I missed this and will read from the start. I checked out the last thread and found
>evil is on the move
Kek, is this series the origin of that meme?

I enjoy the storyline even with the spoilers. If anything, it's a good preview of the madness of Kengan Omega.

>>287643442
Yep, I hope you have a good time anon. Tomorrow we start the sequel.

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Do you guys think my girlfriend would want to watch the KA anime together with me? We watched Dorohedoro and The Mandalorian together.

>!Would she understand ohmas sacrifice?!<

>>287643442
>will read from the start
Do you mean you will read the series by yourself from the start, or you will read this daily/storytime you just lost from the start using one of the archives currently available? Or are you merely talking about The Finale's thread? Sorry, I am tired right now.

>>287643442
This series is origin of A LOT of meme, from what I've seen from the Keng/a/n daily

>>287642755
First time reader.
Kaneda was my favourite, he tried his best, even if he didn't succeed.
My second favourite is Mokichi Robinson, his takedown of Raian was cool, even if he got royally owned immediately afterwards.

Actually, I might just like those traditional Japanese clothes.

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HAHAHA

I liked it overall, but really only the fights. Almost everything outside of the fights was poorly written, pointless, or both. The humour didn't land for me and the emotional moments often fell flat, and I didn't care for most of the characters I was supposed to care about. But the art during fights was phenomenal, coreography was great, the twists and turns were really cool. Thst being said, the ending was way more gripping than it had any right to be. Genuinely didn't expect Ohma to die. Dunno if he earned that Joe death panel, but his relationship with Kazzy was quite touching in the end.

I'm not going to read Omega, anyway. See you guys, was a fun right.

>>287644982
o/

>>287644982
yeah even after many rereads i cant help but groan whenever the "plot" happens, i only really care for kazzy's and ohma's arcs (and even then all the niko flashbacks got boring after a while), the best part both in terms of entertainment and emotional response is clearly the fights for me

So, what happened to Kazzy's other son?

>>287645175
He died on the way off the island, a real tragedy.

>>287642755
Not really much rereadability imo. Once you know what's gonna happen the twists aren't as hard hitting. I did really like them my first go-through, however. And bringing Ohma back in omega was a huge mistake imo. Most impactful part of Asura was his reckless self-abuse catching up to him.

>>287644038
Why are you asking here instead of giving her a call? I hope you're not calling that cartoon your girlfriend.

>>287641241
>4koma are found on reddit
Not surprising.
>>287645218
You just had to post one last spoiler you faggot.

>>287642755
>Old readers, which character you liked more on this read-through?
I'll say who I liked less: Ohma.

The first time I read Kengan, I actually thought it was kind of cool that Ohma had his own made up bullshit magic martial arts style, it made him stand out from the other characters and made him feel more like an MC. This second read through, though, I've joined the "I HATE THE NIKO STYLE" club.

>>287644982
>Almost everything outside of the fights was poorly written, pointless, or both.
I see this as a common complaint, but if you accept it less as a plot you should take seriously and more as filler/background noise so the manga isn't just one long boring tournament, I think it gets the job done.

>>287644982
This is the objective correct opinion. The childish SoL is unfunny and forced, and actively detracts from the intensity and grit of the fights. And what fights indeed, I think Ashura is one of the best "fantasy" martial arts manga out there, only topped in my mind by more realistic series.
Also you're right for not touching Omega, and do not let anyone else try to convince you. You already missed the threads, there's no point in wasting your time when even "us" wish for it to end.
>>287645515
>filler/background noise so the manga isn't just one long boring tournament
The tournament was anything but boring are you mad? The fights are the point.

does anyone else think omega shouldnt get a storytime? who wants to read 50 chapters of "this used to be good" and a few hundred chapters of "wow this is bad"

>>287645719
>The tournament was anything but boring are you mad? The fights are the point.
That's not what I was trying to say at *all*. Obviously the tournament was good, my point is that plot added some flavor to what would have otherwise just been a bunch of back-to-back fights. In fact, that is essentially what the Maximum Tournament was in Baki, and I literally never see anybody bring that arc up even though it had a ton of great fights.

>>287645720
>who wants to read 50 chapters of "this used to be good" and a few hundred chapters of "wow this is bad"
imo it's more like 50 chapters of "this used to be good" then 150 chapters of "okay this kinda sucks but it's still amusing to read" then another 100 chapters of "wow this is bad" then finally 50 chapters of "wow this is absolutely fucking awful this dogshit needs to end already"

>>287645720
100% agreed, and I'd even add that Ashura is the only sandrovitch manga worth storytiming. If that anon insists on storytiming, I'd rather he chose another good martial arts manga, one that is not talked about here.
>>287645793
>In fact, that is essentially what the Maximum Tournament was in Baki, and I literally never see anybody bring that arc up even though it had a ton of great fights.
I need you to trust that I'm 100% sincere, but the Maximum Tournament to me was an absolute masterpiece 1000x better than Ashura. I read from the 4chan archives, two chapters before each training, and I consider it the absolute best manga tournament I've ever read by a long shot.

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>>287645720
It's about the journey to insanity not the destination

>>287645793
>the Maximum Tournament was in Baki, and I literally never see anybody bring that arc up
Really? It's widely regarded as one of the highlights of Baki.

>>287645840
>but the Maximum Tournament to me was an absolute masterpiece 1000x better than Ashura.
I like it a lot too and consider it very underrated. I consider Ashura to be a spiritual successor to that arc in a way--lots of interesting fighters (basically the bulk of the series cast) being introduced for the first time, a lot of really fucking cool matchups, ridiculously brutal fights. But, I think to most people it ends up fading into the background like most other manga tournament arcs, especially in contrast to other Baki arcs that had more going on in the background. Like, a lot of people gush over the Convict arc even though most of the fights are pretty shit, because a lot of goofy and memorable shit happens. I think having a bit of narrative/character interactions going on in the background is important, even if it's not particularly well executed.

It's still "peak", as the redditors say
It has its low points, and Sandro's habits are still on full display, but the characters are all exceptionally fun to experience and Daro was putting his 110% in
Experiencing Omega afterwards feels like a tragedy

>>287645923
Maybe it's just a consequence of most people being exposed to Baki via the Netflix anime these days, but I rarely ever see discussion about the MT (or really anything that happens pre-Convict arc). It's always the Convicts, Prison Arc, Pickle, Baki vs Yujrio, Musashi, etc. that I see the most discussion about.

>>287645928
>a lot of people gush over the Convict arc even though most of the fights are pretty shit, because a lot of goofy and memorable shit happens
The opinions of those "people" do not interest me. We do not read the same manga, and we do not look for the same thing in fights. I consider KSKM to be absolutely excellent and far above Ashura, but I guess those people wouldn't ever read it. I agree that a bit of GOOD narration adds stakes to fights, but Ashura was bogged down by the CEO aspect being awkwardly handled, childish SoL and that awful Hayami plot. Storytimes in particular attract very different readers, ffs some anon confessed to reading because of the page of Karla asking for babies.

>>287645720
I want OP to go ahead with it. If you fuckers start shitting on the barbecue because you like the smell of feces it won't be OP's fault, and it won't be Omega's fault. It will be YOURS. Your fault, you stupid primate.

>>287646164
You're the only anon on the whole board to unironically think Omega is a good manga. You'll be more at home in the Comikey comment section.

>>287646193
>to unironically think Omega is a good manga
I did not say that, you nutrient! But I won't sperg out like a monkey the way YOU do every chapter, and definitely not during a daily.

>>287646213
>But I won't sperg out like a monkey the way YOU do every chapter
The fuck you're talking about?

>>287645720
I'm more concerned about whether or not a daily can be maintained. Past KvP there's pretty much only one arc (Inside) with slightly interesting shitposting, nothing happens for the rest. Are people going to stick for garbage like Striker vs Grappler extravaganza, the Five Nights at Ohma or the various filler fights everyone already forgot?

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I'm the only "tiger" we need

>>287646538
I can see people tuning in for Luohan's sitcom that was going on during those shitty arcs.

>>287646538
>I'm more concerned about whether or not a daily can be maintained. Past KvP there's pretty much only one arc (Inside) with slightly interesting shitposting
That still spans nearly the length of Kengan Ashura, for whatever it's worth.

>>287646164
Let's be honest, that would be an unkindness to the shit.
Even Murata's redraws over at the OPM manga adaptation are at least uniquely human. The only thing awaiting people when they come into Omega is ChatGPT slop where nobody involved in the creation process cares about it.
And that's only the opener for how things go from nice, to bad, to awful, to abhorrent.
>>287646213
You are the only person in this chain who is behaving agitatedly and jumping at vaguely-defined shadows. Everybody else is speaking normally and not communicating in Omega-isms.
For what it's worth, the threads are definitely not as alive as they once were, if that's the concerning aspect. But I don't see what's interesting about complaining about the threads when the manga is still much, much worse.

I still think we should only have the Omega storytime after the series is over

>>287646538
It works if you dump it 1 volume per day, but dumpanon said he couldn't so whatever

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Storytime's over I can post this.

Ouma is probably based on Kyara from Usogui.
>orphan child from the slums
>moss hair
>final fight against the strongest character in the series
>dies after, on an island, leaning against a tree
pic related

Niko and "Real Niko" are also similar to Ogata Isshinsei aka Kensei from History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
But if his caring / ruthless personalities literally became two characters.
>experiments on his disciples
>teaches them powerful but life threatening powerup abilities
>but also encourages them to follow their own patch
>wears a hooded cloak

Finally the KAT has similarities to the D of D from Kenichi.
>arriving at an imposing island only to be greeted by beautiful girls
>arena looks like the colosseum
>tournament gets derailed by plot

Thanks OP for the storytime! It was nice to reread the best parts of Ashura.

>kengan ashura done
>omega next
It all goes downhill from here

>>287647630
>usogui
worst manga of all time.

>I hacked the camera with my robot eyes
lmaoooooooooooooooooooooo

>>287642755
Just like Kurosawa, I pretend Omega is an AU sequel.

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I REQUIRE more genderbend chapters.

>>287644982
>Genuinely didn't expect Ohma to die.
Lol
Lmao

>>287642755
The art and fights were really good. The actually story was really dogshit. I also hate how Sandro kept trying to make the manga feel like a "hecking wholesome quirk chungus" adventure where no one actually dies and everyone gets along, even though this is supposed to be a bloodsport tournament.

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>>287648484
That's true, and where the "sandro morality" meme comes from. Fighters will get mangled against known killers, then they'll be shown in silly childish Sesame Street skits to be a big happy family.

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I don't care what people say but Gaolang vs Agito is peak R2 fight. Even though in this match he lost, he showed that Agito isn't an invincible monster.

>>287645469
I like the Niko Style more now than before. I think Omega is the reason where Niko goes into bullshit magical "counter for everything" territory. In Asura even with all his techniques he got his shit pushed in over and over by Raian, Cosmo, Waka and of course Kuroki.
Demonsbane is the only one that stands out since it's a formless counter but even than Waka managed to withstand one and Kuroki countered the counter.
And the ultimate techniques are not some secret weapon but just shit that lets you keep going on after getting a beating, something that fits Ohma who just wants to take one more step.

>>287645218
I enjoy it more this time arround actually, it let me seee the subtle details and appreciated more the fights.

>>287642755
I think Omega should be a volume dump. It's just too long and contains mostly garbage. Doing it chapter by chapter would just put people to sleep.

>>287647630
>Usogui
It's my favorite manga to reread because you can catch stuff that seems meaningless at first glance but is actually important. Currently reading his boxing series which is a great eyebleach after Hajime no Ippo's current fight.

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I really enjoyed the re-dumping of Kengan Ashura, never get tired of reading it again
I'm REALLY against OP making yet another daily dump of Kengan Omega, not only because we already had one some years ago (laughed, got angry, and memed to hell and back), but because i dislike this idea for unfinished manga in general, sounds like a waste of time. I'd prefer for Omega to finally end before making a storytime dump again.

>>287642755
>late to the "party"
>check archive
>OP's planning to storytime Omega too
Unfathomable behaviour.

Hindsight is 20/20, Seki remains the GOAT

>>287642755
Good luck with the Omega storytime whether you do it by chapter or volume because I know it will be a shitshow. Don't wanna subject myself to it so I'm gonna call it here. For me its still Gaolang because he wasn't the typical boxer jobber.

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>>287642755
>Old readers, which character you liked more on this read-through?
Bando.
As a conservative man who enjoys "believable" and "consistent," I thought I remembered Bando the rubber band murderer to be someone who got on my nerves.
But, upon re-read... he's actually a very feasible and surprisingly tolerant character (not physically, of course, he's still Luffy). I felt more empathy for him, this time.

Wakatsuki is my favorite character, mostly. I genuinely sympathize with his physique and mentality. His wife is great, too.
Gaolang was less fun, this time, which hurts. He had background as "champion" but seemed a little too shallow this time. I still liked him, though.

I continue to hate, and escalate my hatred, for Cosmo, Chairman, and CEOs, though.

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>>287650403
It's really funny that Sako actually managed to write a sensible (and actually technical) take on the "facetank everything until you get the timing right" archetype, his fight was really refreshing.
I still think it's closer to SiR than Ippo though

>>287650403
Puppet masters or whatever it's called has some amazing art, but I hope the story kicks into gear soon and we don't get another flop like Batuque.
I doubt he'll ever be able to top Usogui and I'm sad he's unlikely to ever be able to continue it.

>>287651338
>I still think it's closer to SiR than Ippo though
Really though how?

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>>287651338
>spoiler
Yeah I can see it especially with both MCs being former fighters trying to run their own show or gym while getting into fights occasionally. The author is an amateur boxer himself so he knows how to make fights look great.

I enjoyed the series as a newcutie, my favourite is Gaolang but its a shame to see what they did to him in Omega
>How are you a newcutie if yo-
Im a very, very weird person, i sometimes just pick up a manga on whichever is the latest chapter and just join the ride there, then if i like the series i just read from the start up to where i started.
With omega...i think i enjoy the threads more than the actual manga so i havent done that, ill probably join the omega storytime though
Kengan Ashura was kino though

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>>287651637
>Both mangas start with a genius, promising fighter forced to retire to injury
>said characters want to go back in the circuit but as promoters
>They get a golden opportunity by hiring a loose cannon with extremely shady background who also turns out to be REALLY strong
>Manga is equally (in SiR case was) about fights and backroom deals
SiR pretty much gave up everything in favor of typical Sandro nonsense of evil organisations or whatever, but Genikasuri feels like what happens if it actually seriously treated its premise
Feel free to ignore this post if Hanabi also turns out to be part of an apocalypse cult though

>>287645719
>childish SoL is unfunny and forced
oh it's this guy again

>>287646538
>only one arc (Inside) with slightly interesting shitposting
As if anything in the "Inside" matches the despair induced TRIUMPHANT CRY and JUST ONE THROW

>>287644780
Good picks. I don't know why but I also have a soft spot for the traditional clothes. Has a certain casual gravitas about it.

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>>287642755
>Which character did you like more on this read through?
Inaba

>>287642755
Waka will forever be my hero

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In this board we worship our Goddess Sayaka

>>287642755
I HATE THE NIKO STYLE

>>287645720
The storytime is going to fizzle out after the Mukaku arc, which means we'll still have threads to enjoy but after that everyone's going to get bored and leave
Maybe Luohan will keep people entertained long enough but I doubt it

>>287648432
>femteba in c
Hand it over, that thing, your man card.

>>287648448
I know, I know.

>>287652070
>SiR pretty much gave up everything in favor of typical Sandro nonsense of evil organisations or whatever
It was always there but it's very noticeable how quickly they upgraded. Everything worked out so easily for them I'm surprised they were strugglers at all. The Yakuza girl has the favor of a big crime boss who was conveniently friends of her late Father so she's never in any real danger

>>287655240
I didn't like the tit jokes, they all felt like teenie humour. And the pinup stuff didn't do it for me either.
Only sex jokes I liked were Muteba continuously being surrounded by ahegao whores, because that was more over-the-top silly than it was trying to be sexy.

>>287642755
>New readers, who was your HERO?
Kuroki breaking through all the plot armour and cutting the stupid rival plot short, and then hijacking the entire story in the semis, is probably this manga's greatest narrative achievement.
My personal favourite is blind giga nigger though.

>>287652070
Oh okay I see, didn't expect this aspect. I'm still finishing Batuque, but from the first two chapters I've read it oozed love for boxing and experience. Hence the doubt about the resemblance to SiR, a textbook cashgrab by an author looking for an easy publication.

>>287642755
Returning reader here. While he's not the most compelling character in his own right, Cosmo's character arc and growth was better than I remembered and his fights were excellent in different ways. More generally, even knowing ahead of time who was gonna matter and who wasn't, I really think Ashura does a good job of making almost all the fighters look somewhat impressive in their own way and like they could've gone further with a bit of luck. Looked at with hindsight, most of R1 is separating the wheat from the chaff by pitting mostly-normal dudes against superhuman freaks, but that mostly isn't apparent until afterwards and gives us a lot of fun fights.

>>287644038
Probably not? The anime is all about the fights, and doesn't really deliver on the art and emotion of the manga. If she doesn't appreciate the fight choreography (which I will mostly defend) in its own right, she probably won't enjoy it much.

>>287648432
where xia ji

>>287649062
Yeah, top 5 fight in the tournament easy.

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the first time I read Kengan Ashura it had freshly ended and the board was spamming the Ohma panel and I wanted to know the context. I read it within 3 days as a lifeguard on a stormy weekend
I reread it sometime in the last two years, and have revisited several fights like Agito Kuroki, the pro wrestling match could've been a one shot manga in it's own
this reread daily was my third and I agree with >>287656949
's Cosmos comment and >>287644982
in that I find the extra character moments as charming as Ragnarok's "in between matches" I basically just skim them if they bore me enough because it's all fluff. However the daily pacing made me focus and I appreciated some of the CEO's much more and I think it's fun to imagine why they paired each CEO with each fighter from an author's perspective

>>287655240
NON
STOP
SEX
WITH
SAYAKA

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>>287648432
Where would you rank this cutie?

>>287658959
Obviously in the ToT tier

>>287644982
>I'm not going to read Omega
Coward.

>>287644075
The former. 235 chapters of reading archives would be rough. I'll catch up to the sequel story time.

>>287642755
Man, it's a shame that Ohma died, I wanted to see more of the Niko Style but look like it died with him without any real successor

Are "we" ready for "Omega" to "begin" "tonight" or are "we" still too "green" to understand?

>>287642755
New readers, who was your HERO?
Seki

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Here's a question. Say the KAT was a double-elimination format with a loser's bracket (assume losing fighters are HANAFUSA'd back to fighting shape, if not full health. Yes that includes the dead ones.). How do you see the loser's bracket shaking up? Any chance for an upset in grand finals? The matchups would go something like this:
>L11: Adam vs Haruo
>L12: Mokichi vs Inaba
>L13: Gozo vs Sawada
>L14: Meguro vs Kiozan
>L15: Karo vs Nezu
>L16: Rihito vs Nikaido
>L17: Chiba vs Hanafusa
>L18: Okubo vs Kaneda
Then for the following rounds (noting the winner of the coded fight):
>L21: Akoya vs L11
>L22: Raian vs L12
>L23: Julius vs L13
>L24: Seki vs L14
>L25: Saw vs L15
>L26: Setsuna vs L16
>L27: Bando vs L17
>L28: Gaolang vs L18

>L31: Cosmo vs L21-22
>L32: Muteba vs L23-24
>L33: Rei vs L25-26
>L34: Hatsumi vs L27-28

>L41: Waka vs L31-32
>L42: Agito vs L33-34

>L51: Ohma vs L41-42

>GFs: Kuroki vs some poor bastard

How many volumes in Omega is "You've got it all wrong"? I need to know.

>>287660930
*into

>>287660930
Like 100

>>287660762
Looking over this, you'd probably want to reversw the seeds/matchups cuz otherwise there'd be a ton of immediate rematches. Oh well.

>>287645958
a big part of this is that its hard to source the maximum tournament anime "legitimately" and the manga for that arc was only available via wildfang who basically just made fanfiction of the story by vaguely looking at what was happening on the panels

>>287650882
>I genuinely sympathize with his physique
i do not think your muscles are 52 times as dense as normal, actually

>>287642755
>Old readers, which character you liked more on this read-through?
agito, on my first read i kinda hated him as i have a very low tolerance for "chuuni" stuff and him being a death ritual orphan with a split personality who talks with a royal "we" and makes a crazy joker face when he goes murder mode during fights just made me groan each time, i really wanted him to be humbled, but after a re-read i found myself thinking his struggling during fights felt more genuine and knowing he eventually gets his shit pushed him helps recontextualize the edgelord stuff as just him being a sperg more than anything

>>287660111
Trips confirm we're too green.

>>287644901
lol

Don't die yet!

Convict Coliseum is better than Omega

>>287645720
someone should storytime Convict Coliseum instead I'd be willing to do it people are interested if people are interested?

>>287660930
I think it is around chapter 90-100

>>287665005
We talked about this a couple of times, it's just not storytimable. The format doesn't mesh well and it's not anime or manga.

>>287645840
>need you to trust that I'm 100% sincere, but the Maximum Tournament to me was an absolute masterpiece 1000x better than Ashura. I read from the 4chan archives, two chapters before each training, and I consider it the absolute best manga tournament I've ever read by a long shot.

For me the Maximum tournament has some advantages - it's willing to throw bigger curveballs than the KAT and is using a lot of returning characters really well and the Katsumi/Retsu fight is as big a shocker as any in Ashura.

That being said the average Ashura fight has way higher quality, especially early on, none of the early MT fights are as good as Mokichi Vs Raian or Sekibayashi Vs Kiozan or Agito Vs Okubo. Almost no character in the KAT feels like a pure jobber whereas the MT is packed with them. And the KAT sticking so rigidly to its structure makes it feel more honest and its twists more earned compared to Yujiro showing up to murder people when he gets bored or two characters inserting themselves into the bracket out of nowhere.

Finally, Ohma just works better as a protagonist here than Baki, Ohma gets better as he goes along but Baki just gets worse.

>>287650882
>Gaolang was less fun, this time, which hurts. He had background as "champion" but seemed a little too shallow this time. I still liked him, though.

Gaolang is definitely the character I've liked less the longer I've been reading Kengan because he stops seeming competent and starts seeming like someone who projects an idiot field around him to make his limited skillset and middling stats bar speed count

>>287661378
Also the Anime Maximum tournament has pretty so so animation, the anime staff were clearly not resourced enough and even though they did the best with what they had it simply wasn't enough

>>287665005
The weird page layout stuff makes it much harder to storytime. It's basically built for Cubari because the choreography needs to be read really rapidly

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>>287650442
>I'd prefer for Omega to finally end before making a storytime dump again.
This. I'm only going to reread Omega once it's all said and done. When ALL of the batshit retcons are laid bare for us to see and we can all look back on the madness of the whole thing together and laugh. I don't want to read most of it again in a storytime, it's gotta be the whole thing.

>>287666321
>and it's not anime or manga.
Yeah well neither are live action shows, but those get a pass

>>287666321
I don't care. It should get a storytime. my favorite manhwa should too. At least give me a board for it or something

>>287660762
This format would be cool for Omega's 2nd KAT, though current Sandro and Daro wouldn't be able to make anything interesting with it as we see with the Battle Royale
It's hard to say, I think Akoya, Raian, Julius, Setsuna, Gaolang, Okubo and Hatsumi could make it to semi-finals/grand final

>>287668026
>toilet roll
I'm sure you can find people like you on /b/

>>287644982
I still love Ashura as a whole, but it does show a lot of Omega-isms that people are very forgiving of, mostly because they're interspersed by really great fights as you said. The setting and initial setup for the KAT are both really strong, but Sandro then spends the rest of the manga undermining those. There are no stakes because absolutely everything was part of Metsudo's plan the whole time, Kazzy's role in the story is cheapened by the fact that it was also planned by Nogi, all the CEOs and fighters just become best friends super quickly, Kiryu's story is resolved by an asspull "cure schizophrenia" punch, a lot of the backstory is just what we now know as Sandro's mystery box horseshit. HOWEVER, the emotional core of the story, which is the relationship between Kazzy and Ohma, not only works, but even holds up despite Omega sabotaging the ending. You can tell.that Sandro wrote this, but you can't believe how much worse he's gotten since.

>>287666438
>the average Ashura fight has way higher quality
>no character in the KAT feels like a pure jobber
I think you're either delusional or plainly don't care about actual martial arts. Ashura's martial arts just aren't as grounded and true to life as Baki, and that's what I value in a martial arts manga and also why I'd rate All-Rounded Meguru above Kengan.
>none of the early MT fights are as good as Mokichi Vs Raian or Sekibayashi Vs Kiozan or Agito Vs Okubo
Easy to say when those three fights are easily in the best of the KAT, compared to shit like Waka vs Ohma.

>>287650442
>>287666762
Yeah, thirded. I really hate the idea, it's stupid and we could've had a storytime for a good manga in the meantime.

>>287642755
Really loved it! I still dislike yamashita being the chosen one though
Speaking of dumping, been thinking to dump Shamo for a while!
>>287665005
Looks interesting!

>>287668725
>plainly don't care about actual martial arts. Ashura's martial arts just aren't as grounded and true to life as Baki
yeah i don't really, i mean i like them as exercise but i'm not really into the day to day philosophical aspect as much as i just like physicality and violence in manga

>>287668961
>as exercise
Wouldn't track and field or swimming be better then? Way lower risk of injury, and a lot less painful. Except if you're the type to come in and only skip rope and hit the bag.

>>287668814
>been thinking to dump Shamo for a while!
Yeah a slow Shamo story time would be absolutely patrician. I support that idea.

>>287660111
>ready
>for Omega
Is there such a thing?

The stretch from kuroki-agito to kuroki-ohma was the peakest peak ever. Fuck its so good. Thank you dumpanon. I love kengan. Thank you kengan, Ill always be hooked on you

>>287668612
>Kazzy's role in the story is cheapened by the fact that it was also planned by Nogi
I'm not so sure, because I still have no idea how exactly Kazzy having some strong ancestor is relevant to anything that actually happened in the tournament. In the end, Nogi's plan didn't even work, so why does it matter what his plans with Kazzy were? He was just gifted the win and that's that.

>>287652432
He's in every single thread saying the exact same thing. Crazy stuff.

>>287649062
... that's not R2 Agito vs Gaolang.....

>>287645720
I don't care, cause I won't be reading.

>>287671360
See you "earlier today," "me"

>>287671911
I just noticed, but the quotation marks really died down after a while, didn't they?