Chapter 332: Nicolas vs Nicolas (real)
très bien you've earned to right to fight the TRUE le banner
>>283879033Why is he so extra?
>>283879101Middle panel looks like one of those edits where you shuffle the faces of a large group of people. None of the faces look natural on their respective body.
>>283879149their mouths and eyes look photoshopped on their faces Annoying Orange style
>>283879005>flashback chapter see you next week
>>283879148holy shit it looks SO BAD
I forgot but did the French government really think that Jean was Nicolas or did they send Terashi to cut a loose end?
>>283879101>hit them with that purgatory stare
>>283879229Headbanging
>>283879149
>>283879269>"W-what? He can use the wobbly limb technique?"
>side character showdown will take multiple chapters>in a battle royale with 61(62) side charactersWe're going to be here forever. I hope Sandro at least manages to make it entertaining
>>283879372Wow what a kinoriffic chapter! I can't wait to see what happens nexf!
>>283879048>>283879148EVERY chapter is looking worse than the last one this arc. I'm so fucking excited to see what the art will look like by the time we get to shit like Raian vs Gilbert.
>>283879304Bit of both, they heard that "Nicholas" was still alive so they sent Terashi to cut the loose end of a loose cannon.According to the (retconned) character bio, Nicholas is France's Akoya so obviously they'd like him dead.
>>283879361>>283879269
>>283879372He morphed from Nicolas (Jean) to Koga (Jean)
>that doesn't make sen-KAPOW>why did he retc-SLAM>nice AI slo-CRACK>ashura was be-CLAPAny more "thoughts", shitter-kun?
>>283879128>tell me Nicolas>what the fuck is even happening
>>283879455>jobber charge with a knife
>>283879128Dialogue like this is so fucking depressing, it's long past being funny.
>>283879128>idk the prompt lead to an error
>>283879343He almost looks more natural this way.
>>283879455Post the knife disarm webm
>>283879482>Sandro can enforce Sandroisms onto real people
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>>283879529
>>283879592>tfw Fei dyes his hair
>>283879406By then the art will also be by Sandro
At this point I'm convinced that Sandro has some sort of mental condition.The writing, especially this chapter, reminds me of those fictional diaries written by loner schizos and mentally ill people that are found after they die.
>>283879532"Machop"
Do you have the unfathomable edits from last thread, “me”?
>>283879714If you yourself don't know what you're doing then your opponent is guaranteed to be confused. A real martial artist can take advantage of that moment of chaos!
>>283879128>retcon makes less sense than the originalbravo sandro
>>283879714He's the type of guy who is a genuine fan of "professional wrestling" teamshows, like WWE or WCW or WWF.No, like, GENUINE fan.He pays money to go see those matches. Plural. He owns merchandise, too.
>>283879148Koga?
>>283879586My favorite part is when he hops around in a circle while looking down for some reason.
>>283879592Updated it to make my edit slightly less but still appropriately shitty.
Everyone keeps calling this a retcon but I don't know what's different. I guess I forgot what the original backstory for Jean was.
>>283879299>SA>HA>TEImagine if we get a Kuroki scene with>KA>RA>TEin the background
>>283879480Ill leave it open to your interpretation
>>283879864>>283879592This looks like a character out of JJK
>>283879689so better?
>>283879874Jean won and killed Nicolas, which caused his psychotic break. He was certain the Nicolas was the protagonist of the world, and since the protagonist can't die before the story was over, Jean convinced himself that, since the protagonist must win, HE was the protagonist and therefore Nicolas. His entire schizodelusional break is predicated on him winning. Hallucinating that he actually won the fight makes no sense because he was convinced that Nicolas was going to win anyway. He went into that fight with his friend expecting to throw his life away and the world-shattering revelation of his victory is what caused him to lose his sense of self as Jean Luc.
>>283879128>how am i supposed to know, i dont even exist>you have to let go Jean, the accident wasnt your fault
>>283879372>Did you forget that, too?Same vibe.I had to look for the page in the archives, so why not post a link or two for you to see how long we have been "here"https://desuarchive.org/a/search/subject/Kengan%20Omega/order/asc/https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/208847135/#208847135
>>283879933>Naidain was one pair of shades away from looking like buff Gojo
>>283879128>Wait, if I lost, how am I even still alive?>Jojolion is a story about bre->Answer me!
>>283879882Karate huh, I'm not really sure of it, this Okinawan stuff. Haven't went up against it you know, it could be a fraud.
The whole battle royale thing is literally a perfect excuse to just have a bunch of good fights with good choreography with minimal focus on plot points which is exactly what the Kengan fandom would like. Why is Sandro insisting on bringing up plot points and having trash fights? This tournament could save omega but so far he’s letting it slip through his fingers. All we need is good art and interesting fights. It shouldn’t be that hard to deliver.
>>283879205SHHHYEEEEEAAAA
>>283879372Nicholas better win, Jean became pointless after the multiple time skips, and this arcs seriously needs more villains than Shen being invincible.
>>283879480
>>283879005Not even trying to be sarcastic, I am supposed to care about any of this?
>>283879836>DurhamRockerZ YTP.webm
>>283879372So Bando would destroy these 2?
>>283880208Most fighters lose to Bands
>>283880208Serious Bando kills most fighters in a 1v1 purely from unguarded headshots.
>>283880137
Sandro isn’t a hack confirmed by AI.
>>283880262Serious Bando pretty much beats any fighter who doesn't have prior knowledge of his ability.>>283880288>AI defending a story written by AI
>>283880288I agree completely, Omega definitely has excellent individual moments!
>>283880288>chatgpt defending the writing of chatgpt
>>283879178the fuck is going on with those arm lengths
>>283880080Who is Nicholas?Who is Shen?>needs more villainsThere are heroes in Kengan?
>>283880288You heard it here first!
>>283880448https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/198581305/#198581827
>>283880508Sandro was simply too ambitious to win!
>>283880521>Katsumi's bone joint technique taken to reality
>>283880405>who doesn't have prior knowledge of his ability.he still kills most fighters that do. In his fight a lot of people couldn't even see what he was doing and Sen still got clipped with full knowledge.
>>283880072Sandro considers himself a good writer, thinks his plot is good and blames the readers for not getting it when we complain
Jesus fuck what is the point of this shit. This character is so fucking minor and irrelevant I can't even think of a good parallel to explain just how inconsequential this is.
>what is the point of this shitWhat was the point of the gravitas in the wine line?
>>283879251>Sahate is fucking shit>>283879372>"I" am the only Sahate we needWhy did you make a shit martial arts?
>>283880785I can't believe you paid Sandrovich, or his publisher, to read this. What a waste.
>>283881006wat
>>283881033wet
>>283880785Sandro is pulling out all the stops to extend the longetivity of his biggest cashcow
>>283881082wit
>>283879048I see no LuoHan there though.
>>283879128>Well, you got me. By all accounts, it doesn't make sense.
>>283881162wot
>>283879073>Retcon is complete nonsenseStrike 1>>283879128>Sandro doesn't even attempt to explain itStrike 2>>283879148>Literally KogaStrike 3>>283879372>Mirror matchStrike 4Awful Sandro simply awful.
>>283881218Could Lolong have taken Kronk?
Reminder
>What the fuck am I doing here?
This is a terrible situation!
>>283881294>If the real Nicholas had won, that would have also been a terrible situation.Well, to be fair, it's not incorrect.
Nicholas seems like a big cummy boy.
>>283879005Goddamn there's just nothing to this manga anymore
I like how sandros writing is so shitty that even our lowest expectations get subverted. After the last chapter anons were wondering how on earth Nicolas could beat Jean after Jean had beaten him at his most inexperienced and now he also had years of fighting experience in purgatory. We expected the usual where Nicolas is inexplicably stronger for some reason. Liu might save the day. Something along those lines. Instead he just pulls the most blatant retcon I've seen in years and says deal with it fags.He's either the worst writer to have a running series or he's so next level he's able to subvert our expectations regardless of what they are. He's writing with foresight and pre-initiative and divine demon active at the same time. We're caught in his "spider-web.
>>283881440>After the last chapter anons were wondering how on earth Nicolas could beat Jean after Jean had beaten him at his most inexperienced and now he also had years of fighting experience in purgatory.The answer to that is that Nicolas Le alBanner was supposedly stronger, but lost anyways.Some shit about being careless or whatever.
>>283881440I don't see the issue with this chapter, Jean was always crazy and "his" story was told from "his" perspective.
>>283879005DOOMED YAOI AGAIN IM EATING GOOD
>>283879073EXCUSE ME!?This has to be a retcon isn't it?
It’s amazing he can make something even more irrelevant than black wrestler guy and the yakuza boss.
>>283879048That shadow kind of looks like he is having a smoke.
When we make the collage of all the unimportant jobbers once omega ends we should also do a companion collage of people doing the "jobber dash" where they rush in and get all blurry.
>>283879148What the fuck is this? Did his forehead cave in and evolve from karate chopping his own head?
Leave The Connector to me.
>>283881636Nothing in the story itself or in the character bios implied that Nicolas was alive and that Jean hallucinated an entire scenario where he won, quite the opposite in fact as Nicolas' bio states he was KILLED by Jean
>>283879005>>283879033>>283879048>>283879073>>283879101Spending 5 entire pages on this inconsequential backstory that we've already seen is unforgivable from a pacing perspective.
>>283881954How do you realistically deal with this?
>>283882045Think about Sandro, he needs to make money!
>>283879299>>283879351I sure do love when the drawings on the page literally lie to the reader.
>>283882100Like the actual "punching a slime man" dilema or the yguy you try to punch able to do creepy ghost movements with his body (that has the ilusion of being a slime man)?
This is all I think of every time a character begins a fight with that stupid dash.
>>283882100Salt
>>283882294Salt would only be able to defeat THE OLD FORMLESS. This one? Clearly "different"
>>283879178We know that Jean is supposed to have absurd reach, which is why he "developed" his sahate the way he did. I'm more concerned with the perspective on Jean's arms more than anything. his forearm is like five inches long.>>283880521Similarly, Xia Ji is also meant to have especially long arms because his fighting style puts emphasis on reach and attacking with his fingertips like a whip.
>>283879836>that close uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNDXrKBOKrw
>>283881917Just like those edits from Anon earlier, his face is also just pasted on.
>>283882329>it's clearly different!What does that even mean when the whole point of Formless is that it can look like anything?Yes, I know there's no point in questioning it.
Why doesnt he just use that trick that redirects all the damage to another part of your body?
post formleast pls
>>283882721pee?
>>283879299Enjoy the PARALIZER
>>283879882It's gonna show up when Rihito is using Kuroki techniques to fight Shen at the end
>>283883450Kino I would forgive everything if Sandro made it happen
>>283883450I know that sounds cool on paper but why would that be impressive? Rihito's already got an objectively superior devil lance that's active at all times. Kuroki didn't teach Lihito to do anything that took advantage of his own gifts. He's a mediocre teacher.
>>283884127Rihito'ss problems as a fighter stem from him being a self taught shitter who happens to have inhuman grip and finger strength. Beard took him in to teach him some fundamentals and maybe a proper actual martial art so he could actually use his gifts meaningfully. Give a Zulu a HK416 and he'll be using it as a club
>>283884127Rihito is saving the Devil Scythe to reap Shen who Rino compared to a plant. I know it's not gonna happen but I'm throwing this idea out for Sandro to steal since I'm sure it's better than whatever bullshit he's cooking
>>283884127>Kuroki didn't teach Lihito to do anything that took advantage of his own giftsTeaching him how to actually handle a fight and not coast on his natural talents was all Kuroki needed to do. You have to remember that the Devil's lance is a powerful tool in his arsenal but it's just one tool among many. While lethal what makes Gensai terrifying is that he's a master of martial arts and not a one-trick pony and even without his lance he's handed people their asses. The fact that the ripper is easier to deploy pairs very well Gensai's training.
>>283879372Assuming the hit landed on his collarbone area doesn't that mean his breathing should be fucked since it being paralyzed means it can't expand?
>>283884873I'll leave it open to interpretation.
>>283879836anime naidan
>>283884971As am I, obviously if it hit the actual throat, he's FUCKED but even the collarbone/chest area should make it nigh impossible to breathe
>>283884578Left panel is really cool
>Akoya arrives, starts beating the shit out of both schizos and Liu joins the fight>Jean goes crazy midfight and starts attacking Liu too>Fight turns into a free-for-allWould you rike it?
>>283885485Only if grenade-sama returns
>>283885485Only if numbers 6 will charge in the middle
>>283885485Akoya is either too strong to lose or too weak to lose now. He won't join this little fight
>>283885485Akoya is bumrushing to Koga's location like Raian was bumrushing to Eddie in the hallway right now
>>283885691So Akoya won't find Koga until the whole is already over?
>>283885527>>283885576>Nicholas is coming on top >#6 randomly charges in with grenade-sama>Tch, looks like I have to save you again, Akoya>Turns out it was Luohan who ordered #6 to keep an eye on schizo squad and save them if necessary for reasons
>>283885795Sandro is already implying Luohan's involvement with #6 and having the Jean vs Nicolas 'right now' so it's either Akoya will attack Koga within the next 3 chapters or we'll get to that at some crucial point around the end
>>283879073This is such a gay retcon. Jean's backstory was one of the few decent bits I can recall in the entirety of Omega. But nope! Sandro couldn't just say Nicolas survived because there would be no tension in this fight if Jean had already legitimately beat his ass. It's Raian losing to Gilbert all over again, cheap excuse to make it seem like the good guy is actually the underdog in the rematch when we know he isn't. Salt on the wound is that Jean's entire cocky attitude that made him a fun character is just gone now that he's un-schizo'd himself.
Now that we clearly established that Nicolas outclasses Jean when it comes to striking, it's time for Jean to go for a grapple
>>283880785You don't like two jobbers who do not exist outside of this self-contained minor storyline hogging chapters during the final showdown arc?
>>283885485Akoya doing anything unhinged like that (which for him is perfectly on the hinges) would be based regardless of context, so yes
>>283885527laughed harder than i have in days, thank you anon
Hassad soon.
>>283879101Fei my beloved, i miss u bbNo homo
>>283879128Kengan Omega is open to interpretation.
What is the point of this fight? What was the point of bringing Nicolas back and retconning that he actually won? This shit is so ass.
>Nicolas feat is beating on a weaker man under duressGreat, I'm really looking forward to the continued fight Anyway, the "villains" always seem to let their opponents live for one reason or another. Eddie constantly turning his back on Raian and tards, Tiger Niko letting Muteba live for no reasonn, Luohan letting his retarded clone twins walk away even though he'd well be within his right to kill them in self-defenseTheir kill ratio is just each other and some background characters from early chapters while the "Hero's" keep killing them without a second thought
>>283887004>What was the point of bringing Nicolas back and retconning that he actually won?Sandro realized he killed off way too many antagonists for there to be even a somewhat decent roster for the villains so he brought back Nicolas to pad out the roster and justified it with a retcon
>>283887333Our HERO Chopstick Johnny will salvage the Worm.
How do I get his body, keng/a/n?
>>283887089He also beat an army?Like this is shit but that's being blatantly disingenuous.
All of the Kengan retcons started happened after the Danberu time travel bits, because they actually changed the timeline. A couple of years from now they're going to have a chapter where they go back and fix the timeline, and then Kengan will suddenly be following its original plot points but with the changes made in the altered timeline because Sandro is a retard who learned time travel from Looper
>>283887489>It's ok when Kinnikuman does it
>>283887004>What is the point of this fight?The Nicolas plotline never felt properly concluded, Jean just exited the manga after Purgatory for no real reason. >What was the point of bringing Nicolas back and retconning that he actually won? Nicolas surviving could work but the rest of it is Sandro trying to correct issues that don't exist. He made Nicolas the winner so Jean could be the underdog, instead of doing the obvious thing and just making Jean rusty because he just came out of a fucking coma, or he could have made Nicolas stronger since their last fight. Making Nicolas survive was digestible because Jean was schizoing out hard, but making Jean misremember the entire fight is garbage. Sandro doesn't even try to justify why Nicolas would spare Jean. This actually might be his laziest chapter ever.
>>283879073Wow, that make the backstory so much lamer, wtf?
Man, I was giving that fight the benefit of the doubt but it's so bad.
>>283887467He didn't beat an army. He killed a bunch of civilians and butchered his spec ops unit.
>>283887467He's a serial killer who dabbed on some no-name spec ops unit. Lolong and Muteba could have done that in their sleep and one's a jobber and the other is a coward, it means nothing and thanks to the retcon it's just lip service now If Sandro wanted me to feel that Nicolas was a "monster" he'd have had Nicolas mow down some Kenganavengers or Purga-jobbers before getting to Jean, not rely on a reworked backstory
So how long is Sandro going to drag out this pointless fight after this retarded retcon hackjob? I assume at least three more weeks of this zero hype, tensionless fight.
I'm gonna die if I don't get another dose of raian wank quick...................
>>283880521Five years have passed. We had it so good and we didn't know it until it was gonePlease refrain yourself from posting the archived older chapters in these threads, it's really depressing
>>283879048the angry expression is 100% ai "assisted"
>>283879128kengan omega is a story about breaking a curse
>>283887375Is this a body that attracts women, or a body that attracts The Gay?
>>283879128>ChatGPT: But Sandro-sama it wouldn't make sense that a crazy mass murder would spare someone>Sandro: Well just make the excuse vague enough so that the readers can't complain about contradicting since there's not really a reason to contradict
Kenganism's that drive you the most wild?For me, it's>HOWEVER>THERE WAS ANOTHER X
>>283889415For me it's all the random words with " around them.
...Okayyyyy
>>283889415I both like it and hate it when someone says 'haha bro you almost got me it was a razor thin margin' but the fight wasn't even remotely close.
This might be the most retcon-y chapter thus far
>>283889534This hurts the most because I see it in other manga and it kills me
>>283889644It's not even a funny retcon, it just make everything lamer
>>283889415my favorite are the nametags
>>283889415Years ago i could read one of these exchanges about>he was so strong, if he faced someone else but me it would have been troubleAnd accept it without a second thought as the assesment post-fightingNow it's something completely different
>>2838819311-Bar Ryu of the laggy fist... i kneel...
>>283889415The main one for me is>You've got it all wrong.It's amazing how common this is, and I am just noticing now thanks to THAT event
>>283879073>>283879101On top of being an absolutely abhorrent retcon that flies in the face of what we previously knew, this makes no fucking sense.Are we just to assume that Jean not only had a schizo-fabricated memory of killing Nicolas, but that his imagined version of the fight then gave him an additional mental breakdown that overwrote his fake memory with different fake memories?
>>283881951It's fucking weird that there are people defending Sandro's tendency to retcon everything. Because this is what this blatantly is.Other anons have made the comparison, but I think even people who fall for scam emails with deliberate typos might be more savvy than this.
Just read the chapter. The reason for Nicolas to not kill Jean seems pretty easy to explain, no?>Nicolas about to kill Jean >Notices Jean schizobabbling to himself>"Hehe I killed Nicolas, I am the real protagonist">Nicolas smiles >"Youre pretty interesting Jean, I'll allow you to live and see how much you grow"plz Sandro can you at least try
>>283890274This is a good observation, anon, but have you considered that THE LEGEND, Himuro Ryo, is coming over to your house?
>>283890274>>283890290I don't even give a shit that it's a retcon, what annoys me is that it makes the entire plot pretty nonsensical and uninteresting.Now Nicholas is just a dude Jean tried to fight and lost to, instead of his hero that he believed to have killed.It turn Jean from someone broken by a win to a delusional sore loser.
>>283890523How could we get lower from here? Reveal that Naidan was alive this whole time and tell Liu that he never loved him? Turn Nicolas into a Kenganvenger, because he is buddies with Shen or something?
>I'll leave it open to interpretation.>I'll leave it open to interpretation.>I'll leave it open to interpretation.>I'll leave it open to interpretation.>I'll leave it open to interpretation.
Shouldn't there be more emotion here? Jean witnessing his own friend commit mass murder and he gets so traumatised he deluded himself into thinking he's his friend. Shouldn't Jean still be wondering "Why?" Throughout this ordeal? Instead he's just being a stoic about it all "time to die, original, like he's Luohan. Where are the emotional stakes? Where are the humans? Liu is the closest thing we have to a human in this manga and I fear that won't be for much longer.
>>283879755This chapter makes me feel like I should apologize to Murata.
>>283890985What an unfathomable monster Sandro is...
>>283879299B-but the attack literally landed. It doesn't make sen53sdjnvcx
>>283879372I can't believe i've wasted five years of my life following this shit.
>>283891410It was more fun back then
>>283890721
>>283882045It's 5 pages of AI so from Sandro perspective nothing of value was lost. Though I doubt this manga even has any value left
>>283879372>"I am the originator of Sahate"Okay that's lame and all HOWEVER Jean's reaction time and orangutan arm length was practically made for Sahate. Jean should be HUMILIATING this guy unless Sandro wants to say next chapter that there was another part of Sahate that Jean either wasn't aware of or couldn't master that gives Nicolas an edge on Jeans insane reaction time
>>283879033It still doesn't explain why this worm guy did such a thing in the first place.
>>283891768Nicolas was tasked with disposing of everyone that was involved with Luohan Island, but he made a mistake and didn't know Jean never worked there.
>>283891807He thought Jean saw Luohan was blowing the former worm head
Really tempted to go back and read the original Kengan just so I can enjoy the art again
>>283879372
>>283891768Worms are low-impulse morons with poor judgement skillsWhy did any of the Worms have to reveal themselves to a massive stadium full of people, some of who could take them in a fight. What was Fei's plan had he won his fight with Waka and not have killed himself? Just walk off?Why keep Luohan around if Luohan is such a dastardly treacherous cur and you have other clones available to you The Worms just do as they are
>>283891768The truth will forever remain a mystery, I'll leave that to your interpretation
>>283888936the gay
>"One of the best pages in Omega? NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPENED, YOU RIKE? YOU RIKE POINTLESS RETARDED TWIST FOR SAKE OF TWISTS AND PROPPING UP MY ASSPULLED PLOT THREAD HERE???"I HATE SANDRO I HATE SANDRO I HATE SANDRO
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>>283881636Literally nothing implied that Jean was "completely hallucinating events that never happened and are the exact opposite of reality" type crazy, just that he had a breakdown of the ego and multiple personalities. You can't handwave literally everything as just "he was crazy lel". Should we also retcon last second that Tiger Niko beat Ohma's Niko in a last second desperate attempt to raise his stocks and just spared his life out of nostalgia for the old days when they were kids? After all the only person who saw the fight was Kiryu, and he is also LE CRAZY after all.
>>283892633>Why keep Luohan around if Luohan is such a dastardly treacherous cur and you have other clones available to you
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>>283892967
>>283890009VGH, now this is REAL Street Fighter
The only good conclusion to this is Terashi sniping the real Nicolas midfight.
>>283892923R1 was pretty rough when it came to proportions, but it still had some raw pages.
>>283881636It doesn't make sense from his perspective even if you consider that he's crazy. Jean Luc's psychotic break came because he thought he killed the protagonist. He didn't go into that fight thinking he'd beat Nicolas, so it's nonsense that he'd hallucinate winning. If anything, he'd have been more likely to have issues accepting that he won. That's the whole reason he suffered a breakdown resulting in him believing he was Nicolas.
>>283892981>"I fucking LOVE Tiger Niko feeding thousands of orphans into a meat grinder, I don't want that to stop." - Our heckin quirky best pal, Shengus Wulong
>>283893130You don't get it. He's unfathomable, like a plant rather a man
>>283892633>Why did any of the Worms have to reveal themselves to a massive stadium full of peopleYou don't get it. They actually have a vague reason that will definitely make sense later and Sandro totally won't forget it
>>283890009>Sakura still managing to hit himAh... So she's finally reached the level of foresight...>>283891410You know what's terrifying? The idea that people are spending money on Comikey to read this shit.
>>283893111You could probably make this version work if it was actually set up by the flashback itself by altering Jean's thoughts in it, by making him self-insert into Nicolas even before the "tragedy" rather than just worship him.Instead of explicitly showing him standing over Nicolas' corpse, have him black out during their fight, and only wake up later, far away from the scene of the massacre, covered in blood and wearing Nicolas' sunglasses or something, and him filling in the gaps that he must have finally become Nicolas.Of course, that's the usual rub of "maybe this retarded Sandro plot point would make sense if it was completely different", and we all know that Sandro didn't even have the ghost of an idea to do this current shit back then, and this is just him retconning on the fly.
>>283893219See, that could work if those sorts of details were thought out ahead of time, but there's one problem with that. What's it in service of? Nicolas and Jean Luc are such minor elements of the story that have essentially zero plot relevance that it makes one wonder why Sandro even bothered trying to loop it back around. There are so many characters already, so bringing another one back from the dead and having Jean Luc return after literal years of irrelevance is just wild.
>>283892981>eventually produce a warrior that can rival meWell he actually produced someone that had potential and then sacrificed him just to confirm using two super dangerous technique at the same time is dangerous
>>283892981>There's a neat event coming up soon.>Someone might even come out of it who's close to my levelPfft, Shen is a real joker
Honestly this series hasn't been good in years. It's embarrassing to read at this point
>>283887519>This actually might be his laziest chapter ever.lmao, I love how shit this manga is that people basically say this every week for each new chapter.
>>283893251If this was Ashura, I'd say "well, that's because most characters are treated well and like the main characters of their own personal stories usually, so he just decided to give a little more spotlight to Jean's plot", but we all know what a joke that idea is now, especially when Jean and his plot was completely abandoned for uh.... almost half a decade IRL I think? And like you said, there are countless characters mostly ignored.My only guess for why this specific one came back was because it makes for some easy filler, and because Sandro is addicted to twists for the sake of themselves in general. It's also pretty clear Sandro does read comments and feedback from Japan at least and writes in response to them sometimes, so this feels like him trying to further justify the whole Naidan warning thing. I'm 100% sure at some point here, Nicolas will infodump about his Worm connections and Liu will stare into the camera and go "IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW, THAT'S WHY NAIDAN SAID THAT! HE THOUGHT JEAN WAS THIS SON OF A BITCH FOR REAL! NAIDAN.... THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR ME" to try and give "closure" to the Liu/Naidan stuff at the same time.
>>283879128>I don't know. I'll leave it open to interpretation.Bravo, Sandro.
>>283879205This boy thicc
>>283893273Well? Did his joke pay off? Did someone there really come out "close" to his level?
>>283885940>Salt on the wound is that Jean's entire cocky attitude that made him a fun character is just gone now that he's un-schizo'd himself.You either die a fun heel or live long enough to become a deadfaced stoic. Nicolas(Jean) was one of my favorite characters back in Purgatory, and I wish he just died/mutually killed Akoya, or just never appeared again rather than this incoherent retardation. We joke about it all the time, but it's unironically true that the best thing that can happen to any character in this garbage is Sandro forgetting about them. I HOPE he doesn't remember Xia Ji and give us some sideplot of him infiltrating the tournament to try to get revenge on Yan.
>>283879073Why? Just why would you retcon that of all things? Even if purgatory Nicholas won you can come up with some excuse as to why real Nicholas is now much more powerful or you can say that he lost on purpose because he's an insane schizo or whatever.I just don't get it. Are we doing this just to make this quaternary villain that's a rival to a tertiary character slightly more threatening within this micro arc? I will be surprised if either of them does anything of note after this fight.And he hits with le mystery doodle speech again, just shoot me bro.
>>283893734It's funny how with Sandro's obsession with RAZOR THIN MARGINS and IF ONLY THAT HAD CONNECTED and O MY COMPATIBILITY, he didn't think it would be reasonable to say that real Nicolas was stronger on paper(HE ALREADY SAID THIS IN THE RETCONNED CHARACTER BIO BTW), but lost because he was a little tired from killing the rest of their unit and Jean tapped into some tardrage schizo reserve of strength that caught him off guard.No of course not, we can't just go with that and say that he trained and got even stronger since then, we have to retcon it from top to bottom and ruin the backstory completely instead of only partially, and also retcon that he invented the martial art Jean uses too.
>actually the weird fusion martial art that was custom tuned for Jean and his weird proportions and mutant hyper reflexes was actually invented by the original all this time because fuck youAlso Liu implies that he's unfamiliar with it, or at least the karate portion, so it was implied to be something Jean only fully created recently, not something from his past. But hey, MAYBE HE ONLY JUST GOT THE MEMORY OF THOSE TECHNIQUES BACK A WEEK AGO AND CLAIMED HE INVENTED IT HIMSELF BECAUSE HE'S CUHRAZY XD
Man, if I wasn't suffering from sunk cost fallacy this might actually be my breaking point. Something about this chapter in particular just has the same vibe as Sandro outright screaming in my face that he doesn't care.
>>283894147Personally it make me sad because I liked the initial chapters with Liu and Nicholas at the start of this mini arc.
I don't know why Sandwich bothered with this Nicolas plot if he's just going to clearly rush through it
>>283894147>Something about this chapter in particular just has the same vibe as Sandro outright screaming in my face that he doesn't care.I wonder what would give you that impression?
>>283894405Sandwich comes off as a smug, insufferable cunt through his writing, with all of these fourth wall breaking moments designed to mock critics of his tropes.
>>283894574The ol' "98 iq thinks he's 138 iq" trick
>>283894574My favorite part about this one is that Sandro thought it was so clever he repeated it twice in the same tournament.
So now that Jean/Nicholas entire story got RET-FUCKING-CONNED what else is on the retcon chopping block now that we know even past good bits are unsafe?
>>283894613>immediately makes them fodder in his type of fiction
>>283894620Naidan or Fei in some regard probably. Maybe we can retcon that Naidan was just a clone with implanted memories, and Liu will have to fight his original who shits on his clone and their friendship.
>keeps disappointing readers further and further and hits a new low every weekLiterally how does he do it?
>>283892945>Luohan just chilling with a mouth breathing retard daze>the background just oozes a nasty and dark incomprehensible malevolence>this is all in their heads>Shen Wulong still doesn't want to kill him (yet)
>>283894049>...You really don't like Yumigahama, do you?
>>283892945It's minor, but it's funny to me how Niko has literally never worn a hoodie in the series, but Daro put him in one anyway here because he defaults to the same few pieces of clothing (Hoodie, skintight shirt/shorts, black jobber pants) every chance he gets because it's easy to "draw".
>>283894749didn't he say Terashi was his favorite character
>>283894405Why does he look so jewish?
>>283894620Frighteningly decent chance Ohma's Niko is still alive.
>>283894820Oh yeah, this one is probably happening. After all, the only living people who were there when Genzan supposedly killed Niko were either CUHRAZY or had memory loss, so that's completely free game to retcon however Sandro pleases apparently. Not to mention that one weird page of Niko approaching Kuroki and requesting his help, which we never got elaboration for.
>>283894613>repeated it twice>in the same tournamentThat's too green, Anon. Watch this!
>>283894620Ohma Niko is 100% alive
>>283894692what's even left?he's running out of new ways to disappoint
>enters the battle royale before Shen>sprints to the other side of the arena>leaves two F tier jobbers to whittle Shen down for himFRAUDoki is no true warrior
>>283895311Kuroki crazy face
>>283894913>Yan one chapter>"Best wishes my brethren">Yan the next chapter>Grr Shen what do you think you're doing handing out power ups?
Looking back at Kengan Omega storytime threads, you can already see people being angry and jaded. This was back in 2022.https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/234497936I wonder how mindbroken the storytime threads will be for these current chapters when the time comes to start making these storytime chapters.
>>283895407>Kengan Omega storytimeDuring the storytime I believe, but I genuinely remember most anons having fun pre-50 and also during some of purgatory. It was a different time...
>>283895407This storytime was immediately after Eddie died as I recall, so spite was at an all time high(for back then).
>>283895407>even angry and jaded over the series in the wake of Fei, Lolong, and "the tragegy people are still taking solace in small things like how they like the Jean flashbackIt gets worse. It ALWAYS gets worse. It doesn't matter if we can't fathom or imagine how it could, it does. It ALWAYS does.
>>283895374>you forget who invented the color green?
>>283893630Oh anon, at this point you know that's exactly whats gonna happen later.I mean, if characters like Xia Ji, Akoya, Yumigahama and others are not among the nameless numbers' ranks already, i totally expect them to arrive uninvited to the island like another faction, "The Forgotten" or some other dumb shit name
>>283883074KEK
Uhhh, sudden random question, help me a bit anons:In Ashura, did we ever saw a panel of Tokita Niko actually dead after trying to save/stop Advanced Ohma? Or did we jump straight to the mental images?Don't worry, i'm not suggesting something similar to the french with those characters, that would be silly
>>283895383>how did he ring me out?>he hasnt even moved>he is just like the connector!I am very excited to see principles Carlos
>>283895407I am eagerly awaiting the Kengan Omega storytime after Omega finishes.
Now that I think about it, the funny thing is that even in the Bio it was already said that Nicholas was actually stronger than Jean.So instead of trying to frame Jean winning as a combination of the two being close enough in level plus luck, determination, etc. like how most fights should be, Sandro just said it never happened and Jean was actually "super no diff"ed by Nicholas.
>>283895425>most anons having fun pre-50The reaction to "that" CH50 page was beautifulhttps://desuarchive.org/a/thread/234055127/#q234055745
>>283895896>the truth is that Lolong and Carlos previously had a match, Carlos lost and the butthurt made him develop schizophrenia that makes him remember the match as being more brutal and cruel than it actually was
>>283879073Love it when media illiterate retards get confused by the old unreliable narrator because they're used to low IQ shonen slop that takes everything at face value.But hey, gotta fit in with the boys and whine about everything even when you're too dumb to understand what actually happened!Tolerating Naruto and Dragon Shit Z was the greatest mistake ever done to /a/
>>283895859That's not the first chapter dump retard, that's a repost after everyone got ass mangled later on.At the first dump everyone was screaming KINO
>reusing the same bait as the last threadLazy, no work ethic.
>>283895990Yes? I'm aware? I was responding to a line of discussion about a Kengan Omega STORYTIME thread.
>>283895992That's how you know he's just bored and fishing for (you)s.
>>283895733There was a page of Niko laying on the ground SEEMINGLY in the process of dying, where he told Ohma not to kill people, but that was from early Ashura when we still thought that Genzan was still alive(and Ohma had brain damage/memory loss) I believe.
>>283879073I did always think it was really fucking weird that Jean managed to kill Nicolas when Nicolas was meant to be this ultra badass special agent badass worm badass psyco killed badass and Jean was just a special agent badass who had a mental breakdown iirc. I didn't really care all that much because who gives a fuck, certainly not Sandro, but I really did always think it was weird that Jean managed to kill Nicolas. Of course, while this explains how Jean never did anything of the sort, it does make his whole backstory, a completely worthless and pointless side plot to begin with, even more worthless and pointless, but that's to be expected from Sandro these days so I can't even pretend to be disappointed. Literally. I feel nothing while reading this. I think I have "started" to climb the wall.
>>283879148>>283879128>>283879251>>283879269>>283879327>>283879351The faces are getting so bad that it's bordering on horror manga levels. Everything else is bad as well but the faces are something else.
>>283883074and another PARALYZER
>>283896091Sandro even acknowledged that the real Nicolas was stronger on paper in his (retconned) character bio, so I just took it as a situation where Jean was in some schizo rage mode ignoring his own pain and the like, while Nicolas took him too lightly because he had always been better(and I also figured Jean downplayed his own abilities, because he couldn't possibly see himself as almost as strong as the protagonist of the world to begin with).
>>283880072Damn, at this point i really wish for itagaki to pull a Fortnite arc after Jack Dou is finished, just so we can see the whole baki cast slaughter onscreen buch of not-japanese jobbers in brutal way, just to show Sandro how shit is done.
>>283892981Remember when it seemed like the Connector was SUPER interested in Koga for whatever reason?
>>283896307Yeah. For like one chapter. And then he was like "sanadabich u lost all interest!!!!!".This fake interest was purely a cheap end-of-chapter cliffhanger designed to get people talking and raise engagement metrics. Nothing more, nothing less.
>>283894620Can't even wish for Naidan's death to be retconned because I know whatever creature that will come back will have 0 fucking resemblance to Naidan and it just won't be fun or satisfying or intriguing in any way shape or form.
>>283896149
>>283895955Everyone understands it fine, anon. It just isn't a good turn from Sandro that enhances Jean's character now that we understand the full picture of what happened to him, it's just being done to create cheap hype.
>>283879327>Liu, forma de chudjak
Okay, forget itIt doesn't matterThe truth will forever remain a mysteryI'll leave it to your interpretation
>>283896215>Jean was in some schizo rage modeYeah, that's how I accepted it as well even though it seems really stupid, especially back then when shit hadn't gone off the rails as much as it has now. I figured Jean was actually strong and had that poison nerve attack power but Nicolas didn't and that + schizo power was how he got the upper hand against Nicolas. This retcon is so weird. Every single aspect just makes me scratch my chin and go "ehhh".
>>283895812Yeah, we should start back at chapter 1 of Omega. It'll be hilarious. It's gonna be even more bitter and angry than the first storytime threads for Omega.
It's easy to get lost in the utter time abyss that is Omega, but I'd just like to remind "me" that this is the SECOND time in the span of like ten chapters that Sandro has retold the Nicolas/Jean backstory to waste pages. First he did it when Liu talked to Terashi about Nicolas being a Worm agent and still alive for the initial retcon, and now again.
>>283896339>a cheap end-of-chapter cliffhanger designed to get people talking and raise engagement metrics.A Kengan staple these days
Why are people so obsessed with following stuff they hate, rather than the stuff they enjoy these days anyway? It's like fandoms don't exist, only hatedoms. Is this another digital generation thing? Some fear of saying you like something leaves you exposed to shitposters who can hide their own tastes and opinions of what they like?
>>283896507soon it’s gonna be>fight starts>character #1 intro>character #2 intro>flashback of their beef>fortnite rules recap>self aware meta joke>cliffhanger on the first punch
>>283896656>chapter 2 begins>the attack that we connect on the last page actually didn't land>humblebragging starts>"heh, that almost got me! I'd better watch out for that one!">exposition dump about the style or backstory of one of them until almost the end of the chapter>one fight SHHYEAAAs and jobber rushes his stationary opponent>countered>????!!!!!!!!!>end of chapter oneliner and cliffhanger
>>283895955It's not just that it's different. It's that it's worse.
>old unreliable narratorMORE LIKE "OLD UNRELIABLE AND INDECISIVE WRITER", (you) disingenuous cunt.
>>283896844>HOW COULD THE TWIST ADDICTED WRITER PULL THE WOOL OVER MY EYES LIKE THAT!!!??
>absolutely BEGGING for (you)s now
>>283879073>retconned a backstory into a shittier backstory>>283879178>no stakes>>283879229>>283879251>no choreography>>283879372>no new fighting style
>>283896651But I like this manga. Like to shit on that is
>>283896844
>>283896215>so I just took it as a situation where Jean was in some schizo rage mode ignoring his own pain and the likeThis seemed like a reasonable enough assumption at the time since he more or less does this in his fight with Akoya. It's stated a couple of times and reflected in his fight record that he sucks unless he's fighting to kill so I don't think anyone questioned that he managed to win under a life or death circumstance since that's where he shines.
To be fair, isn't it a common trope in anime that a dead character ACHUALLY wasn't dead all along? Pretty sure i've seen it in many manga, like jojo, AoT, One Piece etc. I mean the way they get brought back varies from asspulls to giga asspulls, but it's nothing new
>>283897090We're talking about Jean defeating Nicolas. This retcon basically turns Jean into a sore loser, which is much less interesting and MUCH less tragic.We've already been through this with Ohma coming back. The original Nicolas coming back is excessive. I already expect Ohma's Niko to return before Hassad does.
>>283897090I think after initial annoyance, people slid into acceptance of real Nicolas being alive. I might not like it, but I could easily see how it could be possible, Jean was having a mental breakdown and him not confirming the kill beyond doubt is believable, same with Worm medical bullshit being able to help him.But now, Sandro not only does that, but also shits on the original flashback and angle of Jean!Nic's character by re-framing his whole backstory from "obsessive fanboy who had to kill his hero in self defense and couldn't accept it" to just losing pathetically and convincing himself he was that person for ???. It's dumb and a much less compelling story for seemingly no reason than Sandro wanting a twist.
>>283897158Actually I take it back, it's actually very clear what the reason is, Sandro (not entirely unreasonably) decided that Nicolas losing to Jean and then coming back to be his antagonist again doesn't make him feel like a big threat(especially with Liu there too).So instead of putting in the work to show over tell and hype Nicolas up by doing something unthinkable like letting him beat a Kenganvenger first and explaining he got stronger since back then, he just does a lazy retcon to raise Nic's stocks at the expense of Jean's character.
>>283897118The worst bit is you can just say Jean got his win because Nicolas was tired from killing all the guys so he wasn't at peak performance. The issue is that we know its retarded. Jean has Akoya tier reactions and his style is directly designed to abuse them so Nicolas being the progenitor and better at them makes no fucking sense.
Isn't the only actually dead character (besides goons and c-list villains) Meguro or whatever the loon was called? Oh and that other chinese dude, fei or something i guess
>>283897118>I already expect Ohma's Niko to return before Hassad does.So we will finally be acknowledging the psychic powers and ESP everyone has?
>>283897258Erioh>he already forgot the “Tragedy”
>>283896651Why are people so obsessed with "liberating" people from "enjoying" "shit"?You spend more time seething at people seething than the people seething spend seething
>>283892754How do I attract women then
>>283897258How dare you forget our fallen hero Kure Rikuto
>>283897258>he forgot THE Yasunaga, Sunderer of Sinners>he forgot THE Kure Rikuto, the Holy DemonHimuro Ryo?Approaching your abode.
>>283897303>Enjoy a nice barbeque>filthy animals flood your lawn and starts shitting everywhere ruining your appetite, tell them to fuck off back to the woods>"lol why u mad brah ur worse than us!"You'd have a point if 90% of the threads aren't just anons seething at the tiniest details and most insignificant aspects when they don't find anything bigger to whine about
>>283897212>Sandro (not entirely unreasonably) decided that Nicolas losing to Jean and then coming back to be his antagonist again doesn't make him feel like a big threatI'm glad he started to care about villains feeling unthreatening now
Hate is a cult. Like is for beta pussies.
>food metaphorDamn, maybe this really is Sandro.
>>283897561Sandro always loves giving fake hype to his villains like that though, it's just that he never follows through even a little bit, and we've all learned that by now and everyone fully understands that Nicolas is going off that Disney climax cliff within 3-4 chapters tops.
283897554>barbequeYou're not the cook. You're the random guy at the shooting range nobody invited telling everybody else to stop using the arsenic-laced steaks as targets.
>>283897561I tis already too late. The worm are the underdogs in this conflict, not the kengan association.
>>283897561I get that you're being sarcastic, but between Gilbert off-screening Raian and the retconned fight between Nicolas and Jean, I'm not sure which is worse. I doubt Jean will ever get anything like Otakemaru.
>>283897554It's not your lawn sisterIt's the public pool and you've got aids
What kind of barbeque is Kengan Omega?
>>283897911I'll leave it open to interpretation
>>283897911Rotten meat grilled until it has an appetizing looking outer layer to make you bite into it, for maximum subversion.
>>283897911Half baked.
>>283897911
>>283897911Razor-thin.
I'm the only grillmaster we need
>>283897975oh man hahahyeah...
>>283894692He "descended the abyss"
>enjoy a nice barbeque >filthy monkeys flood your lawn and start shitting everywhere and stealing your grilling techniques, tell them to fuck off back to the woods>you go back inside to check on the oven you were preheating>your tenant shit inside it>he's 2 meters tall and weighs 120 kilograms, his big 3 total is 1000 kilograms, and he also knows martial arts, so you don't really want to confront him about it>so upset that all you can do to calm down is go watch a new documentary film about your favorite boxer, cassius clay
>>283898383decimating post
It has to be done.It has to be done.
>Other thread archived 9 posts away from bump limit>This thread is still ongoingWTF?
>>283898822Unfathomable post. The "me" could use a tongue though.
>>283899013Let us cook
>>283896061>seeminglyWe're fucked anons. He's coming back for the finale (and it's gonna be a comedic scene instead of a heartfelt, dramatic meeting.....or he's gonna train Koga into the Neo-Niko Style)
>>283897326Still the gay.
>>283898822kek
>>283895756What the fuck did #6 mean by "he's just like the connector"? Was he referring to Ohma's damage negation skill? At least with Raian it's because he was using the point of force bullshit so there's at least something to connect there.
>>283879101I miss Fei.
>>283899882I'll leave it open to interpretation.
>>283899885Think of it as freeing him from Omega. If he comes back now he'd spout jobber lines and lose pathetically to Ohma...Tbh Sandro may actually do it for real by cloning him or retcon his death in the next chapter
>>283894049Funny thing is that it'd be as simple as saying that Nicolas just practices Savate and Jean saw him manage to make use of nerves and pain responses a few times during CQC, so he was inspired to develop Sahate by adding in fencing to make use of his long limbs and karate to round out his skillset. It wouldn't even be weird for Nicolas, the French special forces psycho, to know Savate and do something as sadistic as deliberately going for nerves and pressure points to disable his victims. Instead, Sandro seems dead set on taking everything away from Jean Lucolas.
>>283896651Because I can follow a ton of shit and enjoy whatever I want. There are 24 hours in the day and I intend to use all of them.
>>283899902Only 24 hours and already the sight of this line makes me want to kill someone. BRAVO SANDRO! BRAVO!
>>283899999You've doomed us all
It's up
>>283900236>I didn't
>>283900236>Pistol Foot Pete was actually literalBRAVORAVO
What are the most famous lines that mindbroke anons anyway?>You got it all wrong>However>The timingAnd i'm sure you monkeys will be spamming "I'll leave it open to interpretation." at every question asked from now on.
>>283900391>forgetting the Alpha & the Omega
>>283900391>you were too strong>you were awesome>still green>arrived>razor thin margin
>>283900391
>>283900391>raise a triumphant cry
Where the FUCK is Koga?
when did it become cool and mainstream to shit on kengan omega?
>>283899882>>283899902It's mostly about that ability mentioned a while back about having an apparent complete mastery of your whole fucking body, downright to the point of knowing exactly how to move either to dodge, hit, parry, etc, while wasting as little movement as possibleFor reference, remember one of the early instructions of Shen to Ohma where he said things like "move your hip 5 cm more to the, down your knees 2 cm lower and breath for a second before hitting" and suddenly the fist could rend the air or some shit (while Koga was told to " i dunno just keep training more i guess lol lmao")If it sounds ridiculous, this is the guy who relocated his tendons and disconnected some neural connections at will, so at this point we're only short of magic or full robotization in the Kenganverse in terms of jumping the sharkAlso, it's Sandro writingAnd it really doesn't matter, or rather is still not protrayed properly in terms of visuals if Daro only shows us "Street Fighter dashing" and stoic chest block as a fighting choreography
>>283900615He's literally in this chapter? Hello?
>>283900622When you left Reddit
>>283900661What do you mean? This is Reddit.
>>283900690You've got it all wrong
>>283900615
>>283900690Then why didn't you downvote me when you had the chance?
>>283882045But we haven't seen this backstory.Because it didn't exist until Sandro decided to rewrite it entirely.
Has Daro seen our edits?
>>283900236>Pete is already pushing himself as hard as he did at the end of the Florida match>It doesn't look like El Cucaracho is going survival modeit's over...
>>283887375Does Daro still put effort into covers???
>>283887004"Holy fuck I have like 90 characters on the good guy's side I need some evil fodder"
>>283900794I'll leave it open to interpretation.
So for the battle royale I've been thinking we mostly just do 1v1s with a guy just watching out of some retarded principles?Thoughts?
>>283900661I assume then that they like Kengan?And like NPCs the hivemind must then take the contrarian position and hate it?
>>283901415Yes, there aren't any actual reasons to dislike Kengan on its own, thank you for enlightening us Sandro
>>283901381Don't worry. Our heroes Koga and Ryuki will strategically fight a scoundrel Worm together. Unlike that sonuvabitch Luohan who will sneakily attack a Kenganvenger from the front
>>283901466>I kinda dislike this manga>I will follow it to the grave and shart myself at every step of the way>You know, just ordinary "dislike"
>>283901499Yes, mocking Kengan in an online forum is exactly like that. You're definitely not the one blowing it out of proportion
>>283901499God forbid people have fun with a trainwreck
>>283901381Sounds good. Let's also make sure to make it explicitly clear that the evil organization's fighters actually have explicit orders not to go after the good guys in any way, and will not fight them unless actively sought out. That will make it clear just how high the stakes and tension for this arc are.
>>283900391The tragedy.
>>283901567The part is especially baffling. You'd think that Yan would actually order his men to interfere as much as possible as long as it isn't a fight Shen isn't involved in or for a few specific targets so that they could cull the chaff. Think about it, if a Worm underling could kick a fighter's teeth in, then what chance would they have against Shen? It would just be a waste of time for Shen to even bother unless he's personally interested already. Yan could be having his guys search out hopefuls while knocking out the ones who have no chance of entertaining Shen, but instead there's this weird armistice that negates conflict in the battle royale setting. Sandro has instead elected to imply they need an interloper influencing the Worms to create conflict when the setting itself already promotes logical confrontations that would align with Shen and Yan's goals.
>>283885485I feel like Akoya is being built up to kill someone important or die trying
>>283901697>for a few specific targetsUnfortunately Shen really wants Ohma.Actually it'd be funny if every time Ohma tries to get into a fight, one of the high end Worms come to blue ball him so Shen can fight him in his prime.
>>283900391>rolon moved?!
>>283879714What the fuck do you do against this?
>>283903088>random bumfuck from the future
Heh, looks like the "barbeque" is almost ready... this'll be a "party" to remember...
>Everyone bullying a guy for trying to police a thread using a food analogy>>283903088Just reminding me that Gaolang was learning Formless midway through his fight with Agito, which means having to fight Agito for a second time gave him PTSD
He was "well done" and that's why he lost...
>go to the Kengan barbecue to enjoy some good meat with my fellow anons>pick up a kitchen knife to cut my steak>everyone starts to beat the shit out of me
>>283904440That guy with white hair....He looks familiar....
>>283900821We've seen the first 3 pages of it.
>>283904319jej
Why'd no one fuck the blonde secretary? Are they all gay?
>>283905318She rejected everyone, and Ohms is now a plant
>>283900912I think Pete can still go further beyond while EC is already getting some fractures, not that it matters. I still think it's a Pete win but I really want to be subverted
>>283900236This is the most reddit thing to appear in these green threads and you guys love it
>>283905570wtf I love reddit now
>>283905318Stfu for fucks sake. You're pathetic, who cares about a literal background silhouette.
>>283891768Because he is…le psycho
>>283900912>>283905533>EC hits Pete a bit too hard>Gets genuinely mad for the first time and ramps up his kick offense so hard he shuts off EC's survival instincts and reverts him to full running mode>Pete won't let him leaveFrom there I'm fine with either man winning
>>283890009Of course... "that" is the answer!"We" will defeat "The Connector" through use of abusing "lag!"
>>283906162Faggot
>>283895955It made it way worse. Jean winning and being mentally fucked by the victory was fairly unique and interesting. This just turns him into a total shitter that coped so hard about losing he lost his entire identity. Its like if Ohma came back calling himself Kuroki.
>>283899885Honestly funny how you fags "love" the dead chars on one hand, and cry that there's no stakes on the other.And if any irrelevant jobber dies you just call it fodder to fake stakes.I'm so glad I don't have to make content for the lowest common denominator or I'd go insane
>>283906779Come on, spare us the projection. How many women have you ever dated, let alone slept with?
>>283900912Pete basically pulled the same as round 3 Gensai against Rei. He finally dusted himself off to his full strength and his opponent failed out before he had to go all out. I'm putting everything into Cowboycoin. I bet against Gensai once and I won't bet against his western variant again.
>>283906907Are you the 40-something spic who shills Damberu? I genuinely don't think there could be another anon as autistic as that faggot in these threads, so I suppose you must be one and the same. Your utter inability to understand such simple complains is baffling.
>>283906907The problem is that the """good""" guys arent dying. Somehow even Akoya is still alive despite carrying a death flag since his fight with Ryuki
>>283906218I thought we'd go for a KO where Cucaracho would have a peaceful face but that sounds so fucking kino I want that now. >After being the predator for so long, El Cucaracho finally remembers what it's like to be prey again
>>283906218>>283907004I like how that sounds too, since we know that the winner of this will face Gensai in the future I expected it to be EC because it means he'll finally face someone who will kill him and give him peace and Pete losing would make sense because it would cure his boredom knowing that there are people stronger than him out there, but it also makes sense that EC being on flight mode could reset his infinite ultra instinct and allow him to sleep again even after the fight ends.
>>283906907Almost effort posted but I'm content calling you a retard
>>283906947Just read the last 2 chapters to give this a try, and honestly whoever's writing this clearly has a knack for it. The little gang story really showcased this Pistol Foot Pete as a force to be reckoned with, while ramping up slowly enough to not be completely ridiculous.
>>283907230You gotta go back to the beginning anon. I do think the first round is just OK at best but it quickly gets better from there. The fucking Mime is all I'll say, best character in the story IMO.
>>283907144I only see him as a mascot skinwalker, he died sometime after Ohma came back
>>283907358He gets even less time than koga and HE is the fucking main character.
>>283907358It was perfect when he was still a little goofy, but clearly also very competent right at the beginning of Omega. Because yeah, he's getting thrown into some high level corporate stuff, but he's also been doing it for years so even in his panic he's still got a good eye and strong instincts.
>>283907329All right all right I'll heed your advice. I tend to prefer more realistic stories, but this looks fun so I'll trust you.
>>283907502>I tend to prefer more realistic storiesThat is not at all what you are going to get. But I hope you enjoy regardless.
>>283895519"A faction made up of people I forgot called The Forgotten? Great idea! Thanks /a/nonymous! I'm sure readers will love it if I give Xia Ji, Hassan, Medicine Man, Akoya and others the Yumigahama treatment. I better give them all knives, so readers know they're dangerous. I can hardly imagine a more powerful line up. And to show how utterly evil they are, I'll say they've sided with that monster, Luohan. However! Akoya and Hassan will be secret undercover agents to stop Luohan's vile schemes. Truly subversive"-Sandro right now. You just had to say it, didn't you, anon?
>>283907144>Heard there was going to be a new tournament coming up>Some of the best fighters in modern Kengan history will be there>Oh and two Purgatory guys as well and some others dudes>Attend it, you placed a hefty bet on Julius skating through the tournament based off his size alone and because Waka won't be there to potentially ruin things for you>Find your seat next to some old guy and a hag>Tournament begins>Old guy is constantly yelling and pointing out the obvious, screeching like there aren't other people sitting near him>The hag is doesn't even know what's going on half the time>This is getting annoying but the fight you placed your bet on is next, Agito vs Julius>After Julius repeatedly misses his target you realize you're going to lose a lot of money>And to make matters worse this old fuck won't stop chimping out right in your ear about how hard Agito is effortlessly putting you into debt
oof, had to skip some pages there, almost started to understand what was going on and feel upset, good thing i stopped myself in time.
>>283880288>standout fightname last Omega fight you enjoyed, for me it's Koga vs Ryuki and Koga buckbreaking Xia
>>283907551Now do it from the perspective of someone who bet on Ramon.
>>283907782I really did enjoy the push out fight with Shen especially after getting the “it was a good plan” audience reactions and all that.Last fight I enjoyed unironically was probably Shen vs Mukaku after which the rot really started to set in.
>>283880288>AI shits on AoT to raise up OmegaIt’s one of us already
>>283906940>usFaggot
>>283907908Still no answer.
>>283900236>>283906947>>283907329What in the goddamnIs this the Tails Gets Trolled equivalent of fighting manga??
>>283906162I dunno, why should we care about Nicolas then?
>>283908900That's a good question.
This chapter shows a promising future
>>283893130Legitimately this is the most fascinating thing about how Shen is handled. Sandro tries to paint him as this air-headed but ultimately decent enough guy but at some point you CAN NOT defend all the evil shit he abides with a "oh he just never thought all too hard about it, heh that's our Shen!" Like, even his relationship with Xia Yan reveals that he's just extremely self-interested (and thus swayed by whatever sparks his interest more at the moment) but because he's generally so mellow we're supposed to take that as him being a free-spirited goof and not some ancient fight master that is fine doing [nice thing] or [utterly evil thing] if the idea is handed to him in a way that seems neat/aligns with his current mood. That's not 'quirky' it's fucking horrifying that he's content to never really think about the morality of things until someone screams about it in his face (e.g. Kazzy talking with him about the body-jacking plan).
>>283910130>That's not 'quirky' it's fucking horrifying that he's content to never really think about the morality of things until someone screams about it in his face
>>283910245Yup. And I honestly enjoy this page/interaction because it could've been a cool approach to how easily swayed he is but it just never goes anywhere. I think Kazzy's the only one to really realize/take issue with him being like this and it's insane.
>>283910130>>283910245It's weird how Shen isn't really written like an "immortal" sage at all. He's more like a big child that you have to explain stuff like why stealing is bad to. Then the next day he's slicing Mukaku in half or trying to punch a hole through Luohan's head.
>>283879269holy kek why did this make me laugh
>>283910245Impossible! How did "he" manage to overcome Sandro's huisheng? For this brief moment, Kazuo was able to see reality!
>>283910736Yyyyep
>>283900236Nice to see that my favorite is still a little relevant.
