You talk about Death Note being plot armored, but have no qualms about the same being true for Inaho. Yes, failing once for him means death, unlike me failing once at a video game. That´s because Inaho is plot-armored, he´s the chosen protagonist so he cannot die (fucking lol, he even survived a headshot!!1). And if you went through with your complaint about videogames versus Inaho: He has full control over his movement and actions. In not a single first- or third-person action-game do you have this level of natural controls and overview. Compare driving a real car versus a car in GTA - youre much more prone to crashing in the latter, Id assume. Until OculusRift, Morpheus et al become a reality, videogames will always be a lot harder than real life because of this lack of environmental overview. In a current day-videogame, I have often have to input absurd button-commandos to achieve a certain result, and even if Im good at it, Im limited by what the game is programmed to allow me. In reality, I could do whatever pleases me, only limited by physics.

Now, would I have been able to do the same feat that Inaho managed to achieve? As I am, no. I also wouldnt be Nico Rossberg in a formula 1 race as I am now. But if I was acustomed to a Kataphrakt´s controls? Yeah, I think I could have achieved the same thing. Although unlike Inaho, I´d have contacted hq first to ask if we have any high temperature sources. But I guess that wouldnt have been as badass.

What you´re ignoring, though, while you´re focusing on attacking me: Nothing excuses why nobody else of those pilots came up with a similar plan. I´ll give you that Inaho successfully combines these ideas with masterful kataphrakt-piloting (a skill he somehow possessed from the very beginning, sigh); but it´d be nice to see some short scenes of other pilots where they talk to each other, like "incredible that this brat managed to actually do it! I had thought of something similar, but I wasn´t confident enough to try it". Because when it comes down to confidence, Id have no problem accepting that Inaho is more confident then other pilots. But the point stands: What he did shouldnt be enough to earn the title "genius".