User blog comment:Wassboss/Morioh's Magical Mystery: Skulduggery Pleasant vs Yoshikage Kira/@comment-26395956-20170505150504

MD 33's Vote: "Cool Magic Skeleton vs Hand-Obsessed Office Worker!" (sorry can't think of anything else)

Powers and Equipment

Personally, I'm giving this one to Skulduggery Pleasant. I myself have no knowledge of both of these warriors, and favor none of the two, but from looking what Skulduggery has to offer, he has more options in engaging Kira. First, I have to admit that the Killer Queen's bomb transmutation is something I have never seen in my entire life of reading or watching fiction. Initially, I thought that the bomb transmutation can't work even without having to directly touch the target. But when I know so... I know that Kira's gonna have a harder time going up against Pleasant. There are many ways for Skulduggery to avoid the transmutation. From backing off the Killer Queen by either using the air element (pushing it back) or the fire element to burn it off, to simply use his guns and inflict enough damage to make the Stand back off. Then, he can also slow the Stand by using his water element via conjuring the rainstorms or snow. Same goes for the cat Stand thingie. Granted, the Stray Cat essentially is Kira's own air/earth element mixed up, but there's another thing that caught my eye in another section. The Sheer Heart Attack is indeed a potential one-hit kill for Kira against Skulduggery, but Skuldugger gives off no heat signatures, since he's a goddamn skeleton. The only things that can attract such attack method are either nearby lamps or the fire magic, which only attracts it if it's used. Then, what if the Killer Queen managed to reach or touch Skulduggery? Well, there's a reason for his earth element. Sure, it can unexpectedly backfire on himself. But all and all, I believe that it can give him sufficient protection against the resulting explosion. What if it's destroyed? At least his armored clothes can protect him partially. And also, do remember that he's a goddamn skeleton. He can be killed, yes, but it's gonna be as hard as f*ck.

What else can I explain? Hmm... with the air element, Skulduggery is capable of containing an explosion or depriving one of air. What if Skulduggery makes a "protective" air bubble to hold the Stand(s), so it's unable to use its ability. But hey, it still can break out of the bubble, right? Oh, and another thing is that the Stand can do the exact same thing to Skul, so what is he supposed to do? Well, a small rainstorm seems to be sufficient enough to slow it down once again. It's just that, the only thing threatening Skuldugger's presence is Killer Queen's bomb transmutation....

... ah forget it! I think that's sufficient for my explanation. Overall, Dug gets the edge due to his greater versatility and the fact that he brings equipments into the battle that can help him in handling or finding Yoshikage Kira.

X-Factors: The Pleasant vs the Handy Man

When in comes to the "investigation" thingie, Kira gets this in hand. It's not because of his high intellect or what; it's because of his manipulation skills. Hell, even I believe that even without fighting, he can simply win this battle. I imagine when Skulduggery found him and asked him of stuffs, he'd just pretend that he knows nothing of crap... until his detective skills kick in. I reckon Skulduggery would be able to deduce that this "Kosaku Kawajiri" is actually the serial killer he's been looking for. And that brings us to the next X-Factor section (direct combat), which goes to Skulduggery. Kira's intellect will be able to overwhelm Skulduggery initially through precise calculations of his bubble bombs. On the other hand, his brutality won't matter much because the two are gonna beat each other to hell, anyway. Skuldugger's H2H combat is going to help a lot in this case, since the Stand is going to converge on his location closely frequently. Then, he also has that lethal marksmanship that potentially can score an insta-kill or crippling blow to Yoshikage himself. He may can precisely shoot Kira without targeting his Stand(s), weakening him, or even scoring headshot that'll give him the victory. So overall, in general X-Factors, this one's EVEN.

WINNER: SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT

Finally, after legions of words being unleashed by my fingers, I have finally decided that Pleasant will win this battle. But mark my words: he's going to be f*cked up, A LOT. What gives him the victory here is because of his versatility and his equipment. I respect Kira's powerful Stand(s) and how intelligence he is, but in due time, before Kira can even avoid detection, Skulduggery would be able to find "Kosaku Kawajiri" and beat the crap out of him. His help, the Sanctuary, may not be able to deduce who this Kira is, but Skulduggery will. As much as how "big" Kira's help is via information on Skuldugger's whereabouts, Skuldugger's detective skills will somehow manage to deduce his whereabouts. Eh, I think that's my reason for his victory and that's all for now. Sorry if my vote's kind of messed up. Not too familiar with these two guys and I'm not too good in thinking of complex things.