Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20141010002549/@comment-24994749-20141010035723

Zolnir wrote:

I wonder about her body strength though, and Crescent Rose's real weight. At this point she's making CR feel plastic light, because that's the only explanation possible how she can handle the weapon and still punch like candy. That's not how it works though.

If you pay attention, when she swings Crescent Rose around, she lifts the weight from her legs and up. She is using all her body to support the weight (that's actually the how to lift heavy things without getting hurt, just saying).

Now, from there to having the needed physical strength to punch or kick significantly it's another thing. There is, after all, a reason, each martial art is different when it comes to how you train to gain the body strength to hit.

There is also, that when Ruby fight using Crescent Rose as a melee weapon (scythe mode) you have to count that it's basically as if she were using a pole arm. In close quarters combat her being smaller than her opponent would normally mean a disadvantage unless she is trained in some martial art that is focused in using the strength of the own enemy against them. But with a pole arm she not only manages to force distance between herself and the opponent but also pole arms are literally for when the wielder is under the opponent.