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Akai Katana leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Katana ZERO leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

Akai Katana leans harder on execution: Threading through dense bullet curtains demands flawless precise movement

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Akai Katana leans harder on variance: Patterns are fixed once learned, minimal true randomness

Optimization6 vs 6

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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