History Headscratchers / MakenKi

* During the Okino Island arc, Haruko couldn't defeat Gouken Yamato, due to his passive ability to [[PowerNullifier cancel any Element]] that came into contact with his body. A trait said to be shared by all of Takeru Yamato's clones. But once again, Himegami succeeded where Haruko couldn't by [[OneHitKill 1-shotting]] Ouken himself, who was possessed by Takeru Yamato.

!! What's up with Aki?

!! What is Himegeami?

** Neither. Her body is a metaphysical construct of Element that took on Himegami's likeness. In other words: she's a tangible ghost, since she died ages ago while confined within the barrier atop Amanohara.

!! Takeru's sexism

** While the first part was eventually proven false, Takeru still developed a fierce predisposition to protect all women, regardless how strong or capable they are of defending themselves. But the manga repeatedly shows that his help usually isn't needed.

* I've been wondering this for awhile but from what I've read on Aki's trope entries, in the managa she'e fully aware of the effect she has on boys, but her anime counterpart is utterly clueless. So if she doesn't want that kind of attention, why the hell does she dress in such clothing in the first place?

** Neither. Her body is a metaphysical construct of Element that took on Himegami's likeness. In other words: [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c053/7.html she's a tangible ghost]], since [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c053/14.html she died ages ago]] while confined within the barrier atop Amanohara.

** Because it's what she likes to wear. She's aware that most of the male students are horndogs and knows she can't have it both ways. So she does the best she can to mind what she says around them and makes it clear that she isn't encouraging them to leer at her body.

** While the first part was eventually proven false, he still developed a fierce predisposition to protect all woman, regardless how strong or capable they are of defending themselves. But the manga repeatedly shows that his help usually isn't needed.

!! Takeru's sexism?
* So let me get something straight with his line of thinking: after watching his mother [[spoiler: allegedly being beaten to death, by Tesshin, which turned out to be false since she was close to dying anyway]], Takeru develops a chivalrous nature where he believes woman need to be protected. That in itself isn't what bothers me, it's the fact that his mother was one of the ''freaking owners of a dojo''. Wouldn't this basically mean that Takeru has seen his mom fight off challengers/students before and win? If that's the case, why would losing one match equate to him thinking ''all'' girls need to be shielded?
** From Takeru's perspective, it's more a combination that: 1.) it wasn't the fact that she lost match that traumatized him. It was the fact that she lost her life. 2.) He took issue with the fact that his dad didn't lift a finger to help her, even though [[CurbstompBattle she was losing (badly)]] and presumably did nothing about it afterward. Which is why Takeru resents his father.
** So he developed a fierce predisposition to protect any woman, regardless how strong or capable they are of defending themselves. But the manga repeatedly shows that his help usually isn't needed.

** Because it's what she likes to wear. She's aware that most of the male students are horndogs and knows she can't have it both ways. So does the best she can to mind what she says around them and makes it clear that she isn't encouraging them to leer at her body.

** Because it's what she likes to wear. She's aware that most of the male students are horndogs and knows she can't have it both ways. So does the best she can to mind what she says around them and makes it clear that she isn't encouraging them to leer at her.

* I've been wondering this for awhile but from what I've read on Aki's trope entries, her manga counterpart is completely aware of the effect she has on boys but her anime counterpart is absolutely clueless. If she really doesn't want all the attention based on her reactions, why the hell does she dress in such clothing in the first place?

** Neither. Her body is a metaphysical construct of Element that took on Himegami's likeness. In other words: [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c053/9.html she's a tangible]] [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c053/14.html ghost]], since she died ages ago while confined within the barrier atop Amanohara.

** Neither. Her body is a metaphysical construct of Element that took on Himegami's likeness. In other words: [[http://www.mangatown.com/manga/maken_ki/c054/9.html she's a tangible ghost]], since she died ages ago while confined within the barrier atop Amanohara.

* So let me get something straight with his line of thinking. After watching his mother [[spoiler:die by the hands of Kesshin, which turned out to be false since she was close to dying anyway]], Takeru develops a chivalrous nature where he believes woman need to be protected. That in itself isn't what bothers me, it's the fact that his mother was one of the ''freaking owners of a dojo''. Wouldn't this basically mean that Takeru has seen his mom fight off challengers/students before and win? If that's the case, why would losing one match equate to him thinking ''all'' girls need to be shielded?

* So let me get something straight with his line of thinking. After watching his mother [[spoiler:die by the hands of Kesshin, which turned out to be false since she was close to dying anyway]], Takeru develops a chivalrious nature where he believes woman need to be protected. That in itself isn't what bothers me, it's the fact that his mother was one of the ''freaking owners of a dojo''. Wouldn't this basically mean that Takeru has seen his mom fight off challengers/students before and win? If that's the case, why would losing one match and equate to him believing that his mother needs to be protected?