One of the events that I find to be mysterious in KINGDOM is the event taking place many years before the main story, Oukotsu of the Qin 6 vs Kanmei of Chu.
The known information we have of this event is that a young Kanmei was able to beat Oukotsu of the Qin 6. Not just beat him, but 1-shot him. This being the sole panel we have of that event, and all from Kanmei's Pov.
In the panel above we see Kanmei using his sword to slash down Oukotsu who misses his Axe swing. This is the same Oukotsu who has been stated to be the strongest physically out of the Qin 6, much like Moubu is out of the current era. So we essentially can consider him to be the Moubu of the previous era, if tryna do parrallels or w.e. But still, there are few things that bother me about this issue.
1st. Kanmei being able to 1-shot him just doesn't make any sense, unless Oukotsu was Shoumou level at best.
2nd. Kanmei's 1-shot was done by a weapon he uses when not going full power, his sword. His full power weapon is the mace.
3rd. As a Qin 6, Oukotsu would have weight of a general and all that other good shit as well to amplify his martial prowess.
For comparison, Houken wasn't able to 1-shot a tired out exhausted Duke, this is while Houken used his main weapon the glaive.
So I believe there's a larger context that is missing in this situation, which is why we only see the panel of the slash from Kanmei... rather than a full scene of the fight. Unlike the situation with Kyou-Houken where we do get the full scene and we see that Houken used the "step on the foot" to gain advantage over Kyou in order to kill her. Or Ouki 1-shotting Houken, we see the entire sequence.
What could that context be?
- Distracted during the clash
- Wasn't fully healthy from the start due to various reasons
- The slash was him getting caught off-guard
Thus, I would like to know what y'all think. Did he truly get 1-shot by a weaker Kanmei not going all out? Is there more to the scenario? If there is, what could it be?
The known information we have of this event is that a young Kanmei was able to beat Oukotsu of the Qin 6. Not just beat him, but 1-shot him. This being the sole panel we have of that event, and all from Kanmei's Pov.
In the panel above we see Kanmei using his sword to slash down Oukotsu who misses his Axe swing. This is the same Oukotsu who has been stated to be the strongest physically out of the Qin 6, much like Moubu is out of the current era. So we essentially can consider him to be the Moubu of the previous era, if tryna do parrallels or w.e. But still, there are few things that bother me about this issue.
1st. Kanmei being able to 1-shot him just doesn't make any sense, unless Oukotsu was Shoumou level at best.
2nd. Kanmei's 1-shot was done by a weapon he uses when not going full power, his sword. His full power weapon is the mace.
3rd. As a Qin 6, Oukotsu would have weight of a general and all that other good shit as well to amplify his martial prowess.
For comparison, Houken wasn't able to 1-shot a tired out exhausted Duke, this is while Houken used his main weapon the glaive.
So I believe there's a larger context that is missing in this situation, which is why we only see the panel of the slash from Kanmei... rather than a full scene of the fight. Unlike the situation with Kyou-Houken where we do get the full scene and we see that Houken used the "step on the foot" to gain advantage over Kyou in order to kill her. Or Ouki 1-shotting Houken, we see the entire sequence.
What could that context be?
- Distracted during the clash
- Wasn't fully healthy from the start due to various reasons
- The slash was him getting caught off-guard
Thus, I would like to know what y'all think. Did he truly get 1-shot by a weaker Kanmei not going all out? Is there more to the scenario? If there is, what could it be?