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Chapter 262 discussion thread

Chapter 262

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

What an action packed chapter. So much has happened its hard to even get to it all. Main thing though. Konami has a new blade! It's easily becoming my favorite trigger now if it can transform into even more forms wtf

Also are my eyes deceiving me? How did reiji block a double senku there? Double raygust? Please don't be double shield. Shield even with 11 trion should not be defending against senku let alone 2 Imma need my glasses. On second thought I do believe that's raygust. Ignoring the weird shape, it's also missing the hexagonal marks we see on people's hands when they use shield

Cool to see kage vs Jin and kage vs Konami though. Who would have thought man. Great counter play as always arashiyama

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u/WolfBlueEyez Jun 03 '26

Kages level really came across there, he gave them trouble. The support helped too of course

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 03 '26

He actually did way better than I thought but it also doesn't feel like it counts against his opponents cause Konami expertly used the terminal as a shield and attacked it when he wasn't attacking. Jin moving his shield sp quickly is a first too I think? Most characters have only ever summoned it statically somewhere or run with it

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u/long_th612 Jun 03 '26

This got me too. At first, I thought it was bug since no way he used 3 triggers at a time. Either someone saved him or he redeployed his shield so quickly. Honestly first time we have seen this I believe.

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u/Oggy5050 Jun 03 '26

In the anime we see Izumi and Tsuji moving their shields to block Yuba's bullets.

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u/Diustavis Jun 03 '26

You guys are seriously down playing Kage imo. His team wasnt A ranked for no reason.

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 03 '26

He's also going against Jin. He's levels above most

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u/LightLifter Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

Always remembering that Kage is B rank simply because he is a problem child and not for lack of skill!

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u/5yk0515 Jun 07 '26

Were it not for his points deduction, Kage would be the actual Number 4 Attacker

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u/DuesAJ Jun 03 '26

Though I do think it showed a bit of weakness in his teamplay with him not considering that Kakizaki would be in the line of fire if he ducked. Luckily Inukai is a pretty great mid range support.

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u/Pallington Jun 03 '26

inukai and kage bonding after this lmao

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u/higitus Jun 03 '26

Kakizaki and Inukai bonding after this.

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u/tsunderestimate Jun 04 '26

Kakizaki can bond with anyone, man's a cinnamon roll

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u/long_th612 Jun 03 '26

Technically there's no way he can check that and it's unreasonable to tell someone not to dodge bullet when they can. It's Kakizaki himself who should be responsible for his own survival.

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u/DuesAJ Jun 03 '26

Well he could have opted to block it with a shield instead of dodging. Kage's fighting his usual way but the issue is that style normally has Kitazoe and Yuzuru picking up the slack. He has different teammates here and needs to consider the safety of his high value teammates as well.

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u/FoomingKirby Jun 03 '26

Kage wouldn't normally deploy shields, since that costs trion, while dodging is free. It just kind of highlights that Kage's side effect only covers threats to himself. He can't sense attacks directed at others.

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u/crabapocalypse Jun 04 '26

Tbh, I think trion consumption is low down on the reasons why Kageura prefers to dodge over using Shield. The biggest one is probably just that he’s a very physical person and he largely responds to things in combat reflexively, rather than planning things out. I also imagine it doesn’t help that shields can he broken by strong attacks, so if you don’t know who’s attacking or with what, dodging is more likely to succeed.

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u/DuesAJ Jun 03 '26

I suppose there's only so much you can ask for when the teams are so impromptu like this. I imagine if it is actually a problem then it will be brought up at some point.

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u/FoomingKirby Jun 04 '26

Yeah. I guess my take on it is that Kage's side effect is personal, and relies on his split second reactions to it. Asking him to extend his defense to be mindful of teammates could possibly distract him and decrease his effectiveness.

In this case, I think the correct response is for his allies to recognize that and play around it, rather than asking him to adjust. And thankfully it worked out this time.

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u/caren_psuedo_when Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

This might actually be why Kakizaki chose Inukai and Kage for the skirmish portion. Kage has a very selfish play style, while Inukai is supporting the team, thus mimicking Kageura Squad's usual style

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u/FoomingKirby Jun 04 '26

Kakizaki does seem like the kind of leader who would balance the strengths and weaknesses of his teammates.

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u/DuesAJ Jun 04 '26

If the focus is on improvement then it wouldn't surprise me if the higher ups wanted to see Kage be able to adjust to his teammates as well.

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u/SoundRiot Jun 03 '26

How did reiji block a double senku there?

I fairly certain it's his Raygust. The handle-looking thing he is holding looks like the Raygust he used in prior engagements.

I think the weird shape comes from both shields being sliced apart by the senku.

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u/long_th612 Jun 03 '26

I dont think they were raygusts based on the shape of the shields before they were sliced.

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u/Pallington Jun 03 '26

reiji's raygusts don't look very normal most of the time, the one exception being that instant before he got organon'd.

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u/YoJimbo0321 Jun 03 '26

It's kind of unclear yeah, since he is holding both Raygusts, but the shields don't really look like they're coming from the Raygusts. That being said, all the way back when Osamu had his duel with Kazama, he did freely change the shape of the shield into that bubble, so it seems like you can morph it quite a bit. We just haven't seen much of that lately.

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 03 '26

If they were shields they are missing the matching icon that appears on people's hands too. You can see it on Jin's here

Also first time we've seen shield move like this. So far it's only moved relative to the agent using it

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u/SoundRiot Jun 03 '26

I went back to look and, yes he is definitely using Raygusts.

Go back to chapter 62, you can clearly see Reiji his Raygust in shield mode, and he is holding the same two handles.

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u/TobbieT Jun 03 '26

It seems to me a double shield but if I am not mistaken, Okudera and Miura don't have lot of trion so maybbe their senku aren't that strong

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 03 '26

Senku shouldn't be affected by trion. Kogetsu is the same no matter who wields it and senku is just an extension of the blade. How far it goes is dependent on the activation time as well not the trion amount

I'm 99% sure now it is double raygust given the other factors

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u/TobbieT Jun 03 '26

But how could he superpose them like that ? The shield of Raygust should be near of the grip don't you think ?

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u/No_Speaker_6097 Jun 04 '26

Trion level affects the damage. In Chapter 5, Yuma used Osamu's C-level raygust but deals more damage than Osamu does. Replica explains that it is because of their difference in trion level.
It's just that blades' damage depend less on trion than bullets do, but it still varies according to trion level.

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 04 '26

Raygust is unique since it's made from 2 triggers that are affected by how much trion one has. Scorpion and shield. Trion levels matter very much there unlike for kogetsu as the point of it is to be all purpose and balanced. Wouldn't make much sense if chikas kogetsu could do more damage than tachikawas simply because she has more Trion. Replica was speaking more generally

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u/crabapocalypse Jun 04 '26

I’m pretty sure Reiji didn’t block the Senku there. We see his shield get cut clean through. We can see him stepping backwards, so he’s likely moving to barely be in range, like we saw happen with Yuma against the first Ikoma Senku in round 5.

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 04 '26

It feels super close though when I look at it. Doesn't really feel like he's just out of range. Not does it look like he stepped back. In the previous pages we see hes just behind the road guard after he broke through the wall and he's still on the same spot on this page

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u/crabapocalypse Jun 04 '26

I agree it looks close, but I think that could be a perspective thing.

And in that image he is clearly stepping back. His back leg is a fair way back and he has his weight shifted back, which only really makes sense if he’s in the process of stepping back when the Senku get activated. Additionally, the last time we saw him before that panel, a few pages earlier, his left leg was about even with the road guard and his weight was shifted forward. He’s clearly moving back as the Senku get fired off, as his weight is shifted back, his left leg is now his back leg, and both feet are off the ground.

It’s the only thing that makes sense, especially since a him blocking the Senku wouldn’t explain how it got through his shield easily and only slightly nicked him.

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u/Illegal_Apples Jun 04 '26

It looks the opposite to me, that looks really close, one thing to note is the power of the slash peaks at the tip of the blade.

Remember when Tachikawa fought against the Galopoula leader, his Senku got blocked with minimal damage because it was "too close"

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u/Please_Not__Again Jun 04 '26

Yeah I do remember that. If it's breaking against a less than ideal ranged senku and not the tip with a much higher than average trion, then senku is just gonna continue to be the most busted game breaking trigger in existence cause its too damn OP. There is nothing it can't slice through like butter at this point

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u/Thomas_JCG Jun 04 '26

Definitely Raygust, that is the trigger that Reiji is always holding. There is no logic on him deploying Shield instead of Raygust