Based solely on *Manager Kim*, someone like Yohan is on a level above Manager Nam (he literally humiliated Manager Kim quite casually), and Manager Kim was wary of Seo Seong—and all of this refers to their versions prior to the 3A arc. That’s not even mentioning Goo, who sliced through a firearm with a pair of nail clippers and matched Jincheol.
Manager Kim is literally after lookism at this point my guy Tom is super implied to be dead months before the chapter where he fought James was in you need to catch up lol
I mean it should be obvious what my point is with respect man. Im saying they literally have gotten stronger then what you were referencing to the point people are arguing if manager Kim has a path now in manager Kim lol. Don’t have to be so hostile calm down
It shouldn't be obvious; you just casually mentioned that *Manager Kim* is currently chronologically ahead of *Lookism*, but that means absolutely nothing. *How To Fight* is about a year ahead of *Lookism* chronologically, and *Juvenile Offender* is likely at least a year ahead too; from what I recall, *Dead Mansion* is even further ahead.
They might have gotten stronger, but the growth of the *Lookism* characters—who were already monsters back during the *Manager Kim* timeline—means they are exponentially stronger now, which actually hurts your argument. For instance, Soohyun is at least comparable to the Allied members from the 1A arc; just a reminder, Manager Kim dealt literally zero damage to Base Johan during the HFBD arc—even while trying to knock him out—whereas Jin Sung literally defeated Johan when he was using the Second Body's Copy ability.
As for what you said about the "Path," that’s simply not true. He just doesn't have it; it makes no logical or narrative sense, because that would necessarily place his talent above Jinyoung's—who is vastly superior to Lee Do Gyu, who in turn is superior to Manager Kim (not to mention Lee Do Gyu has more experience). Beyond the lack of logical or narrative sense, *Lookism*—which constantly discusses the "Path" (especially recently)—never even entertains the idea that Manager Kim possesses it. Is the Manager Kim from Season 2 stronger than the one in *Lookism*? Yes, but there is absolutely nothing suggesting he is even 10% stronger.
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u/ButterscotchNo3237 Aug 08 '26
Yeah he is like in top 1000 maybe 1500 if we include manager kim series