His hype doesn't outshine Kanki, lmao.
I think I quite clearly demonstrated that it does given the context and individuals doing the hyping.
Most of this:
Kanki's hype is as follows:
>Being called the best general in Qin at turning the tables by Mogou.
>Being compared to Ouki by Mougou (stated in guidebook 2).
>Being called equal to Riboku on few ocasions including by Riboku himself.
>Being called the best member of 6GG at the time + the most well known.
This is easily better then two statements Tou got from Ouki and GHM.
boils down to boasts, expressions of confidence and speculative claims. Even the biggest praise you list at the end was Ri Boku merely speculating - having never faced Mou Bu, Tou or Yo Tan Wa in battle.
Bad comparison are made in Kingdom all the time. We just had a chapter in which Ji Aga was compared to Mou Bu and I think that comparison is closer than Kan Ki ever was to Ou Ki's level.
The former best general of Qin, the current best general of Qin, the best general of Wei have all acknowledged Tou, who also has had way less focus by comparison (which will likely change during the Han Campaign).
I put considerably more weight in that then Mou Gou's assessment of Kan Ki or Ri Boku's speculation on how good he could truly be. If you want to argue he has more potential than Tou, I think that's pretty much a given. In terms of pure talent in warfare, Kan Ki is a different tier altogether (my view). Trouble is,
Kan Ki was designed to be flawed. He was designed to be a savant of warfare that achieved only a fraction of what he was capable of because his abhorrent views and acts ultimately stunted him as a person.
He played a major role in Sanyou, at Kankoku Pass repelled Wei and orchestrated the death of Han's commander in chief.
These are good feats.
Is it your sincere view they measure up to Tou easily slaying Rin Bu Kun, defeating his army, and then performing as well he did against Ka Rin's fresh army + the remnants of the Rin Bu Kun Army without his strongest fighting officers? Do you put those feats on equal footing Tou's handling of the Choyou Campaign? I do not.
None of it had anything to do with new gen.
Everything else after did though, and those are his biggest wins - Koku You and Eikyuu.
The argument of new gen is fair in his later two battles, but it was still Kanki who was planing everything and it was him who was orchestrating those situations.
What did Kan Ki plan in taking Eikyuu besides ordering it to be taken? As I recall, he didn't even discuss it with Ou Hon, or any of the officers he sent to meat grinder before that.
You can't say the same about Tou in Chiyoyou who simply gave Ouhon the initiative and wen't along. Tou's only achievement in this war was recognizing new gen's potencial and giving them free reign plus playing the bait.
Cichy, am I supposed to pretend you're not smart enough to recall how Tou used Ou Hon and Mou Ten during the Coalition War and that you don't know how vital that context is to Tou's decision-making during the Choyou Campaign? Come on, my guy.
Tou weighed the options and decided on Ou Hon's plan, and then played his part, which speaks to his character and the intangibles I keep talking about. Do you think just any general would accept going along with Ou Hon's plan the way Tou did? Most would insist on being part of the strike forces in some shape or have their glory in some other way.
It's one thing to understand the importance in helping the next generation of generals, it's a whole other thing to take an active part in cultivating that. It's not just Tou that has done it either, which is why I bring up this exact issue in relation to Ou Sen as well. Ou Sen's actions with Q3 during the Q3 were deliberate and measured to get the absolute best out of them. Kan Ki did not do that, that simply wasn't his thing.
What? No, he didn't. Where are you taking those numbers from?
Chapter 262 - it's when Chu invade with 50K and Tou intercepts them with 5K.
Besides Tou failed at his job of protecting the mountain pass which was his main job in this war.
Was it just Tou's job to defend Kankoku Pass or was he sharing a battlefield with Mou Bu against Chu?
Mind you, Tou had 30K (and Mou Bu 60k) and fought 2/3 armies sent by Chu. He lost about 10K men defeating Rin Bu Kun, and lost his second strongest fighter in the battle. He then fought with like 20K or so against the 50K Ka Rin Army + 10K remnants from the Rin Bu Kun and still overcame an impossible situation in which 2/3 of his remaining officers were cut off.
Ka Rin had the numbers, she had the element of surprise, she had the weapons - and ultimately she could only get 5K men through and they still failed.
If your glaring indictment against Tou is that he let that happen, you don't have much of a case.
