kujoe wrote:Wait, now I'm confused. Are you implying there's a relationship between resonance and the True Warrior?
No, not at all. The "resonance" that keeps getting mentioned is a property of those with Red Feather (8th Dragon Gate) abilities only. White Feathers and other people who do not possess supernatural abilities have nothing to "resonate" with. At least, that's my take.
On another note, white feathers already do have supernormal abilities in a certain sense. All those special techniques (i.e. Takayanagi's Forged Needle, Mataza's spear technique, Masataka's fighting style, etc.) and whatnot—the seven other gates—are still attainable, and it seems to me that they make good use of them as well. *snip*
Agree. Any discipline that enables "regular" people to tap into their Ki and shatter concrete, slice through stone/metal, etc. without requiring a "Red Feather" 8th Dragon Gate is still something of worth! (Too bad things don't work that way in real life!
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) An unschooled Red Feather like Nagi was when he entered the Toudou Academy gets readily whomped by Maya with the Blue Wood (5th?) Dragon Gate finely honed.
But right there is something that makes it challenging to track things: Maya has no 8th Dragon Gate, although her family (Natsume) is a Red Feather family. So obviously being born a Red Feather doesn't automatically give you supernormal abilities. (Although I have a feeling that Maya may still manifest some ability, as indicated by Reiki's behavior towards her which enabled her to kill Kagiroi Tetsuhito.)
Then you have examples like Tsumuji Mataza (whom I hate, but that's besides the point!): He's a White Feather, although he has Red Feather abilities (Dragon's Claw). Huh? I know I'm missing something there!