Most definitely. One mans rubbish is another mans treasure as they say.but my point is that we should consider what suits us more, there's no point in having insanely visual magic if you don't use it because it doesn't really suit you
You're probably right, the majority of spectators will most likely come away from both effects being equally amazed but I think that Akira's has the potential to make the minority talk about you a lot more.
Basically what I'm trying to say is;
Lennart = cool bar trick
Akira = illusion that people will talk about for quite some time