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Sarcophallus posted:I made a lovely bracket!  Hatsumi Sen of the Clouds
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Jedah posted:Excellent predictions here. But I'm curious, why do you think Julius Reinhold will defeat Tokita Omha? Ohma seems to have answers for huge opponents. Although I agree Setsuna will make it to the finals. I don't think Ohma is going to fight Kiryu yet. It feels too early for a face-off against what will probably be the big-bad of the series. From a story-telling perspective, Ohma has been so far dipping his toes into what I would consider the shallow side of the pond, and beating someone of Imai or Akoya's caliber (assuming Akoya wins) would put him in the stronger half of the Kengan fighters, which is a considerable accomplishment. I think the current top two plot-wise are Julius and Hatsumi Sen, with Kiryu being the wildcard newcomer that puts the whole thing on its head.
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Feb 4, 2017 22:57
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Sarcophallus posted:I don't think Ohma is going to fight Kiryu yet. It feels too early for a face-off against what will probably be the big-bad of the series. From a story-telling perspective, Ohma has been so far dipping his toes into what I would consider the shallow side of the pond, and beating someone of Imai or Akoya's caliber (assuming Akoya wins) would put him in the stronger half of the Kengan fighters, which is a considerable accomplishment. I think the current top two plot-wise are Julius and Hatsumi Sen, with Kiryu being the wildcard newcomer that puts the whole thing on its head. Interesting. Would Ohma vs. Kiryu happen at the end of the manga, then? Going by your predictions, it would be pretty cool to see Julius get seriously injured in his fight against Ohma, then turn around and enter a match with Kiryu with a handicap. Also, I think Lt. Lizard has a point, none of us seem to be taking Wakatsuki Takeshi too seriously, despite his excellent Kengan record and ridiculous strength:   Wakatsuki literally went all one-punch-man on that poor bastard. Maybe we'll eat our words when he ends up being a real contender. If Sarcophallus's predictions are correct, Wakatsuki Takeshi vs. Julius Reinhold could end up becoming one of the best matches yet. Two extremely hard-hitting characters duking it out. 
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Feb 5, 2017 18:12
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Hate-Senpai posted:The writer's note about visiting an actual wrestling match and seeing actual thumb tacks being used in matches terrified me, like holy poo poo, what the hell. Thumbtacks ain't poo poo. CZW uses fluorescent light tubes and weed whackers.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:31
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You name a sharp and/or edged object and chances are that somewhere a fat pro wrestler has fallen back-first onto it
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Feb 5, 2017 22:38
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Jedah posted:Interesting. Would Ohma vs. Kiryu happen at the end of the manga, then? Going by your predictions, it would be pretty cool to see Julius get seriously injured in his fight against Ohma, then turn around and enter a match with Kiryu with a handicap. Wakatsuki Takeshi has the best Kengan match record for a reason, he's really strong.
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Feb 5, 2017 23:45
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even though the story has come to a complete stop, i am glad that all of these funny and/or cool minor characters get full coverage of their matches.
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Feb 6, 2017 00:00
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Takeshi was said earlier to be the only fighter that could go toe-to-toe with Fang so yeah he's very strong. He's gonna be dunked by Julius to show that Julius is a real threat though.
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Feb 6, 2017 00:08
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New https://bato.to/reader#64a6350e18630a32 unfortunate but expected Murder Sentai is an rear end in a top hat
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Feb 9, 2017 18:56
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This is some Baki-level pseudohistorics and -sciencebabble I loving love this
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Feb 9, 2017 20:36
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Wonder if Haru will return redeemed from the gamer lifestyle...
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Feb 9, 2017 21:25
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I guess the whole breathing analysis thing is so Akoya can beat his opponent's without killing them?
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Feb 9, 2017 21:40
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I wish it was this simple to leave the gamers earth... but the truth is to end Harus gaming he should have died... the gamer games for life.
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Feb 9, 2017 22:47
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once again the boring dude wins, but i guess that's one way of establishing villains even though everyone there (except for one person) is pretty darn villainous to begin with
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Feb 9, 2017 22:54
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The tournament is just a giant game of chicken really, whoever flashbacks first loses
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Feb 9, 2017 22:55
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I'm sad that Haru has lost and that the justice-obsessed murder cop turned out to be a jerk, but I am also super interested in how things are gonna proceed. And gently caress yeah, it's Kure time.
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Feb 10, 2017 01:54
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A lot of fighting series have this sort of line to walk, where you kinda know who's going to win already. However, if the series is good enough it can make the reader question their initial assesment, at least for a little while. I think the most successful series of this type are the ones that can manage that trick consistently. Kengan Ashura is good at it, though not every fight needs to play out that way, i.e., guy whose name I forget fighting the Kure clan next round. He's plain hosed. (Sort of a shame Akoya's looking like a jerk, but I guess that's not saying much in a tournament where something like 1-in-4 fighters are just straight up "kills dudes for money" assassins.) Rangpur fucked around with this message at 04:32 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 04:29
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Rangpur posted:A lot of fighting series have this sort of line to walk, where you kinda know who's going to win already. However, if the series is good enough it can make the reader question their initial assesment, at least for a little while. I think the most successful series of this type are the ones that can manage that trick consistently. Kengan Ashura is good at it, though not every fight needs to play out that way, i.e., guy whose name I forget fighting the Kure clan next round. He's plain hosed. I mean, I don't mind killers, I just don't care for boring or uninteresting killers. Look at Rain! Dude's always hyped and he has a coolass name. Taboo Child. What makes him so taboo? It's interesting, it's exciting. Stoic doesn't necessarily mean boring, obviously, it can make a character appear mysterious and engage your curiosity (like the Wild Tiger and the Fang of Metsudo), but I can't deny that I'm more inclined towards loud and brash and jovial dudes like Seki than I am with Murder Cop. I also don't really care for Rei for a similar reason, though at least Rei is funny when his stoic facade breaks. Speaking of names, Taboo Child and Intelligent Barbarian (the professor who got stomped by Kiryu) are probably my favorite titles among the fighters so far. It's a shame the dude went out so quickly.
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Feb 10, 2017 04:39
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This is going to be the longest tournament arc of manga history.
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Feb 10, 2017 04:43
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Intelligent Barbarian. At least his legacy as a bestselling author of bodybuilding manuals lives on. TBH the fights I'm most interested in seeing play out are the ones where the fighters have a similar body-type. Not necessarily the fighters I'm most interested in, mind. It's just.... Slim, fast dude vs. slow, bulky dude is a dichotomy you see so often in this type of series, I'd honestly appreciate the change of pace. Helps a lot that the artist has a knack for incredibly visceral brawls.
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Feb 10, 2017 04:52
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I've also been rereading chapters and it's neat that these two are able to get along despite their utterly brutal fight. I loving love friendships forged through battle. 
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Feb 10, 2017 04:54
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Pewdiepie posted:This is going to be the longest tournament arc of manga history. Wasn't MARS pretty much a manga that was entirely one big tournament. Was pretty fun when I read it way back. Didn't read the sequel, though.
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Feb 10, 2017 04:55
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That was an especially weird direction for the series to take, considering it started off as a shoujo romance. (You're probably thinking of MAR, but to be fair I didn't remember it was spelled that way either until I looked it up.  )
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Feb 10, 2017 05:26
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Gah! EDIT: This is a really neat image. 
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Feb 10, 2017 05:31
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stay safe burger ghost
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Feb 10, 2017 08:57
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Rangpur posted:
Pretty much everyone in the tournament is really meaty except for two people and other than Haruo there aren't even any comically huge guys left. Even Julius is just like one head taller than the rest of them. I hope everyone's excited for what's coming up: After the next fight it's time for the bathing chapter. 
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Feb 10, 2017 13:25
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I can't wait for the inevitable "Fighter can't fight so the corporate head steps in" fight. I don't care which CEO it is, as long as they pull out some bullshit.
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Feb 10, 2017 16:07
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jon joe posted:I can't wait for the inevitable "Fighter can't fight so the corporate head steps in" fight. I don't care which CEO it is, as long as they pull out some bullshit. Grandpa Kure used to be the fighter for Katahara Metsudo, and Magatani Juzo (one of the CEOs, featured on this page) is an ex-fighter too, so there's a non-remote possibility of at least one CEO or relative fighting. JosephWongKS fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 16:40
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I bet Haru could gently caress some poo poo up if he was non-fat and improved his technique. I hope Rihito doesn't lose his first match, even though it's pretty likely. Also can you imagine how hosed that guy from the first fight of the series would have been against these guys?
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Feb 10, 2017 17:51
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Following the predictions from Sarcophallus, Murder Sentai should face off against Ohma and lose, which is good. Akoya is too boring to advance to the end of the tournament, but he's the perfect opponent to demonstrate Ohma's strength and technique. Bushmeister posted:stay safe burger ghost Ytlaya posted:I hope Rihito doesn't lose his first match, even though it's pretty likely. Also can you imagine how hosed that guy from the first fight of the series would have been against these guys? Yeah, I think the first opponent would get KO'ed immediately, since it looks like these characters are in a different league. It's kinda similar to Toriko, when we'd be introduced to a bunch of ridiculously strong new characters/antagonists. Please don't get jobbed, Rihito. Grandpa Kure has to be a monster. I wonder if he'll attempt some kind of sneak-attack on Ohma. Jedah fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 10, 2017 |
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Feb 10, 2017 19:39
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I'm liking this comic. Is the Nentendo CEO is Nester all grown up? http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Nester
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Feb 11, 2017 05:22
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chefscientist posted:I'm liking this comic. Haha, you might be right! Nice find. I thought he was based off the Lemonhead candy mascot, but I can totally see him being a grown up Nester, too.
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Feb 12, 2017 04:03
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Jedah posted:Haha, you might be right! Nice find. I thought he was based off the Lemonhead candy mascot, but I can totally see him being a grown up Nester, too. Lemonhead guy looks far more similar (though I'm not sure why the character would be based off of him). His similarity to Nester isn't as significant (and there'd be no reason to make his head to side if he was aiming to make him look similar). Not to mention that, more importantly, it seems Nester was just from the American Nintendo Power magazine and it would be strange if the author was familiar with a character from the American Nintendo Power that most Americans aren't even familiar with.
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Feb 12, 2017 04:20
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Yeah it's probably just a coincidence.
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K. Flaps posted:Pretty much everyone in the tournament is really meaty except for two people and other than Haruo there aren't even any comically huge guys left. Even Julius is just like one head taller than the rest of them.
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Feb 12, 2017 15:48
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It's Kure time. http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Kengan-Ashua/Vol-007-Ch-052?id=347068
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Feb 16, 2017 15:33
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huh. rihito looks surprisingly good for someone who got ganked by a psychotic assassin from a long line of slightly less psychotic assassins.
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Feb 16, 2017 16:10
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Hate-Senpai posted:It's Kure time. When he said "I'll buy it at a high price," I couldn't help but think of the merchant from RE4.
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Feb 16, 2017 16:57
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I'm kinda impressed that Rihito wasn't seriously injured and Raian apparently required doing that much collateral damage to their surroundings to defeat him. I'm rooting for Rihito since he's probably the most over his head guy in this entire tournament.
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I love how affable the Kure clan is. I'd read a spin-off that was just a slice of life about this huge, goofy assassin family.
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