@hyoretsu i never said "play games". i said "have information about games" (the difference between playing cops and robbers and training in special combat is the age and gear needed). one the first rules about being a killer for hire or a mercenary or an assassin is training your skills by understanding your target. that is the very first game they learn. be it a video game, a children's game or a work game, everyone uses games to make understanding and fulfilling their assignments easier. also, i'm not talking out of my ass. i learned this by watching infantry and paratroopers train, as a kid (dad was military. paratroopers division). that's how i know about this. not going for strength and power and using every advantage you have at your disposal in order to survive (or even win), means this guy has never trained or been in so much as a fist fight in his entire life. screw being an assassin, this guy hasn't even left his house since he was born if he doesn't know at least this much. humans fight, always, in different ways (physical, psychological, from the shadows or up front and personal), for different reasons. it's human nature, at its most basic level. that's why i find the concept of "oh, i have a very powerful but i'm gonna discard it and use my useless fists and most likely loose" to be dumb.
sorry if i seem edgy or self-entitled. that's not my intention. nor is it to berate the story or the author. i'm simply saying that premise sounded great but the execution is beyond lacking, for an unknown reason (to me, at least).
