r/whowouldwin • u/Silvadream • Jun 04 '14
Featured Character of the Week: Nui Harime
Yo dawg, a lot of this content is kind of sexy, so it's probably not a good idea to look at it at work or school.
First of all, I'd like to thank /u/Yween for his massive Nui gif collection, and for being the glorious leader.
Before you read all of this, I recommend you watch Kill la Kill. It's available on Crunchyroll and Netflix. All of the information is taken from the anime, as the manga is based off of the anime and supposedly it's verbatim to the anime's story. If you want to continue, here's Nui's theme song.
Name: Nui Harime
Team Affiliations: REVOCS, Life Fibers
Allies: Ragyo Kiryuin, Rei Hōōmaru
Enemies: Ryuuko Matoi, Nudist Beach, Satsuki Kiryuin
Short Summary: Nui was born in a life fiber womb. Her origins are otherwise foggy, but she does call Ragyo Kiryuin her Mom. She is as adorable as she is insane. Satsuki Kiryuin calls her personality incomprehensible. Nui apologizes for nothing, and Ragyo herself admits that she can't fully control Nui. Aside from Ragyo, she is the most powerful opponent that Nudist Beach faces, and her image fills Satsuki Kiryuin with fear when she introduces herself in the show.
Powers and Abilities: Nui utilizes several different abilities and weapons in the series.
Super speed, which she mainly uses to dodge bullets.
Super durability. Her skin is harder than steel, and she bears the brunt of the Elite Four's attacks without a scratch on her.
Toonforce. Nui is able to turn the show to Inferno Cop in terms of animation quality. She's able to do stuff like reach across the screen and play with Satsuki's hair or interact with her introductory text. Which she does multiple times.
Super strength. With one hand, she blocks Sanageyama's attack with her umbrella, as he struggles to bring his sword down on her. Sanageyama was able to beat and injure Ryuuko wearing Senketsu. Senketsu is much harder than steel, as a two star uniform in the first episode stated to be harder than steel breaks against him.
Emotionally Manipulative. She taunts Ryuuko into becoming a monster, by laughing and dodging all of her attacks and telling her that she murdered her father.
Wind Manipulation This is actually sort of ambiguous, as the only time Nui uses it, it's not clear if she or Ryuuko is using it. It isn't unusual in the Kill la Kill universe for people to control the wind with their willpower, as both Satsuki and Ryuuko do it throughout the series.
Scissor Blade One of the weapons Nui uses is the scissor blade. It's made of hardened life fibers, and when two are used it can sever them.
Razor Sharp Measuring Tape Nui uses a sharpened measuring tape in her fight against Isshin Matoi. It has spikes that come out, and it's able to cut life fibers.
Summon Copies of Herself These copies are much less effective than the real thing, as Ryuuko is able to cut through a lot of them quickly.
Disguising Ability Nui is able to disguise herself successfully and creates several dolls and a fake ID to give credence to her disguise.
Sew really well Nui is able to sew Shinra Koketsu with her teeth. She also sews her armholes shut with her teeth.
Regeneration Nui's wounds heal almost instantly, and she can put her arms back on as long as the connection isn't totally severed.
Mind Stitching The ability to control someone's thoughts by putting life fibers in their brain. Nui can do this ranged.
Dedication Nui kills herself happily to give power to the original life fiber.
Scary Face Nui, like Gamagoori can make herself big and scary.
Lots of Blood Nui has a lot of blood, which she often sprays everywhere when stabbed or cut.
Strong Hair Her hair can support her entire body weight.
New Arms The second pair of arms she receives aren't as nimble as her original ones, but they are hard as the Scissor Blades. She can also use them as wings
Top 5 Feats:
Infiltrating Satsuki's personal Helicopter without anyone noticing until she reveals herself.
Surviving all of Tsumugu's anti-life fiber mines without a scratch
Spotting and severing Sanageyama's Banshi thread with her fingernail. For those who don't know, Banshis are well hidden, hard to sever life fibers that keep Goku uniforms together. Sanageyama is also at this point at FTE speeds and has superhuman senses.
Weakness:
If one of Nui's limbs or head is severed completely (which has to be done fast and at both sides, or else it heals too fast), she loses it.
Also, she can't wear Kamuis. From episode 21:
“The life fibers in Nui’s body repel other life fibers, so even if she puts on a Kamui she can’t draw on it’s power”.
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u/Zankman Jun 04 '14
O.K., the Reddit curse is making me do this. I'm sorry. The Reddit curse prevents me from being a normal human being who leaves other people to their own devices and respect their opinions and tastes.
But god damn. I like anime, to a degree, but based on everything I've seen about this anime (including your write-up and gifs), I frickin' despise it. Good god. It's no HotD, but it feels like a quintessential example of what I dislike in anime. I've heard that it is purposely made the way it is in order to basically be a parody of the tropes in the entire medium, but, honestly, I don't care/that kind of thing doesn't fly with me.
Again, sorry. I mean no offense to your sensibilities. I just had to rant.
On the plus side, man, you made an excellent write-up OP. Provided us with detail, imagery and nice formatting. Mad props.