People are assuming Tenshi will win just because she's so strong. But you forgot one important fact: she's a masochist. She'd rather get beaten to a pulp and humiliated by having her clothes ripped away then actually win.
That's what I was thinking, myself. Though if Meiling/Patchy's main character status and standard story progression kick in (tougher opponents as you go on), then that leaves the duo without a threatening Round 3 opponent to take them on if Tenshi/Mystia are knocked off early.
That's assuming that Murasa, Shou, or Byakuren don't sub in for someone the duo for one reason or another and/or Chen/Akyuu are a more dangerous team than expected. So once again, I'm going to be firmly in the middle.
MisterSolitaire said: People are assuming Tenshi will win just because she's so strong. But you forgot one important fact: she's a masochist. She'd rather get beaten to a pulp and humiliated by having her clothes ripped away then actually win.
If Tenshi doesn't win, she misses out on being beaten up in the next round. Of course, she'll want to drag this match out as long as possible.
But there's one thing I've noticed: All of the winners so far have been from the left side of the match fixture.
Tenshi is not a masochist canonically, and she is strong so I hope she will win. Even if she IS a goddamn masochist, she will still win, because she can't miss Yuuka+Mima.
ForteGVN said: Tenshi is not a masochist canonically, and she is strong so I hope she will win. Even if she IS a goddamn masochist, she will still win, because she can't miss Yuuka+Mima.
If their main character status says anything, it's that Tenshi/Mystia won't even make it past Meiling and Patchy.
ForteGVN said: Tenshi is not a masochist canonically, and she is strong so I hope she will win. Even if she IS a goddamn masochist, she will still win, because she can't miss Yuuka+Mima.
Masochists like to suffer slowly. Not be killed in a single instant. A flaw in your reasoning I do see.
ForteGVN said: Tenshi is not a masochist canonically
I recall reading somewhere that one of Tenshi's spellcard-descriptions says that it is powered by masochistic energy or something. She technically is one by canon thanks to that, it's just something you need to be looking for to spot.
andaltmorf said: I recall reading somewhere that one of Tenshi's spellcard-descriptions says that it is powered by masochistic energy or something. She technically is one by canon thanks to that, it's just something you need to be looking for to spot.
It was in the Grimoire of Marisa where Marisa jokingly said Tenshi's "State of Enlightment" card had 5 stars worth of masochistic level. Since it's all in Marisa's PoV, it's granted that we should take that with a grain of salt. It also mentions that the same SC numbs all pain, if this is true then it makes no sense to call that SC masochistic because masochists like to feel pain.
Beyond that, there's been nothing in canon mentioning or hinting she's a masochist.
MisterSolitaire said: People are assuming Tenshi will win just because she's so strong. But you forgot one important fact: she's a masochist. She'd rather get beaten to a pulp and humiliated by having her clothes ripped away then actually win.
Which is complete, bullcrapping fanon, think of her like an indirect descendant of a oni.
MisterSolitaire said: People are assuming Tenshi will win just because she's so strong. But you forgot one important fact: she's a masochist. She'd rather get beaten to a pulp and humiliated by having her clothes ripped away then actually win.
Tenshi is strong enough to defeat nearly the entire cast of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody one after another and even beats Reimu of all people. The other characters beat Tenshi in their stories only because Tenshi didn't care about the outcome, not trying to really win. She survives falling all the way from the heavens to the ground after being defeated by Yukari, and then immediately fights Reisen still at full power. Her ungodly strong power is really underrated in the fanon because of this masochist meme. I mean, she's a celestial, capable of defeating soul reapers come to collect her soul, which is a feat impossible to almost everyone. She's easily one of the strongest entities in Gensokyo.
By the way, as far as I know, even the fanon portrayal of Tenshi is quite far from actual masochism.
Lick_King said: Tenshi is strong enough to defeat nearly the entire cast of Scarlet Weather Rhapsody one after another and even beats Reimu of all people. The other characters beat Tenshi in their stories only because Tenshi didn't care about the outcome, not trying to really win. She survives falling all the way from the heavens to the ground after being defeated by Yukari, and then immediately fights Reisen still at full power. Her ungodly strong power is really underrated in the fanon because of this masochist meme. I mean, she's a celestial, capable of defeating soul reapers come to collect her soul, which is a feat impossible to almost everyone. She's easily one of the strongest entities in Gensokyo.
By the way, as far as I know, even the fanon portrayal of Tenshi is quite far from actual masochism.
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