"Interrupting the ultimate move is a real weakness."
"Finally, a villain who knows how to break the ultimate move!"
"But, wow, that flame attack looked really cool!"
In the manga, XANXUS and Tsuna were evenly matched in their fight. However, as time passed, XANXUS's overwhelming strength began to push Tsuna back. Tsuna decided to use a move created by the first Vongola boss, the "Zero Point Breakthrough."
Unfortunately, like many ultimate moves in manga, this one required a charge-up time, during which Tsuna had to gather his flames. But XANXUS did something unexpected for a villain—he interrupted Tsuna's charge time!
Many fans praised this move. After all, in most manga, when the hero charges up their ultimate move, the villain just stands there, either too arrogant or too terrified to do anything. But this time, the villain actually acted to prevent the hero from completing his move.
However, as always, the hero's plot armor came into play. Seeing how desperate XANXUS was to stop Tsuna's attack, the Vongola family members realized what they needed to do. They held off the Varia members and distracted XANXUS long enough for Tsuna to finish charging up his move.
With the help of his friends, Tsuna successfully unleashed the "Zero Point Breakthrough," and for a moment, it seemed like victory was within reach.
But then, the next panel showed XANXUS's expression, and fans knew things weren't going to be that simple. Before, when Tsuna was preparing the move, XANXUS looked terrified. But now, after the move was executed, he was smiling confidently.
"Wait... something's not right," the readers thought.
Sure enough, XANXUS's words and Reborn's analysis revealed the truth: the "Zero Point Breakthrough" wasn't just a move; it was a state of being. Tsuna had tried to achieve it, but it was clear that XANXUS wasn't the type to leave any chances for his opponent.
Without hesitation, XANXUS launched a relentless attack on Tsuna. As Tsuna was slammed into the ground and XANXUS aimed his twin guns at him, the screen cut to the dreaded words: "To be continued."
Many fans were left banging their tables in frustration.
...
Meanwhile, the popularity of *The Cautious Hero* continued to rise.
At the beginning of the third chapter, the ditzy goddess Ristarte was seen complaining to another goddess, Ariadoa, about how overly cautious her hero was.
When Ariadoa appeared, readers were momentarily dazzled. "Now that's a proper goddess," they thought. Every move she made was elegant and refined, in stark contrast to the down-to-earth, quirky Ristarte.
But when Seiya appeared before Ariadoa, she was so startled that she dropped her teapot.
At this point, Daniel noticed something was off. Would a goddess really be frightened by an ordinary person? The teapot didn't fall until after Ariadoa saw Seiya's face. And her reaction to him seemed strange, almost as if she knew him.
Was it possible that this goddess had met Seiya before?
However, before he could dwell on it, the plot pulled Daniel back in.
It turned out that Seiya had come to seek help because no matter how much he trained, he couldn't get any stronger. But it wasn't Ristarte who helped him; it was Ariadoa who directed him to a sword god for training.
As the story progressed, Daniel noticed something strange. At first, the sword god spoke arrogantly, confident that Seiya was no match for him. But the next time Ristarte asked about the training, the sword god was suddenly hesitant.
A little while later, the sword god was hiding, avoiding Seiya.
"Something funny is coming," Daniel thought, sensing a good joke ahead. He put down his soda to avoid spilling it from laughter.
Sure enough, what followed was indeed hilarious, though it was also tragic for the sword god.
It turned out that Seiya's cautious nature had kicked in again. Despite the sword god admitting that Seiya was stronger, Seiya insisted on training until he was a hundred times stronger. He trained the sword god day and night without rest.
Although the Porter didn't show the exact training scenes, readers could easily imagine the sword god's miserable state.
Eventually, the sword god became so exhausted that he threw his sacred sword into the sea, declaring that he never wanted to see another sword again.
This was a sword god—someone who, in most stories, would rather die than be parted from his sword. In the manga, the sword god had been pushed to his limit by Seiya, to the point where he hated swords entirely.
Kneeling by the sea, he pointed into the distance and said, "I hate those long, thin, pointy things!"
The fact that he couldn't even bring himself to say the word "sword" showed just how much Seiya had tortured him.
"Hahaha!"
"The sword god actually threw away his sword!"
"This is too much."
Readers couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of the situation. It was clear that this series was a comedy, through and through.
But...
For some reason, the readers felt like something was missing.
As they read on, Seiya and his companions were heading to a new town. There, they met a new ally, along with a priest and a nun.
But to the readers' surprise, the priest turned out to be an undead.
Finally, they saw the moment they'd been waiting for—the scene where Seiya's extreme caution truly shined.
After defeating the priest, Seiya, determined to prevent any possibility of the priest's resurrection, destroyed the entire chapel with his ultimate move.
"Yes! Art is an explosion! How could this series be any good without Seiya using his ultimate move to blow things up?"
By this point, the readers were fully satisfied.
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