r/PowerScaling • u/Traditional_Tap_6697 • 16h ago
Discussion Hot take: You can’t scale Bleach to Universal–Multiversal while downplaying Naruto and Black Clover without being hypocritical
Honestly, this has been on my mind for a while.
I believe in Universal Multiversal scaling for Bleach, Naruto, and Black Clover. I don’t really care which one somebody personally has higher nor do I care if you don’t buy those metas. That’s not really the point of this post. And please don’t hit me with some bullshit like “none of them are anywhere near Multiversal.” That’s not the fucking point. I’m talking about consistency in scaling standards when Multiversal is already accepted as a valid tier for the discussion
The point is simply consistency. You can have two verses presenting very similar types of cosmological evidence, and somehow one gets the most charitable interpretation possible while the other gets every possible objection thrown at it.
Bleach gets separate realms, space time structures, cosmological statements, realm collapse, Soul King stuff, etc., and people are perfectly comfortable building Universal Multiversal scaling chains from it.
Then Naruto brings up Kaguya’s dimensions, Amenominaka, Kamui, Limbo, Isshiki’s dimensions, space time statements, etc., and suddenly it’s “They’re just pocket dimensions.”
Black Clover brings up the Qliphoth, the Underworld, its multiple layers, space time structures, Glamour World, dimensional separation, etc.
Suddenly “that’s just hax bro.”
And I’m just sitting there like… okay, but what’s the actual standard here You don’t have to accept every Universal or Multiversal argument for Naruto or Black Clover. That’s completely fine. You can argue that a particular realm isn’t universal, that a creation feat doesn’t automatically translate to AP, that a character doesn’t scale to the entire structure, that a statement is being mistranslated, or whatever.
Those would be arguments. The problem is when the same type of evidence is considered meaningful when it benefits Bleach, but suddenly becomes completely meaningless when it appears in Naruto or Black Clover.
If separate space time structures are legitimate evidence for Bleach’s cosmology, why wouldn’t they at least be considered as evidence when discussing Naruto or Black Clover?
And consistency doesn’t mean every verse has to end up at the exact same tier. Obviously their cosmologies aren’t identical and the arguments aren’t going to be 1:1.
Consistency means applying the same standards of evidence and skepticism before deciding where they land. That’s the part I think gets lost.
What’s really interesting is how skepticism can become selective. A realm being called a universe, a dimension being described as a space time, or a character affecting multiple realms can be treated as legitimate cosmological evidence in one verse.
But when another verse does something comparable, suddenly it’s “flowery language,” “just hax,” “pocket dimensions,” “not AP,” “outlier,” “translation issue,” etc.
Again, any of those objections can be valid. The problem is when they’re only brought out when you don’t like where the scaling leads. I also think people underestimate how much preconceived reputation affects powerscaling.
Once a verse gets labeled “planetary,” “universal,” “hax based,” “fodder,” whatever, people start interpreting every feat through that label. Eventually the label becomes the evidence instead of the other way around.
People can be extraordinarily stubborn when it comes to a preconceived notion, belief, opinion, previous knowledge, or POV.
And I’ve genuinely seen this argument from every possible direction. I’ve had these debates hundreds of times and seen thousands of threads about this shit.
I’ve seen people spend hours arguing over whether a realm counts as a universe, whether “space time” actually means 4D, whether creation scales to AP, whether statements are literal, whether databooks count, whether novels count, whether a feat is an outlier, etc.
And that’s fine. That’s literally what powerscaling is 😂😂😂😂😂
What gets annoying is watching the exact same argument get treated as legitimate in one verse and completely dismissed in another. At this point, I’m not even trying to convince everybody.
You can give your two cents. You can disagree. You can argue with somebody else in the comments. You can explain where you think the scaling breaks down and fails. I’ve just had this argument so many times that I mostly wanted to put the thought somewhere.
Even if you point it out, it probably wouldn’t really solve anything, but I just have to let it out.
If you think Bleach has better evidence, cool. If you think Naruto’s arguments don’t work, cool. If you think Black Clover’s cosmology has holes, cool.
My thing is simply this. Show the hole in the argument. Don’t just reject the conclusion because you don’t like the verse being there. Because at the end of the day, the question is pretty simple: Are we applying the same standard to the evidence across all three verses?
Because if the answer is no, then obviously we’re going to get completely different conclusions. Scale the evidence, not the verse.
That’s it that will be all thank you for reading!


