Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
Why is Ayanokouji's grip strength so strong, though? For what purpose would he train it while intentionally keeping himself slim?
Because he's an elite among elites. They haven't really touched on it since visual hints in the previous season, but he doesn't have a normal upbringing. Their homeroom teacher knows it too, by the way she treats him. I wouldn't say he's superhuman, but it comes off like he knows exactly what muscles to maximize a specific physical action, has the level of control that someone who can twitch their specific muscles can do, and probably can willfully break past the point where normal people subconsciously know not to hurt themselves (punch too hard, mothers lifting cars off their children, etc.).

It's interesting that he has no frame of reference.

The red-head guy might have intentionally tricked Ayanokouji (I honestly wouldn't put it past him, considering some of the other Class D members who hide their particularly skills), but to date the series has played him off as a musclehead idiot.