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Sometimes Nemo speaks verbally but it only shows up as her regular mode of communication instead of in explicit quotation marks. We Kneel in Terror is a good example of this happening.
Speaking of We kneel in terror, i kind of wonder how that would develop if it was there from, you know, start. I don´t think she would be as antagonistic to Cirruci for example. Would probably be hella pissed if Moth managed to kill Tree thought. thought likely, that fight would have been quest end or would not happened at all, as Rudbornne would take the shot at Zommari and became an espada right there and then. Damn. I love AUs of crossover of two AUs.
 
Speaking of We kneel in terror, i kind of wonder how that would develop if it was there from, you know, start. I don´t think she would be as antagonistic to Cirruci for example. Would probably be hella pissed if Moth managed to kill Tree thought. thought likely, that fight would have been quest end or would not happened at all, as Rudbornne would take the shot at Zommari and became an espada right there and then. Damn. I love AUs of crossover of two AUs.
Honestly, I'd be more interested in finding out about what happened after she accidentally ended up in Of Noble Purpose. She seemed to have gotten there rather early on, going by Kotone's reaction. I mean, imagine if she got there before Aizen had actually started his plan, and ended up working with him from the beginning.
 
Honestly, I'd be more interested in finding out about what happened after she accidentally ended up in Of Noble Purpose. She seemed to have gotten there rather early on, going by Kotone's reaction. I mean, imagine if she got there before Aizen had actually started his plan, and ended up working with him from the beginning.
Well, if we roll with the scenario as presented?...Hrrrm.
Hard to call that one. I think Nemo would probably get several Captains dropping in on her and killing her.
If it somehow came down to Kotone needing to face Nemo in some way? No offense to Kotone but at the time of that Omake I don't think she had the 'absorb foreign kido for power' trick she demonstrated versus Neliel, and thus would just eat a few balas to the face before Nemo flees, not being anywhere near mobile enough to avoid getting hit.
Another problem is that Nemo kind of counters Kotone- between the sneakiness that she expresses her Reiatsu control through, Nemo holding the mobility advantage by a longshot, and Kotone's own lack of Combat skills, I'd think Kotone basically gets maybe one or two spells off, loses track of Nemo, and then the arrancar can sneak right up on the ninja wizard and shank her up close. Or prep a Cero that fries Kotone.
With the absorbing kido trick...Well, it's iffy. A power-surge doesn't necessarily deal with the idea of Nemo using Triste to create fog illusions or any other means of breaking contact with Kotone that gives her an opening to escape, and if Nemo for whatever reason goes straight for the sword fighting I think Kotone still loses, if only because Nemo's probably durable enough that she can trade hits with Kotone and come out on top that way.
Hilariously enough, Kotone I think could answer Makoto's combat style if it weren't for the massive power-gap, if that one time Makoto got Momo'd in the face was any indication.

Long term, I kind of like the way it all works out though: Makoto is too Awesome a fighter for Nemo to deal with.
Nemo hides in the shadows until she pops out and stabs Kotone.
And Kotone can use her Kido to bind and seal Makoto in place before raining down the wrath of Soul Society on the traitor Makoto.
Sword beats Sneak, Sneak beats Spells, Spells beats Sword!
 
Long term, I kind of like the way it all works out though: Makoto is too Awesome a fighter for Nemo to deal with.
Nemo hides in the shadows until she pops out and stabs Kotone.
And Kotone can use her Kido to bind and seal Makoto in place before raining down the wrath of Soul Society on the traitor Makoto.
Sword beats Sneak, Sneak beats Spells, Spells beats Sword!
Sword beats everything if you maximum sword. But that momo was precious tho.
 
I wasn't really following Stand in Awe, but as I understand things, Makoto was ALSO a super-powerful wizard, in addition to being a super-powerful swordsman, a super-powerful athlete, a super-powerful teacher, and a super-powerful acid-rock lead guitar.

She did everything.



As far as Nemo vs. Kotone, it would depend on who is writing it. Nemo's got better raw stats, but they've both got a lot "I Win" buttons to hammer on. Both of them have put some hurt on enemies nominally outside their own weight classes.
 
I wasn't really following Stand in Awe, but as I understand things, Makoto was ALSO a super-powerful wizard, in addition to being a super-powerful swordsman, a super-powerful athlete, a super-powerful teacher, and a super-powerful acid-rock lead guitar.

She did everything.



As far as Nemo vs. Kotone, it would depend on who is writing it. Nemo's got better raw stats, but they've both got a lot "I Win" buttons to hammer on. Both of them have put some hurt on enemies nominally outside their own weight classes.
If I was going to do a Nemo vs Kotone fight, i'd probably include Kotone's squad in the mix since that is enough to even the playing field to make it a good fight beyond the "I Win" buttons.
 
It's true that Nemo now has double the big anime eyes Kotone can muster, but that wasn't the case when the crossover happened.

If I was going to do a Nemo vs Kotone fight, i'd probably include Kotone's squad in the mix since that is enough to even the playing field to make it a good fight beyond the "I Win" buttons.

If Kotone has her squad helping, they win easily. No contest. Nemo can't handle them all at once; at best, she might be able to disengage and escape.

Unless Nemo is allowed to bring Cirucci to the fight as her backup. Then, it's one-sided the opposite direction.

Cirucci vs. Seiryu in a weather-control fight would be amusing.
 
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As far as Nemo vs. Kotone, it would depend on who is writing it. Nemo's got better raw stats, but they've both got a lot "I Win" buttons to hammer on. Both of them have put some hurt on enemies nominally outside their own weight classes.
If Kotone has her squad helping, they win easily. No contest. Nemo can't handle them all at once; at best, she might be able to disengage and escape.
At current levels, I'd bet on moth girl.
Nemo is specced to be the anti-Group of Four; her reiatsu control is entirely too good for even the best sensor in the group, Hana, to track. Only Kotone has a chance with Eye of the Storm Dragon, and the jury is still out as to whether it would detect Nemo's shadow resurrecion.

Moment she shanks Kotone, it's all over but the screaming.
 
It's true that Nemo now has double the big anime eyes Kotone can muster, but that wasn't the case when the crossover happened.



If Kotone has her squad helping, they win easily. No contest. Nemo can't handle them all at once; at best, she might be able to disengage and escape.

Unless Nemo is allowed to bring Cirucci to the fight as her backup. Then, it's one-sided the opposite direction.

Cirucci vs. Seiryu in a weather-control fight would be amusing.
Personally I'd disagree, Kotone and her squad are very good when it comes to dealing with straight forward fighters. However as far as I can tell they'd likely suffer against a slippery trick fighter like Nemo, especially since in terms of sensing ability they only really have one member skilled enough to have a chance at spotting a stealth moth. Additionally we should not discount our trauma beam, especially with Kotone's current psyche.
 
If Kotone has her squad helping, they win easily. No contest. Nemo can't handle them all at once; at best, she might be able to disengage and escape.

I mean, this is Nemo we're talking about.

Nemo wouldn't even fight them. She'd just hide from them. And they couldn't find her, least of all Kotone "I used Jizen as my dumpstat" Shihoin.

(And then get to what she was actually here for, which was stealing everything she can from the Shihoin and the First Division. Because Nemo's true power was the things she stole along the way)
 
This is a fun fight to think about, really, and discussion of it entertains me, but I probably shouldn't chime in, because "can my protagonist beat your protagonist" debates from the author of one of the two works feels frankly self-indulgent :V

What I would say is that it's not a very nice fight to throw Nemo in. Kotone's squad are ruthlessly pragmatic to the point of attacking their opponents mid-monologue and releasing their Shikai before a fight even starts. Meanwhile, Nemo isn't particularly concerned with honor in battle but she dreads using her most powerful abilities for psychological reasons. This is not a fight you could "solve" by just looking at numbers on the characters' sheets.

Really, she would probably just run away :V
 
Personally I'd disagree, Kotone and her squad are very good when it comes to dealing with straight forward fighters. However as far as I can tell they'd likely suffer against a slippery trick fighter like Nemo, especially since in terms of sensing ability they only really have one member skilled enough to have a chance at spotting a stealth moth. Additionally we should not discount our trauma beam, especially with Kotone's current psyche.

Tono is specifically good at sensing stuff in a direct, physical way, though. Not just spiritual sensory nonsense.

And, in general, they've got too many tricks and people available. If Nemo breaks stealth, they have way too many different ways of ruining her day and covering each other. Hana's at least as good a sword-fighter, and the other three are all kido experts. Kotone has crazy time nonsense.

Maybe she can drop the trauma beam on all of them at once and a hallucination of Neliel jumps out and beats them down for her, but I wouldn't want to bet money on it.

A more ruthless Nemo who drops a big cero on them from surprise could maybe just murder them before the fight started, but after that, numbers matter.

I mean, this is Nemo we're talking about.

Nemo wouldn't even fight them. She'd just hide from them. And they couldn't find her, least of all Kotone "I used Jizen as my dumpstat" Shihoin.

(And then get to what she was actually here for, which was stealing everything she can from the Shihoin and the First Division. Because Nemo's true power was the things she stole along the way)

This, on the other hand, seems extremely likely.

Kotone and friends raise the alarm, and spend hours searching the Seireitei for intruders, in a desperate game of cat-and-mouse. Then, she returns home and finds her notes on Shihoin artifice and her nicest kimono are gone, along with evidence that her turtle was taken and then quickly returned.
 
This, on the other hand, seems extremely likely.

Kotone and friends raise the alarm, and spend hours searching the Seireitei for intruders, in a desperate game of cat-and-mouse. Then, she returns home and finds her notes on Shihoin artifice and her nicest kimono are gone, along with evidence that her turtle was taken and then quickly returned.

Also, her formal First Division dress uniform, the one with the full-face covering.

The next few months are taken up by internal investigations in Soul Society after it turns out that someone dressed as a member of First Division broke into Mayuri's workshop and stole all his notes and also some high tech gadgets and also his organ healing serum. And Kotone has to face some very hard questions, because people for some reason suspect the Shihoin.
 
Kotone and friends raise the alarm, and spend hours searching the Seireitei for intruders, in a desperate game of cat-and-mouse. Then, she returns home and finds her notes on Shihoin artifice and her nicest kimono are gone, along with evidence that her turtle was taken and then quickly returned.

No, Nemo wouldn't steal the notes for Shihoin Artifice. She'd make corrections to them.
 
You guys are missing a huge factor in this match-up. In ONP, Maugan Ra removed the Adjuhas class of Hollows, changing the scale to Base Hollows -> Menos -> Vasto Lorde. Ra also widened the scale of base hollows to 'anywhere below captain level,' and states that any Menos that gains sentience becomes a Vasto instead of an Adjuhas.

Basically. Well, maybe not a dead animal, but for all intents and purposes there are four 'types' of Hollow known to the Gotei.

You have regular Hollows, who can vary wildly in strength, with the only constant being "not as strong as a Captain". The longer they survive the more unique tricks and powers they tend to pick up, along with a fair portion of raw physical and spiritual strength. If you're not a Captain, any Hollow could potentially be a major threat, so make sure you assess them properly before engaging.

Then you have Arrancar, who are Hollows that have removed their masks. Their base power tends to be about the same as it was when they were a Hollow - they trade the inability to grow in raw spiritual might from devouring souls for an immunity to the ravenous hunger that most Hollows feel 24/7. They can also improve their strength through training, again varying in strength from "regular shinigami" to "Espada".

Menos Grande are horrific conglomerates of hundreds or even thousands of lesser Hollows, and they have the power to match. They are, without exception, at least as strong as a Captain, though less capable of tactical thought or employing specialised techniques. You see one of these, official doctrine is to run like fuck.

Finally, you have the Vasto Lorde, who are the kind of apocalyptic monsters that arise when a howling conglomerate of souls manages to establish a single, unified identity; generally, this happens when one soul manages to eat and/or subdue all the others. They appear roughly similar to Arrancar, but no one would ever mistake one for the other. Official Doctrine regarding the appearance of a Vasto Lorde is "Run, and call in Yamamoto."

This means that, as Nemo was a Menos before gaining sentience, she is technically a Vasto Lorde and thus completely beyond the ability for anyone save Yamamoto to deal with. :V
 
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This means that, as Nemo was a Menos before gaining sentience, she is technically a Vasto Lorde and thus completely beyond the ability for anyone save Yamamoto to deal with. :V
Hmm. It sounds like they raise the bar for what it takes to actually have a single personality take over. I think she might not have qualified until the scene where she weaves her component souls together during the Ruddborne fight.
 
As a sucker for forum quest crossovers, I have to wonder how aDoS's Aldrich measures up in this hypothetical arena.

I. Don't really have anything else to say to make this not be a shitty one liner. I'm awful at actually theorizing about things like this, in this instance due in part to the fact that I never actually read or watched a single iota of Bleach and have gotten all of my information through context in quests and osmosis in general.

(Number none: Such a good quest it even gets people who've never watched the source to participate.)
 
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