LogFAQs > #947015390

I don't know Toshiro at all, but here's how I think George/Battler goes down.

--If Battler explains the rules, then opens with a mystery scenario, George probably won't do so hot. He's pretty dim, and he's also easily vexed by other people's lies, like when the grifter tricked him into coming with her to a hotel to rob him. He's easily manipulated with appeals to his ego and sense of self-importance.

On the other hand, George is the perfect counter to the Umineko scenario. Battler would try to get George to admit that a series of murders are unable to be explained as anything other than the work of the supernatural. But George is so cynical that he'll always assume other humans committed the murders. The question is, does he have the deductive reasoning to solve the murders? He's the type to throw his hands in the air and scream "Useless, it's all useless!" at the first sign of stress.

Winner: Battler.

--If, however, Battler allows George to be the one to come up with a mystery scenario of his own for Battler to solve, things get a bit more interesting. George can lie and trick like the best witches and sorcerers. He'd be in his element. However...he gets caught. Like, a lot. He can BS his way through life sometimes, but there are so many examples of things backfiring in his face.

The likeliest outcome here is a logic error, where George is caught in a contradiction of his scenario and forced to replay it over and over, for all eternity. George can lie and bluff and cheat, but Battler is highly intelligent and skilled at solving mysteries. If normal people in the Seinfeld universe can see through George's lies, what hope does George have against Battler?

Winner: Battler.

--A third outcome, which is less interesting, is Battler engages George in an actual fight, which...well, we all know how that would go.

So Battler takes it in three different possible scenarios. George would give his all, but he's ultimately not up to the task. It would be very entertaining to watch though.