Human Naoya’s record features glaring tactical vulnerabilities. During the Choso vs Naoya clash in Chapter 142, Naoya held the speed advantage early on. He stacked frame rates and used a hidden pocket knife to bypass Choso’s raw cursed energy reinforcement. Yet the moment Choso flooded the battlefield with pressurized blood, Naoya’s momentum faltered.
Choso recognized that Projection Sorcery locked Naoya into an unalterable trajectory once a second began. By preparing Supernova and using Convergence to track Naoya’s eye movements, Choso laid a trap right along Naoya's predetermined flight path. Naoya had zero defensive countermeasures, no Falling Blossom Emotion, and insufficient raw durability to withstand the poisoned blood burst.
Chapters 150 and 151 exposed human Naoya's physical limits during the Maki Zen'in confrontation. After slaughtering the Kukuru and Hei squads, an exhausted, heavily wounded Maki faced Naoya. Unlike Naobito, who could vary his striking rhythm on the fly, Naoya’s attacks were predictable to anyone who understood the 24-frame limitation. Maki read his cadence, timed his impact frame, and ended the duel with a single bare-knuckle punch. Naobito’s physical frame, fortified by decades of physical conditioning and heavier cursed energy output, would never fold against an injured fighter in a single counter-strike.
