You dont have to create headcanon arguements or fanmade panels like other fanbases.
Just watch and See what PTJ will do to glaze him,it doesnt matter who he is fighting path user,conviction user,ui user you just know he is going to obliterate them and some of his victims barely escapes due to plot.
What did they do to deserve this treatment from PTJ? 600 chapters and zero impressive performance i know some Fans are trying to cope with it by saying "Tom is strong" or something but i honestly feel bad.
James fans cannot experience the joy of seeing their fav beat up top tiers and show insane panels.
Only blindly hoping that those days might come one day,some even lost their sanity by creating new account and started pretending like KitaeFan.
I have to pay some Respect for their dedication.
Kitae handled Jinyoung and Daniel while James is going to fight Tom Lee.
No blind glaze or feelings,just truth.
Majority of Lookism fans are Gun,James,Goo,Johan,Daniel fans and they all downplay characters that are not part of their agenda.
We clearly saw that if someone glazes unpopular character they would call that person trash,delusional etc. and its even worse if those unpopular characters are from different series like Manager Kim.
You guys dont understand that underrated characters getting more recognition would make things much more interesting,stop being insecure about it and spread negativity.
We know it requires 3 things to get path.
Talent-You can't became pinnacle/god of something without extraordinary talent for example there is only one Samdak,he understands essence of fighting deeper than anyone else cause it's his natural talent if someone could become like him by just having enormous experience,there would be many Samdak in the world but as far as we know there is only one.
Same goes For Jincheol and Hansu,There is only one Jincheol,he is the only one "god of war" in PTJ verse,Even Path user like Sophia is war hero not god of war cause being "Ares"-"God of war" is what only Jincheol is pinnacle at its the path he walks.
Hansu is the only character that showed talent of becoming pinnacle at any martial art he wants,in terms of pure martial arts he far surpasses even guys like Mujin and Brekdak.
They are the first rate fighters that lives upto their hype, guys like Jin Xi and Sinu are third rate fighters that are big fish in small pond so you cant compare them to these guys.
As for Conviction we know all 3 of them possess confidence of believing in their own uniqueness, they risked their lives and fought to protect innocents for years.
We know he uses his all 5 senses to dodge attacks but what about attack that doesnt have process time? Like its stated it lands immediatly even if you predict the attack.
I think Crisis counter would still work but this matchup is interesting if you logically think about it.
Path Daniel dodging was more refined and he was using Kitae was nutrition at that time,he even landed Clean crisis punch on Kitae.
Still Gap was too big that Kitae only started taking him seriously after he used ui and adjusted to his level.
This post is educational explanation for people like Doodooboy and Apprehensivead.
Sure you can put guys like James,Goo,Kitae above Gap since they have some arguements but guys Like Johan or Seongji has no business being near his level.
Even If Sophia is stronger,gap is not big at all.
They fought together many times and Jincheol is canonically the greatest korean soldier in terms of pure achievements.
There is no reason Author would reveal him as fraud,he just doesnt get his chance to fight worthy opponent.
He was insanely strong probably even top 3 before his death,just unlucky his opponent was Gitae.