The useful question is not who is stronger. It is how the same story-world makes two different identities legible.
YPS gap2
Layer gap1
HybridvsAuthority
Analysis
YPS-5Hybrid
Authority layer supersedes Hybrid - Yhwach leads by world influence
YPS-7Authority
World Influence
50vs45
Different power types make direct strength comparison misleading. What matters here is the character identity gap: what each existence does to the world, not who hits harder. DNA tells a different story: Ichigo Kurosaki: self-determination and identity, Yhwach: raw destructive ceiling. These are different character shapes, not different power levels.
Ichigo Kurosaki
Domain edges
Yhwach
Combat
destructive output
Systemic
influence / control
Narrative
luck / story weight
Derived from DNA / bars show relative edge, not absolute power