Quote Originally Posted by Shinta
Oh, and I think the cutting power of Alibaba's djinn is just abnormal. He did mention it during the fight, that it cuts up even other vessels. That is why Hakuryuu coated his weapon with magoi. He should have stuck to long range attacks using his creatures and plants. Fencing with a sword breaker is suicide.
That is why I said it was weird. He never mentioned it in any previous training or fight. The other point to make about this is that if his blade cuts all others, how does he train with it? I'm sure he must have trained using the large sword against one of Sinbad's generals before.

As for the power difference between Alibaba and Hakuryuu "from the start", I think a lot of it had to do with Alibaba acquiring a vessel while Hakuryuu hadn't. I wouldn't be able to tell you who'd win in a strict martial arts fight, and since Hakuryuu got his Djinn he's been a lot more versatile and powerful than Alibaba. Had it not been for the "my sword beats all" aspect which popped up rather suddenly this episode, Hakuryuu's superiority would have been obvious.

I think Hakuryuu uses Magoi manipulation out of habit or whatever. It doesn't make much sense to fight a known sword breaker like that.