The comparison is strongest when power scale, story role, and DNA dimensions are kept separate until the final read.
YPS gap1
Layer gap0
PhysicalvsPhysical
Analysis
YPS-4
Slight power edge
YPS-5
Shigeo Kageyama has a slight tier edge, but one tier rarely decides outcomes. DNA becomes the real tiebreaker. Denji's DNA tells a broader story: their narrative is built around moral cost they'll pay / how much the universe protects them. Shigeo Kageyama's identity is more narrowly defined by comparison.
Denji
Domain edges
Shigeo Kageyama
Combat
destructive output
Systemic
influence / control
Narrative
luck / story weight
Derived from DNA / bars show relative edge, not absolute power