The useful question is not who is stronger. It is how the same story-world makes two different identities legible.
YPS gap4
Layer gap1
PhysicalvsHybrid
Analysis
YPS-2Physical
Hybrid layer supersedes Physical - Rimuru Tempest leads by world influence
YPS-6Hybrid
World Influence
2vs42
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: Shion: moral cost they'll pay, Rimuru Tempest: raw destructive ceiling. These are different character shapes, not different power levels.
Shion
Domain edges
Rimuru Tempest
Combat
destructive output
Systemic
influence / control
Narrative
luck / story weight
Derived from DNA / bars show relative edge, not absolute power