Every SWORD STYLE In MUSHOKU TENSEI Explained! Sword God, North God & Water God - The 3 Great Styles

[@AniNews]

Sorry for the delay everyone. This video took quite a bit to make so I really hope you all enjoyed it! What's your favorite sword style?

[@Extremexboxplayer]

no problem man we love your videos and i wait for them after i see a few episodes

[@justsomeguywithabeard2804]

I agree with the guy above me

[@azeragaming]

is the tolumi control like compas or like nanatsu no taizai?

[@alec265]

North good i guess

[@triptripx1473]

North

[@Gration_]

Sword Style: "Omae wa mou shinderu." Water Style: "Oh...You're approaching me? Instead of running away you're coming right at me?" North Style: "Good thing my sword's also a gun"

[@Ragazaloth]

north god kalman the first: i might be a swordsman, but im also quite good at using this- GUN I FOUND ON THE GROUND

[@ericjoel5363]

Lmao

[@lucasconti9562]

@@Ragazaloth Kalman i: "Parry this you casual"

[@foolsg0ld212]

@@Ragazaloth for his neutral special, he wields a gun!

[@samuelyigzaw]

Fist of the North Star, Jojo, and RWBY, love it

[@heelsurfer2668]

After learning all this I now find Paul learning all the styles up until advanced rank highly impressive.

[@1014p]

Also makes him a very dangerous guy against someone who ranks high in one style.

[@genesisdeguzman9074]

Nah he's just advance Eris is sword king North Saint Water saint

[@TheMinuteman]

Saddly it makes Paul a classic “jack of all trades master of none”. Meaning gives him a wide range of moves to call on but also anyone of higher skill rank in different styles could dominate him (as we see)

[@bennogb5069]

@@TheMinuteman uh but Paul ahs a counter for everything and also his combat experience is great

[@TheMinuteman]

@@bennogb5069 Paul could barely fight his 11 year old mage only son who was treating it like a game and he was out for blood.

[@frankwest5388]

Sword Style: “you can not lose, if the opponent falls first” Water Style: “you can not lose, if your opponent can’t touch you” North Style: “you can not lose, if you don’t admit that rules exist”

[@TheTenzen12]

North Style: "You can loose, but it doesn't matter because you always can run away and steal the prize while on it."

[@srimanjha5112]

Yeah, north god stylist are savages

[@bodaciouschad]

@@TheTenzen12 missed the opportunity to say: North Style: "While you idiots were playing with your sticks, I studied the *blade."*

[@MashZ]

Sword God style: best for attack and avoiding feints(tricks) Water God style: best defense and counters North God style: best way to dodge, run away, get closer or trick your opponent into attacking when they shouldn’t

[@mando9606]

@@bodaciouschad I mean it should be the other way around.

[@AniNews]

I messed up the sword styles dynamic layout at 6:58. It should go Sword > North > Water > Sword

[@fry2652]

might want to pin that

[@dakshithkumar2155]

Oh ok

[@anustubhmishra]

@@fry2652 wanna ask is it possible to pin 2 comments in the same video?

[@BrutusAlbion]

who doesn't mess up the > and < sometimes? (>_

[@adnan7919]

Had me confused for a hot minute there

[@stevenh8770]

a duel between the water god and the challenger must be one hell of a stare down :)

[@fva1835]

not if you a north god. deploy pocket sands

[@stevenh8770]

@@fva1835 I meant water god against the challenger who want his place (water style against water style)

[@Speedracer6]

Maybe not as much as you think. Spoiler But. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . when a water god says they can counter anything. They really do mean ANYTHING.

[@mindassassin]

Allegedly, there was a duel between Miyamoto Musashi and a challenging samurei that was just a stare down. Neither moved, and eventually the challenger admitted defeat, saying that he could see no opening in Musashi's defense.

[@srimanjha5112]

@@mindassassin wtf 😂

[@RadioRentalx]

Sword Style: "My sword is faster than light!" Water Style: " I can counter anything!" North Style: "Ayt, I have a hostage don't move!"

[@BakaBaka8146]

north style is more random bullshit goooo..

[@Darth_Bateman]

Oh shit, he’s got a hostage! What do we do?!

[@worldedit96]

@@Darth_Bateman Sword style: "Slice him." Water style: "We get our own hostage?idk."

[@AlphaOmegon]

@World Edit fixed* Sword style: slice through the hostage and we got it. Water style: if we wait long enough he'll attack 👍 alright, maybe? I dunno. The Codex astartes does not support this action.

[@arcmen2275]

Water style: your hostage is now my hostage too. Sword style: what hostage?

[@kidkatanatv]

At least you explained why Paul hated North God Style. Thanks.

[@prosketch95]

Rudy mentioned it a couple episodes ago

[@thomasdewan9906]

It's kinda Funny because his Grandson is going to the Youngest Person who ever become King Rank In North God Style.

[@Joh-Jon]

@@thomasdewan9906 really is that in the light novel? I finished reading the web novel I don't know anything about his grand kids. I wish they translation the light novel fast😔

[@anghainguyen9951]

@@Joh-Jon in in the extra Story also the North Style he learn are quite diffrent form the basic you offten see. Find Jobless Oblige.

[@jakeail1995]

@@Joh-Jon actually they did a few translation about Rudy kid from some side story or spin off which cover some of his kid, i think you can check novel update on that

[@sgcastle8389]

Sword godStyle: " I have a plan , attack" Water god Style: "Stop trying to hit me and hit me" North God Style: "Desperate situations require desperate measures"

[@JEL625]

So the 3 styles as memes Sword: Hit it HARDER Water: Uno reverse North: Random bullshit GO!

[@Rhyhmx]

North "Hey, as long as it works"

[@JDWalker495]

I wonder what technique required Ghislaine to train so much that she acquired the ‘Demon Ass’

[@kanha2237]

Sword god style

[@mudpie6927]

Gotta eat that cow patty

[@alihorda]

the hanma blood. it goes in the butt, not the back lol

[@MashZ]

@@alihorda typical baki shit

[@Stryfe52]

@@alihorda why lol

[@firesong7825]

The Demon Eye of Foresight would probably be perfect for a Water God sword style user.

[@Mani-wh5yf]

Pretty sure paul will teach rudeus water god

[@bibbobella]

@@Mani-wh5yf He already have. The reason Rudeus can NEVER become good in any of them though is because he can't use Toki.

[@namoma4922]

@@bibbobella yeah He reached middle rank in them but techniques beyond advanced require touki

[@justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456]

@@bibbobella why is that? anime only here but im looking for spoilers and any info on power systems is always more important than the plot

[@firesong7825]

@@namoma4922 I think he's only beginner in Water/North God styles and intermediate in Sword God style.

[@Tsukuyomi_99]

I love water god style since they teach taunt lessons. They literally taught students how to trashtalk so the opponent would attack them 🤣🤣🤣. Also a mage that is a water god style user is OP af, using magic as range offense and using water god style when the target gets close to u. U have to get close to a mage in order to defeat them and water god style invites attack to counterattack. OP combo🤣🤣🤣

[@alzef1375]

Magic goes through the body, so a mage like that would need to free a hand or have extra appendages to actually use magic while holding the sword properly to be ready to parry at all times.

[@Tsukuyomi_99]

@@alzef1375 yeah maybe mages who can do chantless magic then but they are extremly rare🤣🤣🤣

[@alzef1375]

No, no. Magic goes through the body. It physically flows through it. A mage must have a limb to "discharge" spells from. Staves act as a conduit because of the materials they are made of (and wands). A sword wouldn't have this ability. The safest bet for a magic knight fighting style would be a North God style. As it would allow the mage to fight with one hand while they empty spells on their targets. Though I reckon such a specific fighting style would be better off with more than one sword style to incorporate.

[@Tsukuyomi_99]

@@alzef1375 I was thinking a lot more like Orsted battle style though. He is a chantless magic user and God class on water god style so i think his style is op.....I think North god style is having dirty tactics like that guy who has a shiny armor to blind his opponents or Even North god III with his op gravity sword 🤣🤣🤣. Though North god style would be good with magic too😄

[@HaxeRain]

@@Tsukuyomi_99 mentioning orsted is just not fair xD dude is literally strongest person in the world and can body anyone with the least amount of energy required

[@ozwilliamTLDR]

The cool thing about Mushoku Tensei's sword styles is that it makes you genuinely believe that they are usable in a world with magic. Too often in a fantasy setting magic would just be godlike and would outclass everything, making fantasy weapons like swords completely and utterly useless. But the way both the sword and magic system is set up in this world clearly shows how each method of combat is useful in its own way. Magic with devastating firepower as long as you have the space and enough preparation time, and the sword catching the opponent offguard when close with its sheer speed and brute force.

[@jackerrocker2235]

The thing is they only have sword as a weapon cuz of healing magic can heal any fetal wound so the one hit kill from Sword god list to be number one. Funny enough that after Rudeus Era, it will end the dominant of Sword style and begin the Era of magic user.

[@Rudeusism]

@@jackerrocker2235Wrong. There’s only one person in the verse that can use incantationless magic for healing (Sylphie) and only Orsted can heal limbs or fatal wounds.

[@360raja7]

Wow the amount of detail in the animation related to irl science is insane, props to the animation team

[@ysfsim]

It helps that the source material is solid

[@AoharuObby]

Sword god style: *attacker* Water god style: *Defender* NoRth gOd StYle: *I FOUND THIS SWORD NOW IM GONNA USE YOUR BODY TO ATTACK*

[@kidkatanatv]

I see you made this _AFTER_ Paul gets bodied by Rudeus lol

[@ItachiUchiha-jw9eu]

Read the manga

[@adrians.3006]

@@ItachiUchiha-jw9eu Novel

[@ArsalanAnsari77]

@@ItachiUchiha-jw9eu manga made the reunion overdramatized while its more grounded in novel and the anime

[@ItachiUchiha-jw9eu]

@@ArsalanAnsari77 Bro Bro Bro just read the manga the part when rudeus find Paul

[@Ark_knight0]

@@ItachiUchiha-jw9eu the manga is worse than the ln and anime

[@5danieldavis]

I love how the warrior and mage (more pointedly the silent casting) magic systems are the exact same thing. Just with different names and thought patterns on how to use them

[@nicoleus862]

North God Style is my favorite sword style once I read the novels. It's so unconventional and very creative it doesn't even count as a sword style, but rather a "be unpredictable" and "do whatever it takes to win" battlefield dogma. Spoilers ahead... The current North God Alexander Ryback III, or Kalman III, is the Seventh Great Power and an immortal half-demon, and he has a sword that hurls fucking black holes at his enemy.

[@Kommunismus]

The former North God Alexander Ryback II believes that relying on the sword for gravity manipulation was leading to a degradation of his own sword skills and gave it up.

[@BakaBaka8146]

is it web novel or light novel, currently i am in volume 19 web novel. did i miss them, i am kinda skipping around the story.

[@torpedoboatdestroyer]

@@BakaBaka8146 it's from volume 23, the final battle

[@thibaultyazeze1866]

Alexander Ryback III is 1/4 Immortal Demon. His mother is most likely human.

[@fusionxtras]

@@thibaultyazeze1866 could be anything really

[@sharkmanro]

I noticed you made it seem like the longsword of light can only be parried by light revearsal, but it was blocked by flow of the water god style and by many north god style users. Also it is hinted that the north god and the north emperors can give titles (ex: when Auber names x a north saint)

[@arselcrusader5600]

From what I remember, Longsword of Light can be parried but the Philosophy of Saint Rank and above is to refine this one and only Super technique. The higher your rank the better you are at using it making defending against it less and less probable. In a battle between the god ranks however, the technique can be parried easily if not used with proper timing.

[@solodumdum905]

Auber named who? Edit: nvm i remembered...

[@HaxeRain]

@@arselcrusader5600 They refine it in such a way that God rank in sword god almost always is ranked among the 7th powers, as water gods cant even properly parry it

[@turtlepope2249]

​@@HaxeRain That's the idea but in if a Water God is strong enough they would be able to deflect it, at this point it's really just about who mastered their style best For example I'm pretty sure Orsted could deflect the Sword God's attack with Water God style, it's not confirmed but it's heavily implied

[@HaxeRain]

@@turtlepope2249 considering how Orsted Donutted you know who later on, he can donut sword god easily, i think its even hinted that sword god couldnt even dare to challenge orsted and hence its training you know who

[@BlastFurnace10]

Meanwhile North god user: So you are strong but I think you are allergic to flour.

[@SeijoVangelta]

High Ranked North God Style Users are eccentrics. You can either fight a ninja or fight someone wearing multi colored outfit to distract you or have them wear mirror armor in daylight to blind your opponent or have them wear dark outfit for an assassination mission. You wont really see one in the anime unless the series goes to Season 5

[@HaxeRain]

then you have old man using a rod and doing basically mix of kung fu and other martial arts

[@bradleydalton7563]

@@HaxeRain then you have Doga just being a fucking tank and Alek bending gravity. North God style is wack

[@DracoInduperator]

Wasn't there one who basically had like disco ball where it would hover above them during a fight and the light would blind and irritate the opponent?

[@HaxeRain]

@@DracoInduperator that's the mirror armor dude

[@DracoInduperator]

@@HaxeRain cool thanks been a long time since I've read the book.

[@kristoffer2250]

I can't wait for the anime to get to that scene where [Deprivation Sword Kingdom] is used. It's essentially one person holding multiple POWERFUL people hostage in the middle of a room.

[@Yaboi_01]

Oh man, that part and the fights after was fucking amazing.

[@jacbluz1652]

@@Yaboi_01 which volume?

[@Yaboi_01]

@@jacbluz1652 I believe its around volume 18

[@jacbluz1652]

@@Yaboi_01 ah, I see, Im currently on vol 17, thank you

[@Yaboi_01]

@@jacbluz1652 Np, enjoy this arc. It's my second personal favorite in terms of raw action after all

[@Sake679]

I would definitely love to learn North God style.

[@lesterc9520]

Technically we are already North God fighters because we can throw pocket sand.

[@savian2802]

U can apply creativity in this syle so ya u can create your own trick

[@srimanjha5112]

I'm already a north god style user. I once thrown my chair towards my brother, and then beat him up so....

[@kristoffer2250]

@@srimanjha5112 damn what a Saint level technique

[@mysterious_truth6907]

I want to learn water god style so I can TRASH TALK THE SHIT out of my opponent so that they will lose their reasoning and attack

[@animen2463]

Love how these 3 sword styles tell you alot about a persons personality and character Characters who are well versed in Sword God style seem to be more uptight and honorable People who use the water god style seem to be more flexible and chill While people who use the North God style are often ones who trick others and play dirty All 3 styles actually seem somewhat balanced and there isn't any situation where one style is just a 100 times greater

[@resengan123]

Youre spot on with water god. Sword god users are typically hot heads though. North god has many users and branches. As you get closer to the root of north god, they get..less...underhanded but still versitle

[@Ragazaloth]

yeah, but most people in MT regard sword god style to be the strongest mainly because of it's overwhelming power and attacks

[@HaxeRain]

North God practicioners are basically like a rainbow, each school is pretty different and so their practitioners

[@saiyanfang1047]

No they aren't balanced. sword God only has offense. water God only has defense. North God has everything and if the physical abilities of the 3 schools were equalized I'm pretty sure that North God would win because they have techniques that let them go faster than the long sword of light and they also have parrying techniques and ways to deal with Water God users.

[@NameIsNeb]

Water Emperor challenges Water God for the title: ... ... ... Water Emperor: Is- is this why you haven't been dethroned?

[@Ragazaloth]

reida: sweetie. *takes out sword* *sword deprivation kingdom* you shouldn't have come here. meanwhile: orsted: i have a sudden urge to make donuts...

[@slippy47]

And then there's orsted

[@lopezroilans.8384]

Water God: "Stop trying to hit me and hit me!"

[@catking7901]

Metapod, use harden!

[@christopherflores5405]

How to qualify as a north saint: Step 1: grab a hostage

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Yeah North God Style is definitely the style I'd want to learn.

[@Ragazaloth]

probably the easiest to learn for normal people since it doesn't rely on pure skill

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

@@Ragazaloth Hence the being Creative aspect. If you're clever enough you easily outsmart a Sword God style user.

[@vinceexcalibur4011]

Hahaha I have a sword ooops I have a magic tool that shoot stone cannon at a emperor level

[@mysterious_truth6907]

I'mma learn water god style to trash talk my opponents so bad that they won't be able to think properly lol 😂

[@vinceexcalibur4011]

@@mysterious_truth6907 I remember overgeared character Huroi saying to a fenrir "your mother is a wolf! " hahaha

[@enanthate]

I Definitely must get the LN. As much as I watch the anime and believe it’s easy one of the best if not THE best of season, whenever I see these vídeos I feel like the anime just peers at the abyss when it comes to content. Again, not that the anime is bad, just that the LN seems to have taken the concept of world building to a whole new level.

[@thomaszimmer371]

mhm Its adapting the Ln but always the Ln will have more detail but the wn is basically the same and fully finished and translated and also has the official art

[@everalfredobarillasalvarez1888]

i had never read a light novel prior to Mushoku Tensei but I highly recommend it. I don't think I can go back to just being an anime only person.

[@kopi6850]

Moving pictures and my lack of imagination

[@HaxeRain]

A note about sword god style progression through the ranks said by ghislaine in the novel, to reach advanced rank, the practicioner can use touki but subsconciously, once its able to master it and control it at will, its given the saint rank, once you are saint rank you are taught the Longsword of Light and start perfectioning, once it reaches certain characteristics, you can be given the King rank and then even further Emperor and God rank if its able to beat the current Sword God, and by Ghislaine words, to reach further than Saint rank, you cant rely solely in instincts, you need to a foundation based on logic, every action follows a purpose and you must understand it, thats when you can reach King rank Edit 1: the sword god posseses some magical/cursed blades, but there exist 42 in total and are spread through the world, the small sword that Eris uses and got in the Demon Continent is one of such, hers has the property of not dulling its blade even if its soaked in blood and guts, making it easy to maintain Edit 2: It's confirmed that a way to advance in ranks is to beat someone of that rank, specially for whoever aiming for the God rank in any of the sword schools, as that is the easiest way to prove you are the best in said style

[@BakaBaka8146]

this is really informative i hope they pin this.

[@canedz4168]

I think they were called Yuhlian's Magic Swords. The one on Eris was said to be a prototype failure; one of thousands of swords Yuhlian crafted until he made the 42 Named Swords, his masterpiece.

[@saiyanfang1047]

Actually you get granted the Saint rank by being able to use the longsword of light or beating a saint. Toki manipulation is a north god style trick. You get king tier by mastering the LSOL to be able to freely use it whenever. Emperor tier has nebulous requirements, but to get God you must beat the god

[@saiyanfang1047]

​@@canedz4168 the 42 magic swords were made from a leviathan. The sword Eris has is just a regular sword crafted by him.

[@Mezoflation]

I remember the novel mentioned water God style is be able to parry and counter longsword of light. In standard scenario where both opponent have same power level. Water god style will always win, even with longsword of light.

[@pgf2940]

where? i don't remember any of the Water God technique was stated that it could block Longsword of Light, and i maranthoned the WN a month ago.

[@Mezoflation]

@@pgf2940 hmm, too lazy to scan through the whole novel for exact word. But, you can check back volume 13 when Water God with Water King visit Holy Land of Sword. (I will drop the name to make it less spoiler-ish) "This place that was presently the headquarters of the Sword God Style had seen for a time the prominence of the Water God Style. It was only 100 years ago. The Water God of a certain generation had dueled the Sword God and taken this land from him. That Water God himself had been defeated by another Sword God and the Holy Land returned to the hands of the Sword God Style." ^ Water God will never strike first and Sword God strongest technique is Longsword of Light which they will definitely use, still they are defeated by Water God before. "As one of the heads of the Three Great Sword Styles, the 『Water God』, even in her old age she boasted the same strength that she did in her prime. However, only this man's sword was unblockable for her. For this man was the Sword God,.." ^ Quote from current Water God that she can defeat any rank Sword God practitioner (Ghislaine included), except the current Sword God just because he is simply more powerful and/or faster than her reaction time. 'In the end, a savage style with only speed and power like the Sword God Style can never break through the techniques of the refined Water God Style.' ^ quote from Water King on beating Sword Saint user. We all know Sword God Saint should be able to use Longsword of Light. Hence, the question of if Water God style can block Longsword of Light, yes it can. Sword God user will keep on work on polishing their Longsword of Light to make it faster and more powerful, while Water God user will keep working on improving the ability to read the opponent attack and reaction time to block/counter the incoming attack. Thus, in the situation if both user speed and power are same, Water God will parry Sword God technique (in general case).

[@abiolaakorede1509]

Bro I am on volume 17 bro it has been stated that sword got style is the strongest style and even the water god Reida Reia said “he is the only man whose sword she could not stop” she was referring to the sword god gal feroin

[@Mezoflation]

@@abiolaakorede1509 it is because simply the current Sword God is more talented than current water God as stated in my point above. Even though the 3 main sword schools are like rock paper scissor relationship, but the pool of talent and peak strength current strongest representative are different each era. If you ask Gal to face Orstead, his longsword of light will be countered left and right by Orstead's "flow" simply because of different in spec.

[@Malvium]

@@Mezoflation Bruh, put anyone against Orsted and they gonna lose. Its silly to put a dude who's basically mastered all three schools of swordsmanship to the god level against anyone.

[@mando9606]

Man, North God style is so diverse its divided in multiple factions like 5 or 4 in which I call : Original North God Style which is focused on combat and there isnt much trickery in there or dirty tricks (Kalman 3 and 1), Atofe-style a style in which you just learn combat basically pure battle experience(like Atofe, Ruijerd, Gallus), then there is the semi-whacky faction, which is just using another weapon and fighting a bit dirty some not all (Kalman 2, Doga), then there is the true whacky faction which is what makes North God style creative imo which is using all of those dirty tricks, items, ninja stuff ( Auber). Skilled North users seem to learn at least 2 factions. Althought a bad side of North god style is that its users dont seem be that good a using the sword(I dont mean techniques) compared to other schools who master it like the Sword God school system in which it's a requirement to reach king rank.

[@crimsonbenedetta9291]

Even the North-King has a "Shiny Armour" trick hahahaha

[@Manpigeon]

They dont particularly place meaning in being the "best" at swordsmanship. Their style is purely about victory and survival. Sword God practitioners will put their all into a strike that while certain to kill their opponent would also end with their own death. North God Style practitioners avoid that kind of death-wish type of combat on principle. Its a strength but also a weakness of the North God style as a fanatical Sword God army will suicide rush them. North God users focus on controlling the flow of battle to their advantage through terrain, traps, etc. Mutually assured destruction is not an option for them. If they dont feel they will survive then they will retreat until they can set up for another attack or ambush.

[@saiyanfang1047]

Original was called atofe style it's called that because it was popularized by atofe. The 1st taught it to Atofe and she was the one who spread it and taught the second and third North Gods alongside the second Death God. She is also why the second and third North gods are immortal demon hybrids as is the second death god. As the third is a human beastfolk elf hybrid

[@soda5439]

I was literally just binging your videos Perfect timing 👌🏽

[@Nakama4Forever]

This got me thinking. In hindsight seeing the long sword of light in season1 was really awesome. Later in the Ln, to me anyway, it felt like that was the pinnacle of sword moves. Also, north god style is defiantly my favorite. Kinda reminds me of ninjas.

[@HaxeRain]

One of the many schools of North God style is pretty ninja like, one is more orthodox and around hunting, other for warfare, and so on, North God imo is the most expanded because of how complex it can be, while the other 2 are properly developed and shown as they are also more straightforward

[@MashZ]

@@HaxeRain Actually the "ninja" North emperors are hated by other high ranking north god style users for altering the teachings of the original north god. They kind of made their own branch of the North God style that's not widely used

[@VeryWetCarrot]

@@MashZ didn't the original north god the first teach that ninja guy too, can't remember the names

[@jaydengray30]

@@VeryWetCarrot no. The original north god died 400 years before the series

[@MashZ]

@@VeryWetCarrot Probably. But the ninja guy developed the ninja moves himself. It's a branch, not the mainstream north god style

[@Seconslayer12]

Paul is basically at the level of "jack of all trades, master of none".

[@mustofaakmal7493]

Being advance is already considered special, thats how badass Paul is. Its just his lacks of passion for sword that make him cant improve to saint

[@Name-me5su]

@@mustofaakmal7493 i think paul would have advanced to saint ranked(maybe even emperor) if he didnt marry and focus on training

[@randomlugia1422]

Risking getting spoilers better be worth it.

[@uwubakabiedronka8849]

@@stefanmax00 i think he meant comments

[@bleromafia]

Sword Style: “you can not lose, if the opponent falls first” Water Style: “you can not lose, if your opponent can’t touch you” North Style: “I know the ending of Mushoku Tensei!"

[@ERROR-xs4dx]

Spoiling is a north-god class technique in all form of anime

[@tzem2590]

Calm down satan

[@Zydlik7]

The colors might be what we'd see if we could perceive that kind of speed. The problem is that it would be followed by an explosion the size of a nuclear bomb.

[@kimofrosty]

xkcd refrence?

[@asymbolofpurehatred]

@@kimofrosty physics reference

[@bhamey1785]

Ordted(dragon god) used the touki to nullify breath of the wyvern If you make touki strong enough it can completely nullify magic attacks weaker than touki. Like, a touki which can nullify magic lower than emperor rank

[@busycat]

What about Zanoba? He has super strong touki but he is weak against fire magic.

[@HaxeRain]

@@busycat his is not much of touki but his own constitution as a Blessed Child, also, orsted touki is different in its nature, its the Dragon God Touki adn its the pinnacle it can achieve but no one else can reach it, if its not emperor level, nothing can even come close as scratching him

[@Ragazaloth]

@@busycat zanoba doesn't use touki, it's his pure strength which comes from *SPOILER*

[@MashZ]

@@HaxeRain Actually its called the Saint Dragon Touki. It was developed by the last Dragon God before Orsted (His name is Urupen I think). He was the 99th and the weakest Dragon God ever in his early life due to his low mana capacity. But then he invented this touki which takes the least mana of all toukis while being the strongest. It made him one of the strongest dragon god ever

[@HaxeRain]

@@MashZ dude, i dont know if you didnt notice, but mentioning Divine Dragon, Dragon God Touki or similar, is literal giveaway that one is a web novel reader, you dont need to explain that to me, i just said the orsted dragon touki is just in a different class all of its own which is true

[@Marky-Mark1337]

Interesting. When it comes to fighting when you life is on the line, I would go with North God Style, but I usually think and strongly believe in the philosophy of water god style, such reading body language, wait for the opponent to strike first and counter ect. Wonder what I'll be in that world.

[@HaxeRain]

it depends on many factors, for example, if you are to act as a knight guarding a personage, usually you are asked to be proefficient at Water God, north god is the most wild card style, you can be in anything and as long as you have ingenuity to it, you WILL survive, not necessarily win, but survive, which is the most danger factor of North God, adapt for a next encounter, then Sword god is the most simple, strike first, ask later

[@nicoleus862]

North God Style is also the preferred style of criminals, while Sword God Style and Water God Style was mainly utilized during war as frontline warriors supported by mages at the rear.

[@Speedracer6]

Tbf. North god style is also the style for adventurers because of all the different enemies, enviornments, and jobs they have to do.

[@arts1628]

Or you can master all of style if you talented enough

[@caleb_artzs2533]

@@arts1628 if you have 200000 years to spend then yes (example Orsted)

[@VictorLiso]

Fucking amazing video, mate. Not only did you do a great job getting the important parts of the shit I wrote, but you also got some amazing clips from other shows. Your extra research was also pretty good. I'm not sure if Paul would be able to beat all Sword Saints out there, but he'd probably beat some.

[@udeanbambang1703]

the more i learn about mushoku, the more i can say that this is the best isekai

[@kingofpotato9]

AS an irl street fighter I subscribe to the water style mixed with north. Defensive adaptability is a solid way of dealing with people. I worked as a hands on security guard so being defensive was important as I didn't want things to escalate but being able to counter and use unorthodox styles was extremely useful in that career. A fun example being is countering a punch with slapping cuffs on somebody's wrist weather he hit me or not

[@deltalord6969]

Damn actually you know a huge amount of care was put into the styles when they even take science into account. Not something most anime would usually do. Day 13 of asking for a grand assassin hassan servant video

[@MashZ]

Yeah I love how the fighting styles and magic types are strictly defined and put into categories from the start insted of introducing new op powers and magics on the fly

[@IceaBeast]

Great video as always. Love your content and what you do. Never stop enlightening us about all the anime we cherish.

[@knightofthefallen7416]

Orstead used "Dragon Touki" to defend the fire. Dragon Touki is the OG ability that current Touki is derived from originally, created by the the Dragon race and is far superior.

[@jaydengray30]

No. The saint dragon battle aura that Orsted uses is a technique created by dragon god Urupen. Dragon touki is different.

[@saiyanfang1047]

​@@jaydengray30 Saint Dragon toki is a fighting style based on conservation of energy. Dragon Toki is a thing dragons figured out and gave to the other races as regular Toki.

[@Angelieth_]

This video hyped me so much for the next cut content episodes of this serie, I need to know if there's anything more to Paul's behaviour in the latest episode

[@AniNews]

Ill see you again in 5 days!

[@dakshithkumar2155]

Ok

[@isahadavis5176]

These styles are very interesting i could apply these style's into other forms of media. My first thought of where these could be applied DnD is a great area to apply these to. Example my current dnd character a Halforc paladin noble named Naga. He'd probably be placed in water style probably within king/saint rank. This was a beautifully made video and excellent research I'll be back much more

[@connormccarthy6741]

When you were talking about Water God Style, I couldn’t help but think of Archer EMIYA’s sword style along with his Eye of the Mind

[@SignumEternis]

I'm so glad you explained this because that's one thing that was driving me crazy in the anime is that as in depth as they go into magic, they never explained how just training in a sword style makes you capable of superhuman feats. Makes sense that it involves mana/aura manipulation.

[@Mechamorphh]

Or to use D&D fighter terms: Sword God: Two-handed weapon fighter Water God: Sword and board fighter North God: That guy who spent all of his feats on Exotic Weapon proficiency and/or two-weapon fighting Mushoku Tensei was always a gamble to adapt as it was in many ways the innovator of the Isekai Genre. Many conventions found in it can be traced back to this work. Years after so many great series inspired by this one have come out, there was a fear that Mushoku Tensei would be seen as quaint and outdated. However like so many founding works of a genre, there is a reason why it inspired to many others. The world building is rock solid and the characters often given enough time to be better fleshed out than their clichés or archetypes. The anime crew also did a great job at adapting the light novel for a visual medium as the the mangaka.

[@nirvina4237]

a lot of background information about mushoku tensei's world and lore in the light novels gets understandably cut out from the anime due to time constraints, so its really nice to see channels like you cover this stuff for the anime-only fans watching. keep up the good work!

[@mementomori7160]

12:36 or around, the blueshift would be so strong you'd burn in an instant and you wouldn't see so many rainbows, but still it was good enough

[@unknownghost3145]

I've been waiting for this!

[@fva1835]

You got the dumb and illiterate Sword Gods. You got the Pompous and Static Water Gods. and Lastly you got the chads North God Style where everything goes !! and also most coolest sword Emperors XD

[@prashantmishra676]

Most coolest sword emperor ? Who ? Sorry I forgot it's been a while since I read the wn

[@lolphie8493]

Remember the First North God made one of the Strongest Demon Lord( Strength-wise anyway) his wife, and that happen while they're enemies in war, what a chad.

[@fva1835]

@@prashantmishra676 Atoferatofe Ryback/Auber The Peacock/Best Son

[@TheTenzen12]

Hey! At least Sword God style King Ghislaine isn't illiterate anymore!

[@vogel2499]

@@lolphie8493 Dude literally banged a muscular tomboy boss-lady in the middle of the war.

[@AATproducer]

omg, i love you so much. this video is what i really need!

[@pedrosilva-di4lg]

**LN SPOILERS** sword god style, water god style, north god style... and then there’s Orsted’s Fist god style xD

[@DS-fs5vp]

Literally saitama in mushoko tensei hahaha

[@sowrabsinha1931]

I think it was only the God sword, maybe I'm wrong.

[@Ragazaloth]

orsted: "what? i need a sword to use flow?" *saint dragon touki go brrrr*

[@jaydengray30]

It’s called saint dragon battle aura

[@aizseeker3622]

He just shape his hand like sword and stab em

[@devlin9967]

Lets go! I've been waiting for this. Also water god.

[@nickeel8401]

The farewell duel between Eris and (i forget his name) Gilaine’s brother, why did Eris admit defeat? Was really badass but a lil unclear to me

[@Crescentfangs]

In term of power they both are equal but in term of experience she still lacks compare to him. With no opening she can makes play of so she admit defeat.

[@Crescentfangs]

@Giovanni Solis You are also correct on the way of Sword God fighting style. As Eris can't make a fight longer like she always did with Ruijerd because of the same fighting style so she admit defeat.

[@tonifashina3562]

Amazing research, really highlights the core concept in such a short time frame, without leaving out the small subtleties that demonstrate how well constructed a show this is.

[@XThexReaperX]

Mushoku Tensei basically goes "why should I add an additional energy source like ki/chi to my setting when I can just have mana/magic do it instead?". This is one of the reasons I like the setting, so someone who should be a squishy mage can turn around and be the tankiest of tanks so long as they train their mana reserves long enough. So long as they actually stop and get trained in one of the sword styles decently enough to utilize touki.

[@saiyanfang1047]

Though Toki isn't about the amount of mana you have or control over it. Toki is refined through practice and martial skill. All mages are fragile as fuck. Otherwise Sylphie would be the third tankiest person in the series.

[@kasrasotoodeh5634]

These sword styles had been bugging me through the whole season! Thanks for the thorough explanation. I wish we'd get to see the 3 sword gods in future seasons of Mushoku.

[@InZaynReality]

North god against sword god: YOU MAY HAVE MASTERED YOUR BLADE BUT HERES SOME DIRT IN YO EYES!

[@bervirus]

Water God's Deprivation Sword Kingdom is so terrifying, it sends shiver down my spine [Light Spoiler] where she alone dares to take on the legendary Armored Dragon King (which is god-tier on barrier and summoning) along with two Sword Kings, a North Emperor, and bunch of powerful mages, and pinned them down unable to act or move at all

[@anghainguyen9951]

Well eat a donut after that... look like she lack of Fire Power...

[@CasualNami]

Spoilers The armored dragon king didn't want to do anything (could've easily done something though) and the North Emperor was her allie. the ones who couldn't do anything were the two Swords Kings and the mages only - which is still an amazing feat.

[@srimanjha5112]

I think rudues electric magic would have done some damage, but he didn't use it because others will get caught in it

[@MashZ]

@@srimanjha5112 nope. She would've cut his hand before he could use the magic. She already starts off by killing anyone who moves a single muscle

[@srimanjha5112]

@@MashZ I mean rudues doesn't need to move while using electric

[@engokaneki5674]

7:00 The rock paper system, for the sword style was also mentioned in the Mushoku tensei game as well.

[@that408]

How do 2 water gods training work? Nobody wants to attack first? 😂

[@BigSooshiRoll]

It’s nice that you always post these when I need them most thank you

[@joseruizdiaz9622]

I love how unique are the ways fellow fans here in the comments explain the sword styles, so lemme do the same but with YuGiOh, because I've been playing Duel Links recently. Sword God: Blue-Eyes OTK beatdown. Water God: Aromages that JUST WON'T DIE! North God: Harpies that won't let you play TwT. I also think these are fitting because Harpies break the field of Aromages, who need it to stay alive for so long; Aromages resist Blue-Eyes relentless attacks; Blue-Eyes rely mostly on their powerful monsters so Harpies can't properly disrupt them.

[@Channel-23s]

20:34 or magic I’m guessing to as Rudy uses a staff to so it’s his specialty Water god and North god combined and mastery of magic.

[@demonkingoftyrannyanosvold1161]

Northern god style be like: Strike Scream Run

[@brandondaniels5801]

Really love the different styles and how their various masters play a prominent part in the story. These fighters shape history!

[@TheCrazybloo3]

The original north god is the only founder of the styles that is still alive. He isnt the north god anymore though.

[@teensillustrated8426]

this was really useful information. THis definitely makes watching the styles in action in the anime make more sense. i was lost when i saw Paul on all 4s until you mentioned why.

[@TheLaughingDank]

North Style: Random Bs go!

[@ihavenoVEVO]

God-level North Style: Gonna manipulate gravity so everything is unpredictable go brrrrrr

[@HanSDevX]

The water god ultimate technique is more of a nobunaga nen zone from HunterxHunter not bran from overlord huge difference lol

[@jordanneshirley6976]

True

[@soldierstride554]

I love how you used different characters and scenes from different anime as examples to the styles!

[@edi9892]

In case you are interested in the realism of these sword styles: While no real-life equivalent exists for any of these styles, the principles do appear in various martial arts with some more focused on one of the principles of these three fictional styles. Asian swordplay as we know it today is mostly about striking first and avoiding sword on sword contact. European sword fighting is based a lot on seeking the bind (letting swords collide and then going for weaponized wrestling). This is however a gross oversimplification and there’s a lot to elaborate on. Firstly, in any country where armor was worn, wrestling becomes an essential part of combat arts. Japanese swords tend to be harder and sharper than European ones, but that comes at a great cost: they chip much faster and become bent. That’s a huge reason why sword on sword action is avoided as much as possible. I feel compelled to point out though that early European swords had the same issues and that’s why shields were so important (besides the fact that armor wasn’t as developed). Later swords were made of spring steel, which resists bending much more as it tends to spring back into shape. This also allowed for thinner blades and keener points. Around the 16th century Europeans were able to make swords that could keep up with damascene and folded steel, as the Japanese used. However, as in any country, sword quality varied a lot with time and place… A not so obvious advantage of seeking the bind is that you can react much faster to things that you feel than things you can see. How the pressure between the swords changes tells you how it will move long before you can see it moving! Working from the bind also restricts both opponents’ potential movements, so that the more experienced fighter gets a significant advantage compared to both sides being ready to strike. I don’t know any examples in European martial arts for this being applied to empty hands, but Wing Tsun and Silat are prime examples for it, whereas I don’t know any Asian art that uses it with blades. The advantage of working from the bind is so huge that an amateur European fencer can score against a master of Asian sword fighting in maybe 10% of the matches, whereas without it, he'd win only 1% of them (by simply hitting first; see the next point). A huge problem of striking first is that you might succeed but receive an after blow, or that your strike kills the opponent only after he killed you. For instance, there are multiple accounts of soldiers being impaled by the enemy’s sword and still manage to cut down their own killer… You simply don’t want to rush in Leroy-Jenkins-style. You try to avoid stepping into the blender, but try to move around it or seek an opening. Amateurs are often feared by seasoned fighters because of their suicidal recklessness, which can easily injure the more experienced fighter. Getting the sword strike in, past the enemy’s defenses is not just about speed. For instance, Indian arts are known for deceptive footwork. This means that you stay outside the enemy’s range so that he has to step in to hit you and while he steps, you already start your counter and intercept his attack. Besides judging time and range, the challenge lies in getting a superior position from which you can strike, but the enemy has fewer chances of landing a good hit on you. You can imagine it like a boxer with his right foot upfront that you get to his right side, as it would be easier for him to turn to his left side. Similarly, If you got a short blade and are in range, you can hit much harder than someone with a longer blade from the same distance (he would have to back up or make an ineffective strike). European styles are often known for feints too. However, feints don’t work, if you don’t strike, but the enemy does… To make a feint work, you need to know the opponent’s behaviour. For instance, if someone keeps bending his head back when you try to land a haymaker, you can fake one and do a cross instead. If he is already dodging, all he can do is bend back more in order to prevent the hit, but this would result in him falling backward… An important aspect of this is the flow of combat. If you commit to every strike to do it with full force and speed, you’ll tire out in under a minute! If someone is very agile and defensive, he can bait you into exhausting yourself and then come in for his own attack… Thus, mostly defense is fully committed, but attacks are not. So, you might do some half-hearted attacks to which your enemy must respond and deal with his attacks. This is likely to quickly develop a rhythm, but either side can break it by striking a bit faster. A big aspect of it is rather than to strike-parry-strike, you suddenly counter/crosscut (instead of parrying, you attack in a way that doesn’t put you at risk). This again requires good footwork and understanding of ranges and timing. There are two sneaky ways to bait the opponent. For one, you can sneak out of his range so that he has to lean more into his attack and essentially overcommit. If he does this, he will need a short moment to regain his balance. If he doesn’t, this means that he has to make other adjustments, like half a step forward. This again delays his attack. If you already expect it, you can be prepared to step in and cut him, before he can do much about it. Side-note: this is a huge issue with bare-knuckle boxing as well. Each strike has a very narrow range in which it can be performed and if the range or angle is off, you might be tempted to change the angle of the wrist and thus damage it on impact, or you expect to hit him on the temple and your knuckle hits his forehead instead… The other sneaky thing is to fake exhaustion, or become sloppy with your guard. It is very hard to counter a random attack in time, but if the rhythm is already established and you create an opening for the enemy and you know him well enough on how he wants to exploit it, you have much better chances of countering his attack. PS: I'm definitely not a sword saint...

[@leonard9624]

Lol, if japanese swords arent harder, hence why they chipped more easily and bent. Also japanese swords doesnt use damascus steel. I stopped reading from there on lol.

[@edi9892]

@@leonard9624 You misunderstood me. I said _compete with damascus OR folded steel._ The other point was admittedly even easier to misunderstand. Swords were traditionally made of different steels with different hardness, or differentially hardened. For instance, the crossguard and back of a saber, or Katana are usually significantly softer than the edge. However, the edge of a Katana was often harder than the edge of a European sword. There are definitely exceptions to this, but there is a trend. Just in case, I want to clarify another thing: hardness has nothing to do with chipping on its own, nor with sharpness. You could make a piece of wax razor-sharp, but it would not be able to shave hair. Glass can be harder than steel, but is more fragile. Katana bend easier in the sense that if they get deformed, they stay that way, as their steel has little elasticity. However, to combat this, they made them quite thick, thus they don't bend that easily, but you can see it still at the tip, which has a habit of rolling. Renaissance and early modern steel had a higher purity and achieved better elasticity and resilience to chipping. Whereas Japanese steel made little improvements during the same time period. I don't say this to diss the Japanese. For instance, the Japanese were incredibly fast at catching up to the Europeans once they noticed their weakness. They even produced in a short time span more muskets than were ever produced in all of Europe.

[@ericwright4161]

Back at it again with the perfectly explained video thanks look forward to seeing your next video

[@Lavilavlav_]

imagine having a character OP in magic n OP in sword styles...... *cough* Orsted *cough*

[@Dragon6466]

12:00 I think u are mistaken the long sword of light requires both hands to hold the sword to archive the fastest swing of the sward style and guslin used only on hand

[@rhythmmandal3377]

Spoiler on weather Touki affect magic defense: "To pierce my Divine-Dragon Aura with such a meager spell" Orsted said this after Rudeus's stone bullet managed to grace his hand this suggest that Touki dose in fact block magical attack.

[@fooltimer]

Isn't stone bullet still a physical projectile, rather than energy?

[@srimanjha5112]

@@thomaszimmer371 what not really, your whole comment is agreeing with him and you're writing not really xd

[@Ragazaloth]

@@fooltimer it's still made of magic

[@stevenporter7065]

Sword Style: I'm fast as f*ck boi! Water style: Uno Reverse North Style: Reality can be whatever I want

[@TheTrueUnikum]

Really? 4 Seconds after the upload. First time "first" I guess.

[@oamioxmocliox8082]

;)

[@haziq12ish]

Rewatching mushuko tensai and noticing all this minor details really make the series that much better

[@notpeace]

Rudeus: Master of the Panty God Style

[@edi9892]

He'd definitely be a practitioner of North... just think of how he keeps using cheap tricks on superior fighters...

[@kiracollins257]

9:40 on why ghislaime became a subordinate of philips Basically, after her party (Paul, zenith, gisu, tallhand, elinalise) disbanded, she went on her journey alone. She is bad at math. It makes easily cheated on her change, making her got lesss than she should have. This happened so often, it makes her poor. She was also taught to never rob people by her teacher, so she never do that. After being stranded after some time, she got adopted by the boreas family (cuz they like her race) Sorry for my bad english

[@timtsai9285]

Toki does increase defence against magic and energy attacks. Spoiler: Demon King Badigadi is actually quite unskilled in fighting. It's just that he uses his and massive mana pool and Toki to nullify any attack, be they magical or physical, that's at King level or below to fight. This also makes Rudeus wonder if he can be considered an Earth emperor.

[@Ragazaloth]

badigadi isn't that much of a threat until he wears fighting god armor, then, consider you and your friends dead

[@BringTheRains]

So much detail and such a great video.

[@yeetonyou3163]

Idk if u will see this, but the reason for the rainbow effect in the Sword of Light is likely due to refraction, that is, different frequencies that make up light get broken down and reach the eye at different intervals and positions, giving the impression of a rainbow. Hope I made it understandable!

[@Zoom03352]

yeah the sword got style is my favorite then north god style. i just love the immersion mushoku has. many other stories dont put enough focus on these things so people dont remember neither sword styles nor techniques, its mostly just magic that gets the focus

[@arongjohnalexander1053]

Man i love your explanation and your edit. i check everyday to see if you upload new content

[@zachbahamutson5477]

What I would love to see is someone learning all three of these Styles and switching between them between fights or in the middle of fight just a really change the tempo of the battle.

[@shinixtsu1]

19:20 this technique is not a core technique but a special one. The technique is not "who enters" but "who moves" in the specified space.. the difference is area of effect and condition.. Deprivation Sword technique was seen used in a ballroom full of party-goers and anything/anyone who moved was cut down

[@ericsaxon5736]

15:06 Not sure if others have pointed it out but Afro Samurai is not where "there can only be one" comes from. The movies/show you are looking for is, Highlander. Now Afro Samurai may have borrowed it from these films but it is not the the point of origin for this phrase.

[@DarkNorthEmperor]

Excellent Video, man. This is some good work you've done. 🙂👍

[@thethe7005]

Thank you for making these videos.. I always look forward to them! Keep up the good work 👍

[@Roloki454]

Mushoku Tensei has a lot of cool ways that someone can get stronger. Magic, Sword style, Touki, Techniques, Magic items, etc. Truly there can be a lot of different types of fighter in the world

[@Sishqabob]

Great video! I think the only thing I would add is the distinction they make between a "Swordsman" and a "Warrior". If memory serves: A Swordsman is any sword wielder that has been officially indoctrinated into one (or more) of the three schools of Swordsmanship. A Warrior would be any melee fighter that has not been trained in one of the three schools, thus using some other "less official" style. The distinction was made when discussing Paul's old adventuring party. They had 2 Swordsmen (Paul & Ghislaine) and 1 Warrior (Elinalise).

[@adamjessaradam4434]

thanks you i've been waiting for this video