Benio Will she always be useless?

madaokyo said:
I don't think so. Her problem with the guardian probably will be solved.

Lulupus said:



I'm also kinda ticked at all these threads calling Benio weak when it's really the case of her abilities being different than Rokuro's and that her abilities are not suited for main offense alone in missions. Thinking that a speed type person could fight on the same level as a high strength type is pretty unrealistic. When faced with the high level threats we've seen, speed could only get her so far, while Rokuro is a freaking tank. That doesn't mean that she sucks or is less important compared to him.

Lulupus said:
Rokuro and co. just need to strategize and reorganize roles for the missions so that Benio could make better use of her abilities. The 12 Guardians are also organized this way - in a sense that they aren't ranked by strength but rather who is best for combat and who is best for support.

1idd0kun said:


From now on, all their enemies are gonna be Basara-level and above, and they're not just strong, but also have speed comparable to Benio. If all she's got is speed, she's not gonna be useful fighting at this level except for providing resonance.

And she is less important than him. That's why she's the one getting sidelined. And don't forget he's apparently Seimei's son too.

1idd0kun said:
The thing is Rokuro and Benio are supposed to be a duo, a team capable of working with just the two of them. The problem is that team doesn't work, because the gap of power between them is just way too big and she can only provide support at best.

Rokuro makes a better team with stronger fighters like Shimon.

Lulupus said:

She's not getting sidelined because she's less important. The purpose of Rokuro and Benio being separated is so that they can develop on their own away from each other and it's meant to serve as a challenge/struggle because that means Benio has overcome her dilemma on her own while Rokuro wouldn't be able to rely on Resonance to finish off his enemies. And we still have yet to know the exact identity of Benio's guardian, who also has the possibility of being someone as significant as Seimei, otherwise, why else would the author keep their name and appearance hidden from his readers?

Lulupus said:

What I'm saying is that they haven't tried to make it so that it DOES work and it's not because of a power gap. Their abilities are just different and you can't expect speed and power to be on the same level with each other. That's not even how it works in other stories, or even games.

1idd0kun said:

And the identity of her guardian was already revealed in chapter 33. It's Ashiya Doman. He was a sort of Team Rocket villain in the legends of Seimei, always trying to defeat and embarrass Seimei, only to end up humiliated himself in all their confrontations.

1idd0kun said:
There's a power gap. When they just met, he had the impurity arm and she had normal equipment. He was more powerful. Then she got impurity legs but he got the guardian powerup. Once again, he was still more powerful. Then She finally got her guardian released, but then Rokuro got yet another powerup, leaving her behind all over again. There's always a huge gap between them. She's always lagging behind.

1idd0kun said:
Then there's also a psychological issue. Rokuro is a typical shounen hero. If he gets knocked down, he stands up again and keeps fighting. His determination is that strong. Benio, on the other hand, is emotionally weaker. When the enemy is too strong, she tends to feel overwhelmed and lose determination.

Lulupus said:


And that makes her less important? Not everyone reacts to everything in the same way and you forget that Rokuro was once emotionally weak as well. Eventually Benio helped Rokuro overcome that and Rokuro returned the favor when he brought back her determination before he left for the island. They both have their equal share of strong moments and their vulnerable moments and they both help each other get through hard times. But yeah as I said before, showing weakness doesn't make her insignificant but rather it leaves more room for growth, which I am aware that we have yet to see much of, but it's still too soon to say that the manga won't explore her growth at all. There's proof in previous chapters that show different situations happening at the same time so there's hope that we'll be able to see Benio's side of this arc.
This is gonna be the last thing I'll say on this matter because yeah, tired of us going around in a vicious circle in every thread. Agree to disagree.

Lulupus said:

That's what people's guesses are

Lulupus said:

We've been doing the same song and dance about their power gaps and I am honestly tired of repeating myself and seeing you repeat yourself. If that's how you see it, fine, since we're never gonna agree on what it means to be a duo.

Lulupus said:
You say that Benio lags behind because keeps losing even with all her powerups when I can also say the same for Rokuro. His powerups help him but the fights never end with him winning because of that, like when he runs out of stamina right before giving Hijirimaru the last punch; he would've died if Benio didn't step in.

Lulupus said:
Plus I honestly think this power gap business means nothing, especially in a later chapter.

Lulupus said:

And that makes her less important?

NMCharles05 said:
I think that in one of the future chapters Benio will get pulled into magano and Kamui will teach her how to use ying enchanted power. I think this because of my "theory of who the twin stars and the miko are". I've posted my theory before but here it is:



My theory on who the sousei and miko actually are.

I think that Rokuro's enchanted guardian is Abe No Semei. There is plenty of proof for this and most people already know this. Kuzonoa calls Rokuro Semei. An impurity calls Rokuro Semei (zemei)(happens in chapter 3). In chapter 9 Mayura in impurity form says Semei while looking at Rokuro. The seal on his chest when his guardian is released is Semei's seal.

I think that Benio's enchanted guardian is the first basara Chinu. In chapter 28 we see a flashback where Shimon lists off the names of the basara, with images from the back of what they look like. If you count the images and match up the names to the ones we already know (Kamui, Higano and Hijirimaru) then you should see that the first basara Chinu has no image. Thats another reason why I believe that Benio's enchanted guardian is Chinu.

I think that Rokuro's guardian represents yang and Benio's Yin. We can see this by the seals on their backs when their enchanted guardian is released. This leads me onto who the miko is.

I believe the miko is and exorcist who has powers over both ying and yang. What Yuuto calls a true exorcist in chapter 14. The parents being the master of Yang (Semei) and the master of Yin (Chinu). The most powerful true exorcist will be born. I believe Arima is hiding this.

I think that Arima is hiding this because some exorcist would not agree with Chinu being an enchanted guardian and or the miko having power over yin.

Thats my theory I would love to hear others thoughts on it and what they think.



I posted it on the chapter 28 discussion ages ago. Basically I think Kamui will teach her how to use her true power.

After he does I think we will get a badass Benio who is just as powerful as Rokuro.

manaphy022 said:
She is weaker than Rokuro and loses very often. Will she be stronger later? I can't stand another weak female character in anime :/

Leonardo_senpai said:
I would put the part about her losing you-know-what, in between spoiler brackets for obvious reasons. Will she be stronger later? This is shonen manga, that is the most likely scenario.
Will she be even weaker?