Beam Touch! And Bari!
For the generation that knows that if you give up, the game is over, is there anyone who doesn't know this? lol
This time, I would like to talk about 'Beam Touch' and 'Bari,' which enlivened my elementary school recess.
Beam Touch
→ A technique used to transfer a misfortune or evil spirit possessing you onto someone else.
Example: Oh no, I got Kudo-germs on me! Beam Touch!
Bari
→ A technique to protect yourself from a Beam Touch. It can only guard one side of the body.
Example: Bari! Now your touch won't work! Now you're the one with Kudo-germs!
…What about compliance?
To those of you in the Reiwa era who thought that, this was the conversation during the 20-minute recess of elementary school students in the generation that watched reruns of a certain Kamehameha.
By the way, with these definitions of Beam Touch and Bari, the theory that Bari is the strongest emerges.
…But, children's minds are flexible.
Alternative methods for Beam Touch also appear.
Let's assume that the finger bullets of Younger Toguro from YuYu Hakusho were attacking us while moving freely in all directions...
Furthermore, what if Yusuke Urameshi's Spirit Gun fired against them was also moving from side to side and up and down while heading toward the opponent...
Or what if Son Goku's Kamehameha from Dragon Ball was chasing the opponent while drawing curves...
Aren't they all too strong?
The things that gave voice to such delusions are the Beam Touch Vertical Wave and Horizontal Wave.
Beam Touch from above (or below)
→ A 3D attack that enabled touching the head, which is not covered by Bari.
*Touching the opponent's crotch is also possible (Beam Touch from below).
Example: Even if you use Bari, your head and 'down there' aren't hidden! Beam Touch Vertical Wave! And Bari!
Beam Touch from the side
→ A 2D attack that targets the back instead of the front of the body hidden by Bari.
Example: Even if you use Bari, it's only your chest and stomach! Beam Touch from the side to your back! It's a horizontal wave, so it reached your back! Bari!
This is how the legend of the strongest Beam Touch is born.
However… the children of the 'left hand is just for support' prime generation won't end it here.
The AT Field that appears in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
That is a spear in the guise of a shield… And it's strong….
By the way, this was also developed and implemented by elementary school Edisons as a way to prevent Beam Touch.
All-encompassing barrier
→ Literally, a barrier that covers an entire individual. There is also a derivative version that covers everyone.
Example: I used the all-encompassing barrier, so you absolutely can't touch me, okay! Oh! I enclosed Yamaguchi too, so you can't touch him either!
I think it's bordering on bullying at this point, but in a way, elementary schoolers have incredibly flexible minds.
……Though, the vocabulary in the title!
Recently, having miraculously remembered this game, I seriously pondered where the 'beam touch' mentioned here originated from.
A whip? ...No, is it simply a beam fired by a tokusatsu hero?
No... the truth was different.
At a highway service area restroom, a boy around the third grade of elementary school was standing at the urinal next to me.
He was manipulating his hose with masterful technique, aiming his discharge at the Harun Target.
...Up and down... and left and right... and while making fine adjustments...
This is it!
The elementary school Edisons of that time must have watched this up close and decided on the directionality of the beam!
My hand (a washed one, of course) immediately reached for my LINE friends list.
"Yamaguchi! Remember that beam touch thing that was popular back in the day? You know?"
"Kudo! Long time no see!"
"And what is this 'beam touch' thing?"
...That trivial time is no longer even remembered... lol
However, I continue. Because I had made the discovery of the century!
"It's that thing, that thing! The side-beam touch you used to do, Yamaguchi! And the barrier!"
"I was just curious, what was the hint for that?"
............The brief moment of being left on 'read' makes my heart rate rise.
And then,
Because no matter the path, if you reach the result, it's a result.
Those words from my boss tickle my heart.
...That's right. So there are no mistakes in the process.
Ding-dong
The LINE notification sound that started scolding me for stepping away.
And, a reply from Yamaguchi.
"Oh, that? That is... Piccolo-san's energy blast."
.........Did I really move it like that...?
DEATH BALL!!!!!
Now, Yamaguchi.
Have Lord Piccolo rescue you to a safe place.
And I close my smartphone...
"NO-TEN P-KAN The sky is clear"
"IPPAI OPPAI I'm feeling great"
"Play with trouble, you naughty boy"
We gotta power!
"Dragon Ball Z"
Excerpt from Hironobu Kageyama's "WE GOTTA POWER"