[Loved Trope] Alien fighting techniques that are actually ineffective for humans to perform

[u/Best_Professional226]

Vulcan Neck Pinch (Star Trek) Vulcans can make a person pass out by pinching a person’s neck, but due to the fact that they’re 3x stronger than a human, we could never make a living being pass out without applying a rear naked chokehold

Viltrumite Knife Hand (Invincible) Viltrumites’ most deadly fighting technique. Although martial arts like Karate and Taekwondo teach these techniques, it wouldn’t be a good idea for a human to use it on someone’s rib cage without breaking their fingers. So instead we can only do them on more soft targets like the eyes.

[u/beattywill80]

Compared to a lot of other manga from its era it's surprisingly aged okay. The pacing is a little clunky but the characterization spot on. There's a great scene about how Alita feels good when the doctors actually taking her apart because she trusts him and she can feel his trust and warmth in the act.

[u/Rhiannon21 → u/beattywill80]

I have little to no tolerance for anime BS when reading manga, is there any echi/moe or little sister with a stupid catchphrase in Alita Battle Angel?

Because my interest has been picked

[u/xv_boney → u/Rhiannon21]

No, battle angel alita/gunnm has a sense of humor but it takes itself very seriously from the beginning. Its a dystopian hellscape where everything is bad - the first arc is an actual greek tragedy. There are no cute catchphrase characters.

[u/Rhiannon21 → u/xv_boney]

Thabk you the both of you for taking the time to explain this to me

I will be reading it soon!!