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Omake Theater – Hiten Mitsurugi Physics

Hiko Seijuro explains the Ama Kekeru Ryu no Hirameki.

Hiko Seijuro: Okay class, listen up! Today I shall show how the succession technique of Hiten Mitsurugi applies physics to solving real life problems.

Hiko: Now…most people assume that the technique works due to it's being semi-magical. Feh! The reason it works is due to PHYSICS! Allow me to demonstrate on my lovely apprentice.

Kenshin: Oro…

Hiko: Don't just stand there, hurry up and attack me!

Kenshin: But Shishou…ororooo…

Hiko: TODAY, Baka deshi!

*SMACK* *Swish Swish * *POW*

Kenshin: Owwww…. why…?

Hiko: As I so expertly put it in episode 60, "Even if one evades the fangs of the Dragon by soaring high, they get drawn in by the furious wind, then are shredded by the claws." So what does this mean?

Each battou-jitsu of Hiten Mitsurugi is a two-part attack that uses absolute super-speed. By the time you attack, your sword will be traveling at Terminal Velocity. Your opponent will block the first attack. The force created will be Directed towards and past you. This Exerts a Force on the air, which exerts an Equal and Opposite Force back on you. This will Pull your opponent towards you. Then, you turn and deliver a second attack using the Momentum of Centrifugal Force and the Acceleration from spinning in place to release the energy. This energy is a Reaction Force. The Force is then applied to a single Point, creating Pressure when they Interact. Adding the Air Resistance, once you apply the force of Gravity in addition to your own Force on your opponent as hard as you are Pushing him up, you will see why Hiten Mitsurugi's succession technique is guaranteed to kill any foe. Below is the formula I used to devise it:

S1(@Term. Vel.) * S2(@Term. Vel.) ( Cent. F = S1^3rd .

S1^3rd – (Fup * Pt1) + (2 * S1^3rd * -9.81) = 2S1^4th

…Any questions?

Kenshin: Hai! At Terminal Velocity, won't the Force of Air Resistance Balance the Force of Gravity???

Hiko: BAKA DESHI! DON'T RUIN A GOOD HYPOTHESIS WITH LOGIC!!!

By: Akal-Saris. Email: akal_saris@yahoo.com

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