just remember rui is NOT a genius and is untalented. also remember that everyone else who matters in this story is a genius , that way your false sense of victory will trigger when he fights people.
"Thirteen-years-old. No formal Martial Arts training, well above average physical attributes as a result of training, considering his age, but not too much of note by itself, average physical performative attributes too, slightly above average skill, but again, nothing special. Though the fact that an untalented child like him fact that he reached this level without formal training speaks of great determination and hard work.
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sure, because why not?
Rui was much of a deviant as Nel was, in Master Aronian's eyes.
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coherence is a blessing you do not possess.
He wasn't even a commoner; he was below that. From what the admissions department of the Martial Academy had learnt about him from their background check was that he was a child who was raised by animals till the age of three, when he was discovered and rescued by humans. Although he eventually adjusted to living like a human by the age of fifteen, he still retained the savagery and ferocity he had obtained living with beasts. He was territorial, cruel to the weak and seemed to have obtained a strong urge for physical conflict. Master Aronian even suspected he got off of it, considering he actually killed several applicants in the Entrance Exam with expressions of unadulterated, almost innocent joy and pleasure.
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stating that its because shes female is as shallow as the comments youre laughing at, its because of forced plot, dropped in at a point just to build this false sense of suspense and force a goal.
She also was worthy of her status in his eyes. She consistently dominated the rankings with ease. What particularly impressed Master Aronian was the fact that she managed to learn how to use Outer Convergence. Although he could tell she hadn't mastered yet, the fact that she managed to use a high-end Apprentice level technique was rather impressive. He couldn't wait to see where her Martial Journey would take her.
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this character is built solely to knock the main character down beyond the bottom of the barrel.
Another applicant he was interested in was Fae Dullahan, yet another descendent of a Sage.
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Ohh thats right I almost nearly mightve forgotton that kane is a genius and Rui is not, thankfully this is narrated in every single chapter.
('The top-level talent in this year's batch is impressive... There's Kane Arrancar. Son of Sage Damian Arrancar. Based on his performances, his overall skill and combat capability was at the Martial Apprentice level. Extremely impressive that he managed to discover his Martial Path at the age of thirteen, a genius with unknown potential. What is interesting is how vastly different his Martial Art seems to be from that of Sage Arrancar. Sage Arrancar's Devil Fury Fist is a striking Martial Art that heavily emphasized on raw power and durability at the cost of speed and maneuvering, although I didn't particularly expect Kane to go down the exact same path, it's a little strange he chose the exact opposite.')
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There has yet to be a single person who cannot read his mind, almost like the author doesnt want to write dialogue, or fight scenes or really anything other than bare bones plot points.
Rui sighed before entering. The door opened before he reached it, and Farion could already tell what had happened based on Rui's expression.
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using foreshadowing to say "who knows maybe he will pass" is just a bad move especially since we just spent a chapter watching him cry about losing and then giving up.
('I gave it my all.') He shrugged. What more could a person do? Besides although he was almost certainly done for, the official judgement had not been released yet, so who knew? Anything was possible.
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except kane and fae and everyone else in the exam bar the first section
Twelve years. That's how long he'd invested. He'd spent those years doing his absolute best. It was not an exaggeration to say that Rui had done absolutely everything humanly possible to pass the exam. If it was anybody else, they would have likely not accomplished as much as he did with what he had, this was because of the sheer expertise, knowledge and experience surrounding martial arts and combat sport. There were very few people with as much unadultered raw love for martial arts and combat sports as much as Rui had.
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sike he's a genius, dont you know? hes super smart hes just untalented thats all because hes not a genius because he works super hard alright?
"He's an unparalleled genius."
The Martial Unity
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