Shadow Vs Beatrix and Iris

"i will fight you with my magic infused artifact blade made of the rarest metals!" "thats nice, amma just dual-wield these crowbars I found in a construction site"

The way he takes a step and just disappears in a FRAME is amazing

I love how he is basically teaching Beatrix how to fight and pays no attention to iris just smack her a few times lmao

Here we can see 3 people doing 3 different things - Beatrix: sparring Shadow: playing Iris: losing

Excellent visuals aside. If you keep in mind that he's got no idea what's happening and just says stuff to make himself look cool, this show is absolutely hilarious.

Imagine waving around a magical sword that demolishes half the city, then blaming the guy you couldnt even properly hit...iris is just a new level of entitled

I like how he humiliates the arrogant but incompetent Iris, but at the same time treat the modest and talented Beatrix with respect. he gave everyone what they deserved.

The strongest artifact user Vs The weakest crowbar enjoyer🗿

One of my favourite parts of this fight is that if you pay attention, Cid is blocking all of Beatrix' moves but for Iris he is literally only kicking her everytime he counters 😆

the only person to out-run the camera man

I still love how Shadow's Atomic wasn't actually an attack, but him demonstrating how he works in the Law of Fucking Around & Finding Out. And to further add onto it, Shadow gave THE harshest possible insult to Iris, without delivering a single word. Because Iris' greatest pride & joy is the Kingdom of Midgar. And Shadow's demonstration essentially told her, to her face, "Not only can I eradicate you, not only can I eradicate your kingdom, but I can do so in a fashion so spectacularly, that it'll be remembered more by the attack that destroyed it than as a Kingdom itself."

Beatrix looks so balanced, like she's sticking to fundamentals she knows well. Especially when she gets hit and knows there's time to recover, she does it in perfect form

I simply love the level of antagonist Shadow is throughout this fight

That insane, over the top laughter followed by the perfectly synthesized NAZE?! Gets me every time.

I just love how Cid honestly didn't even care about anything he just wanted to make a cool entrance😂

4:08 He definetley practised that laughter at some point in his life.

The fact that Shadow fixed the "letting go the sword" strategy from Iris, and used it on Beatrix is a whole level of chad. It's like saying "this is how you do it scrub!"

I love the fact that Cid just casual switches between 3 different kinds of weapons throughout this fight. From a typical sword to dual crowbars to tonfa's. Goes to show he has the knowledge of every kind of fighting style, even dirty street fights like when iris tried to trick cid but he saw that from a mile away.

"...run?" "who's running?" "running where?" "AND WHYYYYY?!?!" ...god i love shadow😭❤️

Iris is like a perfect storm of spoiled entitlement. She's both a princess AND a prodigy, the mentalities of which are even further exacerbated by the expectations of the knight order she leads and the kingdom she protects. Everything has been handed to her on a silver platter, from status to talent. She's so accustomed to standing at the top that someone she perceives as an enemy being better than her shatters her entire world. Shadow is not beholden to any nation and answers to no one- someone so far outside her range of authority being so much better than her nearly breaks her. Having someone shove her face in the dirt was a humbling experience she sorely needed. Hopefully she'll grow as a person after this, but I'm not holding my breath.