Katayanagi Twins

The Katayanagi Twins

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“	I wager she's packing her bags right now.	„
	~ Kyle to Scott Pilgrim

“	You think she'd do this for you?	„
	~ Ken to Scott Pilgrim

“	Double Hurrican Kick!	„
	~ Kyle and Ken's signature technique

Background

Kyle & Ken Katayanagi, also known as The Katayanagi Twins, are Ramona Flowers' fifth and sixth evil exes. Scott has to fight them at the same time, to his disadvantage. They are twins, and the final bosses of Volume 5, although the dramatic overtones of the volume push the Twins into the background.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Kyle & Ken Katayanagi’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Relationship with Ramona It is known that Ramona used to date both of them at the same time, but without each knowing about the other (basically cheating on both of them). When the truth was revealed, the twins had sworn to always do everything together from that moment on. There seems to be no hostility between the two considering their former relationship with Ramona. They seem to place the blame solely on her. Scott ends up having to fight the twins 4 times before really winning the battle. Encounter with Scott Scott first met them at Julie Powers' Mexican Day of the Dead party. Instead of fighting him head on, they force Scott to fight and defeat Robot-01 while Kim and Ramona go out on the balcony for a smoke and talk. Robot-01 is a smaller robot and seen knocked out when Kim Pine and Ramona come back inside. Scott is disappointed when he finds out there's no reward for winning this fight. The second battle puts Scott against another of the Twins' robots at Sneaky Dee's during the concert Sex Bob-omb intended to perform at - which goes disastrously. Again, this battle is glossed over as we're again set to listen to Ramona talking, this time, with Knives, and the only action we catch is the end where Scott decapitates the robot with his bass, breaking both in the process. The third match is at another of Julie's parties, where it's revealed that Julie is apparently dating the Twins. Ramona heads out onto the balcony while Scott goes toe-to-toe with another robot, which is much larger than the other two. The aftermath of the fight is seen with Scott standing over the robot with its arm ripped off and head removed. Defeat After the party, the Twins follow Kim Pine to the subway, where they abduct her in order to force Scott into the open. The final battle puts Scott against both the twins who specialize in tag-team tandem moves giving Scott a total disadvantage, while Kim is held hostage in a swinging cage nearby. Scott gets the crap kicked out of him while the Twins taunt and demoralize him, but Kim intervenes with her cell phone claiming (falsely) that she received a message from Ramona who can't wait to see him soon. Scott, spurred on by Ramona's love, fights back and defeats the Twins simultaneously with knees to the head for a bonus, and unlocks an achievement for defeating both Twins in unison.

Statistics

Key: Regular | Subspace Avatar

Tier: 6-A | Varies from 8-A to 6-A

Name: Kyle katayanagi

Origin: Scott Pilgrim

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown, likely mid 20s

Classification: Human, Engineer, Evil Ex

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Continent level (Given each evil ex gets progressively stronger, he should be superior to Todd Ingram who punched a giant hole in the moon that subsequently caused tons of explosions and tidal waves back on earth twice. Fought an emotionally unstable Scott Pilgrim) | Varies from Multi-City Block level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as strong as he wants)

Durability: Continent level (Should be superior to he and his brother's robots who fought and endured combat with Scott Pilgrim) | Varies from Multi-City Block level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as durable as he wants)

Striking Strength: Continent Class | Varies from Multi-City Block Class to Continent Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown

Travel Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman

Combat Speed: Relativistic (Landed several hits on Scott Pilgrim) | Relativistic

Reaction Speed: Relativistic | Relativistic. Can't be blitzed while in subspace due to the way space-time works

Stamina: Superhuman (Built multiple robots to challenge Scott Pilgrim in quick succession. Can fight Scott Pilgrim)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with his brother, Multiversal with Subspace Manipulation (The size of subspace expands this large)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Can build robots advanced enough to ignore the laws of Subspace. Shown to be skilled enough to contend with Scott Pilgrim)

Key: Regular | Subspace Avatar

Tier: 6-A | Varies from 8-A to 6-A

Name: Ken katayanagi

Origin: Scott Pilgrim

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown, likely mid 20s

Classification: Human, Engineer, Evil Ex

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Continent level (Given each evil ex gets progressively stronger, he should be superior to Todd Ingram who punched a giant hole in the moon that subsequently caused tons of explosions and tidal waves back on earth twice. Fought an emotionally unstable Scott Pilgrim) | Varies from Multi-City Block level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as strong as he wants)

Durability: Continent level (Should be superior to he and his brother's robots who fought and endured combat with Scott Pilgrim) | Varies from Multi-City Block level to Continent level (Has a subspace avatar that he can make as durable as he wants)

Striking Strength: Continent Class | Varies from Multi-City Block Class to Continent Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown

Travel Speed: Superhuman | Superhuman

Combat Speed: Relativistic (Landed several hits on Scott Pilgrim) | Relativistic

Reaction Speed: Relativistic | Relativistic. Can't be blitzed while in subspace due to the way space-time works

Stamina: Superhuman (Built multiple robots to challenge Scott Pilgrim in quick succession. Can fight Scott Pilgrim)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Twin-Link, Multiversal with Subspace Manipulation (The size of subspace expands this large)

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Can build robots advanced enough to ignore the laws of Subspace. Shown to be skilled enough to contend with Scott Pilgrim)

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Powers and Abilities

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Human Achievements, Genius Intelligence (Is an award-winning roboticist capable of building advanced robots), Martial Arts and Empowerment (Is a skilled martrial artist on his own. With his brother, they can activate the Twin-Link which allows for more powerful martial arts techniques), Preparation (Can set up entire schemes and traps with he and his brother's technology), Law Manipulation (Subspace can shape reality to the user's liking. An example being Scott Pilgrim and the various video game-like aspects of the world, which are a result of Subspace and its perspective-based abilities), Perspective Manipulation and Observation (Type 2. Potent Subspace users can use the perspective-based powers of Subspace to overwrite reality to fit how they view it in the real world), Avatar Creation (Has an avatar in subspace he unconsciously creates), Immortality (Type 5. Death is treated as an inconvenience in the universe withy nobody actually dying), Dimensional Travel & Space-Time Manipulation (Characters can manifest doors directly to subspace, or even move between subspace and the real world through sheer force. Breaking the walls between subspace and the main universe), Mind Manipulation (Entering Subspace directly accesses one's mind and subconscious thoughts), Irreversible Damage (Can kill ones subspace avatar and kill their true form in the process), Attack Reflection (Scales to Scott Pilgrim who gave Gideon the Glow), Sheer Will (Those who can access the powers of Subspace in the real world naturally require a strong will and determination to control them), Plot Manipulation (Types 2 & 3. Through the power of Subspace, characters can rewrite and manipulate the plotline of their story. It's also implied throughout the Scott Pilgrim series that Roxie, along with other major characters, are protected by a sort of plot armor to help them in dire situations), Subjective Reality & Dimensional Storage (Whatever the user can imagine will be created in subspace. For instance, Scott manifested his love for Ramona as the Power of Love, which he can pull from and store in Subspace), Portal Creation & Summoning (As the powers of the characters originate from Subspace, they can create portals or summon beings and objects from their subspace), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Should naturally resist conventional mind manipulation as his mind harbors subspace)

All previous powers and abilities to an unknown extent. Regeneration (Low-Godly. Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition of one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will), Immortality (Type 3, 5, 6, and 8. Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition of one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will. Concepts such as death are irrelevant to them as even if one dies they will just be sent into subspace. Even spirits can freely pass through and from Subspace. All damage done to a subspace avatar means nothing to them, Scott could lose his limbs in subspace and be cut in half and would still be perfectly fine), Abstract Existence (Type 1. The subspace avatar is a being of pure cognition, existing as a mere thought in the realm of subspace, with the effects done to their body being useless as it will always regenerate back or be unaffected by acts such as cutting it in half, even if the true user dies the subspace avatar will still exist), Acausality (Type 3. Subspace is a different space-time where all rules are different (including death), thus it should by extension be a different system of causality), Perspective Manipulation (Perception is Law. People, items, and Mind Subspace itself are based on the nature of the person's mind, therefore, however, a person imagines Subspace is how it will appear. A good example is Scott's Dream Desert: this location is repeatedly used as a metaphor for Scott's loneliness but also is his projected image of Subspace at that time which Ramona is able to pass through), Law Manipulation (One’s subspace operates under their rules and systems which can extend even to the real world with characters like Gideon affecting Ramona’s Subspace), Reality Warping & Mind Manipulation (While Mind Subspace allows for others' own projected images of themselves to take on other forms, the individual whom the Subspace resides in retains all power and control within said mind. Through this, the character can shape themselves and Subspace to their liking all through their thoughts, perspectives, and desires), Power Nullification (A user of Subspace can completely nullify any connection an opponent has in that Subspace, regardless if they're more powerful or not. This is how Ramona was able to expel Gideon despite him being a master of Subspace and able to manipulate it inside anyone's mind), Dimensional Travel (Can enter his avatars at any point if he so desires even after death)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Human Achievements, Genius Intelligence (Is an award-winning roboticist capable of building advanced robots), Martial Arts and Empowerment (Is a skilled martrial artist on his own. With his brother, they can activate the Twin-Link which allows for more powerful martial arts techniques), Preparation (Can set up entire schemes and traps with he and his brother's technology), Law Manipulation (Subspace can shape reality to the user's liking. An example being Scott Pilgrim and the various video game-like aspects of the world, which are a result of Subspace and its perspective-based abilities), Perspective Manipulation and Observation (Type 2. Potent Subspace users can use the perspective-based powers of Subspace to overwrite reality to fit how they view it in the real world), Avatar Creation (Has an avatar in subspace he unconsciously creates), Immortality (Type 5. Death is treated as an inconvenience in the universe withy nobody actually dying), Dimensional Travel & Space-Time Manipulation (Characters can manifest doors directly to subspace, or even move between subspace and the real world through sheer force. Breaking the walls between subspace and the main universe), Mind Manipulation (Entering Subspace directly accesses one's mind and subconscious thoughts), Irreversible Damage (Can kill ones subspace avatar and kill their true form in the process), Attack Reflection (Scales to Scott Pilgrim who gave Gideon the Glow), Sheer Will (Those who can access the powers of Subspace in the real world naturally require a strong will and determination to control them), Plot Manipulation (Types 2 & 3. Through the power of Subspace, characters can rewrite and manipulate the plotline of their story. It's also implied throughout the Scott Pilgrim series that Roxie, along with other major characters, are protected by a sort of plot armor to help them in dire situations), Subjective Reality & Dimensional Storage (Whatever the user can imagine will be created in subspace. For instance, Scott manifested his love for Ramona as the Power of Love, which he can pull from and store in Subspace), Portal Creation & Summoning (As the powers of the characters originate from Subspace, they can create portals or summon beings and objects from their subspace), Resistance to Mind Manipulation (Should naturally resist conventional mind manipulation as his mind harbors subspace)

All previous powers and abilities to an unknown extent. Regeneration (Low-Godly. Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition of one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will), Immortality (Type 3, 5, 6, and 8. Subspace avatars are avatars of pure cognition of one's true self and by extension can be restored by the true form at will. Concepts such as death are irrelevant to them as even if one dies they will just be sent into subspace. Even spirits can freely pass through and from Subspace. All damage done to a subspace avatar means nothing to them, Scott could lose his limbs in subspace and be cut in half and would still be perfectly fine), Abstract Existence (Type 1. The subspace avatar is a being of pure cognition, existing as a mere thought in the realm of subspace, with the effects done to their body being useless as it will always regenerate back or be unaffected by acts such as cutting it in half, even if the true user dies the subspace avatar will still exist), Acausality (Type 3. Subspace is a different space-time where all rules are different (including death), thus it should by extension be a different system of causality), Perspective Manipulation (Perception is Law. People, items, and Mind Subspace itself are based on the nature of the person's mind, therefore, however, a person imagines Subspace is how it will appear. A good example is Scott's Dream Desert: this location is repeatedly used as a metaphor for Scott's loneliness but also is his projected image of Subspace at that time which Ramona is able to pass through), Law Manipulation (One’s subspace operates under their rules and systems which can extend even to the real world with characters like Gideon affecting Ramona’s Subspace), Reality Warping & Mind Manipulation (While Mind Subspace allows for others' own projected images of themselves to take on other forms, the individual whom the Subspace resides in retains all power and control within said mind. Through this, the character can shape themselves and Subspace to their liking all through their thoughts, perspectives, and desires), Power Nullification (A user of Subspace can completely nullify any connection an opponent has in that Subspace, regardless if they're more powerful or not. This is how Ramona was able to expel Gideon despite him being a master of Subspace and able to manipulate it inside anyone's mind), Dimensional Travel (Can enter his avatars at any point if he so desires even after death)

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Standard Equipment

For the Robot Model profiles, click the following:

Katayanagi Robots

Robot-01

Robot-02

Super Robot

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Other

Standard Tactics: Kyle and Ken often prefer not to engage directly in combat and instead will use their robots to test and learn their opponents (Often times with multiple models). Only after they feel comfortable enough do they manipulate their opponent's emotions and morals to get the better of them in dire4ct combat.

Weaknesses: None notable.

Explanations

For further explanation of subspace, read this blog.

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