The night before Christmas special dumpTIGER VS DRAGON
>>284739296"Why isn't Shigurui more popular with normalfags?" they asked.
>>284739296I missed you, anon
>>284739458Normalfags love gore and male nudity, it's female nipples and loli-coded characters that give them the ick.
>>284739296Rare light-colored hair Irako
>>284739562lol fuck off peasant
>>284739662Irako Seigen's long hair is just absurdly ridiculous and unbelievable. Why would he grow hair so long that it covers his butt, his greatest weapon of seduction?
>>284739296Kinda hot tbdesuIs there a fujo in the thread? Is this homo?
All perceived homosexuality is merely coincidental. Fujiki and Irako are platonically in hate with each other.
>>284739502What happens to these guys when Fujiki loses it all? That is a lot of students who paid for entry to the school, and probably studied most of their entire lives in this certain sword style.
>>284739324Anatomy of a jobber
anyone here rewatching Die hard for christmas or it just me?
>>284739296they seem like good friends
also im downloading tokyo godfathers for my anual rewatch and maybe Christmas carol with the muppets
>>284739826...and Ootsubo
>>284739947mr bizennokami... your scar! it's a christmas miracle!
>>284740127>we totally promise we will be cool after this
>>284739882Feudal Japan, they have no choice but start from the bottom at a new school. Or they could join the dojo of the guy who told Seigens sude of the story after he killed Kogan, he'll be glad to take them in.
>>284740416NANI
>>284740068>>284740127I believe them. These two clear-headed lads would never hold a grudge.
>>284740547I suppose Fujiki's sword autism prevents him from just lightly stepping to the side or something. In this sort of environment a blind man really shouldn't be able to hear and sense much of their opponent.
>>284740232>his sword is not in a position to attack from down>rush him and kill him>done
>>284739875How do we bring back this kind of entertainment.
HERE WE FUCKING GOOOOalso>challenging a fucking blind man who killed your masterI know he killed one of the top 10s but stillthis is being a sore fucking loser, especially after everything
>>284739754This is basically the average yaoi romance on Archive Of Our Own at this point.
>>284740695funni reaction
>>284740890kek
>>284740695lol, look at these dumb ignoramuses who don't have any schizo delusions.
>>284739562>tfw too much of a robot to have family
>>284739754It's fascist gay man homo not fujo homo
>>284740547>>284740584I find it interesting that this is a classic and respected battle stance for a samurai and yet among any other warrior culture this would be perceived as completely amateur. I blame the unique circumstances of japan at the time which (historically) had severely underfed people who brandished weapons of poor quality. They didn't trust their weapons to survive direct straight stabbing and they also insisted to keep two hands on their weapons to have sufficient strength for a strike. These two factors contribute to not answering this stance by just doing what the horrible barbarians would do (like Sekiun): lunge, stab and done. Bringing down a sword will never outrange or outspeed a simple straight stab, provided it's done by a solid straight weapon held by a strong arm.
>>284739715His beautiful inky hair fluttering around his delicious ass as he sashays his hips is way more seductive than without it.
>>284740890>>284740956Thanks I'll read your enemies to lover manga now
man, so little happens in these pages but so much fucking feels like it is
>>284739854This horny bitch in heat....
>>284739662>>284739684Fucking barbarians. This whole thing is unnecessary bloodshed.
>>284740832Fuck this kind of entertainment
>>284741019IIRC the final duel in his previous manga had the fighters standing in battle position for hours before actually attacking each other. He has a mastery of fight pacing even when literally nothing is happening.
>>284739924Based shotadom chad
>>284741097How is this allowed?
>>284739519where the hell were these guys before
>>284741153Not in Mie's bedroom
>>284740303Theres something so uncomfortable about this..why is it that I can read a thousand other manga where swordsmen cut each other up, but Shigurui is the one that makes my skin crawl?
>>284741153There are other schools besides the main one. And you'd probably want to learn from them because the main one's master is literally demented
>>284740893>I will counter your bullshit with my own bullshitMakes me chuckle that they both did something to throw each other off.
>>284739975Lethal Weapon is the better action movie set on Christmas.
>>284739758like literal chains?
>>284741203he means maila chainshirt
>>284740232>breaking the hymen imageryIts the little things. >>284740416>>284740450>seigen realized up existedHe is unfathomable.
>>284739875with how many students there are, can the secrets really be kept secret?
>>284740695Kek new reaction image secured
>>284740052IEYASU YOU PUSSY
>>284741203>>284741228Makes more sense later when (minor spoiler) Seigen is revealed to have chainmail underneath his robes.
considering how insane this fight is, i'm surprised no one else realizes what happened in their final fight
>>284741153Probably from the tengu guys school
>>284740968is it that different from high stance, vom tag?
>>284740956Pure Mashimapilled
>>284740716HAKI BS
>>284741347Fucking barbaric Thank God the White man ended this foolishness
>>284740973I remember an anon once mentioning long ago that he interpreted this page as Irako actually having supernatural vision linked to Iku. When you think about it a lot of things in Shigurui are a whole lot more believable if we carefully suggest that they are just plain magic.
>>284740811i love this stupid old man kek
raw power wins agains
>>284741405KWAB
>>284741393iku somehow being seigen's eyes is the critical moment of the final fight
>>284741098For real?Goddamn
>>284740968No samurai would take that stance on a battlefield, but for unarmored dueling its only 'open' and amateur if your opponent has the guts to walk in on you. Katanas absolutely can stab, but the point of that stance is to instill fear, that even if they do stab into you, you'll still chop through them with all your power. Its basically a way of forcing distance unless your opponent has the confidence that they can defend your hit. But if you look at European fencing manuals, they often feature exaggerated "come on in if you can, pussy' guards and stances for use in duels. This is from Fiore dei Liberi's manual. These leave you wide open, but also are scary as hell to try and walk in on.
>>284741037>bullying a blind manNo honor. I don't know how anyone can say that Fujiki was more talented than Seigen. Without the blindness debuff it wouldn't be close.
>>284741294I think that adds to the tragedy and overall themes that all the high ranking officials were about as sharp as the slack jawed peasants here in realizing the depths of the fight. It's telling that the official record makes both Gennosuke and Seigen out to be incompetent cripples.
>>284740547>>284740584They're actually all looking at Seigen's dick.
>>284741489lol, that's hilarious
>>284741474Kyaaaa
>>284741464Another page. Like sure, you could stab this guy first, but can that stop him from cutting you in half when he swings through?
>>284740811The dumbass that decided to vaguepost at his sons instead of telling them what was actually the scary shit he was talking about.
>>284741527top left is irako's technique.
>>284741405SEXO
>>284741526Is Seigen literally seeing through Iku's eyes the most blatantly supernatural thing in this manga
>>284741393It is literally supernatural.
>>284741526Are her nipples erect
>>284741552NOOOOOOO THE JOBBER WORDS
>>284741581>Woman Moment: The Character
>>284741188Few manga treat gore as 'personally' as Shigurui. Gore isn't something just to fill a page. It is your friend that you spend time with and learn the ins and outs of.
>>284741640FOOTCHADS WIN AGAIN
>>284741640kek'd at the cube ushimata reaction
>>284741669Observe the placement of Fujiki's foot on Seigen's crotch, he's stepping on his bulge
>>284741698>first time they dueled, fujiki lost because seigen groped his fingers>now seigen's fucking his face with his footWhy are their duels always so horny
>>284741116>>284741158>>284741299I call bullshit on Gen landing from that jump in a position to get his feet under himself.
>>284741581>Mie ORGASMED
>>284741581>>284741609I love her so much.
>>284741768FOOT CAN DO THAT!?
>>284741812Yes, the foot CAN do that!
>>284741348Medieval swordmanship manuals are filled with falsehoods. Yes it is the same brand of stupid with the only difference being that samurai probably used overhead slashes and vom tag whatever was probably never used by europeans other than lumberjacks or executioners. Medieval martial art documents teach sword skills that are just grounded in reality as how much medieval doctor manuals teach real medicine. No, they are actually less believable. Because books were expensive and the average warrior could not read, these manuals were embellished luxury items produced by con artists and sold to naive rich noblemen. If you raise your weapon above your head for a slow telegraphed move against a fully alert seasoned warrior who has a solid straight weapon and a strong arm, you'll just instantly get stabbed in the dick and that's it.
>>284741640Imagine the smell
>>284741865isn't hema and other such autism devoted to figuring out the truth from the bullshit?i watched some unironic armored arena fight between a dude with a big fuck off axe against a sword and boardfuck off axe guy hooked his helmet or shoulder and tossed him to the fucking ground with itshit was amazing
>>284741889pound that bussy
>>284741853he really hates sea shells
>>284741700Live Ushimata Reaction
>>284742024WHO GOT THAT GOOD D
>>284742055Considering how these guys can punch a someone's jaw off, I think this should have blew a few organs out by how much impact that was.
>>284742055>he ate
>>284742181BULLSHIT
>>284742181lucky faggot
>>284742181lucky
>>284742181I wonder if his backer would have not had a issue having Seigen's blood splatter all over him if Fujiki pressed on with the attack.
>>284741853Seigen understanding Fujiki's sea shell metaphor through psychic connection is the craziest thing I've seen so far.
>>284740702irako can see through iku's eyes
>>284739854I think even Fujiki knows though he's politely ignoring it.
>>284742183Only someone that was going to die would skip a meal.
>>284739924Harami-ishi might mean "pregnancy stone" btw
>>284742298It's a metaphor, man. He can't literally see through her eyes.
>>284742219Fujiki talks so rarely that the few times he makes any declarations are always very weird.
>>284740020Seigen's ass yet again
>>284742366Many a samurai's wife has worshipped that.
>>284740450>>284740893This tactical battle is one of the greatest in all manga
>>284741649yup
>>284742405with their tongues?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTER
>>284742519>>284742519he wants the tomboyussy
>>284742219is this the most shonen protagonist thing fujiki says
>>284742497Those and more.
>>284742519OK why is he shitting tho
>>284742498NONONONONONO
>>284742343you just wait...
>>284742540>gennosuke>gannosukeWhat does it mean
>>284742498Someone remind me who this guy is pleaseOther than someone who was traumatized by Koganryuu, I got that part
>>284742555When the duel is so good you take a shit
>>284742593Father of those twins Fujiki and Seigen killed way back when, the synchronized orgasms. He got his jaw ripped out by Kogan in a duel
>>284741609She was just relieved that Gennosuke had secured victory and decided to take a little nap.
>>284741984AAAAIIIIEEEEEEE
>>284742705Eat shit Ushimata, Seigen truly earned it.
>>284742705>"you stole master's move"Motherfuckah, what's Takeshi gonna do
>>284742519he's just like me
>>284742755BRO HE'S HOLDING HIS SWORD?!?!?! I DUN GET IT
>>284742779Why did they have Fujiki go first anyway
>>284742779Nice foreshadowing.
>>284742798As Kogan's heir he was the most qualified to take revenge for his "father"
>>284742862HE LOVES IT
>>284742882Mie's consciousness literally skipping and fast-forwarding through the duel to get to the part where Seigen kills them.
>>284741640>>284741768>Face to foot style, how'd you like it?
>>284742569OH HEIL NAH
>>284742751i swear, these "people' are fucking retardedhe killed their masterwhat did he think he was going to do?give up the sword?
>>284742590he pulled a gege
>>284742926They really only prepared for the upward strike and not anything else he might do
>>284742882>>284742933She'd cum immediately if she saw Fujiki get decapitated right here.She'd hate herself for it, but she'd cum hard. Not her proudest fap.
>>284742926This is where Fujiki should have pulled a gun.
>>284740968Over the shoulder? We have European fencing manuals showing almost identical stances. There are a finite number of ways to hold a sword, and a downward slash from the dominant arm/shoulder is the most powerful. Fencing schools would teach techniques for both slashing and thrusting so stating that one is flat out better than the other is pretty foolish.The reason why katana are primarily meant for slashing is because they evolved from something akin to cavalry sabers, adapted for infantry use. Even then, thrusting existed. Just thrust with it. Musashi mentions this and he was contemporary with when this duel took place.>Bringing down a sword will never outrange or outspeed a simple straight stab, provided it's done by a solid straight weapon held by a strong arm.Even in Europe, various sabers existed alongside and even outlasted the rapier and smallsword. Stop making shit up.
>>284743128omae wa mou shindeiru
>>284743164in his dreams I understand, but what brain damage caused Fujiki to hallucinate in broad daylight this time
>>284743191matrix shit
>>284742984>>284743011>>284743025>>284743128>>284743164>>284743191>>284743209The one time Fujiki's autism was for his own good.
>>284743209>even loses to himselfwhat a hopeless jobber
>>284743248THE POWER OF AUTISM
as clever and intelligent as this is, it feels kind of like an asspull
>>284743306NANI THE FUCK
>>284743209i thought he was young kogan.
>>284742181>Yukichiyo getting ready to cut a niggaIt's the little things
>>284742519HE POOPED
>>284742984this happened to me once
>>284743405The moment that Fujiki surpassed Kogan.
>>284743405TANKED
>>284743435Not at all. Kogan would've sliced him with his other sword.
>>284743460At best Kogan could have fought his own technique to a draw, but he'd never have been able to defend against it.
>>284743491I'm saying if Fujiki used this defense, Kogan would've just driven his other sword into him. Push the point towards Fujiki, making him disengage and likely take the sword with him, and iaido slash him with his other sword
>>284742962I think the assumption was that Irako's Mumyo Sakanagare was an all-or-nothing technique, and as a blind man, he wouldn't be capable of much else besides.Even they weren't prepared for the bullshit he was ready to pull out for this duel.
>>284743405First time I noticed how deep Seigen cut into his shoulder.
>>284743522>>284743538Kind of like this.
>>284743405on the edge of my seat rn
>>284743538The Shooting Star is a two handed technique. Then it just becomes a clash of daggers on the inside. The difference is that if Fujiki used the Shooting Star against Kogan, he wouldn't have been able to stop it in the first place.
>>284743209I'm mean I'm mean I'm meanYou know what I meanI say what I meanI mean what I sayI'm so mean I had a dream of beating myself upBroke my nose broke my handI wrestled myself to the ground and thenI choked myself to death
>>284743574first time?it's a fucking great read
>>284743598Kogan would definitely go for it first though.
>>284743609>>284743566bunda
>>284743609swiggity swooty, fujiki's coming for that booty
>>284743491to be fair this is another situation that the author would concede as happening only with a lot of luck like the bullet being stopped earlier.
>>284743737NO NOT THE FINGER FUCKING
>>284741640Imagine the footjobs haha (no homo).
>>284743763God its just so fucking good.
>>284743791>armor actually doing something
>>284743838it legitimately pisses me off armor is weak as fuck in the vast majority of fictionworse, that is slows people down evenif that were the case, we would've never made them at all
>>284743843FUCK BLIND PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR
>>284743791I had never heard of the Japanese having chainmail until this manga, it never really comes up even though it was totally a thing
>>284740020Just watched muppets Christmas carol for the first time. Peak. Peak.
>>284743986KICK THAT BITCH
>>284742112I like how he blows his cheeks up
>>284744276kissu
Shigurui hits different when you accidentally cut your finger and it hurts like a bitch. I would imagine most of the injuries here are not pleasant at all, just a guess.
>>284744329>Imagine him in his underwear
>>284744276thats a big face
>>284744329>its just a metaphor bro
>>284744397SHE'S GOT SPECIAL EYES
>>284744329This method
>>284742519dumb frogposter
>>284744397OK so the non-supernatural explanation for this is that Seigen uses his heightened senses and attunement from being blind to detect Iku's reactions and emotions to what she sees, recreating it in his head. It only works with Iku because they're like soul mates or sworn companions or something
>>284744416Why do we never actually see Fujiki doing Nagare-Boshi
>>284744460bull-man's color commentary and faces are so hilariously at odds with how he's presented in the rest of the manga that it's kind of taking me out of the fighti know that it's narratively necessary but still
>>284744460I like that they actually gave this new technique a name, very chuuni
>>284744486i think is impractical at this point, mumyo sakanagare is a counter to nagare boshi, so by the numbers, fujiki needs a counter to the counter
>>284744482What's the untranslated bit here mean
>>284744503To be fair he used to be pretty jolly
Here we fucking go.
>>284744503It is really weird to see him freaking out this much about stuff when he's equally as strong or stronger than either Seigen or Fujiki.>>284744486It might be intentional. I can spitball that it shows that Fujiki never really internalized Kogan Ryuu like some others have. He didn't inherit Kogan's flaws like others that learned the technique have.
>>284742519Literally me
>>284744533Zu riii, I think? I think it's an SFX for a metallic sound, but I could be totally wrong
>>284742519>taking a shit while watching gore with a blank expression How’d you get this engraving of me?
>>284744567Why did he even bother to swing his sword when he knew it'd get dodged? Why not synchronize the wakizashi block with a downward swing of his sword
>>284743405Hands down my favorite page in the manga
>>284744611Irako would know.
>>284742779Its never this serious
>>284744611IIRC Fujiki never actually saw mumyou sakanagare being executed, so all he (and Ushimata) knew was that it was a vertical strike from below. When he was practicing the counter with Ushimata, he wasn't expecting any crazy spin dodge.
>>284744680Maybe he should have worn some chains after all...
>>284744680GET FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKED
happy christmasthis is my gift THERESTOFTHEFIGHT>>284744733
>>284744680Should have brought a second katana
>>284744680>minmax to block one (1) technique>fail anyways
>>284744744Based OP
>>284743405Why not jump back?
>>284742676NOOOOO YOU CAN'T USE THE HECKIN SECRET TECHNIQUEORINO IN FRONT A FULL AUDIENCE OF HECKIN PEASANTS
>>284744463I mean, when Fujiki and Ushimata were performing kata to appease Kogan they were also synced by matching each other’s breathing. I don’t think it’s far-fetched to think that Seigen, with his new Enhanced Senses™, would’ve been able to do something similar with the woman he spent the past three years with.
>>284744744OUT FUCKING SKILLED
this manga is very homoerotic but in a straight way
>>284738535>>284738550>>284738604>>284738754>>284739008>>284740796Thanks for the recs. I've read Fire Punch before and yeah that too fits what I'm looking for
Iku doesn't have magic eyes. She is simply doing a full narration of the scene at ultrasonic frequency using high-speed whistling language that only Irako can hear, while keeping a straight face. The blood from her eyes are caused by holding back the horny from staring at Seigen's ass, completely unrelated but understandable.
Bump
