Quote Originally Posted by HolyDraconus View Post
To throw some defense to Shadow, he scales to Sonic. And Sonic has proven multiple times he explicitly does NOT need emeralds to use Chaos Control. And Sonic's primary form of attacking people is to curl up into a ball, spin fast enough to be a buzz saw, and ram people. I don't think Shadow needs a sword. However, its argued that Shadow is faster than Sonic, since he did flat out outrun Sonic's homing attack and has beaten him in a race. Shadow has outrun black holes, survived when time and space collapsed, created portals in time and space, traveled through time, breathes in space, can enter cyberspace with a karate chop (its as weird as it sounds), can heal himself, is in some forms a genius (which may or may not matter depending on how they run with it), can create afterimages and tornados from running, has fought gods, and all of that with all four of his limiters on. While I'm fairly certain that Super Shadow won't make an appearance, Chaos Boost should, but Shadow without his limiters stacked on either form hasn't been done but theoretically is possible.
Yeah, Shadow's a badass. That's not in question.

But he's fighting someone who can only be injured in one very specific way: A highly durable cutting edge striking the same point in her body from opposite sides simultaneously.

(There's a reason why the weapon Isshin created to kill Ragyo, who has the same powers, is a giant pair of scissors.)

Also, doing some research, such an attack specificaly had to be used to destroy her heart or brain. You can't just cut her arm off and wait for her to bleed to death...

...Honestly, she might not be able to bleed to death. Senketsu initially needing a constant drain of her blood is presented as a weakness(which she later overcomes) but even before her dormant powers are activated she sheds a lot of blood with no consequences.

And, IIRC, she gets stronger as the fibers in her body repair her body and themselves, not unlike a Saiyan(and considering that Senketsu's strongest form gives Ryuko glowing golden hair, I imagine that the reference is intentional.)

There are no apparent limits to Ryuko's regenerative abilities, other than the one specific method of inflicting injuries that don't automatically heal. By the final battle, she's not even bothering to defend herself as her boy is pierced and torn apart only to be healed before the gaping holesin her flesh can even inconvenience her.

It's also implied that by the final episode that she doesn't have to breathe anymore.