Since Meow Jūshirō's swordsmanship had evolved from the Hunters' techniques, Xie Wen had no trouble learning it. Besides, as far as he was concerned, the only truly useful parts of the Flying Cat Hiten-Mitsurugi Style were its two secret techniques, Nine Lives Cat Flash and Heavenly Soaring Cat Flash.
If he remembered correctly, learning Heavenly Soaring Dragon Flash in the manga seemed to require countering Nine-Headed Dragon Flash and cutting down the previous Hiko Seijūrō. That was why the Hiten-Mitsurugi Style had always been passed down through a single line of successors.
But that situation simply did not apply to Xie Wen and the others. Leaving aside the fact that the Flying Cat Hiten-Mitsurugi Style was a variant of the Monster Hunter Style, the existence of Armament Haki alone could solve the problem of the previous generation dying at the next generation's hands.
As for the manga's claim that Heavenly Soaring Dragon Flash could only be learned in a life-or-death situation... that seemed more like a way to make the sword technique sound more impressive...
In any case, after practicing a dozen or so times, Xie Wen had learned both techniques.
So, although I can't compare to supergeniuses like Meow Jūshirō and Klee Meow, I really am pretty gifted myself, right?
After having his confidence thoroughly battered by the cats, Xie Wen could only console himself with little things like these.
After learning the Flying Cat Hiten-Mitsurugi Style, Xie Wen and the others were in no hurry to leave. Having watched him spar with Meow Jūshirō, Klee Meow had also felt inspired to "work hard," so she pulled a huge pile of newly purchased materials from Loguetown out of her little backpack and began developing new explosives.
"Ah... looks like this poor, unlucky island is going to lose at least