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focusing on word and flashback panel choices here

"inept and naive"

having a crisis because the likes of Jabber defeated him is pretty inept and naive. Thinking about the way Hyo kicked his ass is pretty inept and naive.

Zanka would have to find a balance between two philosophies/ways of life: Kyoka's and Enjin's

Kyoka (im assuming) thinks that this power to beat strong guys (Hyo, Jabber) is foolish and isnt what life is about. if im right shes kind of hating on the basics of the shounen formula LMAO - but a lot of things in Gachiakuta do not follow it!

and Enjin with his simple suggestion "just become better than a genius, why not?" and whatever else he thinks of Zanka on a deeper level, we dont know yet (i kind of think hes there to just support him he has no desire to influence him, aside from that one speech he gave him years ago)

maybe this

means that Zanka has to eventually shed some of his competitiveness

a more deeper dive into "theres always gonna be someone better than you, stop driving yourself insane"

because of course Zanka already knows that, hes not trying to overachieve out of foolishness.

but he is the only character in the story who's so straightforwardly shounen about strength. Sensei has something very interesting in store for him. its his obsession that will get deconstructed at some point and it'll blow my mind im sure

Kyouka's speech towards Goka who felt inferior to Zanka was about that - she recognised his greatness but thinks hes on a wrong path. Not just regarding giver-nongiver thing. But philosophically she doesnt recognize individual giver's power as real power, or a power worth seeking. "You wanna beat a random psycho in a fight, well ill simply pop his ass and that'll be it, im not losing sleep about it"

because really Zanka already reached a level of trash beast killing that exceeds way beyond any need. Givers fight in groups to take out bigger beasts, you dont have to kill a skyscraper sized one on your own - which Zanka can do no problem. (If that was a requirement, Kyouka would respect cleaners even less like "your organisation is fucking garbage if, with so many members you cant even efficiently use them to minimize risks an individual takes when fighting alone. what a shitshow"

its never about beasts, its about people he failed to beat: Hyo, Jabber - Kyouka doesnt want Zanka to waste himself by tying his self worth to this kind of competition

lol shes kind of like if he went into sports but she wants him to do something else lmao

but i think her disagreeing with that philosophy is why she never sat on the golden throne. she developed it then. thinking for the good of the group, being a leader, using the groups individual qualities to become way bigger than oneself

she doesnt like givers for this reason