Talk:Seidou Takizawa/@comment-113.173.130.55-20150503072440/@comment-10733658-20150504080341

To be fair, Takizawa was still an Investigator and graduated just behind Akira. So he was clearly physically tough and more capable than the average person (or even the average Investigator). Amon mentions very early on in the series that one of the main focuses of training at the Academy is physically toughening the cadets up and Quinque training.

So Takizawa wasn't really a skinny dude, he was probably comparable to active duty Military or law enforcement. (Both of which have fitness requirements, and I'd presume that Investigators have them as well.)