History Awesome / ImperfectMetamorphosis

* Chapter 66, [[spoiler: After being smacked around by Yuuka the entire fight thus far and unable to do anything but run, Rin turns the tables in a truly epic fashion after [[FusionDance absorbing Flandre]] (at her request). This gives her such an immense boost in power that Yuuka goes from effortlessly blocking Rin's attacks with one hand to lying the the rubble of a broken wall and wondering what just happened.]]

* On a side note, [[spoiler: Utsuho not only stays in the mansion during all of this to try and find Satori, but manages to do so despite the fact that the building is full of Yuuka's plants, all of which try to kill her, and how [[PersonOfMassDestruction Rin]] and [[EldritchAbomination Yuuka]] are throwing down in the same building.]]

** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[spoiler: she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to not only survive, but recover and resume fighting immediately afterwards.]] [[spoiler: Something that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly could not have done.]] Even [[spoiler: [[FallenAngel Shinki]] is stated to need a couple weeks to recover after a similar wound and is unable to even move after the injury.]] [[spoiler: In other words, Rin is quite possibly the toughest (read: most durable) character in the story given that Shinki is on par with [[TheDreaded Aza]][[AngelOfDeath zel]], who is so dangerous that Yukari considers his avatar the biggest threat even with the likes of [[EldritchAbomination Yuuka]], [[EvilSorcerer Mima]], and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Rin]] running around.]]

** And finally, [[spoiler: Rin crushes Yuuka's [[ShatterpointTap Eye]], reducing her body to dust.]] [[spoiler: Though Yuuka survives this, she's left with two fragments of her remaining, each only a sixteenth of her power, both reduced to emaciated husks, and both the prisoner of someone who they looked down on (Yukari and Mima). To top it all off, she can still hear the readers laughing at her defeat and is so broken that she can only laugh with them.]] [[spoiler: Rin doesn't just beat Yuuka, she utterly destroys her.]]

** [[spoiler: Yuuka takes advantage of the pain the knife causes and invades Rin and Flandre's minds, trying to break them with their worst fears, only to spill the beans about Marisa's death and [[UnstoppableRage piss off Flandre]] enough that she breaks the illusions, grows to giant size, and together with Rin throws Yuuka right out of their head.]] [[spoiler: Made better by Yuuka perceiving it as them throwing her out of the spotlight and shattering her delusions of main-character-hood.]] [[spoiler: This was also where the above example comes from. Despite having been stabbed with the knife immediately before the attempted [[MindRape mindrape]], there is no damage after Rin and Flandre kick Yuuka out.

** [[spoiler: Yuuka takes advantage of the pain the knife causes and invades Rin and Flandre's minds, trying to break them with their worst fears, only to spill the beans about Marisa's death and [[UnstoppableRage piss off Flandre]] enough that she breaks the illusions, grows to giant size, and together with Rin throws Yuuka right out of their head.]] [[spoiler: Made better by Yuuka perceiving it as them throwing her out of the spotlight and shattering her delusions of main-character-hood.]] [[spoiler: This was also where the above example comes from. Despite having been stabbed with the knife immediately before the attempted {MindRape mindrape]], there is no damage after Rin and Flandre kick Yuuka out.

** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[spoiler: she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[spoiler: Something that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly could not have done.]] Even [[spoiler: [[FallenAngel Shinki]] is stated to need a couple weeks to recover after a similar wound and is unable to even move after the injury.]] [[spoiler: In other words, Rin is quite possibly the toughest (read: most durable) character in the story given that Shinki is on par with [[TheDreaded Aza]][[AngelOfDeath zel]], who is so dangerous that Yukari considers his avatar the biggest threat even with the likes of [[EldritchAbomination Yuuka]], [[EvilSorcerer Mima]], and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Rin]] running around.]]
** [[spoiler: Yuuka invades Rin and Flandre's minds and tries to break them with their worst fears, only to spill the beans about Marisa's death and [[UnstoppableRage piss off Flandre]] enough that she breaks the illusions, grows to giant size, and together with Rin throws Yuuka right out of their head.]]

** [[spoiler: Rin survives being impales by [[ForgedByTheGods Gungnir]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill and dismembered by said divine spear]], getting back in the fight shortly afterwards.]] [[spoiler: This freaks Yuuka out so much that she loses control over her stolen weapons.]]

** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[spoiler: she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[spoiler: Something that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly could not have done.]]

** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[spoiler: she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[spoiler: Something that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly could not have done so in the same situation.]]

* Chapter 67, [[spoiler: Rin makes very goof use of Flandre's [[SelfDuplication Taboo: Four of a Kind]], laying a magical and physical beatdown on Yuuka that leaves the latter spitting up blood.]]

** [[spoiler: Rin survives being impales by [[ForgedByTheGods Gungir]] [[NoKillLikeOverkill and dismembered by said divine spear]], getting back in the fight shortly afterwards.]] [[spoiler: This freaks Yuuka out so much that she loses control over her stolen weapons.]]

** How do you deal with [[spoiler: a fragment of an Outer God that has just abandoned it's human form and become a formless mass of darkness?]] [[spoiler: If you're Rin, incinerate it with phoenix fire.]]

** [[spoiler: Rin tanks being impales by [[ForgedByTheGods Gungir]] [[MadeOfIron and dismembered by said divine spear]], this freaks Yuuka out so much that she loses control over her stolen weapons.]]
* Chapter 68, [[spoiler: Rin reenacts a game of whack-a-mole, [[GrievousHarmWithABody with Yuuka as the hammer.]]]] Doubles as a CMOF
** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[spoiler: she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[spoiler: Bonus points given that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly would not have done so in the same situation.]]
** [[spoiler: Yuuka invades Rin and Flandre's minds and tries to break them with their worst fears, only to spill the beans about Marissa's death and [[UnstoppableRage piss of Flandre]] enough that she breaks the illusions, grows to giant size, and together with Rin throws Yuuka right out of their head.]]

* On a side note, [[spoiler: Utsuho not only stays in the mansion during all of this to try and find Satori, but manages to do so despite the fact that everything in there is trying to kill her and that Rin and Yuuka are throwing down in the same building.]]

* Chapter 68, [[spoiler: Rin reenacts a game of whack-a-mole, [[GrievousHarmWithABody with Yuuka as the hammer.]] Doubles as a CMOF
** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[spoiler: Bonus points given that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly would not have done so in the same situation.]]

** Adding on to Rin's already ridiculous list of survival feats, [[she gets stabbed by the [[ArtifactOFDoom mordite knife]] that Marisa used against Yuuka and manages to survive.]] [[Bonus points given that Yuuka herself, a fragment of an outer god, very explicitly would not have done so in the same situation.]]

** And finally, [[spoiler: Rin crushes Yuuka's [[ShatterpointTap Eye]], reducing her body to dust.]] [[spoiler: Though Yuuka survives this, she's left with two fragments of her remaining, each only a sixteenth of her power, both reduced to emaciated husks, and both the prisoner of someone who they looked down on (Yukari and Mima). To top it all off, she cal still hear the readers laughing at her defeat and is so broken that she can only laugh with them.]] [[Rin doesn't just beat Yuuka, she utterly destroys her.]]

* Also, a few chapters later, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/StarcraftII Kerrigan herself]] appears for a scene, as the embodiment of Kaguya's subconscious]]. Oh, Kaguya. Never change.

* The friggin' [[spoiler:[[{{VideoGame/Starcraft}} Zerg]] make a cameo appearance. It's every bit as awesome as it sounds.

* [[SpinOff Rhapsody Of Subconcious Desire]] sees Kaguya's (imaginary) second trial in the Lunar court.

* Chapter 22, Ran in a arm-wrestling with Yuuka and managing to let [[spoiler:an Old God]] let her win! And it's also a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming because even in the prospect of becoming a slave to Yuuka, Ran did it for Chen.

* Chapter 42, [[spoiler: Reimu argues with Yukari over Rin Satsuki, and ''convinces her to give Rin a chance.'']]

* The Storm: Being a massive throwdown between everyone Yukari can shanghai into assisting and Yuuka Kazami, much awesomeness (mixed in with ItGotWorse situations and the occasional TearJerker) ensues. Highlights would need to include Yukari summoning and detonating an oil tanker in Yuuka's face.

* Chapter 21, when Byakuren gives [[JerkassGods Ka]][[CorruptCorporateExecutive na]][[KarmaHoudini ko]] a very much needed WhatTheHellHero for causing the events of Subterranean Animism. Doubles, after, as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming when Kanako talks with Sanae, since it shows that while Kanako is jaded, rash and selfish, she has a heart, and she's capable of doing good.

* [[SpiderTank The Scuttler]] vs [[HumongousMecha The Hisoutensoku]].

* Roughly every PreAsskickingOneLiner in the series, as well as several smartass retorts by the characters in everyday conversation.

* [[SpinOff Rhapsody Of Subconcious Desire]] sees Kaguya's (imaginary) second trial in the Lunar court.

** How about the fact that Yuuka Kazami manages to laughingly curbstomp [[WindsOfDestinyChange Remilia]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction Flandre]], [[TimeStandsStill Sakuya]], [[KillItWithFire Orin]], [[MindOverMatter Satori]] and [[ILoveNuclearPower Utsuho]] using only a fraction of her power. She then goes on to bring three quaters of her power to bear against PhysicalGod [[RealityWarper Yukari]] and manages to put her out of comission so badly that she's been unable to take any real action for seven chapters. The only fight she lost was against [[AGodAmI Mi]][[EnsembleDarkhorse ma]], [[WaveMotionGun Mar]][[CuteWitch isa]], [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth Yuyuko]] and [[MasterSwordsman Youmu]], and she had them on the ropes at the end of the fight, with Marisa having to use multiple [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Dangerous Forbidden Techniques]] that almost burn her out. Say what you want about her character, but damn if Yuuka isn't awe-inspiringly powerful. Awesome doesn't have to be good, after all.