of them were wounded, then guess who she's supposed to get out first? The wounded ones. Then she comes back for the other ones later.
Priorities.
On a side note, it was also convenient that Kuroko ran into a larger group of people trapped when she went back to find Touma and Hyouka.
But that's not immediately pertinent to my case.
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No, but she IS short-sighted enough to judge who to save by order of which would be faster, when they're already short on time and two of the 4 are stupidly arguing and making a mess about it, losing precious time in the process
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This makes no sense; how is Mikoto any faster to get out than Hyouka? Kuroko can teleport any two people simultaneously with herself; your point about them arguing is completely moot because she doesn't have to get them to stop arguing to teleport them. All she has to do is touch them and "poof." She displayed that perfectly well with Mikoto; Mikoto tried to protest being taken away but it didn't matter. Just
tap, and they were gone. Hence your point is irrelevant; the conflict going on didn't hinder Kuroko's ability to get them out.
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Except Kuroko's job is to evacuate ALL civilians, and that includes Mikoto. Who was already bitching about it
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Irrelevant; they were all civilians, two of whom had absolutely no way to defend themselves, one who was a level 5, and one she couldn't immediately do anything about as opposed to the others. Anybody bit*hing about anything didn't matter. Just teleport the ones in the most danger, regardless of who is talking about what; it doesn't stop her ability to teleport.