Chapter 3: Visit
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>>284540880It's really not that hard.
>>284541115Is there really a point in starting a new thread every time? The last 2 threads are up. Just use those until it falls off./a/ isn't a fast enough board to warrant a thread per single chapter
>>284541183stfu faggot
>>284541183The other thread has 50~ posts left, and this chapter is 38 pages long. I already posted 2 in the previous thread, so your complaint doesn't even make sense.
>>284541183the thread with chapters 1 and 2 is at 447 replies, it'd be stupid to post this chapter there, what other thread are you talking about?
>>284541183Last thread is on 450 which would make it 505 rather quickly, since Keng/a/n posters are "unfathomable" in how quickly they shitpost, as well as how high the quality of their community is in spite of the schizophrenia.To be a fan of a manga that gets as bad as omega did, and not devolve into /dbs/ tier bullshit, one truly must be a "monster".Top 5 fandoms for sure.
>>284541243There's literally 3 kengan threads stating they're storytimes on the catalog.Do we somehow have 2 storytimers going oblivious to each other
>>2845411834chan /A/nnihilation StorytimeOnly the strongest thread may reign supreme.
>>284541137Where does kenzo shit?
We're about to hit the moment that makes Rihito evil as fuck for no reason. At least it gets adressed later on.
>>284541164>wife left 10 years ago>but he hasn't gotten any action for 15 years Rough
>>284541258Hey, it's not my fault someone decided to start posting Omega.
>>284541265Where did he find that?
>>284541265So does Kengan have random giant animals like Baki?
>>284541292outside
PLEASE NO MORE KENGAN THREADS!!!! THIS IS TORTURE!!!!!! WERE ALREADY GONNA SUFFER TOMORROW WHY START IT NOW!!!!!!????
>>284541265Did you know that domesticated pigs can adapt to the wild surprisingly well? Pigs which escape from farms grow tusks, thick hide and redistribute a lot of their mass into muscle. It's a genetic response to new enviroment.It's no wonder it's said that pig and humans overlap genetically.The pig is... "Us." It posseses "faustian spirit".Escaped pigs are almost indistinguishable from wild hogs after like a few months.
>>284541292inside
>>284541306Ah, the opposite of the "inside"?
By the way, there's no need to bump the previous thread, let's try to clutter the catalog as little as possible.
>>284541315This one's good. Shut up about it.
>>284541319Much the same, but far larger and far, far stronger.
>>284541295Surprised Ohma would even bother cooking the meat
>>284541347H-hayai
The amount of soul in asura is depressing. Like a fever dream that doesn't last long enough.
>>284541397It really does feel like a completely different writer
*looks directly at you, anon* I bet we're not about to see a high-ranked combat sport fighter like say a kickboxing champ get demolished, because only BAD mangas do that.
>>284541410Weird how some public athletes are KAT-tier and some are shitters
>>284541428He stole that move from Koga!
>>284541446Heartthrob Ohma
>>284541164TIL "enough room to swing a cat" is an actual expression
>>284541446He hit his "dick"...with his own "dick"...magnificient, Tokita Ohma...
>>284541137>>284541147>>284541157Damn, what a life.
>>284541499ENTERPre-nerf Rihito
DONEJust another example of the editor carrying this manga.
>>284541243Probably the Omega thread some impatient attention whore started.
>>284541534Thanks op. Man, how long did he have that editor for?
oh hell yeah, huisheng Ashura straight into my veins
>>284541317I wonder if pigs are even properly domesticated, or if they're just tamed wild hogs
>>284541534Well this manga is as much of Kobayashi's child as it is Sandwich's, maybe even more, so he'd better keep an eye
>>284541317Pigs are...unfathomable
Is every fan of this manga a schizophrenic? Because it seems that way based on these threads
>>284541390Filthy gaijin will rudely enter your house without asking, even the point of kicking down the door .
>>284541634The manga drives you to schizophrenia. Well, omega does, but reading this is a prerequisite for reading that
>Is every fan of this manga a schizophrenic? Because it seems that way based on these threads
>>284541667Funny how Ura Sunday had a literal schizo author but he was not the one to induce it on readers
>>284541634Imagine if Attack on Titan just kept on going after the ending, everyone with brains already dropped it long before that point, but the Kengan Omega fags are the type of sunk-cost-fallacy retards who would keep reading it every week, and that's what you're seeing.Everyone was cool during Ashura and the threads were a fun time.
>>284541285>>284541527>Yamashita blushing at Ohma's physique>You're cuteI see, this "manga" has always had "that"
>>284541265I think every fightan manga goes through a weird period during the early chapters where the limits of the world are still being figured out. Like how early Yujiro got tranq'd and netted or when he couldn't open a door because someone was turning the handle the opposite way on the other side.Rihito does some wildly out of character shit too soon but I'll keep the details to myself out of respect for the "green" readers.
>>284541285>LOOK AT THIS GUY'S BODYMeanwhile the Omega art makes early Ashura Ohma look anorexic.
>>284541933Well, stuff happened
>>284541330Alright Kazzy settle down.He's a smelly murder hobo, not the chiseled philosopher you're making him out to be.
>>284541956UNFATHOMABLE
>>284541634I'm not schizophrenic, "he's" schizophrenic.
>>284541428>Shut the fuck up, YamashitakazuoHe was ahead of his time
>>284541982murder hobos have the best cock scent though
>>284541513Rihito got nerfed?
>>284541164>I miss my wife, Ohma
>>284541632That's actually adorable.
>>284541390
>>284541476Is that the 'sex' I've heard so much about?
>>284541534The "original" yamashitakazuo
>>284542338TWINKazuo
>>284542338Imagine that impaled on Toa.
>Ivan, you were awesome....
>>284541527This guy seems badass. I bet he's the designated rival for Ohma and he'll be very relevant to the story in the future.
>>284541368>Damn bitch you live like this?
>>284541157Man, those fingers.Early Daro art is rough, both in good and the bad.But at least it had soul.
>>284541164Uhhh at least he got a house?
>>284541285Kazzy is not betting the allegation
>>284541285Why is he blushing
>>284541390How does Ivan "scale", "me"?
>>284541446Unfathomable move...
>>284541499>knifehe didn't know...
>>284541534>Kazzy is the heroineno...
>>284542338what if he appears in Omega and call himself a better version of Yamashita Kazuo?
>>284541509Isn't there a pun in his name? I forget, but something to do with being the peak human (hito)
>>284543446>Fingers like a knife meaning he always has a knife on himIt all makes so much sense now
I was tempted to keep a running total of every time quotes were used from the first chapter until we finish but I think that would be beyond mind-broken. Once we start Omega HOWEVER you can bet your ass I'll be counting every time a new jobber is introduced, possibly making a collage.
>>284543523Why not keep a running counter? How bad can it possibly get? If you won't do it, I can go back through the first chapters and recount.
>>284543584Because I have the work ethic of Hatsumi.
>>284542338Earliest proof Sandro is a hack.
>>284543834We need Editor Kobayashi to come back and slap some sense into Sandrobitch
>>284540829Sandro was never an amazing technical writer, but the eye thing is one of the few things I do believe he planned ahead, yes. Kazuo having an unusual insight was something seeded from the boat on, with him picking out all the winners of the prelim brawl, being able to see Metsudo's slot machine spinning to get the highest score and the first bracket pick, ect.
>>284544047 Considering Koga has the eye thing too you could even say that Koga, like Ohma, is another representation of what Kazzy could have been had he kept up with his interest in practicing Martial arts
>>284541323Everytime kazzy opens his mouth theres a 60% he will start monologuin about some bullshit It was always there, It didnt start in omega, we were just too blind to see it
>>284543523I will try to make a count of retcons if im not too lazy about it
>>284544135That'd have been an easy way to keep Kazuo relevant as the non-combat protagonist for Omega. All Sandro had to do was keep Ohma dead or at least somewhat crippled by the events of the KAT, and you could easily do a dynamic of Yamashita seeing Koga not only as another "him", but a second chance of helping Ohma. That seemed to be where it was going with Koga's "I can't stand the idea of someone stronger than me" reminding him of Ohma(lol at how that completely evaporated because Shen is such wholesome chungus Koga doesn't want to fight him). But we all know how that went lol.
>>284541544Ah yes, "we" should ignore "him", he's still green
>>284544411He really SHHYEAAAAAAd with that thread, didn't he
>>284541115If I may make a suggestion, "me", with the size of these dumps there will be way too many threads for a masterpost in the OP with all the links, but along with the previous thread, you should also link to the first one to make it easy for someone to go back and catch up.
>>284544223I don't think anyone really denies that. But throughout Asura, he does some character development.Shame about Omega.
>>284541534Damn, actually rereading these commentaries really shows just how essential that editor guy Kobayashi was for tardwrangling Sandwich. Makes me wonder just how shit Kengan Asura would have been if it was just Sandwich doing it as a solo, self-published webcomic.
>>284544582>Makes me wonder just how shit Kengan Asura would have been if it was just Sandwich doing it as a solo, self-published webcomic.We've seen what that looks like, and it's called Fist of the Seeker.
>>284541491A "knife"?
>>284544616I never actually read FOTS, though I'm aware it exists. I just was under the (I guess wrong?) impression that OG Sandro fans loved it, because they'd always talk fondly about FOTS characters like Katsuya and Samato. Also, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS RETARDED NEW CAPTCHA SYSTEM?
>>284544223I mean, he is the self-insert character. It is through him that the reader learns about and relates to the world of Kengan. That said, as another anon put it above me, the key difference between Asura's and Omega's Kazzy is that the former has genuinely character development while the latter doesn't. In fact, I'd argue Omega's Kazzy actually has suffered character REGRESSION. There was an early point in Omega when Kazzy grew into a cool-headed professional, but now he's back to early Asura freakouts all the time.
>>284541534Kazzy is the actual metacommentary on the audience being inspired by strong fighters to improve themselves. It's cinema.
>>284544223It wasn't as bad in later Asura. Maybe editor tardwrangling Sandro somehow
>>284541428Remember when Ohma was based and stopped Kazuo's commenting bullshit
>>284541446Low blow
>>284544718FotS is every single Sandroism completely undiluted and dialed up to 11 with no editor to even attempt to tame him. If you've "arrived" at Omega you can basically predict every outcome after reading a few lines of dialogue from both fighters most of the time. There's a couple charming characters, Mentaro as a blatant joke character who poses like Yujiro and the like and Samato is a better Raian with more buildup and less plot armor, but it's not that good as an actual work.
>>284544718>>284545621Katsuya I mean, Mentaro is the main character(weird that Sandro never has had him cameo in anything else since then). And FUCK this new captcha.
>>284541315break this week, champ.
>>284541317>It's a genetic response to new enviroment.Nah that's not how genetics work, as far as I know. Do you have any proof for that? I definitely don't believe the growing tusks part.
>>284541476kek
>>284541534soo something happened to editor after Ashura or he just gave up
>>284546162Manga editors get changed all the time, anonIt would be weirder to find someone who doesn't get moved to other manga after one year or two
>>284546162>>284546200It's still the same guy though, he regularly appears with Sandro and Daro in promotional stuff. Only real explanation is that he's gone hands off and/or is at least as mentally checked out of the series as the other two.
>>284541265Did he Yujiro'd the boar?
Good time to remind everyone that when Kengan was starting out Sandro had 100's of material of random disconnected idea's that Kobayashi had to shift through and sort out so it wasn't all incoherent nonsenseI know people like to complain about Editors all the time, people can't stop talking about the editors behind the Android to Cell arc or how the West really hates it when anyone in a position of power tries to wrangle them but Sandro is a really good example of why Editors and such are important to the creative process because letting a creative type do whatever he wants isn't always a good idea
>>284547097Tard wranglers are needed to keep overambitious, unfocused, and the criminally insane producing meaningful shit. Kojima is a guy who needs tard wranglers to stop his bullshit. George Lucas is the same. Before Omega got out of hand they really should have tried to get someone new or something if Kobayashi didnt have it in him anymore.
>>284541264He shits in a plastic bag and throws it out the window
>>284541164One of the mystery worms is actually Kazzy's wife
>>284541642and he didn't even take his shoes off
>>284541446KWAB
>>284545756Domesticated pigs have tusks, they are just neutered so they don't grow them. This "response to their environment" sounds like mystical mumbo jumbo when it is traits they always had no longer being suppressed.
>>284541527lotta homoerotic energy in this chapter
>>284541667the rakshasa's palm writing still slays me
>>284541390Someone post the Liu meta panel
>>284541446my fakkin hero
>>284547359>Pigs have "removal"Unfathomable
>>284541390>>284547532Going to be getting a lot of use out of this one in this storytime.
>>284545756Epigenetics, anon. Genes are activated depending on the environment. Nature nurture dualism is long over, they work in a dynamic fashion. This makes studying children's developmental psychology an absolute mindfuck. Nigga what the fuck do you mean eating something consistently as a child makes a your body act in a peculiar way for the rest of their life? Same goes for things like exercise. You start lifting and suddenly a muscle building gene is activated and you get way more muscle. Its a mindfuck of a science that we know little about.
>>284547722Tfw spent my childhood sitting at the computer and eating like garbage thus dooming myself forever.
>>284541317>The pig is... "Us." It posseses "faustian spirit".Ah, now I see, "me". When I read "that" and see girls getting "dominated" by pigs, "it" isn't an "act" of bestiality but is instead just another "me" breeding the girl. Different as "we" may be physically, "they" are still "me". Feels like I've "scaled the wall" of understanding nature.
>>284547825What the fuck are you talking about
>>284547839just some guy and his creepy "fetish".
>>284541137>he's just like me
>>284541362He's ignorant but not a savage.
>>284541137God... I didn't realize how much I missed this retard and the stupid dark web shenanigans
Reminder that we're not getting a chapter today. Sandro is tired and needs a break from slapping together a weekly manuscript in 5 minutes.No barbecue today, sadly.
>>284548494We may not have a new "barbecue"... but this storytime is the perfect chance to share our "leftovers" with other future "me"s...
>>284547825Thoughts on Astrid Hofferson?
>>284541428>actual choreograohy to the movesBros...
>>284541459>he was always a shitter
>>284547255He's literally me.
>>284544718Its fun to read since unlike omega it doesn't carry any serious legacy.
>>284548494Oh thank god
>>284541509 Ivan, alongside the Deva King would later go on to work under Lihito as loyal employees and Lihito a surprisingly well loved and competent Boss
Damn I missed Ohma that smiled and had a personality. I miss the old art. I miss this...
>>284541482>>284541491Ivan TANKED this btw.
>>284548753You want to know what is really wild? Rihito is the Golden Sun archetype minus tanned skin and Sandro didn't intend for that to happen.
>>284547097>>284547235You now understand why WSJ regularly change the editors in charge of their mangasIt's not good for editors to get attached to the person they're supposed to tard wrangle
>>284541768>the fucking samurai jack hand
>next chapter is coming out on christmasI'm sure Sandro will have a magical gift for us.
>>284550159I'd be fine with another gender bender extra.
>>284549202"I" don't know what "you" mean by "that"This "captcha" fucking blows "ass">>284549596Didn't know they were doing that. Makes sense though, getting too friendly will cause Editor-san to not want to step on his buddies toes because "He's been doing alright so far with little input, what's wrong with giving him some elbow room"
>>284550179>This "captcha" fucking blows "ass"It's literally the best captcha in a while
>>284542591How far would Cyraxx make it in Valkyria?
>>284542338Yamashitakazuo was the best decision Sandro ever made.
Should I do a Fist of the Seeker storytime?
>>284550477No, although someone was redrawing it a while ago
>>284550498Is it "official"
>>284550477Is it finished? I would join one if you did after kengan is fully over
The Omega chapter this week.... I see it was under the "principle of void".
>>284550636Void...
>>284545756Expressing genes work exactly like that. Changes in environment and activity cause all kind of hormonal reactions and behavioural changes.The same is true for most mammals including humans too but THAT issue is too much of a hot potato to debate outside serious scientific work.
>Kengan Ashura storytime>Kengan Omega storytime>Star Strike It Rich storytime>Fist of the Seeker storytime>How Heavy Are The Dumbbells You Lift storytime>Blue Ursus storytimeIt's all "coming together"
>>284550864You "fool".... if you begin that many "ripples" simultaneously, who can say what could happen?!
>>284550177>Trannies in my Kenganthread.
>>284551013>Doesn't know about the Kazzy gender bent dream gagsUninitiated scumbag
>>284551013Xir, kill yourself.
>>284541115I've been avoiding this for years now. This better be good, you faggots.
>>284551013That has nothing to do with trans people, retard
>>284551147You have finally "arrived"
>>284551147Your expectation will be "subverted"
>>284541907Better comparison from early Baki was the giant fucking ape that just existed. And the Giant elephant Yujiro one-shot.
>>284551260>>284551305I'm interested because someone said Daisuke Ashihara is anti-Sandro, I want to see how bad it is.
>>284541446Back when Ohma can still play dirty
>>284550179>"I" don't know what "you" mean by "that"It is just what the nickname of the parody of the tanned blonde NTR-man caricature translates to in english.
>>284551348And the giant polar bear jack killed. Really giant animals are kind of always around in the series, like the huge fucking croc that pickle hunts
>>284551452Cosmo is the series bull. Sorry Lihito.On that topic i think Hatsumi's feat of being an A tier and a straight man who shows interest in women is not to be overstated.Most people who "arrive" at that "level" are "functionally eunuchs" like Ohmer.
It's pretty sad going through Ashura again and seeing Rihito set up as Ohma's rival only to be SUBVERTED and the rival role being filled later by "him".I like the new captcha it's like I'm playing warioware every post.
>>284541248>>284541255This Ohma look and personality was so cool
>>284547097I think there's just a lot of negative bias when it comes to the topic of Editors. There aren't nearly as many accounts of editors doing their jobs and reigning in a creative to positive results as there are stories about how an unreasonable editor pushed for a bad idea or pushed the creative so hard they broke down. It's only when a creative is let loose from the leash of oversight that it becomes obvious some of them just had shit ideas and needed someone else to filter things and give good direction.
>>284551603I see the superiority of RaiGOD still leads to some controversy
>>284541491A knife? You’re not winning that easily
>>284551695I suspect Omega suffers from the editor's boss's, Boss. Ohma's introduction felt the most unnatural out of virtually everything else Omega introduces about Purgatory after that moment. Then the everpresent AI generated images.
>>284547359>Domesticated pigs have tusks, they are just neutered so they don't grow them.Okay, that makes more sense.>>284547722It makes sense to me that certain things that are already present in the DNA could kick on in response to external factors MAYBE, but I don't believe a pig is suddenly going to genetically recognize that it's "wild" and start growing tusks and more hair. I can believe it would adapt behavior-wise to it immediately and start breeding with wild pigs maybe, so that over the next few generations its offspring would basically revert to wild boars.I'll read up on epigenetics though.
>>284551596Jesus ChristThats so gay
>>284551824It's a 100% real. Some animals can even spontaneously develop new limbs when introduced to predators unusual to their biosphere at an early age.For example a Daphnia preyed upon by larvae will develop a sharp spike-like ridges along the lenght of its body.These are just evolutionary leftovers that usually have no need to be expressed.... However, they still lie and wait... When the "timing" is right... Even a "Piglet" can become a "Hog".
>>284551930>Some species of Daphnia native to North America can develop sharp spines at the end of their bodies and helmet-like structures on their heads when they detect predators"Scaling the wall" is literally a real mechanism in nature... Sandrovich... I kneel..
>>284551930Yeah reading about it I can definitely see DNA methylation causing larger phenotypical changes in really small creatures like a Daphnia, but the pig thing just sounded too weird. Reading up about it the pig thing's definitely a myth, but nice to learn about epigenetics anyway. Seems like a case of my ignorance to a scientific reality making me a little more resistant to a piece of misinformation.
>>284552013It also makes certain myths and folkytales really spooky since it is too much of a coincedence and makes you wonder how they figured that out.
>>284541115>This is eventually going to reach "evil" being on the "move" even if it halts before the "tragedy"It's like being a condemned prisoner and waiting for the executioner's axe.
Baki chapter today? Or did I not "get the timing right"?
>>284552336Not til Christmas.
You were awesome, OP
>>284552148Yeah but like an aztec prisoner that gets a banquet and as many whores as your cock can handle before you're sacrificed
>>284551596NTR doujin where Cosmo cucks kengan fighters with his big grappler cock when?
>>284552396>no ippo>no baki>no kenganChristmas SUCKS
>>284553073can you really cuck them when nobody is in a relationshipI guess he can try Mokichi's sister
>>284541183>/a/ isn't a fast enough board to warrant a thread per single chapterMaybe not for little bitch /a/... but under keng/a/n rules...
oh, are we pretending its 2018 again?
>>284553290They're all coming back for Christmas tho. I think it's just a magazine thing though, there's no Nikaidou chapter this week either and that guy never takes a break.
>>284553427That was when we had fond memory of Kengan though
>>284553290o no no no no
>>284553704KEEP PUNCHIN GEORGE
>>284553704>but I'm bored out of my mindAh, he too had read the recent Ippo chapters
>>284543505YeahRihito is something like "beyond human understanding," but he Pronounces it as "Lihito." There isn't a letter for "L" in Japanese so it becomes a name that's not writable.That's where the "Lihito or Rihito" issue comes from.
>>284553704George please...we need at least 200 more chapters to wrap any of this shit up...
>>284553820>Rihito is something like "beyond human understanding,"It's written 理人, the character for "reason" and the character for "person".
>>284553073The best he can do is cuck their girlfriends.
>>284541907
>>284553978Kanatan...
>>284541907>during the early chapters where the limits of the world are still being figured out.Kengan is an exception in that EVERY chapter is where Sandwich figures out the limits of the world. It never ends. He'll keep making shit up on the fly and constantly retcon things just because he feels like it. The man's indecisiveness and impulsiveness is unfathomable.
>>284545756That is how genetic expression worksGrass hoppers have all genetic information to become Locusts and those Locusts have the genes to turn back into grass hoppers.
>>284553073These fighters are "too gay to lose".
>>284554113Is this why the Housecat is so fearsome?
>>284554149Nope. They are fearsome because people who think they could dive tackle a squirrel could take a cat barehanded only to get rekt.
>>284553820IN THIS HOUSE WE SAYRIHITO GAOLANG LOLONGDO NOT BEND THE KNEE TO COMIKEY HISTORY ERASURE
>>284554332Kaolan and Lihito sound better but I will never not call him Lolong
>>284554714Lolong posting was so much fun man. Fuck the purgatory final shitshow
>>284552013How do they avoid jobbing when they grow knives?
>>284541446This is very Baki-esque
>>284554768At first I hated Lolong for being yet another stoic tough guy. Then I liked him because the hype went on for so long it was like a parody and the whole time he was glued to the bench.Finally he ended up one of my favorites after he got bodied by Ohma because a character with so much build up losing in such an anti climactic way is just too funny.Every fight of his has been fumbled and it makes him endearing, he's paradoxically both an underdog and one of the strongest fighters.
>>284542338It is truly impressive just how often Sandro came extremely close to completely ruining this manga.
>>284554948Just a guy and his elbow against the world. Nothing to see here...
>>284554948he might genuinely be the funniest character in the manga
>>284551013fuck off tourist
>>284554948He was taken unjustly from us
I geniunely hope we did not scare newfriends with our schizophrenia
>>284554257
How far would a practicioner of the MAD DOG STYLE get in the KAT?
>>284553978>>284554077Did Kanata choose to retire because she was "too strong?"
>>284541491>does he have a knife?Even early Ohma was a meta magician. Mentally projecting a knife onto an enemy to make him job. Niko bullshit is unfathomable.
>>284556704"he" didn't even realize that Ivan was saving his life.
>>284547825kek, imagine someone's first time in this daily chapter and having to read this
>>284551013> my Kenganthreadsure you do, retarded tourist, get out
Holy shit didnt know we were doing a kengan storytime. Im so hyped for the future chapters. Shit is too good to be true
>>284557856"We" are "sane".
God damn i just remember how over the top ashura used to be about survival instinct and stuff lol
Fkdkddn
>>284541265Made me snicker because I watched Princess Mononoke yesterday.
>>284558083I thought the same thing
Honestly, the manga seems really whatever so far, but the shitposting is the funniest shit. I fear I'm turning into a secondary.
>>284558294"You" will eventually "arrive"."You" are still too green.RUN
>>284558294>Honestly, the manga seems really whatever so far, but the shitposting is the funniest shitWe have like 2 or 3 months of quiet, until the KAT starts, then the threads will become something else.
>>284555046DamnI might be autistic
>>284558294Start of ashura is really boring until the pro wrestler guy ENTERS. I am glad you can at least find joy in these threads though. >I fear I'm turning into a secondary.Don't worry about it. Our huisheng will kick in in a year and you will never be the same again
>>284558360>RUNAnon, this isn't my first rabbit hole to get stuck in."I" will "scale this hole".
>>284558294Ashura is one of the manga that gets better as it goes on. Its 100% worth it
>>284558294I maintain that early Asura was really derivative of series like Baki until around >>284558646 Then it starts to really stand on its own.
>>284541632i want to kill and eat them
>>284558294It takes a bit to get its stride, then gets really good, then the sequel "arrives"....
>>284558294All of the actual fighters and fights of the kengan matches are extremely enjoyable. All kinds of different characters duking it out, its cool.
>>284554948We're told that Lolong is an overwhelmingly powerful monster who can snap at any moment, Carlos is terrified of him, the rest of Purgatory fear him, Terashi worships him as a god, but all we get is a guy who just manspreads in a wifebeater for hours on end, stops two people from killing each other, and then gets destroyed by Ohma while he wields a regular martial art with no special abilities or anything.When you think about it, it's nearly the exact same as how Sandro treats Luohan, who we're told is the most evil man in the world and is hated by everyone while he tries to bond with his family members, and then goes on a training arc with his best friend who also hates him, just so he can take down his father, who is responsible for basically everything bad that's ever happened and actively wants to kill one of our deutragonists and our old protagonist
Chapter 4: Begin
Lolong was simply too strong to ever win...
I will posting 2 chapters (or at least enoush to have 30-50 pages) from time to time, especially during fights.Let me know afterwards if you prefer that or the slow burn of one chapter per day.
>>284554257I remember the tierzoo video where he talked about cats and how one of their greatest strengths is their ability to intercept any attack with their claw swipes. At a certain point obviously they can't do much to stop it, but they can often fend off attacks from animals in way higher weight classes
>>284560803Yes, much better. And thank you for listening. Even 3 would be better but at least 2 is fine
>>284560879My rule of thumb is basically that I'll post another chapter if I'd be really really unsatisfied as a reader with the ending point of just one. I don't think I'll be doing 3 (at least not often).
>>284560803Yeah thats much better
>>284560807Ah, faggot #1
>>284560814Sigma Ohma
>>284560824>relatively major projectThen why do we have 2 noob fighters duking It out then
>>284560803It depends on the chapter lenght and whenever it ends on a cliffhanger, but yeah 2 a day would go down smootherAlso, I dropped omega a while back and looking at this thread "I" sure am glad that I "did"
>>284560803Personally I prefer 1 a day so I can join in on the other dailies/storytimes, but if you and everyone else feels 2 is good, then I can be fine with 2.
>>284560803>>284560904Sounds good to "me". A full volume can be a bit much in one go, but at the same time single chapters would take like a full year. Two chapters, with a little bit of flexibility if it'd leave off at an awkward time seems like a good plan.
>>284560824You can construct a skyscraper for like 60 million dollars?
>>284560830Remember when Rihito was a pussy magnet?
>>284560957>BEGIN!>TH-THEY'RE JUST STANDING THERE...>NO...THEY *CAN'T* MOVE...i wonder how many times he's used this trope throughout this series.
>>284560885Yeah wouldn't wanna fight in a big glitzy ring...
Chapter 5: Razor
>>284560997not enough anons complain about the lack of babes in Omega. I miss the shark one
>>284560841Early Ohma was so sexual, it's so funny to see what he becomes from the boat on.
>>284560923Really forgot what a twunk early Ohma was
>>284560803>I will posting 2 chapters (or at least enoush to have 30-50 pages) from time to time, especially during fights.Thats what I have been saying all this time. except I asked for the equivalemt of 100 pages. Still thats a good compromise.
>>284560850>you've got it all wrong
>>284560987Imagine watching these two just stare at each other for 32 seconds
>>284560863Unfathomable count: 1
>>284561015That fist...is it almost the same pose as the "the man makes a fist once more" one from one of the last chapters?
>>284560993It's a pretty common one for fighting manga in general desu.
>>284561100HOWEVER
>>284561154>>284561139That stuff is so broken, you can tire anyone with several small cuts or straight up kill with important artery cuts. No wonder nerfed the shit out of him later.
DONE
>>284560975Amazing art
>>284561154But can he rip a hole out of a deck of cards?
>>284561218Well NOBODY can do that so no.
>>284561201Thanks op.
>>284561201Thanks
>>284561009>RazorBut how thick is it?
>>284560814I bet she hasn't introduced herself to him.
>>284561139>those quotes"He's" coming into his "own"
>>284561039Remember when we had more than three body types in this manga
>>284560923The people have spokenWe want the deva kimg
>>284561242Thick enough to be grappled, but thin enough that the grapple won't be enough to win.
>>284561181Well like with all overpowerd abilitys it either gets nerfed or it never actually works on anyone important
>>284560841I miss this law of the jungle shit, even if it was a bit cringe inducing at times
>the choreo here, in the first real fight of the series, when daro's art is at its absolute roughest and least experienced in drawing martial arts, is better than the most recent fights in omegaThis is kind of depressing.
>>284561190Ivan...YOU NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
>>284560803Neat, appreciate that effort
>>284560997>broad-minded and quietso you're saying I have a chance
>>284561190
>>284561398Made me lol
>>284561139Now I see why you fucks are using quotation marks for the most mundane shit.
>>284561093Rihito... you're strong...
>>284560814MOE
>>284560923nuDaro bodies are so blocky compared to this
>>284561201There's a fucking referee? I thought it's a match until someone is knocked out or dead.
>>284561029
>>284561154damn... imagine the nipple twisters...
>>284561522They're allowed to tap out, but the ref is there mostly to stop the other guy from continuing if one of them is clearly incapable of fighting anymore. Also to check for weapons and shit.
>>284561548>tries to masturbate>rips his foreskin offNo wonder he's a pussy hound
>>284560989I think this was retcon into Yoshitake doing this hoax so Ohma and the other would believe Rihito was big deal
>>284560803>>284560807this guy keeps abusing the fuck out of the shihaku stare
>>284561170I miss these abstract depictions of character's martial arts abilities. Added a lot of flavor to the cast.
>>284561180>"Think you can beat me in a Rip-Fest"I'm surprised that Sandro never opted to try an Ironbreaker that was properly applied to just the fingers so a Nikker could have their own Razors Edge kit
>>284561553I was wondering if weapons are allowed.
Wait, I just noticed Kengan Omega is also dumped right now. Isn't that one the sequel? Why is it dumped together?
>>284561692advice : just hide the omega thread
>>284561692Basically, that guy decided he wanted to storytime the sequel just as this one was getting started, and no amount of telling him that was retarded could get him to stop.
Newfags just be sure to avoid the Omega, it has major spoilers, obviously.
>>284561692Synchronicity. But don't read omega while reading this. Or ever really.
>>284561692"They" want to "disrupt" this "thread"
>>284561692Some other "me" randomly started dumping the sequel after this started and completely ignored anybody asking why or pointing out it was a silly idea. Just ignore it, especially if you're a new reader, and let him have his padded cell I guess. There'll probably be a proper Omega storytime after this finishes, when HOPEFULLY it'll finally be fucking over too.
>>284561606youre in for a treat in the next fight
>>284560841Good god the size of his hands.Or the imagine tier size of those women.
>>284560917Just gonna point this one out for the future. Kazzy deduces that they're not talking about mere thousands of yen.
So the Omega dump is just some end of the year retardation, duly noted.
>>284550324Cyraxx would easily be Rolon level. This is due to his acid aids blood move that damages someone when they strike him. Or his "Shit my self like a little baby" when he starts losing the match. Oh yes, did i forget to mention he is a fire bender?
>>284560997Kaede is a pretty typical secretary design.Which is fine by me, luv me some secretaries.>pin-up under the dust jacketOP, remember to include these as we get there. Critically important to understand certain characters.
>>284561190Imagine building up a major villain for like, 150 chapters and having them go out like a chapter 2 gigajobber.No one would do something that fucking stupid.
>>284561921>HOPEFULLY it'll finally be fucking over too.Asura has 236 chapters, and we'll be getting multiple chapters on some days.Do you seriously think this battle royale that's barely started will be finished in under a year?Remember that KvP started in April 2020. Do you know what was happening in April 2021? Akoya vs Nic. Ohma vs Lolong wasn't until Nov 2021, and Edward's death was early 2022.If we storytime Omega at a rate of 1 chapter a day after Asura's is finished, then Omega's storytime will probably end after the battle royale arc is done, but there's still a good fucking chance that Sandro will have another arc after that.
>>284541667this is one of my fav memes out of the entire series
>>284558664What other "rabbit hole" have you "scurried into"?
>>284554149>>284554257>>284560827Houscats.... are "strong"....
>>284560989When you're the chosen thug of a billionaire CEO, its easy to get the chicks. When you're just a random bum, then that is something else. This is the most material success that Rihito will ever have.
>>284562221For some reason I remembered this being over 300, it seems I was "too naive". But even then, you're probably right.Omega has existed in the same zombie-like state since the Inside arc at least, where it's felt like it could end in either a few dozen chapters for a swift wrapup or go for hundreds. It's free effortless money for Sandro and the magazine's most popular series somehow, so we'll probably be here in 2027 reading the "Ultimate International Playoffs" where the champions of a bunch of foreign organizations come over to get gassed up by side characters as "potentially on Shen's level" before they engage in striking vs timing matches for the next year, and Daro finally achieve 100% AI saturation per panel.
>>284560923I really loved how muscles were drawn in early Asura. Its a shame they all got turned into DBZ bodies later on.
>>284541667>>284541707>>284541700Why is this manga so cursed? Asura was whacky with autismo characters but it was pretty well written for fight fags with only a few glimpses into the insane micronation super soldier breeding experiments going on. And then for some reason, Omega has Sandro going like.>Hmm, this "tournament" sure could use some "spice">I'll let "this" be the background motivation for 99% of the cast>Everyone will be "flanderized"
>>284562936I like that faces looked less same-y and had some forceful expressiveness on them>Rihito looks like an ogre>Kazuo looks like a holocaust survivor
>>284562936Characters like Seki were actually drawn with more of the musculature types they should have had as that type of fighter. Comparing Adam from Asura to the Berserker Bowl in Omega is crazy, he goes from a distinct build that emphasizes his trunk to just a generic fridge that looks identical to 90% of Daro's AI models.
>>284561398heh
>>284560917>guy in the middle panel is Kenzo's standin CEO for his corpI miss this being you know, a story with continuity and callbacks.
>>284560957That middle panel would absolutely be AI generated if this was current Daro.
>>284563444Is he using AI as reference? i don't see the problem desu, is basically having a better version of those little dolls that can pose
On another note, I like this captcha, once you have "arrived" is faster than the previous dot shit one
>>284551013Good post mate, keep the faggots seething.
>>284563493
>>284559008>I maintain that early Asura was really derivative of series like BakiIt's always been and it never changes. Only difference is that the editor stops getting involved, and it means the "limiter" is off.
>>284561190Ivan was too strong...PTSD inducing pages. >>284563470No, he straight up just uses really lazily generated stuff and slaps it onto the page. If it was just for reference or backgrounds, nobody would really care, when he first started using it it was just stuff like that, but in current Omega he uses it with minimal personal editing whenever he can because of how checked out he is.
>>284563470He went from using AI as reference to using AI to do environments, then mob characters, until we've gotten to the point where there's glaring, unedited use of AI in every single chapter
>>284561170Even if it doesn't make sense IRL, I still find Rihito's razor fingers to be one of the coolest fictional abilities I've read. Absolutely deadly yet still somewhat believable.
>>284561474"You" haven't "seen" anything "yet".
>>284560807Compare this chad who fucks with our current version. I actually really liked what happens to rihito during the tournament but spending years afterwards calling "him" master is pretty cucked.
>>284561692I don't even think it's attention seeking, I think the OP of that thread is trying to deliberately sabotage this storytime. He's doing it concurrently with this one which just confuses new readers but more importantly he's fucking up our ability to lead from Ashura into Omega. If the Ashura OP decides to continue into Omega he'll get people complaining that we just had an Omega storytime why are we doing it again, worst case is the mods see multiple kengan threads in the catalog including a storytime repeat and they start pruning the threads.
>>284560803It's definitely fine to dump more chapters when the pacing gets slower.
>>284563840THISIt’s so easy to tell that other “me” is just wanting to stir shit up out of spite
>>284561170I know so much of these threads are just people saying how bad things have gotten since, but man. Like the other "me" said, I miss abstract depictions of abilities like this. Sandro/Daro even forgot about how Sahate's paralysis effect used to make it look like the paralyzed body part had faded away and that was cool, but not present in Jean vs Retcon Man of course.>>284563492My change hating autism disliked it initially, but now that I've had the chance to "scale" to it it's way smoother.
>>284561040Threw his WHAT off?
>>284561139>>284561170>his body has built-in knivesOr in other words, he'll be a jobber for life.
>>284561040>>284564615>timing>formless>razorLot of sleeper activation phrases in this chapter.
the old art style is so soulful
>>284563840Hopefully the mods take a good look between threads and realize one has people in it and the other doesn't before going and pruning Kengan all together
>>284551603>>284550209>>284563492>>284550179>Click get captcha>No verification required>Click post>No valid captchaWhat gives? Really halts my posting
>>284565513For "me" I had to "wait" for 4chan x to update and then "you" refreshed the page and shitposting was back on schedule
>>284562936>DBZ bodiesWhat do you mean?
>>284561154It's a little surprising Sandro never introduced a mutant crush grip guy. Of course, characters don't really have gimmicks these days and if said guy did exist, we know how that would go with the striker vs timer meta, but still.
>>284547825sanest post itt
>>284565513Update 4chanx.
>>284542296wife
>>284561190I hate this page. It reminds me of "that".
>>284567432kek i know exacty the page you were talking about, it broke the kengan general again
>>284561398kek
>>284565116It really is, if i remember right it gets much better as ashura goes on too
I finally get "it" Kenganposting "is" more "different" than "I" realize.
>>284561020Alisa was just that good. I do wish they bring elena back
>>284541499Kazzy should've been able to see what rihito actually did here. 'That' too is epigenetics, I suppose
>>284561139Did the "raw" also have all these "Quotation Marks"?
>>284561170Rihito the maxim
We're only 3 chapters in and I can already feel my sanity slowly eroding away from reading the threads.
>>284567554Soon, you too will "scale the wall". >>284568039It does the bracket quotation mark thing, IIRC.
>>284568099Like how this guy talk in the manga? Is he a Kenganposter?
>>284568040lol, wait until we get to Bando. His fighting style is literally indistinguishable from a parasyte
>>284568080Anon moved!?
>>284566380Thinking on it Sandro seems to save most of his gimmicks for SiR these days>Hina has spring arms>Rei can slap really hard and when she dislocates his bones for longer reach then she can slap really really hard>Yukihira becomes stronger the more turned on and humiliated she is>Riku's gimmick is that she sucks>Hazuki Yuu's gimmick was that she has titanium bonesCompare this to Ramon's invisible knife thing, Hiraku's intentional lack of trying or Sandro leaning hard into Justin being black so his techniques would be Panther themed
>>284568157>too weak to loseExtremely Kengancore.
>>284563840I assumed it was just autism when it started(a common trait among "us"), but the utter refusal to respond to anybody and the blatant necrobumping faggotry has me leaning in "that direction" as well.
>>284563840It wouldn't be the first time I saw somebody try to deliberately sabotage a storytime, although not to this degree. The OPM webcomic storytime started with someone pretending to be the dumper and telling everyone that he changed his mind and isn't going to dump the rest of the chapters.
>>284568157he should have won the Medakabowl
>>284568268Hiraku felt like a dud from the getgo down to being clad in the classic black jobbing pants, but Justin and Ramon are confusing Sandro creations to me.Ramon had easily the most distinctive new design in ages and had people interested in him the most of the newcomers thanks to his weird slothman face and other looks. Sandro gave him some dumb broscience fightfag philosophies with the smoking and muh battlefield and he still just gets nothing, just humiliation to put Lolong over as if beating a rando new character would redeem him to people.Justin clearly has demiKenganvenger status thanks to Okubo being his mentor, but got one of the dullest movesets in Omega, with his second big "ace" being unceremoniously revealed in an extra after he was utterly humiliated by his full Kenganvenger opponent. But Sandro did bring him back for Fortnite for some reason. It feels like there are characters like him that Sandro vaguely likes or wants to do something with but is too lazy and scatterbrained to actually bother with.
>>284568157Hed definitely say we got it all wrong
>>284560863unfathomable...
>>284561020We got a lot of Alisa fanservice
>>284561154Which ones do Hanayama and Sikorsky have?
>>284564756How long will it take before I start getting the inside jokes?
>>284569641Some stuff you'll get halfway through Ashura, others you'd need to read almost the entirety of Omega to get
>>284561201Thanks.
>>284560877That smile, that damned smile.
>>284560975THEY MOVED?!
>>284569641It may be hard to believe, but "we" were once "normal". From when Ashura first got really discovered here and gained a following, through the ending, we had peaceful, positive threads. The insanity didn't start until dozens of chapters into Omega.You'll understand some of the jokes like the quotation marks, overuse of some phrases "unfathomable", "monster", ect, but when Ashura ends, you'll think "well, that was pretty good, but I don't get why these people act so insane". If you want to learn the answer like a Lovecraft protagonist, then keep going into Omega afterward. When this character shows up, you can consider him the "harbinger" of the "first cracks" in our psyche.
>>284561093Not the hexes, please
>>284569799Probably the kengan meme that has broken containment the most times is 'you've got it all wrong', and that is a good chunk into omega.
Wonder how many anons only know Kengan through the netflix anime and don't know that Seki is actually Ohma's third fight, it's Medicine Man who was Ohma's second fight and that they cut that fight out completely
>>284560841Prophetic
>>284560877Man everyone was CUHRAYZZY in the start.
>>284569641>insideAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>284560904I missed c/a/sino. I missed a format that let me bet and not wait months to get payment. I missed being subverted
>>284560941>Those warming up movements and stancesI'm calling kengan a lich with how soulles it became
>>284570130Probably just wasn’t “worth” it creating a “model”
>>284560997KAEDE SEXO
>>284569448>Hiraku felt like a dudYou can't say that, the tournament had NO DUDS.
>>284569641Incorrect perspective, you should value the time you have left withouta warped mind.>>284566380Honestly, by feats of crush grip, it's practically Akoya. Remember the panel of him digging his fingers through a guardian's skull?
>>284561170Was water elemental Agito in the Elite 8 tourney the last depicton on this level?
>>284561190AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>284561201Thanks anon. I wonder if the MC will job against a gimmick fighter in his first fight... omega's start was so good man
>>284561020Shark babe is awesome and i want to be her subby househusband she abuses inbetween major arms deals.Oh to cook for her and get beer bottles thrown at me....
>>284568581Funniest shit was he didn't get the full name right too so it generated some funny posts.
>>284561201Arigato OP
>>284559216Rude
>>284568268Because he can't be assed to depict actual martial arts, and he knows whoever has low enough standards to read sir won't care about the garbage fights.
>>284569869speaking of the devil
>>284569641>He mentioned "the inside" You're closer than you know anon.
What did Italy do wrong
>>284550655I want to grasp Zina's Voids
>>284571544Took extra week to deliver Luohan's new suit.Yes, Luohan was actually the one behind the Italy bombing. This will be revealed in the next extra chapter
Really forgot how much time ashura spends before getting to the annihilation tournament
>>284571544They bulled Shen's frenderino Edward.
>>284571166I like the one on the left
>>284560803>>284560807Remember guys, Rihitio is a charasmatic genius at his fishing business. This is the smile that all workers fall for.
>>284495841>Damn, that's pretty impressive. You'd make most body builders look average. You can't have gotten that big with any half-assed...>>284561093You are strong... You got good sense... You're a pretty good fighter all around.I was unsure about doing this but considering how much 'we' talk about hexes to the point where anons though about making a game out of it I think it might be better to have it as an easy to reach archive. Feel free to contribute if I miss anything by replying to the post or using the name. 'We' are all 'me' after all I also have no idea how to refer to pic related shit since its not generally said by characters. I think its better to only point it out once its comes in narration instead of adding it every cliffhanger.
>>284560917
>>284560997Does blonde japanese women exist?
>>284561075This "may" be the first 'head shot that stops your thinking' face shot.
>>284560997>Pin-upWill the pin-ups be featured?
>>284562062>>284572849Actually, I don't think I have them. Would appreciate if someone could direct me to them.
>>284568080
>>284571544They insulted Shen's lasagna
>>284555046my midget king
>>284568157He's too "weak" but that also makes him "strong".
>>284561600he did.Ohma tried to use it against Raian and nEko used it against Setsuna
