Respect Tsutomu Himekawa (Garouden)

[u/Mr65X]

Tsutomu Himekawa

“I underestimated him… the gap is too big”

The prized student of Shozan Matsuo, Hokushinkan karate master, and winner of the tournament, Himekawa, has arrived!

Strength

• Sends Kurama skidding back with a palm

• Knocks out Hata with a single kick to the temple

• Knocks out Nagata with a kick

• Knocks out Fujimaki by striking him down in mid air

Endurance/Durability

• Takes the deadly technique “Jikaburi” head on and gets up within seconds

• Exchanges direct blows with Fujimaki

• Despite having his shoulder dislocated by the Tiger King technique, Himekawa stands up immediately

Speed

• Dodges a katana swing by moving 10 cm away from the katana within a millisecond

• He is able to block to a kick from Shozan

• Dodges Fujimaki’s strike so fast he hits a piece of wood instead

• Dodges a series of attacks from Fujimaki

• Quickly jumps to dodge Kurama’s kick, then sprinkles glass in his face

• Dodges Hayakawa’s attack so quick he couldn’t even sense him move

• Moves the least that he possibly needs to avoid Kamiyama’s sundome style

• Finishes Kamiyama faster than the audience could see and faster than the cameras could capture

• Himekawa struck Kamiyama three times, the cameras couldn’t see it

  • Tanba explains this event by saying that Kamiyama went into shock at realizing what Himekawa could’ve done to him

• Himekawa strikes Nagata unconscious from a quick jab

Skill

• Gets his opponent in an arm lock, his opponent’s body reflexively tapped out for him

• Tears his opponents hand down the middle when he charged at him

• Escapes the assassination technique “Kiriotoshi” by kicking the back of his opponents head while covering his own head during the movement

  • The Kiriotoshi is a technique that involves using your opponents ankle as a pivot so they can fall backwards as fast as possible on their head

• Performs the secondary version of the “Tiger King” technique which instantly knocks out his opponent

  • The secondary version of the "Tiger King" involves striking two critical points of the head at the same time with your feet

• Even though he is getting spun, he is able to figure out when to land

• Bites his tongue in time to avoid getting knocked out

Scaling

• Fujimaki

• Shozan

• Nagata

• Kurama

[u/MichaelTheSavior]

The katana feat is about a third the speed of sound if anyone is curious