Wrong.
The kick countered the puppet, as it crushed it into the wall:
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Which means in a fight, Metal would've took Shinki's puppet out of the play.
Can you even read at this point? I'm not arguing wether it served as a distraction or not.
>kick crushes puppet covered with iron sand into the wall, taking it out of play
>"the kick did no damage"
It's like you didn't watch the movie or read the manga at all. But I don't expect much from you honestly.
Irrelevant to my point.
Do you even know the meaning of "implies"? I'd honestly be surprised at this point.
You're implying Shinki wasn't serious against Metal, but you got any proof to back that up?
Shinki's main fight tools: his puppet and Iron sand, which actually implies that he was going all out against Metal, but aiming to get the flag at the same time.
He could've just used Iron Sand, or just the puppet, but nope, he used his both main tools.
Try again.