Chapter 372: Then and There
The “timing”… I finally got it right
Looks like I got the "timing" right.
>We taught him wrong on purpose, as a joke
>>291319512PUMP THAT OXYGEN INTO YOUR MUSCLES REN!
>>291319485>Your opponent needs to be a fucking retard who doesn't sidestep the move for it to work
>>291319535>Let them cut flesh so you can give him a little bonk - some Samurai
>>291319535But wouldn't getting punched in the middle of your body while you're in the air take away at least some momentum from your headbutt, even if you're prepared for the punch? This seems like such a dog shit technique even for a last ditch effort.
But what if I sidestep, and deliver a hook on their torso from that angle, my head nowhere near his?
>>291319654Eh?
>>291319512>>291319535This would've been kind of clever if we knew Nikaido went through extreme body training so that him getting a clean bodyshot would be worth it. Then again, he's an assassin so fighting with weapons would've been an expectation so giving your enemy a free hit is stupid.Okay idea on the wrong character. Maybe Sandro just nicked this off elsewhere and thought it was cool.
>>291319616Ghost Meguro powerup>>291319654nvm
>>291319654It's a double subvert, gotcha.
>>291319512>Expose our stomach? Truly a technique well-suited to our battlefield martial arts. The enemy certainly won't stab us or something
>>291319641>>291319654>Tags: instant_lossKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK
>>291319584Just gonna point out that Nikaido never said "Tianlang" in a speech bubble, so either this guy can read the technique name captions or the cpations were Nikaido diagetically shouting it out DBZ style
>>291319654What do you think 8 did for Nikaido's sleeve to get torn off?
FIN
You may think this ultimate technique unpractical, but in its unpracticalness you find practicality to have to be unpractically practical.
>>291319592To be fair, if your opponent lunges at you stomach first, your first instinct probably isn't to dodge, but to stab/shoot/punch his highly vulnerable body.
so it's gonna be Tulpa Meguro vs Huisheng Meguro? who wins?
>>291319641>SHYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>291319739This doesn't even look like the same character anymore
>>291319641>>291319654Holy shit #8 has King Crimson
>>291319727We know they're all psychic so this is completely understandable.
>>291319739>generic_kengan_character_4Daro pls
>>291319739damn he looks so different from his first appearancehe was literally Swole Ernie
>>291319739RE-ENTER: BEST BOY
>>291319739Hey it's Koga's friend
>>291319739this is nuRihito with a hair dye
I... Jobbed!
>>291319739So is he no longer wearing those earbuds that constantly huisheng him or did Daro forget about that?
>>291319844I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks he looks like Rihito now
>>291319849Dodo...
>>291319697A sumo wrestler would have been a better pick, you can't knock down a rikishi who expects to be hit.
>>291319833didn't Jose job already?
>>291319739can't wait for his 7 panel long fight with chopsticks johnny
>>291319922I don't think so? If he did then purgatory are in fucking shambles
>>291319727You now remember Nogi and Idemitsu communicating telepathically and Fei answering the Narrator's question
>>291319697Imagine if Saw did this. It'd only work on people who don't know Saw's gimmick but he'd be one of the only characters who'd actually have any use out of a technique like this.
>>291319833I'm just surprised that the Vietnam man is still alive as of the current chapter and that bro made it this far without being eliminated. I'd give it no more than a panel or two + offscreen for him to be gone, but sandwich might just subvert me and make him last longer than he has the right to be.
>>291319833Are we sure Dodo won't be dead like his namesake?
genuinely what was the point of this chapter?
>>291320017To lead into the Meguro Huisheng plot finale
>>291319459Computer, generate an old Martial arts master for me, tickle my balls and finger my anus while you're at it>>291319729Well whatever he did he politely put Nikaido's pants back on>>291319713Does he not remember the mystery fighter who partook in KvP?
>>291320017Maybe the last page or two to re-introduce another character. I agree that otherwise this has been exceptionally stupid. Especially after we get the rest of the fight skipped after countering the headbut.
>>291319625>>291319535The body would also be pressed away, given that Ren is in the air here and his body wouldn't let him bend in forward for the headbutt.
I forgot about the chapter this week, and now that I've read it I'll forget it again.
>>291319654FACE DOWNASS UPTHAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE TO
>>291319654KWAB!
>>291319654Sandro's anti-chinese racism is showing
#8GODS
>>291320143Hatsumi Sen...
>>291319425>>291319459>>291319485these page sum up pretty well many the "special" moves we've seen so far.
This move isnt bad if you are someone who can take a lot of punishment like Waka
>>291320059>Well whatever he did he politely put Nikaido's pants back onWell, he may be eeeeeeeevviiiiiilllll but he's not a pervert
>>291319616>>291319654I don't get it
>>291320285This is a move for a high DEF fighter like Saw, it even has a finisher headbutt
>>291319584
>>291320099>counteringHe just tanked it
>>291319584>worm style: loldidn'thurt
>>291319616>>291319641>>291319654Same guy who triggered Setsuna's 2nd boss fight mode in a single hit btw
>>291319654FUCKING KEK what a page turn
>>291319654The chapter could have started here.
>>291319459>>291319485Love this guy
>>291319739They’ll fix his head next chapter
>>291320572Nah, knowing that the Heavenly Wolf Fist has more meme techniques is important.
>>291320448He was able to get off his clap+talk shit in your ear+punch combo against Setsuna which I guess is kind of dangerous.But you bring that up as if Ren even had a chance back then. Even that did pretty much zero damage to Setsuna and it was clear Setsuna was fucking around with him the whole time. Ren has never been hyped up as particularly strong even though he keeps showing up. Even Himuro gets more lip service despite also losing all the time.
>>291319459>I trained you wrong on purpose, as a joke
>>291319459>>291319485YOU ARE A BIG LIAR
But could Ren have beaten 2 #8s?
>>291319739Was gonna say Nikaido finished his story in this 400+ chapter manga without winning a single fight but then remembered his introduction was him beating a 100 years old fighter offscreen. Oh well, who cares.
>>291320017For probably the first time in this manga since the last 350 odd chapters, build up a villain as some sort of semblance of threat
>>291320945How does the Heavenly Wolf Fist even work against 5 guys? He's gonna clap and do his ASMR whisper to all 5 of them one-by-one?
>>291320996Who did Koga beat? Or did he get Silva's points? I can't remember any more.
You think spreading your cheeks and facing off against your opponent is impractical? Yes, you're correct. You see, by pointing your asshole at your opponent, they expect you'll shit on them and prepare to dodge, but you're going to prepare for their dodge by swinging your testicles at high speed beforehand, allowing the momentum of your sack to guide you directly towards their groin. You need to press down towards their cock, enveloping them in a warm oasis of pleasure. Through draining their balls, you will win the battle!
is this supposed to be a comedy manga?
>>291321160He got Silva’s point, has not fought yet
>>291321241Yes
>>291319739Our boy is back
>>291321241Have you seen the Villains since Shen was introduced?
>>291319342if you thought faggotsbane was crazy...
>>291319654comedy manga
>>291320017Actually make one of the villains seem worth a damnIt did its job of building up this random Mook and giving him an interesting personality For once this was the right choice
>>291319370
>>291321094The HWF’s good sekret techniques are for group fights only, for 1vs1 Ren is obligated to use memes like the asmr fist and faggotsbane
>>291319866didn't he take them off after killing hayami?
>>291321248And Silva was beaten by Shen, right? Not "Me"?
>>291319391
>>291321017by having him not do anything impressive of note and offscreen a complete jobber who also almost split his head open?
>>291321308why did he give him such luscious lips
>>291321333No, he got traumatized and sat under a tree after Yan one shot the monk dude
>>291319485
>>291321340Makes more sense for the "technique"
>>291321340This makes it look like the headbutt could actually 1) land, and 2) maybe do some damage. The finished page makes it look like Nikaido's head would just hit nothing because of the punch.
>>291319512
>>291319459>>291319485This bratty ojisan needs tanking correction.
>>291321308>>291321360I have a bad feeling that's AI, that's weird for Daro to do.
>>291319557
>>291321366Oh yeah, I remember now. Thanks.
>>291319616What is this page about
>>291319683
>>291321460Remember this island is the same as the KAT islandHe saw meguro's grave right next to him, when masaki comes at the end and grabs the belt he's grabbing dead meguro's belt
>>291319739
>>291321346Which somehow is significantly more street cred than several of the past batches of jobbers we've had.He did not pull off an impressive athletic or martial feat, nor was the fighter he defeated a particularly powerful one, but he did defeat one. He scaled the wall past what countless villain fodder have done before him and actually beat one of the good guys without any particular strings attached (yet)
>>291321466Looks like Nikaido's wearing a baseball cap backwards in the top panel
>>291321460
>>291321514Please tell me Sandro is telling Daro to "make him look more like Masaki" in his notes. Cause he still doesn't look like Masaki in the final version. >>291321537I was just thinking who went back and actually tied the belt to the headstone.
>>291319654
What a pointless chapter.
>>291321561>>291319459>We trained him wrong as a joke
Lets take a moment and just think about how much of a bum Ren and his garbage ass style isHis master should be ashamed teaching this shit, at least against kiryu he had that clap that was pretty good
>>291321369The face of a shitposter
Tch... What a shitty "barbecue"...
>>291319342>Then and ThereSo what exactly was this referring to in the chapter?
>>291319342Spicy Shitter Pose
>>291319425The fuck is with this slut outfit
>>291319654Why didn't he use his paralyzing magic words?
How am "I" supposed to have a "meal" when all the "ingredients" are so "low" quality?
>>291321853You’ll regret your words and deeds when he no diffs 5 Shens
>>291319866He stopped that shit.
I have "arrived"
There's no escaping it...
>>291322450Don't summon Hagchads...
>>291319641>>291319654https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FLRHejWAo8
>>291322574
>>291319683I miss Meguro bros...
>>291322574Someone is mentioning anything about "older women"?!
>>291319654Raped and gaped
>>291319616I felt like there was some kind of emotional setup where between Ren and the Hayami brothers but it went nowhere. The whole thing is just>Nikaido saw Meguro graves. Maybe he'll gain power of friendship?"Cool, seems like good omen.">Masaki saw Nikaido getting beaten up. Maybe he'll pick up the baton?"Oh what's up injured man I don't look like I give a fuck about? Mind if I take this item of the deceased?"
>>291322574https://www.dlsite.com/maniax/work/=/product_id/RJ01638764.html
>>291319342This is exactly like that panel of Tiger Niko shitting his pants
>>291319535So the end of the chapter was a lie, and the wolf literally didn't even try to devour the worm.>>291319584>>291319727This also means that part of the technique is assuming the opponent knows Chinese.
>>291319833I will not be takin this slander at my boy #8, who just WON!
>>291319739Daro's still got it!
>>291319485YOU GOT IT ALL RIGHT
>>291319459>Niko Style: Big Fucking Turd
>>291321466The eyes give him such a different vibe here.
>>291323528The drafts make it look like the attack really got to him. Final has him be cool and stoic.
>>291323177>Wanted to get the number wrong for the joke of the Numbers being so unmemorable but got it right anywaysFuck me, I'm too "deep"
>>291323548It's probably because his eyes got a bit Shengus'd between chapters.But even then, the weird small eyes aren't what's in the drafts, in which he still looks cool while having taken damage.
>>291319342>>291319370That's so fucking stupid.It's like straight out of a gag-manga
>>291321492Nikaido made the mistake of believing he was being served an emotional power boost >>291319654>Get temporarily killed by Setsuna after activating his power boost>Get tackled and nearly beaten by Ryuki who'd later turn into a jobber himself >Now on the ground, looking like someone who just got violated in more ways than one because of a WormThis guy killed one dude off-screen and then never won ever again
>>291319714Amidst combat... If you were to be stabbed in the gut by a blade... Is there truly nothing you could do afterwards...?
>>291319584>If that hits it'll cause some pretty major damage>a different, more powerful attack that he wasn't expecting hits>does nothingBig impact pages don't really mean anything if none of the hits do anything.
>>291319739Finally a character I want to see
>>291320668He was able to do that with one arm, and also able to tag Setsuna even not knowing how blink works. Honestly considering what a gigantic disadvantage he was against a guy who is basically a big knowledge check Ren acquitted himself reasonably well. He was much stronger than guys like Adam who had a popularity boost in Omega. The issue is that Setsuna hasn't won a fight since. People forget but he actually gave Kuroki a pretty good run for his money but the consensus has swung against Setsuna being strong for some reason. And then to add insult to injury Ren utterly jobbed against the newly introduced Ryuki who would then go on to underperform a lot of the time, further eroding Ren's stock. He also has no fanbase to speak of.
>>291319714"Stabbing"?! Why are you fighting "jobbers"?!
>>291319739>worm character won a fight (even if the end had to be offscreened)>it took 100 years but Sandro remembered Hayami was in this tournament>callback to Meguro/Ren making a grave for himrare acceptable omega chapter. good prompts this week, "me"
>>291319654Why even show this fight?
>>291323839I unfortunately made a battle royale tournament with 50 jobbers and now if I offscreen them all people will get mad
Reminder that your boy Falcon has been offscreened but this gets like 2 chapters.
What if... Ren knew Sumo?
>>291323839To pad the manga for money duh
>>291323908Nice try, but all these hackjob martial arts masters call their baby a "forbidden technique" just so they can be immune to legal-elemental attacks. If the technique is supposed to be forbidden then it's forbidden, you weren't supposed to use it. All the brain damage is on you.
>>291319714That's what makes it such a powerful move.It's "determinate prediction". You show your vulnerable underbelly and bait your opponent into drawing a knife to stab you.Then they instantly die from holding a knife.
>>291319654I believe the thing to say in this situation is:KWAB
>>291319654rip
>>291323662That is exactly the question Retsu posed himself going into his bout with Musashi. The answer he reached will surprise you
>>291323900but who is buying?
>>291324086He's learned his lesson in an isekai. It's by him confronting a Mushashi-tier swordsman by indulging in the imaginary battle.Swordsman tells him that if he had struck for real and not with intent Retsu would've instantly countered and killed him as shown by Retsu's imaginary counter. Then Retsu says that if he'd been cut for real he wouldn't have the ability to counter.Thus, his spirit is strong enough that an enemy skilled with a blade acknowledges him to be deadlier than it, but also Retsu knows to be wary of getting cut apart.
>>291319391>>291319342This is kind of hilariously retarded for how much effort goes into the art, even if it's mostly worse than Asura's
>>291324274>EffortThe wolf is most assuredny AI, the background for the master is likely just some refined asset too.
>>291324274Bro, Omega is 100% Aislop, no effort at all on both art and writing
>>291319654I unironically got subverted. This is the first worm goon win in the series that I can remember.
>>291324595There's that guy who decapitated a Kengan business guy or something and the Ghost dude that Ryuki killed did get replaced, so that's another win. Pre KvP, they were kinda threatening.
>>291322450>your love for your husband was too strong>that's why he left you
>>291321801>>291320697I am bleeding, which makes me the victor.>>291319739My man! Kick some ass, Killer Thrower Seabass
>>291319654gag manga
>>291322574Did someone say... Hag.
>>291319391Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo how could this happen to us?!!?!??
>>291319654Heheh kek
>>291320017To show Ren is a slutty outfit again.
>>291319739Masaki is done absorbing the energy of the jobbers around him.
where is my daily usogui OP. I know you're in here
>>291319512If Seki used this technique it would kind of make sense, but fucking Nikaido?
>>291323291dammit this was my first thought seeing that page lmao
>>291320017Real answer: padding for more chaptersFake answer: to showcase what Yan said about telling the worm members still in the battle royale to "stir things up"
>>291319616I just said "what...?" out loud
>>291319654AND I FUCKING LAUGHED BAHAHAHAHA
>>291320017Worms... strong?
>>291319654KWAB of the decade
>>291319370Thats every fighting manga ever
>>291319739what a dumb enterwhat is he supposed to do? 8's gone.is he gonna rape Ren
Can someone please tell me what the chapter title was referring to within the actual chapter?
>>291319557Oh no, he turned retarded.
>>291319535>>291326570Then you use your head... there!
>>291319557>This blood is mostly Ren's and not 8'sWhat an absolutely shit technique
>>291326616Are you serious? The title must have been mistranslated or something. Or am I thinking too hard about this and it's just one of those things Sandro randomly pulled out of a hat?
>>291326570>>291326692Most likely it's referring to the grave>He was buried... then and there
>>291326692This experience is open to interpretation. You have a lot to learn from your inferiors.
>Agito is still out there running laps around the island
>>291326808He's building up speed to try and reach a parallel universe for his minimum a button challenge (needed to "scale" the "wall")
>>291319739I hope Sandro doesn't ruin him.
>>291326952>
>>291323725Ren has one faggot who apes him and keeps saying he'll be the 9th fang of Metsudo
Luohan fucking when? I miss him so much.
>>291321360>>291321421Pretty sure the drafts one is based on the design that didn't make it.
>>291327336I break into hysteric fits of laughter every time I see a character doing the "SHHHEEEAYAHHH" jobber rush
>>291327336Why did Daro give him such dick sucking lips?
>>291323201Well you see he got cosmetic surgery because he's a businessman and has to not look like a jacked muppet character
>>291327379I ask Itagaki that every time I see Baki...
>>291319654>sleeve torn offJudo?
>>291319654>off screened
Whatever happened to the guy who translated posts from JP forums whenever a new chapter would drop?I'm really curious if the JP community is as demoralized about the absolute state of this manga as we are. Do they have their own memes mocking the bad writing like "leave it open to interpretation", "he's just like the connecto-" and so on?
>>291327849The best I can give you is a DeepL translation of a Japanese reader being sarcastic
>>291327979Good job nip-san remembering Nikaido's strengths.
>>291328019There is another one here. His line of questioning makes sense, imagine using the technique where you need to get hurt to make it work, while surrounded by enemies.
>>291328094It is heartening that the obvious questions are being asked. I feel like Sandro does get this feedback a lot from the JP audience which is why Fortnite's been extremely meta.
>>291328139This one felt straight out of here, with that ending line
>>291319654I'm not even a Renfag, but this whole debacle feels disrespectful.Make him lose if you want to hype up a newcomer, but at least give hom a decent fight, Jesus.
>>291327585Oh yeah that is weird, he might’ve been thrown or slammed in some way
>>291319739Why does Masaki act like he has no idea there was a guy who looked exactly like himWhy does Nikaido act surprised when Masaki had made and appearance in Kengan matches and Metsudo would definitely take note
>>291319641>>291319654>ASS UP AND FACE DOWNHOLY SHIT HE GOT KEVIN NASH'D!
>>291319535How far we have fallen from the hammer of burma
>>291328987>Why does Nikaido act surprised when Masaki had made and appearance in Kengan matches and Metsudo would definitely take noteactually scratch that, didn't Nikaido do some exposition dump in the very same KvP Masaki fought
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>>291329040>Less time shitting, means more time training!>So you gotta do it like this...
>>291329052Ah so Nikaido practiced that move on the toilet
>>291319739>8's loss is already being set upKengan antagonists don't hold wins for long.
derp
>>291319342>Chapter 372christ, cant believe this shit is still going
Hassad soon.
>>291327264
Where's the.. Lie eater.. Daily..
>>291320285I forgot Saw's martial art but isn't it focused on elbows, knees, and headbutts? That technique has his name written on it!
>>291329509Lethwei.
>>291329439OP forgot.. the subject.. field..>>291329509Lethwei?
>>291320397He made sure to combo it with worm style: impeccable politeness to make sure it landed properly
>>291329040
>>291319425PLAP PLAP PLAPGET PREGNANTGET PREGNANTGET PREGNANT
>>291329899kek
>>291319721hot. I need this with women
>>291328094It's obvious Sandro forgot what Ren's fighting style was supposed to be (one versus many), just like how he forgot Toa's fighting style was supposed to be a pseudo-Niko style.
>>291320285>This move isn't bad if you can't take damageThanks anon, I'll be sure to take off my shirt and stab people while making cuhrahzeefaces too
>>291319654curiouslywas nikaido too weak?or was the junior combatant too strong?or was nikaido too strong to win?or was the junior combatant too weak to lose?for being "junior" he felt much stronger than the jobber who attacked ohma
>>291319833>Kiozan>Dead jobber
Somehow, Nikaido returned
>Entire Martial Art is built around fighting groups of people>Every fight he's been in has been 1v1's>He only won one, off screen, every other fight he either got smoked so hard he temp-died or almost got whooped>The one time he gets the potential to fight a group of people is in a free-for-all tournament>Instead tries to 1v1 a Worm using a technique that's so bafflingly not built towards fighting multiple enemies that's it a wonder who came up with it at all>It leaves your torso open for a potentially lethal attack, there's very little chance it actually lands either>It's not even magical, you're just jumping up and elbow/kneeing someone simultaneously in the head>If you can even land such a weird telegraphed attack that isThis must be one of the most "Sandro forgot" moments in the whole manga
>>291331659Meanwhile, the Kure have basically solved the problem of fighting groups of people forever with Lionsbite. Mainly because it is basically an AoE spell.
>>291322450>>291323032>One day you arrived at the "right time" while your girlfriend was out.>Yuki divorced her husband (he actually fled because her sex drive was simply "too strong").>She is in fact a sexual "monster" with an "unfathomable" hunger for cock.Ok fess up, which one of you was the translator for this? I didn't even add these quotation marks.
>>291323032>>291322450It looks like "i" will be "arriving" soon..>>291331984This "time", it was not "me" behind this.
>>291331693>LionsbiteWhat is that?
>>291332361Remember this? Remember when Ohma first showed up, and Raian used the Kure Force Choke to twist multiple necks simultaneously somehow, by doing jazz hands?
>>291319342you can tell Ren's master is AI-genned because old Sandro wouldn't have passed up a chance to also make him a scantily clad retard like Ren used to be.
>>291319584He's another consecutor, isn't he, it didn't hit me last chapter. looks a bit like Shen and even kinda acts like him.
>>291332647He feels like Mukakek, who had that :D page based on a fully AI generated face.
>>291319833>Takayama as a jobberhey he's actually cool, I think he has a chance at the totally different roster for KAT2 after we reach 32Inaba, Kaneda and Jose are dead meat too. I've also got money on Cosmo and Misasa not making the cut, the former is allergic to winning, the latter will be sacrificed to someone to hype that character as FANG LEVEL, probably #1 or Fu Zhan.
>>291332698You know he is strong and is meant to be because of the multiple black bubbles Sandro gave him
>>291319739Gaolang was eliminated before those weaklings lol
>>291332783>Joseit hurts how right you are...
>>291332558I love that Sandro never once tried explaining how Lionsbite worked. Unironically I like the idea of the Kure techniques being incomprehensible bullshit to further sell their bullshit existence. Kure would be more fun as a parody of the super deadly family of assassin trope because of how much I don't take them seriously
>>291319391How the fuck did the headbutt even reach from this position? Worm guy's arm length is like half of Nikaido's total height.And even if it somehow reached, you'd lose most of the momentum when you get fucking skwered midair.Also, the point of a headbutt is to connect forehead - your hard part - with the other guy's face - their soft part - not to kiss the foreheads.Also lucky that Worm guy even went for a punch, would be kinda awkward if he used a straight kick haha....
>>291319342>latest Omega chapter>released on 4chan party dayEddie was right, it was just the beginning. Sandro I kneel
>>291319584me when a bakifag ENTERS a kengan thread
>>291319391fucking kekkk
>>291319641SHEYYAAAA>>291319654-ACK
>>291319683>To defeat Ren like that without a single scratch... Rocky, just how strong are you?
>>291319739Dodo will beat him
>>291319654>>291319683>>291319641>>291319654>Daro, why didn't you prompt the fight page?>Sorry Sandro, I ran out of credits>But not before I did prompt this cool page of a rock, check it out!
>>291319654I love this guy already
>>291333728>>291319683...holy CRAP
>>291333784Would barely last a minute against Misasa
>>291333439Same, honestly. I am at the point where I fully and unironically accept the Kenganverse works off metafiction and narrative tropes anyway, so desu magical kung fu is on a more plausible level of suspension of disbelief than being asked to accept bullshit like "this defeat will only make X stronger" or "Y is scaling the wall because a strong man looked at him and made him shit his pants about 2 storylines ago". Huisheng might as well be soul transfer because the other option is accepting every villain in the story is too stupid to realise it adds literally nothing of value, Principles makes more sense as cultivation bullshit than something you can explain with IRL human biology, and with reference to all that a family of assassins that can cast kinetic jutsus is kind of prosaic at this point. Sandro could write a scene where it turns out Fusui can curve bullets around corners by "holding down the point of force" on her rifle, and I would just nod and go yeah, yeah that makes sense, she's just like the Connec
>>291333784Wakatsuki would one-shot him
>>291319535>70000 gorillion years of heavenly wolf fist teachings is a shittier version of saw ping's hammer of burma
>>291319425>>291319459>>291319485
>>291334010What's more useless, this or the Gaoh Style? Because I think Shen more or less said the Gaoh Style was a flat out nerf to Ryuki. Which makes it all the more questionable why he told Ryuki to bother learning the Dragon Clan techniques that were clearly no threat to him, unless it was a subtle diss.
>>291319370>>291319391>>291319485>>291319512>>291319535This might be the stupidest "technique" in the entire series. Ren and his master are an embarassment and should never show their face in this manga again.
>>291319654Imagine being a Kenganvenger and still jobbing to an unnamed Worm. This must be the worst humiliation we've ever seen
>>291334416Ryuki got a few wins off the Gaoh Style before Sandro decided to fully commit to it being utter cheeks. The Heavenly Wolf Style gave Nikaido one off-screen win and that was it. Nikaido is essentially a character with an intentional design flaw given what his Martial Art is suppose to be meant forBut the better question is, why did Sandro create a new Martial Art when he's clearly running on fumes with new techniques to make. In SiR their flagship Martial Art, Rikudou, can be described as having "everything" but then each of the practitioners we see only has one technique and it's super variants. Hina punches good and if she tries harder she can punch even better and Rei can swing her arms good but if she elongates hard enough she can swing even faster. Removal has been rebranded two times now across Blue Ursus and SiR, Blue Ursus having the Hell's Gate drug and Strike it Riches Chiroru using hypnosis to make herself strongerIt took I wanna say almost a year for us to see what Dragon's Maw is suppose to doDunno why he bothers, he's running out of ideas and is almost certainly saving the better one's for SiR. Tianlang only exists because of the Heavenly WOLF name and not because of what this Style is suppose to do
>>291319535Saw Paing tanks this
>>291333680Tch... What a shitty "green"...
>>291319729yogic sneezing
>>291319512It's funny how Ren's henchman tried to cope that he's better on a battlefield than Liu but Liu showed way more practical technique in the Nicolas fight
>>291333891this nigga TANKED The Man
>>291334830>Dunno why he bothersTo make the felting of jobbers even more comically over the top. After Eddie and Gilbert have proven continuously that they both stole the one useless move in all of Hokuto, I think putting "heavenly" in your martial arts style name is as much of a jobber flag as carrying a knife
>>291334416The Gaoh Style isn't inherently retarded or useless, just the way Ryuki was using it, for no killing somewhat public matches. It's meant for assassination. Its moves are meant for one time surprises that get you a kill on someone who won't be telling anyone how you did it.Meanwhile this just has absolutely zero practical application whatsoever, ESPECIALLY in the context of what Nikaido's style is supposed to be for(battlefield combat).
>>291334910>Our lord would never lose to him if he got in a sneak attack, had 5-6 guys backing him up, there was shit visibility, both of them were worn out from fighting, and Liu was stuck in a bog while Ren had the high ground and also had a grenade to throw at him>In a 1v1 fight though? Our noble master Nikaido Ren has to PARK HIS ASS where it's safe or he's FINISHED
>>291319654now that the worm has defeated the legend NIKAIDO REN, they are a legitimate threat and the stakes are higher than ever
>>291334910>the 1vs1 style has an earthquake stomp with huge AoE>the 1 vs many style has a suicidal jumping headbutt
>only 300 posts after 17 hours
>>291319654>o, mighty champion, let out a victorious cry>yeeeeeah
>>291319654Humiliation ritual
>>291335329bro literally nothing happened. Chapter is faggotsbane(that was already memed last chapter) into offscreen into character literally no one cares about except Sandro
>>291334910The prior panel makes it even funnier since Metsudo asked who would win and Nikaido himself immediately goes "UMMMM" until his goon starts bullshitting to save face for him.
>>291321241>>291325026how is this surprising? what did you guys think you were reading up until now
>>291335599The sentiment is true regardless of whether or not it is a surprise.
I think Ren should have thrown a pebble to demonstrate his understanding of battlefield warfare
>>291335627>Toa has utilised his battlefield more than Ren has in each of their fightsEmbarrassing. The guy needs to kick rocks, either way.
>>291335627>didn't run away>didn't throw rocks>didn't even grab a stickRenbros...
>>291335664The grim truth is that putting too much effort into avoiding jobber flags is, itself, a jobber flag.
>>291322420"He" seems oddly quiet this week.
>>291335898"I" fucking killed him
>>291335627>tfw Ren doesn't even know the fundamentals of combat
>>291337486>Daro's gay foot fetish again
>>291337486
>>291333784Keep Misasa away from him
>>291319535>ULTIMATE SECRET FINAL SUPER HEAVENLY MOUNT TAI HEAVEN RENDING HYPER BEAM MEGAZORD OPTIMUS PRIME JEHOVA'S HOLY MIGHT TECHNIQUE>GET PUNCHED IN THE STOMACH THEN GIVE MYSELF A CONCUSSION>SHYYEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
>use knife>instantly loseThe Kengan metaphysics are spreading
>>291319654bravo sandro
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>>291321308>Featuring Chad from Bleach: TYBW
>>291321340this draft is extremely funny cuz it makes it seem like the worm didn't even punch that hard he just put his fist forwards and nikaido landed on it
>>291321561>worst looking panels are the ones where he's scrambling to extract a drawing out of slopevery time
>>291319584>>291333680
This has to be the stupidiest figth so far. End this fuckin manga as soon as possible and let the strike it rich gals take its place.
>>291337486The sheer amount of "what is the point of this" fights in Omega is astounding.
>>291339383The point is a wish on the dragon balls and little else.
>>291339505Feels more like a monkey's paw sort of situation to me. Oh, you want these beloved side characters to have more screen time? Enjoy everything you love about them to be completely dismantled and the fight to be so fucking shit that nothing about it is satisfying to anyone at all. Teehee.
>>291338939Hard to believe, huh? People were defending it and complaining "we" are "looking" for reasons to be mad at Sandro and everything.Seriously though this move is one step away from Foot To Face Style.
>>291333728Is this Chopstick Johnny or Dodo?
>>291339505Remember when the Worm were treated as so much of a threat that all the CEOs unquestioningly closed ranks, and joined forces with the government, and the Yakuza, and the leader of the Brazilian gang "fight", and ALL of the African gangs, and there was coordination on an international scale against the Worm?Those nukes (which Shen and co don't even have) sure are doing a lot of heavy lifting to explain why nobody is trying to snipe Shen even though theoretically he is 1000x the threat of random Worm jobber cells blowing up Italy
>>291338939>>291339623Ignore, for a moment, that this technique is meant to be used on a battlefield.What the FUCK are you supposed to do to your opponent if he kicks you, or just steps to the side? If Sandro told me that Julius hates martial arts because this was his first exposure to it, it would make Julius a sympathetic character.
>>291339726I think the idea is that you're coming in it at a particular angle and presenting such an obvious opening that the opponent is drawn to attack in a specific way and spring the trap.
>>291339866Yes, and it's a HORRID execution of an already shaky idea. A headbutt? Really?If somebody was screaming at me and jumping at me in that pose, my immediate reaction would be to step back to assess what the fuck he's doing.Returning to what Nikaido's style is meant to be like, whether or not it lands, that would be an invitation to be attacked from multiple angles on a battlefield.
>>291339680It's Luohan
>>291339558I thought the question was what was the point, not 'what Sandro is torturing us with this arc'?>>291339716I don't, I only remember the dragon ball wish! Totally a valid reason to all beat each other up while ignoring the literal Cultivator we're supposed to entertain and have no way to beat.
>>291339623>People were defending it and complaining "we" are "looking" for reasons to be mad at Sandro and everything.I bet they don't even fight!
>>291339944>A headbutt? Really?Yeah, it was especially dumb because that way you have to take the punch to your exposed torso AND further hurt yourself with a headbutt.It's hitting yourself twice to hit them once.
>>291340030Cute and hot
>>291339505iirc only Muteba has said he's going rogue for that, everyone else is just trying to "scale the wall" to beat Shen 1vs1
>>291326045Of course you did, "me"
>>291319654Gag manga.
>>291335329The "party" is "over".But the party animals are "on the move" towards the "afterparty"....
>>291335449>>into character literally no one cares about except SandroA lot of anons care about him, to the point of feeling fear for his future.
>>291339944It would work if Ohma did it
>>291342518Ohms could use Demonsbane with it.
>>291342857This is how he'll beat Shen
>>291342927A technique to surpass principles
>>291337486>>291338034kek
>>291338228Impressively, the watch is drawn on both panels, possibly even consistently!
>>291334910Liu > Ren > 5 Lius
Man I just remembered Ohmas Niko, 4, being stated to reach the KAT final no matter his starting position. And that was 10 years prior to it happening.This dude would easily be the strongest non connector character if he was still alive.A guy stronger than kuroki with 12+ years of training, beast
>>291319654Asura Nikaido>talked a big game sure>dressed like a fag>was still an above average fighter>pulled off a seemingly impossible move against someone like Setsuna>managed to land a solid strike and force out his 2nd phaseOmega Nikaido>gets tackled and mounted by Ryuki right off the bat>doesn't do anything else of note>fights #6>uses a completely retarded martial arts even his mentor admits is stupid>gets off-screened and raped>doesn't even make #6 look good in the process because Rencoin is at negative valueThe difference between Ren being a jobber in Asura and here is so insane. He was in that same camp as Mokey, Rihito, Chiba, etc. The guys who are actually strong but not KAT strong. I'd go so far to say I think he looked pretty good all things considered going up against Blink setsuna. To see him reduced to this is another reminder that Sandro just hates this story.
>>291346122>>>>>>6SSSSSHEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAA
