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... Let's focus on this idea for a moment. Deflecting bullets, hmm, Can anyone really deflect a bullet with a sword? Perhaps it is possible, but highly unlikely of it happening.

First you have to have the ability to calculate the exact trajectory of the bullet being fired. Then comes the fun task of being able to move the very instant before the person pulls the trigger all the way back. Why in that very instant? If they can see you moving to block that spot they only have to twist their hand slightly to change the trajectory of their round. This is not something that is easy to do in less time then it take to take a breath of air. Few have those sorts of reflexes and calculative abilities.

Secondly, can the sword take the force of a blow from a bullet? Metal is strong yes, but enough force applied to the side of something like a sword's blade, snaps that metal like a twig. Think of it like a balloon vs. a pin. The rubber of a balloon is strong enough to take he force of metal hitting it. Take your hand a smack a balloon as hard as you can, chances are, you didn't break it. Now take a pin and simply poke a balloon. Pop there goes the balloon. It was the small amount of force, focused on a single point. This principle applied to the blade of a sword is the same, the blade may be strong enough to take a lot of force, but the near pinpoint damage from a single round would likely snap it.

I know you may have seen those shows that show a bullet being cut in two by a katana. It is true that is can cut a bullet. Yet the same balloon popping principle I have previously described applies. In that example the bullet is the balloon, while the fine edge of the sword is the pin. The sword will split the bullet in half. But the bullet still continues past the blade, but now with twice the damage, at least, then it would have from a single round. Plus the blade of the sword now has hair-line fractures, and will likely not take much more before breaking.

Now we can get into the more specific area of the comic itself. Sage doesn't have one gun, he has two. He can fire them simultaneously. Try deflecting two bullets flying at the same exact time towards different areas of the body. Even if you are fast enough to block one, you have a second one that, chances are, will hit. Couple that though with the fact that each gun has 6 rounds, and Sage is a sharpshooter. Something tells me he will hit more often then not. Even if someone did manage to deflect all 12 rounds, they would have to close the gap between him and themselves before Sage could reload. Now please also consider the closer someone gets to him, the wider the target will be for him (relativity), it would be easier for him to pull off a few shots that can't be deflected so easily. I think Sage would have pretty good chance of, perhaps not winning, but doing some major damage to others.

Chew on those a while.

watch ff vii advent children cloud does it at least 20 times.
and it is a one in a billion chance that sage fires them at the exact same time thusly if he swings it across at the right time theoreticaly he should be able to block them. also don't forget that were talking about a comic here, most of the sword using characters have at least some magical ablilities that must be factored into this.

If you are able to deflect it, why not just dodge it?

-puts on a pair of cat ears and tail- never fear! chibi is here! -trips on her fake tail and tumbles down the stairs- eek

... Let's focus on this idea for a moment. Deflecting bullets, hmm, Can anyone really deflect a bullet with a sword? Perhaps it is possible, but highly unlikely of it happening.

First you have to have the ability to calculate the exact trajectory of the bullet being fired. Then comes the fun task of being able to move the very instant before the person pulls the trigger all the way back. Why in that very instant? If they can see you moving to block that spot they only have to twist their hand slightly to change the trajectory of their round. This is not something that is easy to do in less time then it take to take a breath of air. Few have those sorts of reflexes and calculative abilities.

Secondly, can the sword take the force of a blow from a bullet? Metal is strong yes, but enough force applied to the side of something like a sword's blade, snaps that metal like a twig. Think of it like a balloon vs. a pin. The rubber of a balloon is strong enough to take he force of metal hitting it. Take your hand a smack a balloon as hard as you can, chances are, you didn't break it. Now take a pin and simply poke a balloon. Pop there goes the balloon. It was the small amount of force, focused on a single point. This principle applied to the blade of a sword is the same, the blade may be strong enough to take a lot of force, but the near pinpoint damage from a single round would likely snap it.

I know you may have seen those shows that show a bullet being cut in two by a katana. It is true that is can cut a bullet. Yet the same balloon popping principle I have previously described applies. In that example the bullet is the balloon, while the fine edge of the sword is the pin. The sword will split the bullet in half. But the bullet still continues past the blade, but now with twice the damage, at least, then it would have from a single round. Plus the blade of the sword now has hair-line fractures, and will likely not take much more before breaking.

Now we can get into the more specific area of the comic itself. Sage doesn't have one gun, he has two. He can fire them simultaneously. Try deflecting two bullets flying at the same exact time towards different areas of the body. Even if you are fast enough to block one, you have a second one that, chances are, will hit. Couple that though with the fact that each gun has 6 rounds, and Sage is a sharpshooter. Something tells me he will hit more often then not. Even if someone did manage to deflect all 12 rounds, they would have to close the gap between him and themselves before Sage could reload. Now please also consider the closer someone gets to him, the wider the target will be for him (relativity), it would be easier for him to pull off a few shots that can't be deflected so easily. I think Sage would have pretty good chance of, perhaps not winning, but doing some major damage to others.

Chew on those a while.

watch ff vii advent children cloud does it at least 20 times.
and it is a one in a billion chance that sage fires them at the exact same time thusly if he swings it across at the right time theoreticaly he should be able to block them. also don't forget that were talking about a comic here, most of the sword using characters have at least some magical ablilities that must be factored into this.