Introduction
The Princesses of Zahard are considered the "ultimate species" in the Tower:
Top 15 High Rankers Character Profiles: #3 Zahard
Source
I decided to cover in detail, what exactly this means.
This post is intended to serve as a repository of all hype that SIU has provided (in the Webtoon or in blog posts) for the Zahard Princesses.
Durability
The Princesses acquire a body that is "tens of thousands of times stronger than ordinary people":
SIU further said that their physical abilities are incomparably greater than members of the 10 Families.
And that they have "a lot higher" physical durability than average Rankers:
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
Basic Physical Ability
Aside from this insane durability upgrade, their basic physical abilities are also that much higher.
As Regulars, Princesses from the 10 Families regularly have basic physical abilities that exceed the average Rankers:
Season 2 Chapter 60 Blog Post
Source
While one might be tempted to believe that Regular Princesses can only exceed Rankers who don't use shinsu reinforcement, I am sceptical that this is the case. SIU said that the ability of Rankers to be overall more powerful than a Princess lies in their "shinsu control and technique":
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
So perhaps even after shinsu reinforcement has been factored in, Regular Princesses from the Great Families still have the advantage in physical ability. At least, SIU did not ascribe the ability of Rankers to surpass Princesses to acquiring superior physical ability via shinsu reinforcement.
Furthermore, shinsu reinforcement is a constant factor whenever evaluating the physical abilities in the Tower (even F Rank Anaak could use shinsu reinforcement), so it's already very doubtful that SIU's comments about the physical abiliites of Regular Princesses was excluding shinsu reinforcement from the equation.
Special Regulars
SIU further separated Princesses from other Regulars by categorising them as "special Regulars" when talking about Baam's potential opponents:
Season 3 Chapter 10
Source
This was a comment that SIU made about Season 3 Baam (when he was already stronger than a Ranker). Considering that Akryung is capable of Shinwonryu (so at least a pseudo Irregular), perhaps special Regulars can reach or exceed the levels of Rankers? I will talk more about how Regular Princesses might compare to Rankers in the
Regular Princesses vs Rankers
SIU also seems to imply that Regular Princesses can match or even exceed the level of Rankers. Revisiting the S2 E213 blog post again:
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
SIU said that overall, Rankers can be more powerful than a Princess due to superior shinsu control and technique. However, the gap between a Ranker and a Regular Princess is "caught up rather quickly".
From the above, SIU does seem to imply that Regular Princesses can reach the levels of Rankers. Perhaps, Adori Zahard easily overwhelming an Advanced Ranker as a Regular is merely a manifestation of this. While one may be tempted to claim that this is an accomplishment that was possible for Adori alone, I would like to stress that Adori was the only one to perform this feat "officially". An untold number of other Princesses might have performed it unofficially. (Had Adori been the only capable of the feat period, SIU could simply have said that Adori Zahard is the only one in history to defeat a Regular as a Ranker).
Great Family Princesses
I think that Great Family Princesses like Yuri, Maschenny, Hagipherione, etc. may have performed such a feat unofficially.
A D-Rank Ha Yuri Zahard seems to have been on the same tier as an A-Rank Ha Cheonhee. While Cheonhee won their little spar, Yuri revealed that she held back to protect Cheonhee's pride. She wasn't confident that she would have defeated Cheonhee had she not held back, but she also didn't think she would lose either.
Thus, the only conclusion that we can draw is that A-Rank Cheonhee and D-Rank Yuri are on the same level.
Considering that Cheonhee is a member of the Ha Family who had the potential to become a High Ranker and rise to the level of a Division Commander within a few hundred years, it can be expected that she would have been a pretty distinguished A-Rank Regular and one on the higher end.
If D Rank Yuri was already on that level, then the possibility naturally arises, that when she was a B-Rank or A-Rank Regular, she surpassed the level of an average Ranker.
If this is true for Yuri, then might it not be true for other Great Family Princesses?
While Yuri is the most talented member of her Family:
She's not particularly unique in this regard. All Great Family Princesses can be expected to be the most talented members of their Families. Per SIU, the Princesses from the Great Families all have the potential to become the "central power" of their Families:
Season 2 Chapter 105 Blog Post
Source
(Before you claim that SIU was speaking only about influence and not combat power, I would point out that SIU separated the two, by saying that DD Princesses are "especially influential and powerful").
So we can expect that all DD Princesses have a potential that is incomparably greater than other DDs of the 10 Family Leaders.
This shouldn't come as any sort of surprise. Even before the Zahard Princess boost, only the most talented girls of each Family become a Princess in the first place. So the Great Family Princesses combine the ultimate talents of their respective Families, with the power of Zahard.
Conclusions
I fully expect that we will see Regular Princesses (other than Adori) defeat Rankers. Either we'll see it in real time via the Lo Po Bia Twins, Maria, Rose or Gladmerry.
Or Maschenny/Yuri/Hagipherione will have flashbacks that show them defeating Rankers of their Family while they were Regulars.
I have always believed in this, but AA and Rak reaching Ranker level just made me much more confident in it.
The Princesses of Zahard are considered the "ultimate species" in the Tower:
Top 15 High Rankers Character Profiles: #3 Zahard
Source
I decided to cover in detail, what exactly this means.
This post is intended to serve as a repository of all hype that SIU has provided (in the Webtoon or in blog posts) for the Zahard Princesses.
Durability
The Princesses acquire a body that is "tens of thousands of times stronger than ordinary people":
SIU further said that their physical abilities are incomparably greater than members of the 10 Families.
And that they have "a lot higher" physical durability than average Rankers:
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
Basic Physical Ability
Aside from this insane durability upgrade, their basic physical abilities are also that much higher.
As Regulars, Princesses from the 10 Families regularly have basic physical abilities that exceed the average Rankers:
Season 2 Chapter 60 Blog Post
Source
While one might be tempted to believe that Regular Princesses can only exceed Rankers who don't use shinsu reinforcement, I am sceptical that this is the case. SIU said that the ability of Rankers to be overall more powerful than a Princess lies in their "shinsu control and technique":
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
So perhaps even after shinsu reinforcement has been factored in, Regular Princesses from the Great Families still have the advantage in physical ability. At least, SIU did not ascribe the ability of Rankers to surpass Princesses to acquiring superior physical ability via shinsu reinforcement.
Furthermore, shinsu reinforcement is a constant factor whenever evaluating the physical abilities in the Tower (even F Rank Anaak could use shinsu reinforcement), so it's already very doubtful that SIU's comments about the physical abiliites of Regular Princesses was excluding shinsu reinforcement from the equation.
Special Regulars
SIU further separated Princesses from other Regulars by categorising them as "special Regulars" when talking about Baam's potential opponents:
Season 3 Chapter 10
Source
This was a comment that SIU made about Season 3 Baam (when he was already stronger than a Ranker). Considering that Akryung is capable of Shinwonryu (so at least a pseudo Irregular), perhaps special Regulars can reach or exceed the levels of Rankers? I will talk more about how Regular Princesses might compare to Rankers in the
Regular Princesses vs Rankers
SIU also seems to imply that Regular Princesses can match or even exceed the level of Rankers. Revisiting the S2 E213 blog post again:
Season 2 Chapter 213 Blog Post
Source
SIU said that overall, Rankers can be more powerful than a Princess due to superior shinsu control and technique. However, the gap between a Ranker and a Regular Princess is "caught up rather quickly".
From the above, SIU does seem to imply that Regular Princesses can reach the levels of Rankers. Perhaps, Adori Zahard easily overwhelming an Advanced Ranker as a Regular is merely a manifestation of this. While one may be tempted to claim that this is an accomplishment that was possible for Adori alone, I would like to stress that Adori was the only one to perform this feat "officially". An untold number of other Princesses might have performed it unofficially. (Had Adori been the only capable of the feat period, SIU could simply have said that Adori Zahard is the only one in history to defeat a Regular as a Ranker).
Great Family Princesses
I think that Great Family Princesses like Yuri, Maschenny, Hagipherione, etc. may have performed such a feat unofficially.
A D-Rank Ha Yuri Zahard seems to have been on the same tier as an A-Rank Ha Cheonhee. While Cheonhee won their little spar, Yuri revealed that she held back to protect Cheonhee's pride. She wasn't confident that she would have defeated Cheonhee had she not held back, but she also didn't think she would lose either.
Thus, the only conclusion that we can draw is that A-Rank Cheonhee and D-Rank Yuri are on the same level.
Considering that Cheonhee is a member of the Ha Family who had the potential to become a High Ranker and rise to the level of a Division Commander within a few hundred years, it can be expected that she would have been a pretty distinguished A-Rank Regular and one on the higher end.
If D Rank Yuri was already on that level, then the possibility naturally arises, that when she was a B-Rank or A-Rank Regular, she surpassed the level of an average Ranker.
If this is true for Yuri, then might it not be true for other Great Family Princesses?
While Yuri is the most talented member of her Family:
She's not particularly unique in this regard. All Great Family Princesses can be expected to be the most talented members of their Families. Per SIU, the Princesses from the Great Families all have the potential to become the "central power" of their Families:
Season 2 Chapter 105 Blog Post
Source
(Before you claim that SIU was speaking only about influence and not combat power, I would point out that SIU separated the two, by saying that DD Princesses are "especially influential and powerful").
So we can expect that all DD Princesses have a potential that is incomparably greater than other DDs of the 10 Family Leaders.
This shouldn't come as any sort of surprise. Even before the Zahard Princess boost, only the most talented girls of each Family become a Princess in the first place. So the Great Family Princesses combine the ultimate talents of their respective Families, with the power of Zahard.
Conclusions
I fully expect that we will see Regular Princesses (other than Adori) defeat Rankers. Either we'll see it in real time via the Lo Po Bia Twins, Maria, Rose or Gladmerry.
Or Maschenny/Yuri/Hagipherione will have flashbacks that show them defeating Rankers of their Family while they were Regulars.
I have always believed in this, but AA and Rak reaching Ranker level just made me much more confident in it.
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