User blog comment:Elgb333/Miyamoto Musashi vs Julie D'Aubigny/@comment-5931345-20130908142032

Melee: I have to go with the katana. The rapier may be longer and offer reach and gap, the katana is a deadly slasher. Its blade is perfectly crafted unlike Eurpean blades to slice a person easily in half. Edge: Musashi

Side: Parrying dagger. The jutte is too short, its tip is too dull, and its too light to cause blunt trauma,  to even be a weapon. The kagi or the hook that catches the blade, is too near to the weilder's hand and may cause damage. The kagi itself is too narrow that reduces the chances of catching the blade and instead hitting the weilder. The tip is so dull and unusable for battle. The Jutte was designed only as a tool and not much of a killing weapon. The dagger on the other hand can slash and thrust, and its more sharp blade can kill by thrusting or slashing. Edge: Julie

Special: This one's easy. Forget about anime like Shaman King or Beelzebub where bokkens were dangerous weapons. It may be long and flexible, but its made out of wood. Its too light, heck a baseball bat may do more damage than it due to its more stiff built. The arming sword is steel double edged, far longer blade that can kill. It'll even probably shatter a bokken in pieces. Edge: Julie

Xfactors

Health: This is an easy one. Yeah it may seems Musashi has the edge becasue he's a MAN and testosterones, but you have to remember that guy was a hermit. He made a living by begging food and living off the land. He lived much outside of civilization, and that he was probably malnourished. Heck that guy doesn't even wash himself for fear of being ambushed, imagine the disease he may have cought. Another thing is that Musashi has a disease called congenital syphillis. Though there were no records of him being hindered by what I mentione probably because of heavy macho romanticism. But still I think Julie gets the edge here because she was rich, afforded a luxurious life, and kicked looking good and sexy. Edge: Julie

Training: This is a tough one. Musashi has his self training martial arts regime, while Julie was trained by her father to be a squire and had military training. Bth killed people in their early childhood. But overall I have to give this one to Musashi since he's a philosopher and killed more than Julie. Edge: Musashi

Brutality: This is a tricky part here. Musashi has a huge body count that can't be ignored. He killed way more people than Julie. Both are known for taking multiple opponents at once killing them. But Musashi was a peaceful buddhist. There are even accounts of him being a pacifist. Julie on the other hand was a more aggressive fighter. She tends to cheat many times. And she has a sadistic way of humiliating her foes during battles, and making art out of their dead bodies. Nothing escapes her, prince, royal family, Rich guys, and even priests were harassed or slain by her. Even though Musashi killed more tha Julie, Julie ways of humiliatinga and killing his opponents is an edge. Edge: Julie

Winner: Julie D'Aubigny La Mapuin but barely. Musashi isn't invinsible he's still human. She just has the more dangerous weapons with her. Musashi only has a katana as his best weapon the Jutte ad bokken are inferior. Julie's weapons like the rapier and arming sword are longer and may keep Musashi at a distance. Musashi may have an advantage because of testosterone, he is physically unhealthy due to living a very filthy lifestyle. Musashi may be strong, but Julie is quick in her feet and dangerous in her stabs.