Rankai. I don't think people have truly grasped what it took to put down Rankai... and even then he actually wasn't "put down".
- The Rankai they faced was a traumatized Rankai who was being forced to fight against his will due to torture. And since Seikyou said he took him in since he was a child, implying atleast younger than Seikyou.. Then over few years he grew to this size... bruh this mf Rankai was essentially in his teens. LOL
- Bajio went berserk mode, we didn't truly get to grasp how powerful he is in that mode until Shukai, because that was his sole fight until then and it was also in early Kingdom so the drawing isn't as brutal/impressive. But this man Bajio went berserk mode, and he was leaving small cuts on Rankai's arms and two stabs on his hand that Rankai shrugged off... lmao. Also.. Bajio is basically the size of Rankai's forearm if not smaller.
- The mountain people + shin at this point had spent shit ton of time fighting him in a 4 vs 1, and still the best they could get was some small cuts on legs and arms. And even then Rankai was fast enough to tag few of them multiple times despite the big handicap and despite the mountain people being the most athletic people we know.
- Even after that long ass fight and Shin piercing him.. this mf Rankai PHYSICALLY was still capable of going, but mentally, nope. Since he was only fighting due to the traumatization (the dude was tortured and mentally fucked up since he was a child-ape).
... and then Yotanwa takes him in..turning him into this insane aura exuding monster that leaves Futei shitting himself, like he's never done before or after. With Rankai's size also being noticeably bigger. This dude is towering over Futei and his horse.
The more crazy part... He was keeping up the Mountain tribe's Cavalry charge... WHILE ON FOOT... LOL
Bro this is the greatest physical combatant in the series, and it's not even close. He's faster than Zenou, stronger than Zenou, bigger than Zenou, the mf essentially has Kaido's durability in Kingdom-verse...and clearly insane stamina too since he's keeping up with the cavalry while on foot. Dudes like Zenou have rumors about being able to tear a cow's head apart with their hands. This mf on panel while not even fully realized in early kingdom was tearing up whole humans in half with his bare hands.
You're gonna need your top tier fighters with some heavy ass weight to beat a Yotanwa trained Rankai from the Coalition. Lord knows what he's like now.
