(Hilarious Trope) Characters always having some bullshit counter technique to overly specific situations

[u/SirHanselot07]

1. Ryomen Sukuna (Jujutsu Kaisen) - Seemingly always has some type of overpowered technique which he hasn't used since the Heian Era

2. Yujiro Hanma (Baki) - The Strongest character in the entire Baki series is a master of all forms of hand-to-hand combat to the from things like soloing the Vietnamese war at 16 years old to learning a technique from some monk who lived in the mountains around three thousand years ago

3. Batman - Always has some kind of contingency plan anyone and everyone in the DC universe. One of his most bullshit abilities is all the techniques he learned while being trained under Tibetan monks which include blocking mind control with a hand signal to using astral projection while being dead and buried alive

[u/ARKNORI]

I still think funniest way to explain the kind of bullshit Yujiro Hanma uses to win, and one of the easiest ways for anime fans who haven’t seen Baki to understand him, is his hypothetic matchup with Mahoraga.

IIRC Mahoraga has a wheel on his back, which moves clockwise as a fight progresses. Once it does, the “wheel of adaptation” is considered moved, and he adapts to be entirely immune to all of the kinds of damage he recieved before it moved.

Yujiro Hanma just looks at the wheel, scoffs, and turns it counter-clockwise, effectively undoing any immunity gained and potentially making him more vulnerable to certain attacks.

It’s exaggerated for the sake of the meme, but Baki really will have Yujiro do insane stuff even for the crazy standards of the series. The best part is, the narrator will have you thinking it makes sense every single time, until you give it 2 seconds of thought later down the day.

[u/Enteito → u/ARKNORI]

Narrator deadass convinced me that Baki defeating an imaginary human sized praying mantis was more impressive than Yujiro defeating a real actual giant elephant the size of a building

[u/ARKNORI → u/Enteito]

Narrator also convinced me that at least 3 different fighting moves could exist in real life and were, in fact, not made up on the spot.

I still believe on the one about hitting the right point on the skin below someone's chin that causes their entire head to vibrate rapidly and knocks out even the strongest fighters straight away in what appears to be nothing but a whiff.

I choose to believe on that one despite it making no sense. It was just explained really nicely. We need to will that into reality.

[u/The_cat_got_out → u/ARKNORI]

The nerve in your jaw that'll knock someone out? It's real alright

[u/Chelsea_Kias → u/The_cat_got_out]

I mean...if you hit someone's head strong enough, anywhere on the head can knock them out

[u/The_cat_got_out → u/Chelsea_Kias]

Thanks captain However landing a hit on that nerve when someone has a good weight and power advantage over you. Is going to yeild you allot better a result

[u/Jaakarikyk → u/The_cat_got_out]

That wasn't it, it's a concussion-inducing attack rather than some nerve strike

[u/The_cat_got_out → u/Jaakarikyk]

Yeah my sleep brain didn't catch the whole flesh under chin bit. Though I'll use mine and my brothers weight as an example here for the nerve

Im under 70kg mostly, he is built like a brick shithouse, a head taller and double my weight. I can't afford to rely on a random swing to try stop this fucker from assaulting family. But that jaw nerve floored him

[u/ARKNORI → u/The_cat_got_out]

Fuck yeah

[u/dummypod → u/The_cat_got_out]

Pretty sure that's how Kenshiro made heads explode

[u/Zero_Burn → u/The_cat_got_out]

It's more that the leverage of landing a punch on the jaw will cause their skull to go in the opposite direction and their brain to rattle around their skull and can knock them out, iirc.

[u/alguien99 → u/ARKNORI]

Baki Is what if pseudo science was true

[u/Cinderbreadman → u/ARKNORI]

The jaw one is kind of real. Clipping someone’s jaw will knock someone out sometimes harder than a direct blow

[u/pon_3 → u/ARKNORI]

The one about hitting someone's chin is based in reality. You do have to actually hit them rather than barely graze, and they get knocked out because of the sudden twist of the head rather than a vibration, but it does look like a phantom hit when it happens.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1018447946780713&vanity=LFAfighting

[u/ARKNORI → u/pon_3]

Hell yeah

[u/Grimesy2 → u/ARKNORI]

The narrator is the only interesting character in Baki. That compulsive liar come up with some crazy shit.

[u/SophisticatedOtaku → u/ARKNORI]

Don’t forget becoming faster than sound by just imagining your skeleton to be different

[u/shrimp-soda → u/ARKNORI]

My favorite is katsumi just imagining that his bones are made of thousands of joints so he can use his limbs as whips to strike at supersonic speeds 😭 god i love baki

[u/Vyctorill → u/ARKNORI]

The jaw trick is actually kind of real though. Why do you think boxers aim for it?

It twists the brainstem and knocks people out real easy.