Thread:Saris Khan/@comment-24384232-20141211031559/@comment-24384232-20141212013344

Saris, you are miunderstanding my points entirely. The fact of the matter is, bias does indeed exist. And it exists for precisely the reasons I outlined and why you had to go out of your way to create a Zanjutsu article in the first place. Its why we are even having this discussion right now. No one disputes that kido is powerful. No one will dispute that kido does not have its versatility. Kido is not so much superior as it is easier to use and its effects are much more detailed.

The way zanjutsu is used and described now, doesnt leave much room for variance. A sword slash from one style is not so much different from a sword slash in another. Regardless of which of your styles I use, I could write them to death in his zanjutsu section but they will not change the pacing and flow of battle to the same degree a well established kido can. And that is what I want to address and change. Nanao created a hexagram styled barrier that blocks Quincy. But I do not see a sword technique that does that. It just doesnt. There exists no techniques that offer such distinct game-changing, battle altering effects.

And that is a problem.

Spells as a general rule are unique and more than likely are going to be different than the next. They also have very distinct effects. One makes you invisible. Another teleports you. These are real distinctions. How you describe the flavor your character blocking an attack in a pendulum like fashion versus swinging the sword around like a madman doesnt change the fact that its still just a block. A kido barrier will do the same, minus the colorful commentary.

The problem is that zanjutsu and hakuda techniques lack this distinction. For example, the technique Senmaioroshi. What makes this technique any more unique, then saying that you did a rapid series of slashes? Aside from its name? None. There is nothing inherently distinct about this action, we've seen it a thousand times before, and its always the same. Did Ichigo use that technique when he first achieved Bankai and fought off Byakuya's Senbonzakura? Truth is, it doesnt make a difference. How about Suikawari? It is literally described as an overhead chop.

Had I described either of these techniques without referencing their name, it would not matter. That is the target of my concern that I have because what people end up describing for their techniques are just pre-written descriptions for their characters movement. A technique should be fluid, adaptive, and most of all distinct. When used its effects on the battle should be immediately discernible. But isnt the case, never the case with any kind of zanjutsu description.

Whether you look at them as equal or not is irrelevant because this is the reality of how they exist. This is the reality of how they are used. As this is the reality, how can we change that? That is what I am asking you.