Talk:Twenty-Fifth Baam/@comment-26238153-20151222190345/@comment-26854521-20151222205001

Has anybody seen Katanagatari? That show had a very interesting spin on the genious level copying skills, man i loved that character.

For Baam, I don't even think it helps him that much in the middle of the fight, it's more like a mockery to those who sometimes spent hundreds of years to learn and perfect a technique and he just shoves it into their faces and somewhat surprises them, not much more to it. The really useful aspect seems to come from him carrying those techniques over into later fights and then potentially using them effectively there. You could probably even argue that it's especially  ineffective to use a technique against someone who mastered it themselves, since they probably know of weak points and countermeasures better than anyone else, aside from the surprise factor, which can probably be pretty significant to be fair. About the thorn, it would probably be better if you thought about it as a part of Baam, rather than a miracle device. Honestly we don't even know what kind of power it uses, its own or Baam's and he very well might lose the thorn at some point not too far into the future.