Knowledge isn't why Asuma lost, so Asuma dies. He's a CQC fighter and ended up getting scratched, which was his downfall. The only thing knowledge can do is stop him from attacking Hidan once the Curse is active, but that doesn't even matter. Cause Hidan can attack himself.
Knowledge was definitely a factor since when he was scratched they didn't know about his special ability. With knowledge he knows even a drop of blood means death.
We've seen asuma has 2 med range jutsus. He decided to go CQC because it's his special ability. He doing otherwise without knowledge would be out of character.
Tho i agree Hidan still wins but i want to see more opinions
Distance and location are the same as canon. The only difference is that this time Asuma has full knowledge.
No support for any of them. Both are alone.
Does Hidan win again?
So? The whole point of a battle is to not get injured and defeat your opponent. Knowing that Hidan can fodderize him with a single scratch doesn't change the fact that Asuma was too weak to prevent Hidan from tagging him, and all his effective moves are close range. So there's no getting out of this one.
Asuma has 2 medium ranged jutsu that can do nothing to Hidan. Hidan already canonically tanked Ash Burning, and I don't recall the other one you speak of, but I'm pretty sure it's nothing spectacular.
I agree, people need to remember that information can make or break a battle, and Asuma was a skilled Jonin.Asuma is not agile enough to prevent getting tagged. But with full knowledge that's not it, even if he gets tagged, he knows that he must not let Hidan gets the ritual.
Hidan can't kill Asuma without the ritual IMO since he lacks the feats. So with full knowledge it's:
Asuma still can't prevent getting tagged -> Hidan gets blood -> Asuma tries to prevent the ritual
To kill Hidan, Asuma knows he must get close to him since med range jutsus would get tanked, so losing blood is unavoidable. But is it the end of the battle? That's what's being argued. The ritual must be performed yet.
-Asuma can use burning ash to blind Hidan instead of burning him
-Just checked the manga and the one i tought it was asuma's wind jutsu it was ten ten with the sage's weapon
During their cannon fight Hidan already had his ritual circle drawn before he had taken asuma's blood which was a massive time saver and advantage against someone with no info.
without such advantage and giving asuma knowledge makes the fight abit easier for asuma than it was in cannon
Knowledge isn't why Asuma lost, so Asuma dies. He's a CQC fighter and ended up getting scratched, which was his downfall. The only thing knowledge can do is stop him from attacking Hidan once the Curse is active, but that doesn't even matter. Cause Hidan can attack himself.
Sasuke solos both because they're fodder
:lol Hidan can make a circle easily, only thing Asuma can do is try and decapitate Hidan. Which he can't do, Hidan still wins.