Chapter 170: IntermissionArchive:https://desuarchive.org/a/search/subject/daily%20kengan/start/2025-12-14/order/asc/
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>>287026318THE FRAUD OF METSUDO>>287026327That is not what it looked like last chapter lol>>287026412THE LITTLE BROTHER OF THAILAND
>>287026566they should have sex with eachother instead of fighting
Chapter 171: Strength
>>287026593>Sandro, I accidentally drew their panels in the wrong order>Who gives a shit, fuck the ordering (lol)
>>287026302>>287026318You're washed, Agito.
>>287026363WET CULOand a frightenning Gaolang
How much of a retard are you to believe that Hatsumi>Gaolang, especially after this fight?Hatsumi>jobbed miserably to an Agito that holds back>got so butthurt he went into hiding for several years, fucking around with Rei and Muteba in the forest, slurping their sloppy seconds>barely manage to win against Kaneda of all peopleGaolang>proved his mettle against Agito>proved to be a mainstay in the next tournaments, beating legends like the king of boxer Carlos, king of judo Jurota and get a rematch with Agito>had a close fight with post-training Raian. Raian is still salty he couldn't get a definitive winI wish I was trolling.
>>287026637Why does Mochigase wear the mask?
>>287026535I just want to take scissors and cut that stupid flesh covering his eye
Kengan Asura Gaiden: Forbidden
>>287026606>match 8 winner : seething
>>287026916That eyeshadow does not compliment adam's frame baka
>>287026904The Niko Style teaches you "how to use "quotation marks"".
>>287026704Bottom panel would instantly disable Kiryu, btw.
I think Ohma's Niko Style is one of the most consistent things throughout the series.
>>287026431Based Gaolang
DONE>>287026854Now you're just being a nigger.
>>287026535This entire bit is my favorite part of the book, but I wish it was saved for the finale
>>287026991Thank you for posting OP!Posting the bonus stuff now!
>>287027012
>>287026465>>287026481>>287026496>>287026506That's why I was upset you stopped one chapter before that OP. This is such a powerful payoff to both Gaolang and Saw's fights. People focus a lot on the (admittedly great) choreography of the fight but this is where the real emotion lies. Gaolang was a real friend!
>>287026593Rihito copying Gensai's kata is so cute. A great detail is that he's getting the cat foot wrong and his foot is flat.
>>287027033And that's all!See you tomorrow
>>287026363did we need agito's hips to be drawn so wide
>>287027056Thanks, anon. I love Gaolang !
>>287026496YEEEAAAAHHHHH! WE ARE SO BACK SAW PAING BROS!!!!
>>287027035Yes, one of the great things Sandro does is he doesn't just pay attention to the fights vertically (who is beating who) but Horizontally (who is beating who *when*). Each round is carefully curated as to what gets revealed and stuff like having Saw lose just before Gaolang does is intentional.
>>287026916adam looking particularly lesbianic today
>>287026904
>>287026637>Sannoh is a karate master that incorporates anime moves into his styleSo the only reason that we never see this is copyright, right?
>>287026318It's funny to see that being forced to fight like everybody else is driving him up the wall.>>287026552>That is not what it looked like last chapter lolWhy do you think there was a panel devoted to showing Gaolang's bones shattering? >>287027059Yes.
>>287026566>ANOTHER "winner: Ohma (hospitalized!)" panelKek
>>287026916Why does Cosmo have tits here
>>287026506>Thank you, Gaolang.>I will always be hooked on you.
>>287026566You okay Ohma?
>>287027232We never see this because the cast is already too bloated to give spotlight to every one-note bodyguard
>>287026854Do your mom a favor and kill yourself
>>287026606Haha he's so pissed
>>287026972Saw Paing is singing Synchrogazer?
>>287027056Gaolang is my HERO
>>287026302>>287026318>>287026327>>287026348>>287026363Stuff like this really adds to Agito's character beyond him being just a giant block of high RPG stats who makes rapefaces.
>>287026566I really want a compilation of all the "winner" panels of Ohma
>>287026431>>287026446Rihito if he was good at lying.
>>287027569He's not lying, he has no regrets and fully plans to keep going if he can.
>>287026916This is what Kengan is actually about.
>>287026949Fujostacies always win.
>>287027012Perfection.
>>287026807>>287026821Time to call the plastic surgeon for this guy. Broken jaw, smashed face, damn.
>>287027012Glasses really are the secret sauce
>>287026623>Make sure you don't let any of this illicit business gambling become public, alright?>Kengan Association is "underground" and "against public policy" in principle, alright!?And, lemme guess, "The Inside" is like Kowloon + More Evil x 700?
>>287027260>Why do you think there was a panel devoted to showing Gaolang's bones shattering?To show them cracking, not fracturing into 100 little pieces. They could've implied a little better that this scene is in the 0.01 seconds before his fists fully explode.
>>287026916Is this Cosmo and Adam in Matsuda vision?
>>287026881>I grew up in a place that was filled only with drugs, ghettos, and death>The worst city in the world.>Here's an example of that distateful, spiteful, awful place where "no good" could ever appear in hundreds of years.>Doesn't this page reinforce my narrative?
>>287026991Thanks OPAnime version of the alley fight:https://youtu.be/_39-8qhRerM?si=ag4nvi9qXc5RfposReminder to VOTE for the R2 fights poll. I'm extending it for another day for more anons to vote.https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ehFaibiVXWC7_SfM_5XUhjF2ZYORGaOV1EYDNVBJ5Pk/viewform?edit_requested=true
>>287026363BRAAAAAP
>>287026386>Rama is straightThe fuck? You bastards lied to me.
>>287027844It's way too clean to really sell that utter shithole impression.
>>287028184Long ago I read a book by a guy who was a UN peacekeeper in Sierra Leone and I remember him mentioning that the streets of Freetown were actually very clean since the people were so poor they held on to any piece of garbageBut quick googling says garbage on the streets is a huge problem there, either my memory is cheating me or things got better (worse) since then
>>287026535>all my fighters ate shit? no problem, time for plan BI dont have much faith in this guy...
>>287027480Damn never knew I needed this until nowImagine him singing Final Commander and screaming NEVER LOSE YOUR FAITH
>>287026579Wakatsuki hardmogging here frfr
>>287026535>It is time.
>>287028372That journalist is likely recalling a specific neighborhood. Areas with strong community are clean because the majority care about each other. Areas where people are divided/don't have a common community are dirty.
Finally, time for the worst fucking arc in Kengan Ashura
>>287026348Yeah, that's called adrenaline
>>287026949>Wakes up (Before Ohma)My sides
>>287028453I swear I remember one of these openings sung by a male seiyuu, even Saw's seiyuu but I can't find it so I might be wrong.Well, we have Hibiki screeching while playing UFO Catcher in S1 so she's just like Saw Paing deep down.
>>287026656This question has filtered millions
>>287026847W-why does teen Ohma look so sensual, bros
>>287026958Do americans really?
>>287028184The real issue is there's too much empty space. It's based on Kowloon Walled City which was basically a giant rat warren of apartments that didn't let in any light and was run by the triads for most of its existence. The Inside just looks like a normal city that has been left to rot. It's the same mistake Shenmue made.
>>287026318>>287026400Are these 2 using the same word "we" in Japanese? I get Agito is schizophrenic and Rama is using it in the royal sense but I wonder if that's just an English thing that wouldn't appear in the original.
>>287028565Nothing about this arc ever sticks with me. I've read Ashura 4 times and I still forget exactly how this clown fiesta goes down
>>287026667Lol good catch
>>287026667Mikazuchi blitzed past Kuroki
For those reading for the first time, how many matches did you get right so far?
>>287029309No point in guessing anymore since people started spoilering ages ago. I'm just enjoying the fights.
>>287026412I like the Kaneda Gao friendship, should be explored or used more.
>>287026431I think on the second panel a lot during my daily life.
>>287026896Me on the bottom
>>287026835I really like this fight.We use techniques and tactics to beat those we are stronger than us. Its not the strong who wins but the winner the strong one. Sandro used to care.
>>287026916This could've been posted in the junji ito daily last year and I wouldn't have batted an eye
>>287026881Thats Beard stance.
>>287026904>>287026896These two pages piss the fuck out of me, I won't spoil it but basically Ohma level of mastery and strength doesn't make sense.
>>287028565Give it to me straight anons, how many chapters wait until Cosmo (or whoever takes over) vs. Ohma.>>287028372If this was true, it probably isn't any more because plastic is so absurdly cheap it's not worth preserving. That's why even in the poorest, shittiest slums of India and Africa there's bits of plastic littering the streets.>>287029309Spoiled on a bunch now but my initial prediction brackets that I lost I only got Gaolang vs. Kaneda wrong in R1. Then I think I only got Kuroki and Cosmo wrong in R2.
>>287029585>That's why even in the poorest, shittiest slums of India and Africa there's bits of plastic littering the streets.Plastic is also fucking everywhere, you'll still find that shit in the deepest part of the Mariana Trench
>>287026566Cohma, our comatose hero.
>>287029309I got Muteba, Kuroki, and Rei wrong. Saw and Kiryu felt too important to the story to lose this early.
>>287026363i always liked this chapter humanizing agito beyond his role as a boss character with giga autismtrying to do his usual bit of simply beating the fuck out of people or countering their strategies didnt work here and he had to take a massive moral defeat by copying okubo's feint into a tacklehe won the fight but lost the war mentally and is even stewing over his win being sheer luck and shitting his bodysuit towards the end
>>287029100in the original JP texts, agito used "boku" and "ore" differently for his schizo persona so it's a translator's way to differentiate
Kengan truly is at it's best when it's more grounded, the bullshit on the last fight was kept to a minimum and it's easily the best fight until now.
>>287026363Agito got pressed and it's a good thing. As everyone is pointing out, it makes him less an obstacle with a minor character trait of being autistic, and instead makes him someone who has simply gotten complacent with his superiority until he got punched in the face like 4 dozen times. >>287026400>>287026386Pages like this where the CEOs get to actually be characters is the real glue that holds together this tournament. Cosmo's CEO helping to undermine Akoya's boss. Yamashita and Erioh's side bet, as well as Kazzy yelling out Raian's weakness towards the end of the fight. The Pharmacy helping out Bando. Gandai and Sharktooth making their side bet because they both can smell what's coming and with Furumi Pharmacy backing Nogi. Rama's relationship and absolute faith in Gaolang, and also Metsudo realizing that Agito is a flawed individual. Asura does a good job of making this world feel lived in and making the business side of things feel like they matter. It's also kind of funny how Furumi went from a literal who CEO to someone making huge plays in R2. That afro wearing dude played for and against Nogi without breaking a sweat. >>287026422>>287026431>Friendship Ended with Saw Paingwas also really good because I like Gaolang and Kaneda being bros. Saw needs to get back in there though.
>>287026978>Another episode of "what the fuck happened to Daro"Not that it's a mystery what happened, but he clearly had a lot of pride in his work.
>>287026535All is within his calculations.
>>287030571Editors are such tard wranglers.
>>287026302Shamefur dispray
>>287026859How can 200,000 survive in that shithole?
>>287026916Gay>>287029493You know what? You're right
>>287026949Fujos.....
>>287027033Who's the chick with the collar.
>>287027033Hey where's Sawada's CEO?
>>287031007She works for Rei's CEO.
>>287026916I thought that was Sakura for a second
>>287026972Thai letters legit look like alien runes
>>287026991Thanks OP!
>>287030859just like fabelas
>>287027033the gathering of browns
>>287026302>>287026318Sore winner? I like this angle
>>287029100"Watashi" and "ore" for stoic and berzerk respectively. Hard to translate off context alone so the translators went for the royal "we".
>>287026302A SHAMEFUL DISPLAY, MY LORD!
>>287026465Damn.
>>287026374This moment makes Agito a better character than Julius
>>287026859I'd actually completely forgotten that this arc was in Asura.
>>287026916HOLY-
>>287026637Sannoh? Better karate master than Kuroki and Wakatsuki. Clears easily.
>>287030557No wonder you explode with Internet rage when I post about how frivolous the CEOs, Kengan Association, and Worm is.
>>287033333Not that the fighters have any more merit, really.Checked. Also CULO
>>287027718The island is owned by Metsudo, as in Metsudo himself is the government of that island.
>>287033333 (checked)>No wonder you explode with Internet rageThat's a weird thing to say when I don't really talk about that in Omega threads since KvP ended where the lack of any meaningful input from CEOs was particularly egregious coming off the first 50 chapters (Toyoda carried a lot in that department). Nor have I mentioned it in these dailies much if at all.
At this point OP should legit just skip Wendsdays
>>287033374Good thing he makes public attire for everyone visiting his publicly secret DisneyRome Casino.>Please visit my casino and give me all your money!>Tell everyone about it!>But not, like, the police or something. My casino is corrupt (right now, I'm sure our author with vindicate everything we do soon).Did I say author? I meant Kengan Association is justified in everything we do and everyone we hire! More than justified... we're the best choices!
>>287033495>At this point, all events in Kengan have become completely unimportant.>It's proven that "what's happened" doesn't matter.I agree with you.
>>287026854Hurry up and kill yourself.
>>287033509Yeah sure whatever.
>>287026374So it's the Baki vs Pickle situation.
>>287026465>>287026506Jesus just fuck already
>>287026412>defeated fighter lies in a random hallway, completely alone (again)>only reason anyone interacts with him is because a vending machine happens to be nearbyI find this pretty jarring.
>>287026888Same. I think that everytime he is on panel.
>>287026593>Rihito in the backgroundheh that's funny
>>287026386>"How do they get along so well"They're both offensively wealthy and on top of that Metsudo has his bodyguards and Agito and Rama has Gaolang protecting themThey're untouchable Demigods who's only mortal threat is old age which if looking at Metsudo isn't actually that much of a threat to begin with
>>287026859What's the point of the coats?
>>287034629Makes it easier to pretend you're a Martial arts Master and student living in some edo period instead of living in a modern ghetto that's just been walled off from the rest of Society because it's unmanageable
>>287027059martial prowess is stored in the culo
>>287029100Agito uses watashi (私) normally and ore (俺) when he has the rape face. Both are normal and just used to indicate his switch in personality.Rama uses yo (余) which is an antiquated pronoun.Rama also refers to Gaolang using kisama (貴様), which in modern Japanese is extremely rude, but originally was very formal.
>>287034884>Rama also refers to Gaolang using kisama (貴様), which in modern Japanese is extremely rude, but originally was very formal.Huh
>>287034629Aura
>>287035338Yeah apparently Japanese like to use polite terms sarcastically so much that they eventually become huge insults
>>287026916I wish kengan had more gay content like this
>>287034629Hassad soon
>>287035338>"Omae wa mou shindeiru." is supposedly politeHuh.
>>287026302>So mad about his own victory he crumples the doorknob out of pure anger and burning shame
>>287036151gotta be respectful to the mohawk mooks you slaughter
>>287035456But /a/ told me the Japanese can't into sarcasm
>>287026363This is how you make the loser of a fight look cool
>>287026465>>287026506This is such a good coda to both of their fights. Little moments like these really make Ashura great, more than just a collection of fights.
>>287026549>fighters have to fight three fights in a row in one day after getting two days to recuperate in between R1-2-3 That doesn't sound healthy
>>287036779That's why they can use a replacement if needed.
>>287026637Mihagino's got a rough 33.
>>287026670It's proto-Kokuro!
>>287027056Since round 2 is over, here's my predictions for round 3.Green is for round 3, blue was for round 2, and red was for round 1. To commemorate how wrong I was.
>>287036832Your R1-R2 predictions weren't so bad but you did get bamboozled a few times huh.R3 and R4 will be interesting.
I feel like the "fighter replacement" rule will be used atleast once, but I fear at this point both replies to that queestion, both yes and no, would essentially be a spoiler. So please do not reply to this post either way, unless you are a fellow first timer.
>>287036338never noticed that
>>287037079If was used to fakeout that bando would be replaced.
>>287037079Nishihonji tried to replace Cosmo with Okubo in R3 since he's heavily injured, but Okubo jobbed to him in their short bout before the match.But yeah the rule is another classic Sandroism.
>>287037265Go fuck yourself
>>287034410I'm pretty sure Kaneda was with him and just went to get a drink when Gaolang started talking.
>>287037079Muteba actually quits the tournament cause Shark stopped paying him. So she replaces him with a little girl and Waka forfeits because he can only go full power against his opponents.
>>287037265You really are a nigger.
>>287037726Looking forward for Kencunny Asuoh
>>287037079It was used to redeem Hassad. Pretty kino ngl
>>287036151>>287036446So it's less "You are already dead" and more "You are about to meet God"
>>287027033SEX WITH SAYAKA
>>287026904Dear Lord that's a lot of "quotation marks"
Can't believe Nikaido is a world class ski jumper.
>>287026972>Saw singing Hey JudeKino https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/88346507
>>287040523Little off topic but "My Way" is the song that'll get you shot in certain parts of SEA if you sing it in Karaoke right
>>287026972
>>287033509kengan hasn't been your fanfiction idea of it for the past 100 chapters man im not sure why you stay butthurt about the tonal pivot to the point of shitting up every new thread with the exact same shit
>>287037079Nogi actually uses the substitute rule to swap Ohma and Hatsumi to give up his severely injured fighter to the fang while giving his fresh Hatsumi a free training r3 to meet Waka in r4 and allow a forfeiture under Furumi's agreement. Ohma obviously just fucking wins right block and meets Hatsumi in the finals where he reveals why he knew about the Niko style in like chapter 20 something and his ties to Ohma's master.
>>287041828Yup. No loose ends, Sandro ties up everything nicely and maintains established lore.
>>287041828Go fuck yourself spoilerfag
>>287041591He is the weirdest anon here, and I think he started doing that after the start of the current Omega arc
Kengan CEOs are legally criminal. The sort of "Emperor-approved undergeround," you know? Sandrovich has always said so from the beginning, never any change. The worst association of business (see: the best!)
>>287042429No, anon, he's actually many different people who are coincidentally posting the same exact arguments over and over again, he said so himself.
>>287042642"That" anon is actually false "flagging" to deflect all "Ashura" criticism by debasing them with "presence" alone.
>>287026972>That's a realistic amount!Kek
>>287026431>>287026446>>287026465Such kino. Honestly how can people dislike Gaolang?>>287026535I honestly hoped you'd just skip those faggy chapters.
>>287043224Quotes on flagging is funny
>>287027012>2T hammerJuliuskeks???
>>287033333Sublime digits and a fine woman to go with them.
>>287041591On a purely factual aspect I think he's right. The slip towards more and more chungus faggotry is the main cancer that brought Kengan down. Such a retarded shift in tone is indeed one of the worst instances of bad writing I've ever witnessed. Nevertheless he's been such an annoying arse about it that I just want him to shut up.>>287042429>>287042642Lmaooo
>>287045679I feel like everyone here already read at least a single one of his posts, so like you said, he is being annoying.
>>287026535I have 0 faith in whatever this guy is cooking up. All of his plans so far were shit.
>>287033333More than one person is allowed to find you annoying, sperg
>>287036832You had Kiryu lose to Rei in the quarterfinals?
>>287041030Why's that? Was Sinatra disliked there?
>>287046267No, anon is talking about the "My Way" curse in the Philippines. Nothing to do with Sinatra, it's that the song itself is oddly related to many killings due to disputes. Mostly happens in karaokes
>>287026535The cope radiating off this guy is so real>Hire a team of flunkies to beat some of the fighters and steal their spots>A good chunk of them outright fail to secure the spot>Another chunk of them wash out in the first round>Including the psychopath you spent years raising>All of your other guys burn out in round two>"A-all according to plan I never wanted to win anyway"
>>287026535I bet my entire mortgage on him. I know I'm gonna get the BIG bucks.
>>287046612"You" haven't caught on his "true" goal...
>>287041591>>287042429>>287045679It's just pure autism, I don't think many of "me" who are caught up would disagree with the basic notion of the chungusification of the association and things like that, but he's been so utterly mindbroken that he can't tell the difference between the painfully forced morality of Omega or Shen's methodical assassination of any sense of stakes, danger, or old plot threads over the past couple hundred chapters, and something like Kazuo respecting Ohma's wishes to not take the Panasonic guy's money.
The guy spoiling everything already lost because everyone ignored he attempts at derailment with the "Omega storytime thread" he started around the beginning of the Asura storytime threadsHaving to resort to going back to being a bitch in the Asura threads is an embarrassing display
I'm sure the next chapter will fix all those writing problems.
Paaaaastebiiiiin~~
>>287028078he's bisexualmaybe even omnisexual
Chapter 172: Trial
>>287048755>175 : Mutiny>180 : SuppressionErm...
>>287045679>The slip towards more and more chungus faggotry is the main cancer that brought Kengan dowoh for sure, its hard to get invested into a story where nothing is actually "meant" because the author is too afraid to actually besmirch the characters he grows fond of by giving them any sorta edge or grit, but i think there's a flipside to it where its also ok to have a bit of humor and stupidity to contrast emotional, high stakes fights
>>287048720he's kinda fruity
>>287048779>there are four systems>actually not but shut up please
>>287048858Nil is just calming down
>>287048846>Oh, I'll explain it laterSANDROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>287048776Don't worry about it
>>287048830>>287048846It's not like these backgrounds are so amazing, a lot of it is just stock photos, but I can't help but think about how all of this would be jarring, immersion shattering slop backgrounds nowadays.
>>287049109and they say manga can't be scary
Chapter 173: Awakening
>>287049109You can't say that word Ohma
Who the fuck made this training, Himejima?
>>287049109the combo of the swollen ohma face and niko stepping out of the shadow like that is actually very funny to me, he looks FLABBERGASTED
>>287049109>When you can't feel your legs anymore but your man says he's not done
>>287048846>>287049119>years later>completely unelaborated on, and anybody who could tell us is fucking dead unless we get a random gaiden extra chapterThe best explanation anyone can come up with is that he met Three again, and the two of them developed Demonsbane together on their own, and Three died in the process. But that's writing the story for Sandro, it's just extrapolation on our part.
>>287049188FUCK
>>287049207I still think the theory that Advance / Possessing Spirit was the original secret technique and Demonsbane was a #4 original (which is why he's called a fake by Tiger) was for the most part correct desu at least before Sandro got bored with that plot point and rewrote everything around Shen
>>287049188>"Dinner">Pulls that outYOU'VE GOT IT
>>287049299What would even be the point of "cooking" that?
>>287049228>by secreting endorphins with an anal-Not a great place to split this word.
>>287048962Kengan likes to pretend to be realistic so is Ohma's stomach fucking lacerated with that punch then?
>>287049369either some attempt to make a potentially venomous thing safer to eat, an attempt to sterilize something that crawls on the ground all day or maybe its just done for flavor and smokey fire roasted centipedes are yummy like that
DONE
>>287049132Now photoshop his pants off.
>>287049476Setsuna...
>>287049512Setsuna would have gotten an aneurysm if he saw that
>>287049379>>287049398What did ohma realize and how did it help him land a hit?
>>287049618I'll leave that open to interpretation.
>>287049618that'd be a spoiler for the next few chapters
>>287049618There's no secret technique, he got baited, and Niko just wanted to beat the fuck out of him for a week during a camping trip.
>>287049691damn, and Kiryu is the bad guy?
>>287048779>The "secret technique" is what we call "getting your black belt"
>>287049618That Niko is handicapped too.How he used this information to land a hit is a mystery.
>>287049436Thanks OP
The whole "weighted clothing training" thing is complete bogus, isn't it?
>>287048830>Gakigahara Forest>>287048869>A mountain rising about the forest of deathBEYOND dangerous!
>>287049799Not really but not as effective as animu and mangoes try to shill it as.
>>287048869>giant magnetic fieldIs that how it works ?
>>287026535Meguro (and friends) soon.
>>287049109OHMA NO, MUTEBA WILL HEAR YOU
>>287026506the man who speedran alcoholism
>>287045250Nobody dislikes Gaolang but I think this moment is very underrated. So good
>>287049109It's just like that one Baki page.
>>287049913I think Sandro is just hyping it up a lot since a strong magnetic field will fuck up compasses and probably some bird's sense of direction. Literally just look up the sky to figure out your cardinal directions.
>>287048720Handsome
>>287049250Isn't that a hit right there ?
>>287048755I didn't remember Demonsbane made its debut this early.
>>287048869>giant magnetic fieldExplains some of Ohma's musical tastes
>>287049799Only the way Japs use them. Ankle weights and wrist weights are only good as an alternative to using stuff like dumbbells. Weighted vests can be good for actual walking or doing pull ups (provided you can even do a full pull up normally). Yet all three this can fuck you up in unexpected ways if you do more then that.
>>287050020Pretty sure that's only later vs. Waka.
>>287049119>Did I ever say you could rest until morning?Yes? >>287049072
>>287049284GIWTWM
>>287050107Ohma...
>>287049420>STARTING LINEHoly shit.
>>287050107"Today" ends at midnight, Ohma.
>>287048928>AND OF COURSE, I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>OF COURSE, I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>>>287049003>>287049026>>287049072>*teasing*>*mocking basics*>*more teasing*>"I'll let you rest early today." (Out of kindness)>>287048928>AND OF COURSE, I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>OF COURSE, I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>I WON'T BE HOLDING BACK.>>287049161[And just like the first day, Niko toyed with Ohma.]["Even more than the first day," to be precise.]Sooooo... he WAS holding back, from the start, and progressively held back EVEN MORE? Okay...
>>287048740>Chapter 172That Bando image is so fucking funny.
Meds status?
>>287049188>There's no life in this forest.>The Inside is a paradise compared to this forest.>Immediately finds protein alternative living insects and wound healing herbs.Uh.
>>287048869Why would herbivores die? There's flora all around so there's no way they'd starve.
>>287050277>Niko can't lie and apply fear tactics to toughen up Ohma during his training because it's a contradictionGod you are such a catastrophically autistic smug retard fucking Christ. Seriously, tell me you are trolling.
>>287048982I wish he would stop calling it the "secret technique" and just call it whatever it is named. This dialog is jarring.
>>287048830the heart of the forset
>>287050277>he WAS holding back, from the start, and progressively held back EVEN MORE?Read the full page dude. Ohma was wounded so he performed worse rather than Niko going harder on him.
>>287049109Alright, that was funny. I do not regret not skipping this chapter after seeing it is another Ohma flashback.
>>287049228>He was getting a little bit of damage from full contact fighting with his master for 3 days straight>And not eating full meals>Or drinking any water>BUT!!!>His body "adapted" because ot numbness and endorphins and shit, so, like, there's basically no difference between now and his healthiest, ya dig?To summarize "Sandrovich" and "becoming good"1. Get nearly beaten to death2. Get ***high-as-fuuuuuuuuck***3. OHKO your masterNow you're the strongest human alive until you meet Cosmo!
>>287050519I don't remember you complaining about the exact same shit happening in Rei's backstory you disingenuous faggot.
>>287049109There's no getting off Niko's wild ride.
>>287050519You gonna complain about broscience 173 chapters in?
>>287049423>maybe its just done for flavor and smokey fire roasted centipedes are yummy like thatYou beat me to it. Great minds think alike.
>>287049799Um, Sandrovich said so, and uh, you're wrong because this is a fantasy manga and you need to chill out and leave ugh. People try so hard in Kengan, the author, the artist, the characters, they're all the best and have strong motivations and clear goals and work consistently and perform genuinely IRL techniques and it's so real and so amazing and not a bogus and is always explained and isn't bogus and did I mention it isn't bogus? Because Sandrovich said so?
>>287050277>nitpicking autist is also a SiRtrannyTwo faggots in one, what a deal!
>>287050668I would appreciate actual insight instead of just vague "Sandro bad" word diarrhea
>>287050681Oh no, we've got another one
>>287050323Untaken, acute hysteria in progress
>>287049436Kek. Thanks OP.
>>287049436>twice the weight>but it's spread over your torso instead of on your wrists and anklesIs that actually worse than Ohma's weights? Because I feel like the wrist weights are worse.
>>287050519God this is a midwit moment. Wow, broscience from a heavily stylized/exaggerated fighting manga isn't exactly accurate and maybe these injuries should matter more than they do? Color me impressed!!! You found out the hidden flaw of this manga, nobody noticed this point before you did!Holy shit. And he posts /co/ trash as well. Maybe it's accurate.
>>287050460>>287050506>UMMMM, ANON!?!?!?!?!?>A "TRUE" master will help his disciples win and get better!Just like these Kengan Association "The Inside" psychopathic murdering self-centered assholes? I fucking KNEW at least 3 people would be angry it's obviously being re-written that Niko and Ohma are actually totally loving, embracing people who support each other and care deeply for each other's success, not assassins who just want to fight for money.Good grief, you two are very obviously just coping and defending Sandrovich's bad writing, now.
>>287050797Get a room you two
>>287048789Fei in shambles
>>287050681SiR is fine, that guy is probably falseflagging with it.>>287050803What the fuck are you talking about you autistic retard? Why are you so obsessed and addicted to these threads? Is your attention span shorter than ONE SINGLE PANEL??????? Why do I have to share this dying board with mentally disabled golems like you?
>>287050590But, the other Anonymous posters claim there isn't broscience? This is real, yo. Rei did it, too, and he's totally cool. And Cosmo. And
>>287050830Good thing Niko was holding back. He might have killed Ohma, by now. Like his friend. (I'm sure we'll hear about his friend and how that's important to this "secret technique" soon)
>>287050803>Obviously being rewritten>First appearance is him saving Ohma's life as a kid and taking him in as a studentYou have some holes in your brain or something? I don't think long running manga is for you just read the SOL 4koma comics that come with the volumes and fuck off.
This is the limit of anonymous boards, you can't really filter out absolute retards and they can just spam these threads to death.
>>287050771I'll leave it open to interpretation.
Strategically? I thought of ways to beat most of the KAT R2 losers>AkoyaTake advantage of his reflexes with a feint, punch him away from where you’ve drawn his attention to.>RaianConstant pressure. Don’t ever let him get any breathing room, continue punching him in the face from the moment the match starts. Don’t stop until he’s either dead or comatose>JuliusZero chance to win>SekiEasy, just keep hitting him. It’ll take a bit but you just gotta keep at it>Saw PaingNo clue>KiryuLure out and guide Blink like Adam did to Ryuki, punch him>BandoNo clue>GaolangLure out jab, take advantage of diagonal direction to hit him with a right cross while ducking away from the jab
>>287050923Which fighter for this feel? I'm thinking Chiba.
>>287050954Himuro
>>287050923I can beat all of them with a well-timed throw
>>287049207>>completely unelaborated on, and anybody who could tell us is fucking dead unless we get a random gaiden extra chapterTechnically Ohma's Niko could still be alive considering how everything surrounding him is left incredibly vague. I don't want him to be from a narrative perspective but it's my only real explanation for why Sandro's kept any information on what exactly happened to him very, very sparse.
>>287050797>And he posts /co/ trash as well. Maybe it's accurate.woah woah woah lay off powerpuff girls
>>287050923That's nice and all, but I'll go for a grapple.
>>287050993in theory it beats everyone as long as you get the "timing" right
>>287050988Hey I like it too but what is it even doing on /a/.
>>287049398>>287049420Ohma, you pass.
>>287049228Inspiring.
>>287046872Has he caught on to his true goal?
>>287050923Soon, we'll will have developed strategies to counter every fighter in the KAT
>>287049618That “technique”
>>287050771It's probably better in some ways but worse in others, having more weight period means you are expending more energy thoughIt's just a nice visual more than anything
>>287049400>Kengan likes to pretend to be realisticbro...
>>287050730I need to read usogui, all the faces are so funny
>>287051242>>287051255Going limp will solve that.
>>287027033Rare Hassad
>>287032104soiree of swarthoids
>>287027718>And, lemme guess, "The Inside" is like Kowloon + More Evil x 700?If you knew how bad things really are...
>>287051451>That slow pan upJej
>>287050277Hey anon! I'm here to give you some constructive criticism on your posting. What you could have done is say something like:--------------------------------------------->>287048928>I won't be holding back>obviously holding back the entire timeNico is a fraud------------------------------------------------That way, you don't mass reply to 6 different posts, and don't seem like a butthurt little faggot who's entire life revolves around how much you hate a manga series.
>>287049420Figured what out? The fuck is going on?
>>287050277As Ohma says, he's dead serious. He's not holding back in terms of how hard he's hitting. That doesn't mean the point is to fucking kill him.Not only that, but words, like toying, do in fact have multiple meanings.Maybe brush up on that instead of sperging out every day.
>>287051814"That", he figured out "that". Now, "you'll" understand "why" "we" do "this".
>>287049436Thanks OP, sharing the R2 poll results nowBest fight:
>>287050551That guy's a retard, but I am pretty sure people DID poke fun at Rei's backstory being just "starving in the forest until you get strong".
>>287051828>That doesn't mean the point is to fucking kill him.Not that Niko expository claimed his friend died during this exact same "trial," of course. I'm sure Sandrovich meant to leave it open to interpretation. Which you interpret, raise my beloved son <3
>>287051856And the worst:
>>287051856Huh, I thought Cosmo vs. Akoya would be higher but I guess the competition was too stiff and Cosmo winning lost it some precious points
>>287051885Yes, no one has ever died accidentally during any activity ever.
>>287051842Now that you mention it, has the usage of "this" and "that" gone down in recent chapters?
I'm not worried; I have faith that Sandrovich will explain. He's earned my trust.
>>287051889>Sen vs Bando getting second worstDamn
>>287051953Introducing facts like "my friend was killed in this forest during this training tial that I'm about to teach you," obviously means "accidentally," in the manga Kengan Asura. You're right, I'm agreeing with you, thank you.
>>287049188It must be a ghost centipede.
>>287050668>>287050803>>287050277These flashback chapters are kinda whatever so this seems a good place to ask what I've wondered: in your own words, whats the motivation behind this? You clearly hate Kengan and want to ruin threads, but I've never known Asura to attract the kind of rabid hatred that Naruto or other major popularity series do. What inspires such venom? If you hate it's fanbase, why spoil it for readers, who by definition aren't even "fans" of the series yet? And if you simply hate the work itself, what has driven you to read all of it?Omega has its hatefans because of sunk cost and because it used to be a series they liked, but you clearly hate Kengan from start to finish. Drop the irony and engage with me anon. I want to know you.
>>287050277I always and Interpreted the no holding back thing more as a i wont pull my punches and hit you as hard as i can
>>287041828cmon anon, there are new readers here
>>287051952It is my favourite fight of round 2, and Cosmo winning is one of the major parts of what makes it so good. And I didn't even really like Cosmo before that fight. I also expected it to be liked more.>>287051856>>287051889>Waka vs Julius is the third most liked and third most disliked fight.I figured it would be divisive. I was really miffed on it aswell, but many people liked it.Also apparently no one has a strong opinion on Kuroki vs Kiryu. Makes sense. No one really cares about Kiryu, and while Kuroki is cool he is probably the fighter with the least amount of "flair" in round 2. The only backstory we have on him was something very obviously thrown in ad hoc to give him _any_ kind of narrative connection with Kiryu, he doesn't have a gimmick other than being very esxperienced, pragmatic and principled, and his personality is just an extension of that plus his gruffy look.
>>287052106My motivation is to give you the opportunity to post on /a/. You're welcome.
>>287048869trees are alive, niko
>>287052188What a shitty motivation.
>>287052207>Tch.
>>287050468it's too secret
>>287049109
>>287050511Nico is pretty fun.
>>287052207Nah, he'd win.
I forgot about this one for a few days ago.
>>287052106You're expecting too much from a mentally ill retard. It's not irony, it's genuine autistic hyperfixation.
>>287052244I don't know. Despite everything I still cannot bring myself to care about any of the Ohma stuff. This backstory is stupid, both Ohma's and Nico's motivation is flimsy, Ohma isn't a likable character, and Nico has the bare minimum of what I would call a personality.But I guess sometimes he is fun.
>>287050511It'll probably be a dream and was never real.Or, actually, it's proof Ohma's "amnesia" is actually fully removed and he realizes he is Niko - Owner of the Niko Style. That's my guess. Sorry, "interpretation."
>>287050993it's elbow for me
>>287052325Making fun of that Anon isn't contributing to any discussion, positive or negative, to the Kengan thread on /a/ Anime & Manga. At least he's offering discussion.
>>287051814find out tomorrow in a new kengan asura chapter
>>287052390He offers the exact fucking discussion every time, though.It's not that he's all that wrong, he's just really grating.
>>287052390Spamming retarded shit is a net negative, especially past the first few instances of that. I guarantee this thread would be better without anon's autistic ass and the answers making fun of him are a reaction to that.
>>287051952Without Cosmo winning the R2 fight in the end it would just be Akoya torturing a teenage twink to death on-screen.
>>287052564>Sandro, this isn't what they meant by twink death
>>287052564...I guess
>>287052564Yeah, people hating this fight because Cosmo pulled a (somewhat miraculous) win through Akoya's hubris and his own change of mentality are very performative. It's like "nuh-huh, I've seen the tier list, I've seen the feats, I know Akoya scales higher than Cosmo! What a bad ending" while dismissing the whole point of the fight.
>>287052564Probably, but maybe not necessarily. If Cosmo gets out of "that" situation, but instead of having his fight autism activated, he'd give up, the judge and the guards would then probably be able to protect Cosmo.
>>287052564Akoya looks like Dracula.
>>287052737It would be fun if the supernatural fighting manga Kengan Asura would include Dracula and werewolves and an Egyptian mummy in their tournament.
>>287052657The ref not doing anything should be a big hint that wouldn't happen.
>>287053048If only Motobe was there
>>287052188I want to help you anon. Engage with me. Please.>>287052916This is literally an arc in Dragon Ball lol.
>>287051952It's a great fight but it's competing with Agito and Seki's matches that are some of the best in the whole manga. >>287052179I can guarantee you that if this was predominantly first-time readers, the shock of Kuroki reaming the MC's rival would have a much bigger impact, but it loses a lot of luster on the retread. Waka and Julius's fight is just a poll of "are you a /fit/fag or /fit/fag adjacent" or not, mostly.
>>287049109>>287052916https://youtu.be/sOnqjkJTMaA?t=270It's close to miiiiiiiiiidnight,and something evil's lurkin' in the daaaaaaaaaark!Under the mooooooonlight,ya see a sight that almost stops your heeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrt!You try to screeeeeeaaam!!!But "terror" takes the sound before you make it!!You start to "freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze,"as "horror" looks you right-between-the-eyes......you're now a Niko Style master!
>>287050468That's what secret means, dummy
>>287048776Probably nothing
>>287050511Every Ohma flashback from here on out is important
>>287052564they took this from you
>>287053048We'll roll with the established reasoning that he can't cut a match short without Cosmo expressly giving up.So if Cosmo could do that, then the match would still end.
>>287053644Then Akoya would just kill him anyways.
>>287053737It at least gives Cosmo a chance, hoping Metsudo's gang or someone gets in.
>>287053771Anon, the whole point in that moment is that Akoya is off his rocker and he has effectively lost all reasoning in a berserk state. There is a lot of assumptions riding on Akoya just calming down here that won't happen.
>>287051889Interesting how Kuroki vs Kiryu was definitely not the worst fight and definitely not the best fight.
>>287052238heh
>>287053822The assumption isn't on him calming down. The premise was that Cosmo gets out of being tortured and gagged by him, but instead of continuing he gives up.So there's distance at this moment, and the ref is there to try to stop the fight. The second he gives up, Akoya would probably try to kill him, so it's really a matter of if Cosmo can live long enough for help to arrive to subdue Akoya.
>>287049799Don't use wrist or ankle weights, they are bad for your joints.But weighted vests are good and useful when sparring.
>>287052916They made that cartoon and the writing was literally exactly on par with Kengan:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKdhcdDR9PQ
>>287054268Oh wow, kek, I'm loving this. And Akoya DOES look like Dracula!
>>287054268>There are lizards in my pants!This is bliss.
>>287049119>You were too carelessI don't usually omegapost but I can't read that sentence without thinking of the page with the 4 Lolongs anymore
>>287048830>GakigaharaIs this where brats are corrected?
>>287049188Niko really overhyped this forest
>>287054704It's a death forest where no life exists and if you enter, you'll never leave alive...And also has two public park campsites that Tokyo schools sometimes visit for funsies.
>>287049618 who knows
>>287051451unfathomable...
>>287049618 He will use what he learned here in the finals. That posture at the start of the match
>>287054783Gakigahara forest is how Sandro connects his settings when he's not doing cameo's and crossovers
>>287049202>calls him popsWhat a tsun
>>287057184Niko truly cares for his adopted son.It why he brings him outside of "The Inside" to "Death Forest" and beats him. Like any caring master.And Ohma loves him for it, he loves his pops.
>>287049294That was my theory and I stand by it.
>>287049618Take note of Ohma's attacks. Most of the time during this flashback, he is the one that attacked first. That is the clue.
>>287052564
>>287033333Does injecting silicon in your ass help you win fights?
>>287058577
>>287051814I think judging by the previous panels the weights were supposed to change Ohma's stance or somethingThat's why Niko could tell without fighting
>>287050830>SiR is fine, that guy is probably falseflagging with it.I don't have any strong feelings either way about SiR, but no he's not, it's the same Danberu/SiR poster who's always fighting with the angry nofight accuser anon.If only he stuck to just basedjaking at OMG WAS THAT A HECKIN DANBERU REFERENCE whenever some detail that was mentioned in that pops up and spared us the faggily written dementia rambling.
>>287052564SAAAAAAAAANDRO, GIVE ME TWINK DEATH AND MY SOUL IS YOURS
>>287058577It helps Agito, doesn't it?
>>287051952Most of the people that hate on Cosmo fights are probably Okubofags and Akoyafags. People judge the quality of the fight based on how much they hate the character. I'm 100% sure R3 best fights will be Ohma and Kuroki because they beat the two most hated characters.
>>287059576Half the fights in R3 are one-sided beatdowns and Muteba's fight is worse than his R2, so the bar is low anyway.
>>287059942Okay but worse than Sekibayashi vs Muteba still leaves a lot of room to be a really good fight in someone's eyes.
>>287051856Deserved, the fights has some of my absolute favourite moments of the entire manga.
>>287059078
I'm genuinely wondering, is Muteba a shiity character? In everyone of his fights yet, his opponent is way more interesting and entertaining. But this annoying sleazebag simply goes "loldidnthurt" for two chapter before instawinning with some dumb edgy attack.
>>287061218I think Muteba is a cool character, him putting an end to Meguro was a nice subversion and he showed respect in his fight with Seki. It's not his fault that he's facing one of the most charismatic Kengan characters in R2
>>287061218It takes a good character to enable good character moments from another.
>>287053367Not to me.
>>287061458Saw vs. Rei had some good Saw moments
>>287061218>He's a shitty character because his wins are bullshit.I struggle to see the argument. Logical consistency of a fight isn't the same as character writing.
>>287061482NTARei is a good character, I just don't like him.
>>287049109Straight out of a horror movie. >>287049284Last panel is hilarious. >>287051856No surprise that Seki v Muteba took the top spot>>287051889I missed the threads for the Rei v Saw fight, but I'm surprised that Akoya's fight is so much lower than I would have assumed. I actually think it's worse than Hatsumi v Bando.
>>287049284
>>287062296classic
>>287061218>his opponent is way more interesting and entertainingMeguro was not either of those things. Meguro was neat in his own ways but ultimately I see him as just a mad dog and his gimmick is worn out. >"loldidnthurt" for two chapter before instawinning with some dumb edgy attack.This just isn't true. When he turned the tables on Meguro it was from injuries that shouldn't have debilitated him, and he still had to put in work and took hits/throws before securing the kill. Against Seki, Muteba had to basically pull out all the stops, tricks, and feints he could while exploiting what his opponents thought about his enhanced hearing. Yes he turned that fight around much quicker but what makes the whole thing work is that Seki got back up and got Muteba ready to use "that". On top of how he ended the fight with the utmost respect. Seki absolutely shined in that fight but Muteba was able to also come out looking very good as well. Muteba himself isn't exactly the most interesting character, but he's been growing more-so each fight as we get to peel back the surface level and see his own fighter mentality.
>>287061482I still wish his headbutt had connected and turned Rei into simp paste.Speaking of which does the hammer of burma ever land in Omega? It seems like one of those one-shot moves doomed to never connect because if they did the other guy would just be dead.>>287052325If this were a seasonal shonenshit thread he'd just be an average poster
>>287063712>spoilerYes and nothere's one bullshit instance of burma hammer vs lihito pinching which ends in a draw, and it's kinda stupid...But there's the much cooler moment where Saw Paing uses his headbutt to free himself from a wrestling grab and deliver a cool finisher against a certain author's pet
>>287051856>>287051889Acceptable results
>>287063647>Meguro was neat in his own ways but ultimately I see him as just a mad dog and his gimmick is worn out.I think Meguro was done dirty. He got to use one (1) Judo technique then got absolutely debilitated, to the point that somehow a genius Judoka couldn't find anything else to follow a mount with than a retarded "rapist choke". I don't mind how Muteba ended the fight, it was appropriately gruesome but fuck, let the genius judoka at least push him to his wit's end. Have him dislocate Muteba's arm with an armbar, have him use his own gi to help set up chokes, come on, not this disappointing feral mode.>Against Seki, Muteba had to basically pull out all the stops, tricks, and feints he could while exploiting what his opponents thought about his enhanced hearing.Here you're just wrong. Muteba eats everything Seki throws at him, including several high impact throws while himself dishing huge strikes while on the defensive, asspulls muh sense of smell when his ears get ruptured, to finally win with another uninteresting "lel i kill u" technique. What's more is that he's even worse than Rei in that regard: he gets to be a smug faggot outside the ring, but somehow never ever gets humbled in his fights so far, while having the most disadvantageous background behind Julius for unarmed fighting. Hope Wakatsuki turns him into black bean paste.
>>287065026
>>287065026>Muteba eats everything Seki throws at himWhile mostly defending them or interrupting them. When he is getting wailed on that's not the kind of damage that should knock out a reasonably built man in this series as people are generally durable unless they get called out on being weaker like Cosmo. > asspulls muh sense of smellIt's literally mentioned that he can smell really good in his first fight. He could smell audience members in the stands by cologne alone. > finally win with another uninteresting "lel i kill u" techniqueHeart jab is actually fun. You are just dumb for this one. It combines the idea behind the devil lance and Hanafusa's acupuncture strikes. > but somehow never ever gets humbled in his fights so far,Because unlike Rei he's actually strong and chill. He doesn't disrespect opponents because he's lovestruck or something dumb. He's a merc on a paycheck but he has professional respect for his opponents.
>>287065026Also worth reminding you that Meguro was insane so expecting him to properly use Judo is futile. Especially when he's spent decades in hiding as Hayami's lapdog.
>>287065026>he gets to be a smug faggot outside the ringAs far as I see it, his constant fucking isn't really meant to make him look cool and badass at this point. Initially, sure, he was supposed to be this hyper virile tribal giganigger, but at this point it's a joke more than anything. There goes Muteba, up to his neck in whores again.
>>287065026>but somehow never ever gets humbled in his fights so far,Nigger did you READ the Seki fight or just seethe over Muteba
>>287065609I just realized that dude is probably the freak whos's been whining about Muteba fucking whores since the first dump
