|
I don't know if its just me but I have a problem figuring out exactly whats going on in chapters like these. Part of it has to do with the images over and over again, and then there's so much blood and muscle that it gets confusing. At one point it looks like Toriko gets a hole blasted through his heart but I guess he regenerates super fast? Toriko and Starjun look so much alike that its hard to distinguish the two when they are in melee combat. I did laugh at Toriko in his knife armor suit.
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 15:07
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 29, 2024 00:56 |
|
|
international owl day posted:I think Toriko lost a leg in that exchange, and it wasnt shown (save for his scream at the end) Not like he hasn't grown an appendage back. Hell he might be able to do it just by eating food now, with how his cells just divide at crazy rates to get rid of burned skin cells
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 15:34
|
|
|
You have to differentiate between the imagining based on routines and what actually happens. Toriko visualized destroying Starjun's knife at the same time that Starjun visualized cutting off Toriko's leg. Starjun was then surprised when he did not in fact cut off Toriko's leg, but Toriko did destroy his knife.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 15:40
|
|
|
Serious Frolicking posted:You have to differentiate between the imagining based on routines and what actually happens. Toriko visualized destroying Starjun's knife at the same time that Starjun visualized cutting off Toriko's leg. Starjun was then surprised when he did not in fact cut off Toriko's leg, but Toriko did destroy his knife.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 16:50
|
|
|
The two outcomes were mutually exclusive. Toriko planned to kick the knife in half, which he would need his leg for. Starjun planned to cut Toriko's leg off, which he would need the knife for. There isn't any way for the two acts to happen simultaneously.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 17:20
|
|
|
Fairly sure what happened there is that Komatsu aided in the image through his unrestrained trust of Toriko or something along the lines, hence him winning out.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 17:53
|
|
|
Red Mike posted:Fairly sure what happened there is that Komatsu aided in the image through his unrestrained trust of Toriko or something along the lines, hence him winning out. Hmm, could Komatsu have an image of Toriko winning? It wouldn't surprise me if his image was so strong that it interfered with the fight or something.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 18:28
|
|
|
Can we all just agree that all of this image crap is stupid? Somehow Toriko, the namesake of the drat manga, is having the most boring fight so far. Seriously, some random battery-powered guy who was just introduced in this arc had a more interesting fight with another person who we'd never seen before. The jerks in the background are more interesting. Jirou hasn't even shown up yet and he's already captivated me more than Toriko versus Starju has. Somehow it just seems like Toriko's getting the short end of the stick here when the people around him have abilities like screaming at your opponent to death, or being a fountain of poison, or having hair that could eat the world, etc. Meanwhile Toriko punches things and his punches are forks... Sometimes they're spoons though.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 21:48
|
|
|
As soon as this fight finishes, all the imagination stuff will get thrown to the side like every other powerup, to be used in passing as "these monsters can use Not that it makes things any more interesting right now, but I doubt we'll see any other fights focusing on imagination battles as much as this one is right now. It was just introduced, so it'll be super important for a fight or two and then things will probably focus on another powerup for a while.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 21:56
|
|
|
I think we can all agree that we need to go back to fighting monsters with ridiculous capture levels with special guest characters and see the faces all the characters make for eating such delicious food. This take over the world plotline really petered the story out for me.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 21:59
|
|
|
I really like some of the brutal imagination pages, but I hope it's toned down a lot or even nearly removed in the future. I love the idea of Toriko seeing a big beast and having an image of him being torn to shreds and saying "wow this guy's strong" but using it as the key mechanic of the fight has made the actual fighting boring.
|
|
#
?
Jun 20, 2013 22:00
|
|
|
Just wait for it, its going to be revealed that Toriko is actually still being held up in the air like when Komatsu first arrived and everything that has happened over the last few chapters was Starjyun's Super Imagination or whatever. I wish they would decide whether Toriko's special attacks are just metaphors for his hand to hand strikes, energy beams, or actual metal being summoned into existence.
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2013 03:03
|
|
|
The_Angry_Turtle posted:I wish they would decide whether Toriko's special attacks are just metaphors for his hand to hand strikes, energy beams, or actual metal being summoned into existence. None of the above. It's just his loving imagination! Goddamn, I do hope that after all of this Toriko finally heads for the Gourmet World. I really do miss him punching the poo poo out of poo poo that even PETA wouldn't defend.
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2013 03:11
|
|
|
Looking at the last image I think Midora or Joa may have just shown up
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2013 03:57
|
|
|
Seebach posted:Looking at the last image I think Midora or Joa may have just shown up The last image in this chapter is the ultimate "gently caress you" cliffhanger. I mean, COMEON!
|
|
#
?
Jun 21, 2013 06:25
|
|
|
The_Angry_Turtle posted:I wish they would decide whether Toriko's special attacks are just metaphors for his hand to hand strikes, energy beams, or actual metal being summoned into existence.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2013 08:00
|
|
|
Kung Food posted:It was revealed that the fork and knife stuff are physical manifestations of his appetite, just like the PacMan that killed the four beast. So he is summoning actual utensils made out of Eatanium. The most flavorful form of nium.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2013 08:05
|
|
|
Kung Food posted:It was revealed that the fork and knife stuff are physical manifestations of his appetite, just like the PacMan that killed the four beast. So he is summoning actual utensils made out of Eatanium. Toriko really puts the yum in nium.
|
|
#
?
Jun 23, 2013 08:21
|
|
|
http://www.mangahere.com/manga/toriko/c239/ New chapter!
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 03:55
|
|
|
So Toriko literally summoned his inner spirit (demon) out of their mutual rage at starjun? Also Hey
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 04:01
|
|
|
Anything for the man he loves!
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 04:51
|
|
|
What a wonderful tribute to today's Supreme Court decision
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 05:00
|
|
|
Kung Food posted:It was revealed that the fork and knife stuff are physical manifestations of his appetite, just like the PacMan that killed the four beast. So he is summoning actual utensils made out of Eatanium. Oh my god he summons forks and knives out of EAT FOOD he literally summoned a full set of armor made out of forks because he was so goddamn hungry Every fight Toriko has been in has been nothing but a battle of wills. Toriko fights by trying to dominate his opponents and force them to submit to his raw hunger.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 05:18
|
|
|
The only problem with Toriko is that you literally never care about his fights against other people. Can we go back to punching alligators and then roasting them?
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 05:43
|
|
|
I am 1000% down with Toriko's evolution into JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with Hunger Stands.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 05:45
|
|
|
For all the criticism about Starjun not being properly established, this is an awesome fight. I love it. I'm continually astonished how much more brutal it becomes with every chapter.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 06:02
|
|
|
international owl day posted:I think Toriko lost a leg in that exchange, and it wasnt shown (save for his scream at the end) Nailed it. Starjun might be seeing an image, otherwise he just got dominated after dropping his guard
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 06:11
|
|
|
I, what? 
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 06:29
|
|
|
international owl day posted:Nailed it. Fecha posted:We don't get a clear shot of Toriko's right leg, and Komatsu gets a look of shock on the last panel. It's possible that both images worked out.   At this point I wouldn't really believe Toriko had lost a fight until he had literally been broken down at an atomic level. Even then he would probably become a microscopic swarm, eat a bunch of other atoms and come back even buffer.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 06:34
|
|
|
I'm confused. Is it more power to remain calm and composed in a highly emotional situation like in food honor, or is it better to completely give in to emotions and go into a blind rage? Stupid anime about ridiculously tasty murder beasts, why can't you be consistent?
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 07:14
|
|
|
The most powerful state is instinct, which is why every time poo poo really goes down in a fight they mention how they don't care about morality anymore it's eat or be eaten. The trick of Food Honor is to make it instinct to respect food to the utmost, hence the whole Shaolin Temple aesthetic.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 07:58
|
|
|
Y'know, I hope Komatsu becomes so good with that knife he can cut someone SO WELL that they're not even dead. Basically I want to the end of the manga to be Komatsu preparing Dark Chef Joa into GOD and that he becomes a good guy and it ends with 5 chapters of everyone just eating.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 11:04
|
|
|
TNG posted:Y'know, I hope Komatsu becomes so good with that knife he can cut someone SO WELL that they're not even dead. Basically I want to the end of the manga to be Komatsu preparing Dark Chef Joa into GOD and that he becomes a good guy and it ends with 5 chapters of everyone just eating. Didnt this already happen in the Food Honor arc, where people were cutting animals apart so keenly they didnt even know they were dead and eating the meat while the skeletonized animal just watches on
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 11:50
|
|
|
Meme Emulator posted:Didnt this already happen in the Food Honor arc, where people were cutting animals apart so keenly they didnt even know they were dead and eating the meat while the skeletonized animal just watches on I think he means that Komatsu would literally cut the "evil" out of people. This last chapter... just... wow. I was surprised that him being amputated was an actual thing. That turnaround sequence at the, "Who's there?". Priceless That said, Can we go to Gourmet world and eat some beasts?
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 13:46
|
|
|
FAT BATMAN posted:For all the criticism about Starjun not being properly established, this is an awesome fight. I love it. I'm continually astonished how much more brutal it becomes with every chapter. But that's basically all it is, brutal. There's no reason for me to give a poo poo about Starjun beyond that the manga has told me I should give a poo poo. So all I get out of this is "Oh hey, he punched off his arm". Fecha posted:
This will happen.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 13:54
|
|
|
I was about to say this chapter of
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 13:56
|
|
|
ANIME AKBAR posted:I was about to say this chapter of This is literally the setup of every single battle manga in existence.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 13:58
|
|
|
Waiting for Komatsu to carve someone's gourmet cells out of them with that knife. 
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 13:59
|
|
|
Indeed. Cutting something so well it doesn't know it's dead? Bush league. Komatsu needs to be able to cut and prepare abstract concepts.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 14:02
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 29, 2024 00:56 |
|
|
AnonSpore posted:This is literally the setup of every single battle manga in existence. Nope.
|
|
#
?
Jun 27, 2013 15:10
|
|