History Headscratchers / KenganAshura

** They could potentially use it as a standard sword as well, and can also fool opponents who initially think it is only a sword.

** It doesnt get in the way of wielding it normally and while spinning a sword as fast as they do is fairly unfeasible, with someone as huge as Howard doing it, it could probably do some real damage. While spinning that huge cleaver Howard uses is probably impossible, [[https://youtu.be/WozbZMljRiM?t=128 Scorpion Dart]] demos give a pretty decent look at what these old-school trick weapons can do

* About the spinning sword technique of Long Min, Howard Wu and Xing Wu: how much sense does it make? What's the point of using a completely normal sword as a flail rather than use a proper blade on a rope?

** Haruo is still shown to be a pretty good fighter, and was likely more than enough to handle run-of-the-mill disputes that Nentendo had to deal with. He just wasn't good enough the Tournament, which many characters noted to be unusually stacked with talent. Also, as it's Nentendo, video games are their forte.

* Why did the Nentendo president allow Haruo to eat and play video games until be become morbidly obese? Wouldn't it be in his best interest to keep him in as good fighting shape as possible?

** Did they ever come out and say it was secret? The rules are pretty mainstream when you look at them and are even safer than the Kengan matches. Pretty much the only thing separating Purgatory and real life MMA is the gloves. There doesn't seem to be a reason for it to be secret.

* The Kengan Assocation limits attendance to just members and important government and foreign dignitaries with the latter only showing up during Annihilation Tournaments, thus keeping it's existence secret somewhere in the realm of the plausible if distantly. However Purgatory that has a much greater attendance rate with huge stadiums just for regular matches somehow has kept it's existenc secret as well?

** Did they ever come out and say it was secret? The rules are pretty mainstream when you look at them and are even safer than the Kengan matches. Pretty much the only thing separating Purgatory and real life MMA is the gloves. There doesn't seem to be a reason for it to be secret.
* Why is the Kengan Association and The Purgatory in conflict with each other? They're both underground fighting rings, but otherwise they exist for completely different purposes: the Kengan Association is an arena where merchants/businessmen settle trade disputes, and the fighting matches are just the mean to achieve that end. The Purgatory, on the other hand, is more of a straightforward fighting ring--not unlike a regular MMA competition. Any relationship between Kengan and Purgatory would be LESS like two rivaling sports team vying over a limited pool of talented fighters, but more akin to two independent film productions that just happen to feature fighting. Other than scheduling conflicts and health/safety issues, there should be no reason why a fighter can't work for both sides--especially since a lot of the associated fighters are also actively involved in public sports competitions, so it's not like there's a strict regulation that forbids a fighter from "two-timing", so to speak. I'm not clear on how a merger would benefit either party.

* Why is the Kengan Association and The Purgatory in conflict with each other? They're both underground fighting rings, but otherwise they exist for completely different purposes: the Kengan Association is an arena where merchants/businessmen settle trade disputes, and the fighting matches are just the mean to achieve that end. The Purgatory, on the other hand, is more of a straightforward fighting ring, where the fight itself is both the means and the ends. Any relationship between Kengan and Purgatory would be LESS like two rivaling sports team vying over a limited pool of talented fighters, but more akin to two independent film productions that just happen to feature fighting. Other than scheduling conflicts and health/safety issues, there should be no reason why a fighter can't work for both sides--especially since a lot of the associated fighters are also actively involved in public sports competitions, so it's not like there's a regulation against a fighter "two-timing" so to speak. I'm not clear on how a merger would benefit either party.

** Did they ever come out and say it was secret? The rules are pretty mainstream when you look at them and are even safer than the Kengan matches. Pretty much the only thing separating Purgatory and real life MMA is the gloves. There doesn't seem to be a reason for it to be secret.

* The Kengan Assocation limits attendance to just members and important government and foreign dignitaries with the latter only showing up during Annihilation Tournaments, thus keeping it's existence secret somewhere in the realm of the plausible if distantly. However Purgatory that has a much greater attendance rate with huge stadiums just for regular matches somehow has kept it's existenc secret as well?

** He was not looking for a new head of the Kengan Association, he was bored of no one challenging his position, and wanted to have his fighter pushed to the limit like he did when he fought to be the head of the Association. He invited veterans of the Association and respected fighters outside to watch exciting matches, but expressly stated that did not expect his fighter to lose.

* So if Metsudo is looking for a new head of the Kengan Association to replace him why is he then participating in the tournament?