History Main / KillingIntent

* A case of “Killing intent vs Killing intent” is matching the hostile vibes the other person is emitting. To a third party (you or another person),it will come off as intense. In a way it’s the equivalent of a face-off you see in MMA fighting leagues.

* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' discusses this at length, as a key part of [[MasterSwordsman Meti's]] philosophy. Specifically, it's the fundamental and final block of her particular style of Swordsmanship, or rather the Art of Cutting. Rather than any special techniques or artful movements, true Swordsmanship must focus on the Act of Cutting Down Your Opponent: Essentially, to understand there is ''nothing'' elegant about what you're about to do, become one with the violence you intend to inflict, and just commit your entire being to a swift, singular act of brutality that could sever God's head from his shoulders. If it takes more than one swing, you're doing it wrong. Meti at her peak could kill with the intent ''alone'', as in simply intending violence with a thought and suddenly her enemies lay bisected and beheaded all around her. This approach is ''very'' hard on the practitioner mentally, however, if only because of the realizations it brings: Meti herself was more convinced than anyone that swords were just ugly pieces of metal and their users utter morons after mastering the blade.

* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'': Hagane Daido participates in the Culling Game as a reincarnated MasterSwordsman from a bygone era. Unlike most players, he cannot use cursed energy or even see curses; however, put a katana in his hands and he will ''ooze'' with lethality, enough to overwhelm everyone standing nearby.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'':

* In the manga version of ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', Zero arrives at a hilltop near the Kagikira Forest just a few moments after X has slain the murderous Repliforce sub-commander Web Spider and saved a city from being destroyed by him. Then, the Reploid Magma Dragoon suddenly appears behind Zero, surprising him. Zero pulls out his saber and asks what Dragoon wants from him, but the latter merely tells him to calm down and says he has no interest in fighting Zero. Zero is cautious as he feels an aura emanating from Dragoon, but nonetheless apologizes and puts his saber away. Dragoon then walks past him, and Zero notices in shock that Dragoon has killing intent. They both part ways without fighting however, as it is ultimately X who piques Dragoon's interest for a battle, not Zero.

* * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' discusses this at length, as a key part of Meti's philosophy. Specifically, it's the fundamental and final block of her particular style of Swordsmanship, or rather the Art of Cutting. Rather than any special techniques or artful movements, true Swordsmanship must focus on the Act of Cutting Down Your Opponent: Essentially, to understand there is ''nothing'' elegant about what you're about to do, become one with the violence you intend to inflict, and just commit your entire being to a swift, singular act of brutality that could sever God's head from his shoulders. If it takes more than one swing, you're doing it wrong. Meti at her peak could kill with the intent ''alone'', as in simply intending violence with a thought and suddenly her enemies lay bisected and beheaded all around her. This approach is ''very'' hard on the practitioner mentally, however, if only because of the realizations it brings: Meti herself was more convinced than anyone that swords were just ugly pieces of metal and their users utter morons after mastering the blade.

* * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' discusses this at length, as a key part of Meti's philosophy. Specifically, it's the fundamental and final block of her particular style of Swordsmanship, or rather the Art of Cutting. Rather than any special techniques or artful movements, true Swordsmanship must focus on the Act of Cutting Down Your Opponent: Essentially, to understand there is ''nothing'' elegant about what you're about to do, become one with the violence you intend to inflict, and just commit your entire being to a swift, singular act of brutality that could sever God's head from his shoulders. If it takes more than one swing, you're doing it wrong. This approach is ''very'' hard on the practitioner mentally, however, if only because of the realizations it brings: Meti herself was more convinced than anyone that swords were just ugly pieces of metal and their users utter morons after mastering the blade.

* * ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' discusses this at length, as a key part of Meti's philosophy. Specifically, it's the fundamental and final block of her particular style of Swordsmanship, or rather the Art of Cutting. Rather than any special techniques or artful movements, true Swordsmanship must focus on the Act of Cutting Down Your Opponent: Essentially, to become one with the violence you intend to inflict, and just commit your entire being to a stroke that could sever God's head from his shoulders. If it takes more than one swing, you're doing it wrong. This approach is ''very'' hard on the practitioner mentally, however, if only because of the realizations it brings: Meti herself was more convinced than anyone that swords were just ugly pieces of metal and their users utter morons after mastering the blade.

* KillSixBillionDemons discusses this at length, as a key part of Meti's philosophy.

* In ''WebAnimation/HoloChronicles'', there are multiple cases of people sensing another person's bloodlust, most notably all of the observers of the fight between Gura and Anya when Gura enters her pre-evolved state. Killing intent seems to be strongest within the [[LittleBitBeastly animal-kin demihumans]], with active use of the Predator Trait letting them release their killing intent as a sort of pulse that tends to scare off any small animals in the vicinity. Botan once uses it to knock out someone trying to smuggle a demihuman out of Holo-City, while Fubuki used it to outright ''kill'' a group of thugs. The latter case was felt over a radius of ''30 miles'' all around her even by those it wasn't directed at, causing them to freeze up in fear for a moment.

-->''Jake didn't even have time to flinch in surprise as the cold, hard muzzle of a 9mm pistol suddenly appeared pressed against his forehead.\\
If Jake's draw had been the carefully calculated strike of a snake, Revy's draw could only be described as a bolt of lightning. To Jake, caught completely off guard, it must have seemed like a magic trick. Her fingertips had twitched just once, and the handgun had suddenly disappeared from inside her holster and reappeared in her gloved hand.\\
Jake had indeed drawn before Revy, but he hadn't pointed his gun at her. A taunt disguised as foolishness had been all he could manage. But Revy had drawn her gun fully prepared to kill. Even if he attempted to bring his weapon to bear now, Revy's finger would pull the trigger of her Sword Cutlass before he could do more than twitch. The hunter had become the hunted.\\
"He, hey! What do you think you're doing..."\\
Caroline's voice trailed off as though she was being strangled. The murderous intent radiating from Revy had dropped the room's temperature below zero.\\
"Don't put your life on the line for a joke, dipshit."\\
Any thoughts of the job they had coming up had already vanished from Revy's mind. Such complicated processes no longer had any place in her brain, which was now running purely on instinct. She wasn't the sort to laugh at unfunny jokes. That was all.''