This is it ladies and gentleman...The last 10 volumes of the Gambling/"Isekai"/Fighting Manga which released every one-quarter of a full moon cycle.Lets start itNOW
Looks like I got the "timing" right.
Other Volumeshttps://pastebin.com/9HGt1efZVolume 38 1/2>>291684651Volume 38 2/2>>291707233
>>291728311Wow! Yakou healed his hand!
>>291728328Kaji’s face angled conveniently with Baku’s groin
>>291728374GEEZER ALERT
>>291728404Yakou A spitting fire
>>291728424>He ruined his pocketsDang
>>291728437What if Yakou A crushed your balls?
>>291728424>KURE STYLE : HANDPOCKET TECHNIQUE
>>291728437good thing he has balls of steel
>>291728487A fucking gun!?
>>291728466giwtwm
>>291728487>my "gun" is right thereYAKOU NOOOOOOOO! THE WEAPON HEX!
>>291728527Kinoesque page
>>291728547RIGHT IN THE EARWAX
>>291728547>4000 YEARS OF CHINESE KATA : KI FINGER CONNECTOR BULLETSI call it bullshido unless the narrator give me a 4000 years long explanation.
>>291728527>Shadow makes it look like a dragon that's about to devour YakouKay no
>>291728527Cool shadow
>>2917286024000 years...ARE STRONG!
Chinese Alpharius bypassed the "meta"... He is truly unfathomable...
>>291728639Baku (forma full schizo)
MADARAME BAKU IS A GAMBLER!
>>291728639>HE'S JUST LIKE MUSAS-
>>291728624holy shit i didn't notice
>>291728639>>291728673That boy ain't right
>>291728639Cute schizo twink
>>291728673FUCKING GAMBLER'S HAKI!
>>291728700DYNAMIC ENTRY
>>291728700FAAAAHHH
>>291728725TRIPLE KO
>>291728580>>291728608>>291728639>>291728673>see assassin that could murder you in a heartbeat>first thought is to get a bit closer for an adrenaline fixBaku is so retarded.
>>291728725THE SPIN?!?!
>>291728705You joke but someone’s killing intent or aura can make people shook in this manga. Intimidation is a literal superpower
>>291728738I think he's actually just suicidal, which is why the "imbecile".
>>291728725How many more times will this eye get hurt by the end?
>>291728673>>291728700>saved by being so profoundly mentally ill even the professional killer is weirded outThat’s our Baku…
>>291728755Yeah, pretty much, this is Baku at his most suicidal due to the Kyara debacle
>>291728725>finger bullet only takes off the eyepatchBullshit
>>291728725>COFFEE KATA : FALCON KIIIIIIIICK!
>>291728774Yakou the MINDBROKEN
>>291728755Surely bai long has seen people before who are just suicidal"Something he couldn’t identify" very much sounds like something beyond merely that
>>291728785It's alright, his eye absorbed the impact
>>291728774niggas always doing that pose
I cant believe Sako is doing the:>It was all a dream Stuff on us.
I really wish we saw more of Tatsuki
>>291728803He may have seen suicidal people, but I doubt he ever saw anyone looking like they welcome his attack
>>291728785His eye punched the bullet, that's why it stopped.
>>291728700Reminds me of Baki saving his girlfriend from Sirkovsky
>>291728740yes it can do that
>>291728817Love how he's not moving in the dream even though he's showing movements in the prior panels. I bet he's basically just flailing around in his sleep doing those things.
>>291728817Sako... "Subverted" us?!He's just like Sand-
>>291728850Oh fuck he actually tore off someone's ear in his sleep lmao
>>291728639Baku...
>>291728785They were 9mm finger bullets
>>291728785hes basically launching marbles at people its not like they can rip trough flesh
>>291728511Ranko...
>>291728785The angle was bad, Bakus frontal lobe hardened to redirect the marble
>>291728487>attacks on the balls don't work on meWhat did Bai Long mean by this?
>>291728850>>291728872His ear fetish is becoming concerning.
>>291728673What a face! Weekly etc etc
>>291728911I totally forgot about her i wonder if she appears again and will play a big role.She doesn't really fit in this arc (for now)
>>291728949It's a classic technique to make your testicles retreat into your body.
>>291728949Cant post gifs during storytime but google chinese balls training in martial art.
>>291728938Young Bai Long is hot
>>291728509based. Just shoot him and be done with it.
>>291728958GRANNYS YOUTH RE-ENTER
>>291728958Taka had BOTH the strongest chinese men under her.
>>291728958ENTER THE SECOND STRONGEST ASSASSIN IN HISTORY
>>291728527Fucking sick page>>291728624Yoo 4 times I read this manga now and never noticed, thanks.
>>291728958I can't blame him for dreaming about Taka.
>>291729040The move he did in his dream
>>291729062>Suddenly Jones the Neck Chopper's favorite chainsaw flies through the windowIf there was a character poll I'd vote for the chainsaw.
We are so balls deep into Baki's territory lol
>>291729084>>291729101THE FAGGOTSBANE!?
>>291729113KEK Fuck you got me
Anyone that fights Bai Long gets thrown into a nightmare it seems
And people talk shit about kengan
>>291728958It would be cool if they met again on the island.
Bai Long chads, we would’ve crushed Yakou if Baku didn’t distract us
>>291729101That's the tree blast technique Kyara used against that Korean guy
>>291729129Wait two more days to light a "barbecue", "me".
>>291729129>And people talk shit about kenganOnly about OmegaAshura was a lightning in a bottle fighting manga
>>291729101FA JIN!
>>291729170ONE LAST GUHAA FOR THE ROADUSE IT WELL HIKOICHI
>>291729189Marcosisters…
>>291728639>>291728673So cool how Baku, despite not being a fighter, is the first one to intimidate Bai Long due to his sheer insanity aura.>>291728700Sick.
>>291729189>Maradame Baku's nightmare>getting raped by a female Kaji
>>291729189Tatsuki left a big impact on everyone huh
>>291728985Nice of him to put the Single-Task Specialist guy in there.
>>291728673What a great expression. What feelings are there, acceptance? Eagerness? Resignation? Man.>>291728779Oh yeah maybe.
I am the only "Tatsuki" we need
>>291729233Well, he broke a bone fighting him.
>>291729189>who the fuck is this guy talking about Love Bai Long expression here
>>291729246>Baku enters a nightmare
>>291728725Ouch. Cool first person view.
What would every character’s nightmare be if Bai Long fought them?
>Baku's nightmare is just reality
>baku just has reality as his nightmareOof
>>291729281Marco would be faced with the chips costing 500 yen.
>>291729286deepest lore
>>291729281It would be a normal day for Suteguma
>>291728774>>291728795It is an interesting dream. It is a nightmare and it makes sense that Yakou would dread becoming physically unable. Still he might feel some guilt for killing Tatsuki.
>>291729316Cameo was posessed...
>>291729316CAMEO NO THINK ABOUT YOUR WHORE GF!
>>291729291The most unrealistic thing in this manga is that Bai Long's finger bullets are exactly the right size to jam a 9mm gun barrel exactly.
>>291729329He killed the former leader and took over zero, dying here would insulting to his former friend/superior
>>291729337Not the ki blast trough another person?
>>291728958Ying...>>291728960>>291728964Really? Wow.>>291729352True.
>>291729356No
>>291729356Fa Jin isn't magic, it's a way to transfer power.
>>291729281Kaji would dream of Baku abandoning him for the 50th time
>>291728958Bai Long did he say to Amen he held back against a woman before
>>291729362Cameo the HERO!
>>291728985Perceptive.>>291728785It didn't hit correctly because of Yakou's kick. >>291729013
>>291729062lol>>291729081I like how it's like the cursed blade trope
>>291729439Cameo...
>>291729439Awww, Baku cares about Cameo
>>291729160Right.
>>291729491>Baku enters a dream within a dream
>>291729296lol
>>291729491Is THAT page part of this volume?
Kaji would tank the nightmare since his life already fucking sucks
>>291729531YAKOOOOOOOOU!!!!
>>291729531YAKOUBROS????
>>291729531Yakou...
Bai "I just wanna grill for god's sake" Long
>>291729531Damn referees do EVERYTHING perfectly...
>>291729531someone grab me some kewpie, i love me some old man meat
>>291729409I like that expression.
>>291729568RAAAAAAAGH
Guys..This manga...Is good...
>>291729585Pause
>>291729531>>291729568You could brew some coffee over that guy's body
>>291729578lol
>>291729600Top 5 for me easily.I wonder if it can get top 3 or even 1!
>>291729578Except coffee
Yohoho he took a bite of gum gum!
>>291729654Oof ouchie my arm
>>291729654Ouch
Gambling manga?
>>291729654I like how the fighters react quick enough to know that they are about to take an unavoidable hit.>>291729678Yakou just keeps fucking sacrificing his body to get wins, if he wins this I hope he doesn't have any more hard fights.
>>291729678>Ippo's french fries
>>291729758Kyara vs Bai Long would've been interesting to see
>>291729792Bai Long in his prime seems to be a real fuckin' strong dude.
>>291729631Oh shit he can use formless?
>>291729801Fuck...
>>291729801BAI LONG NOOOOOO IT WASN'T A JAPE SHE WAS SERIOUUSS
>>291729801Bai Long rolls worst NAT check
>>291729801I wonder if Bai Long really meant that.
Sako really hits good with the past stories of this characters there wasn't one i didint like
>>291729801Almost as autistic as Leader when it comes to women
>>291729801Bai Long you stupid motherfucker.
Well no wonder she was so invested in Kyara. She lost her husband to his obsession with strength.
>>291729801The eagel... flew
>>291729801It should’ve been me instead…
>>291729855Yeah... I think when she was talking to Kyara about impurity, she was thinking of Bai Long.
She never remarried after Bai Long, huh?
>>291729882I love the dracula rise bai long hits
>>291729858Sick page.
>>291729882CHINESE PEOPLE CAN DO THAT?
>>291729922>His face lights up because Ying literally was the light of his life.
>>291729922Bai Long (forma terminally depressed)
>>291729922kinda funny he is incredibly out of form, depressed and just generally living awful since taka left and he can still kick so much butt. Respect.
>>291729922World's most divorced man
>>291729922Yeah I'd be forever depressed too if I let a catch like Taka get away.
>>291729922Should've replaced the Korean guy with him as a parallel to Kyara
>>291729922What a life. I bet somewhere in China there's a retired hitman living in a filthy bachelor flat just like this.
>>291729882see if you just let me pour some tonkatsu sauce on you, you would've woken up earlier
A succulent chinese meal would fix Bai Long
>>291728405>>291728374OLD MENWARNING
>>291729978>pussy so good it clears up the kure eyesDamn
>loses his wife>gives up fighting and lives in a shitty apartment Getting divorced even destroys a super assassin
Go get yourself a Bai Long anons...
>>291729954Honestly you’re right, the whole Taka connection and their goals of being the strongest. Wtf Sako, it was right fucking there
>>291730025uh oh hes boutta tweak
>>291730025Baku....
>>291730025That napkin was a gift, fuck
>>291730025Dude is having the worst day in his life
Amazing page that expression is just gets all the emotions right.What do you think was came first?Sadness or desperation.For me it's Sadness i think Baku thought about Yakou first as a person than as a meaning for him to play StL
>>291729999Let’s call this fight a draw. Even though it’s been short, it’s actually every endearing how in love Bai Long seems to be with Ying
>>291730069Top panel is me every Kengan wednesday
>>291730088GAMERS RISE UP
>>291730069Probably complete disbelief at how badly he miscalculated everything
>>291730081I feel the same way as "you", my fellow "me". And yet, I am still watching like an abused wife.
>>291730069I gotta say its actual despair. Protoporos is so far the only gamble where baku actually went outside his plans. Losing an eye in ToK wasn't planned but it was a variable hed consider. Losing Kyara, Thinking he lost yakou, so many close calls etc are not in the variables hes shitting himself here
>>291730098Yeah i can see that
>>291730069First time we see Baku believe he truly fucked up.
>>291730121That's probably it.
>>291730144SAKOOOOO
What would Lalo’s nightmare be
>>291730121That's also good
>>291730069>me after realizing that my autistic chimpouts have consequences and that I can't punch all my problems away
>>291730160Someone juggling diamonds in front of him while he's tied to a chair
>>291730160Having to play a single game where the table is deadbolted to the floor
>>291730144>subtle foreshadowing>>291730161The BW version, neat.
>>291730144Seven turnings of the globe chinese basket weaving btw.
>>291730183Also someone get baku a barber dawg I get Sako is using hair getting longer as a form of way to tell time but holy when hes not aurafarming and looking majestic this mf looks homeless
>>291730171>>291730190KEK
>>291730171>>291730180lol
>>291730183Why does he looks so... Rapeable?!
>>291730211Ranko...
Bai Long has to be the most overpowered character when everyone he KOs enters a nightmare. What a power to have
>>291730230>Baku literally relying on setting up grass traps at this point
>>291730211He is naturally effeminate like all blonde "men"
>>291730230Grass traps STRONG!
>>291730246It's been a while...
>>291730069Bai Long and by extension Lalo did the most mental damage to Baku
>>291730242I think that "we" may have too much testosterone...
This manga was drawn how often?
>>291730298KIIINO
>>291730298Wait HOW pen on paper many time between second minute hour day?
>>291730298WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GUYS THAT DRAW MANGA 4 TIMES A DAY
>>291730298KINO. Remember Baku hears the wailing of the remnant psyches constantly, it's a wonder he's not more insane than he already is.
>>291729544>Is THAT page part of this volume?>>291730298YES IT IS! Best page in the manga!
>>291730325lol>>291730345And we're back. What a cool way to use a flash forward.
>>291730298I like this page a lot, shows how human Baku is compared to Lalo
>>291730362NANI?! WHEELCHAIR DORIFTO?!
>>291730362Damn the "infection" is "spreading"
>>291730298Quinoa....
>>291730342>constantlyDoes he? I thought it was more of an intermittent thing or when there is some kind of trigger.
>>291730321Wow, not even leader asked for Kyara his own subordinate to be buried?
>>291730395Kyara hasn't been in Kakerou for a long time
>>291730394Well true, there's nothing that states exactly how often Baku sees them. I just imagine it's every time he closes his eyes, because they appear when Baku is blindfolded during the Labyrinth.
>>291730417poor Amen
>>291729337I mean, they're not random balls, he probably decides the size depending on the occasion and maybe has different sizes to choose
>>291730298all that black...
>>291730461Torpe is not really lying about Kakerou being responsible for this.
>>291730437Huh. Neat.Haven't read the labyrinth arc from the beginning in a while so that explains why I forgot about that.
>>291730512>>291730535Kakerou: Dark LawGackt: Light Law
RE-ENTERAnd great point to stop soThat's it for the first half of Volume 39!Thanks for reading and dont be a liar anon or the nightmares will come for you!See you tomorrow for the second half of Volume 39!
>>291730554Douji and Makami...will SAVE US
>>291730554>pointy eared vampire amputee sword autistBest referee by far
>>291730554Your players are dying you fucks, stop aurafarming and posing and do your job
>>291730554My HERO FROGji
>>291730610Nah their players are in Kakerou custody due to getting kicked off the island. They did their jobs.
>>291730610They just landed, give them a minute...
>>291730554Thanks OP.>>291730610Saving the players is not their job.
How did Douji not die from ingesting a kilo of coke
>>291730554Amen is dying? Bring in the frog and amputee.
>>291730669He always does drugs in moderation so he built up a tolerance.
>>291730669Manlets have extremely high drug tolerance
>>291730264Q-taro in the woods
>>291730264A human that can win forever... doesn't exist
>>291730669He's not a fucking pussy
Cute and canon!>>291730669You ever seen dirty sanchez? frogs are fucking immune to drugs.>>291730609II only he had Bacon's tits as well.
>>291730554KAPPA AND VAMPIRE ENTER!Thanke OP, the real protopos starts tomorrow
>>291730669All in moderation
>>291730863This is disgusting, I don't like this.
>>291728311That one Yakou fetishist must be really happy with this cover
>>291729989Unatco?
>>291728639>>291728673Madame BK... Is a gambler like no other. They say the gambler who keeps on winning does not exist, but they have never met BK.I love his schizo nonsense
>>291728424Watch out Yakou he's gonna hit you with his balls!
>>291729237>tfw you realize you really are at the terminal stage and maybe your friend died for nothingSo really all of the above. Baku may have realized that his gambling kink is poisoning him and his loved ones like that
>>291728785It was because of the spin
Is Taka the reason Bai Long’s balls are impervious to damage
>>291728964Post it
>>291729123>Bai Long absolutely shocked at the kindly old man who brews delicious coffee and his grug-maxxed constitutionYakou may have been raising his endurance subconsciously by drinking his own coffee
>>291728795Interesting that Yakou always believed Kadokura would get his pomp back
>>291729631This manga came out HOW often?
>>291731296I feel like we need to really get this wax out of our ears at this point.
>>291730298Ironically this was probably Sako's element as a hairdresser
>>291731331Huh? Say again? Perhaps you need to speak up a little
A man who always cleans his earwax... Doesn't exist.
>>291730395Leader wouldn't even know about Kyaras death and he isn't the leader right now anyway.
>>291728624Holy shit that's awesome
>>291729237It's the pleasure of being gambled inside
>>291731618lol
>>291728725Need a doom wad where you play as Bai Long shooting balls at people
Assistant-kun, it's time to draw the blade ball again!
>>291728817Legit makes me feel sad for a theoretical Yakou that became physically disabled
>>291731654Sako draws it personally every time. It takes him about 45 seconds while he's sipping his coffee with his other hand and focusing most of his attention on the latest period drama on the TV.
>>291728958There was a bit earlier when someone mentioned Ying as a legendary assassin btw, forget exactly where though
>>291731721It was in the fake Bai Long's introduction.>>291665952
>>291729101GET FA JINED!
>>291730482>father-in-lawThe short baldy is his father-in-law but his name is Nowa Shion and Hal thinks of him as "referee Nowa Junior"??
>>291731754Ahh yes. I also vaguely remembered something like that. Thanks.
>>291729189Reminds me of the doujin where a grandma cums so hard she starts frothing at the mouth and sees her dead husband in heaven and then thanks the porn producers for letting her see husband again.
>>2917293379mm is an extremely common caliber of gun, wouldn't be surprised if he picked them for that exact reason
>>291730554ENTERA GUY WHO BEAT A GUY KYARA BEATANDA GUY WHO FOUGHT A BUNCH OF COPS OFFSCREEN
>>291729316Corrupted Cameo...
>>291729439Cameo nooo!
>>291731785The Nowa clan FUCKS
>>291729531>>291729568I never really got what happened here.
>>291729654That chop must have some insane fucking force to break a bone that thick in half in the middle
>>291729678Can't believe Bai Long fell for the oldest trick in the book
>>291729337I headcanon that it’s why Taka chooses to flick real 9mm bullets instead of using a normal ass gun
>>291729734I like that he plans around himself losing consciousness
>>291729801BAI LONG YOU DAFT MOTHERFUCKER!
>>291729922>world's greatest assassin for decades>still ends up living in a dumpSociety
>>291731965I don't really understand that move, wouldn't that cause them to actually "fire"?I mean, unless there's no gunpowder in the bullets.
>>291732020What are you talking about, you can't get a better apartment than that in China
>>291730025>there goes another one
>>291730069The most mentally fucked Baku's ever been
>>291731920Remember when Bailong blew fire at ref Amen? It was a repeat of that but the scene got skipped.
>>291731920During their fight, Yakous jacket fell on the body on the floor, given that he's burning, it's very likely that Bai Long here did a flamethrower attack or the like with his flammable liquid as we see the bottle on the floor too and yakou quickly tossed his suit jacket aside.
>>291731785It's not uncommon to take up your wife's last name in Japan
>>291730298Something something karma
>>291728673
>>291730554Return of the frog and goblin.Thanks OP
>>291732056>>291732085Aaaahhh, right. Always looked to me like the body was dressed in the suit, not just had it laid overtop it, so I thought it was some shit where Yakou dressed up a body to use as a decoy or something
>>291730264>>291730298
>>291732117>assistant-kun when they return to the office
>>291730025>>291730069>>291730246Very good show case of how fucked Baku is, normally he'd totally be able to tell that isn't Yakou A.It also relates to the talk about how people will start to break when in high pressure situations like battlefields and how Arata is a deviant who excels under those conditions. Here we directly see that Baku isn't.
So what's the timeline on Taka meeting Kyara, Bai Long getting hired to kill him, and Taka leaving Bai Long?
>>291732945I forgot to mention it when that battlefield speech came up but I remember reading about how after long enough sustained bombardment from artillery the only people that don't completely mentally break down are the psychopaths. Kind of the same idea as what Tatsuki was talking about, and also why Baku is cracking here since he's not a psycho.
>>291733100I feel like Taka and Kyara knew each other for a few months probably, then Bai Long got hired to kill him after he pissed off enough people and immediately afterward Taka asked him if he'd kill her if someone asked, and then left him due to his answer. She was probably preggo at the time and the question was her testing to see if Bai Long was capable of settling down with her, and she'd probably ask him to spare Kyara too if he answered that he'd spare her. And then because she left him he probably reneged on the contract on Kyara's life because he was looking for her or just generally distraught.
>>291733181So if he reneged on the contract what would that make him?
>>291733203a renegade
>>291733203A renigger
>>291733181If he reneged on the deal then that's proabably why he'd be hiding out in some abandoned buildingHe's probably constantly on the run from the triads AND the law
>>291732027Take Usogui's physics and chemistry with a lot of salt.Lalo's diamonds are also impossibly big considering what they are, there's no way to make memorial diamonds that big from a single person's ashes
>>291732027It could, but isn't guaranteed to.That is assuming she didn't remove the gunpowder
>>291733292Half a person's ashes actually
>>291733292>>291733480But what if the person is super special
>>291732027You need to hit the primer with a lot of force concentrated into a tiny space, even with the feats people in usogui can do it'd be hard or impossible to do without some tool
>>291732945Yeah, this and his reaction to Bai Long showed Baku might be a thrill junkie but he's also not a mentality monster, despite his rep. In this regards he's much closer to Kaji than Lalo and Leader
>>291733480>>291733292>>291733515 Didn't the guy confirm he uses a lot of filler for the diamonds, but not enough to override the memory/dna information?
>>291732027>>291731965But she's not firing though, she's shooting the whole bullet forward with a flick
>can the elderly woman literally fire bullets with her finger flick or is she just flinging it>there is no way the finger bullet/marbles would perfectly fit into a 9mm chamberAh yes, perfectly normal discussions in my gambling manga thread
>>291729461I-Is Cameo OK?
>>291730298kino
>>291734871He's with Pachanga now...
>>291734977Noooooooo
>>291734871Last time we see him
Why did the liberals and the conservatives hate Douji again?
>>291729858>>291729882>wakes up screaming from insane regret from fucking up and losing someone he lovedIf that's the main requisite I'd be able to do that too.
>>291735176>If that's the main requisite I'd be able to do that too.No you also need a bit of ceiling to fall on you
>>291728580>and his own stiffening... limbs
>>291728639>>291728673I knew it! It wasn't his limbs that are stiffening!
>>291728785That kariume eyepatch is some top shelf stuff, very durable.
>>291729113Kek, fuck you.
>>291729801I swear man, fucking fightfags.
>>291729882He's a fucking jiang shi now.
>>291729922Huh, didn't expect him to actually regret it.
>>291736147Obviously he regrets it, have you SEEN young Taka
>>291728774>>291728795>>291728817Rolon's prediction!
>>291729129I still love Kengan. The manga is insane but a different kind of insane compared to Baki
>>291730417Huh? Tits doko?
>>291730482Now I'm imagining old man Nowa smoking pipe.
>>291730554Motherfucking bums, where were you when Ikon was screwed over?Thanks OP.
>>291736151Of course, but it's the mind of some waku waku fightfag, so gimme a break.
>>291729189Kyarabros...
>>291736262Kengan is like taking cocaine or crack for Omega and suddenly getting motivated to learn martial arts while talking to Kenganfags is like talking to the crackhead next to the gas station or a tin foiled schizo living in a trailer. And Baki is like taking LSD or shrooms and suddenly getting motivated to get /fit/ and learning martial arts or do the most insane shit that Baki characters does every 30 minutes while talking to Bakifags is like talking to an African Guru, Chinese Kung-Fu master or an incredibly smart autist that speak only in esoteric lingos.As for Usogui? Buff men that read this because they believe that gambling is smart and women.t. Kengan and Bakifag leaning more on Baki.
>>291736386He WAS a waku waku fightfag. That's what Taka lectured Kyara on, you gotta have something other than pure waku waku to remain sane.
>>291728624I've never noticed this
>>291730931Referees are not objects for fetishization, anon. They're real human beans with real human retardation. >>291735151Frogs are a sign of good fortune, leaving your house and holding hands with people. Understandable why frog referee is underloved when USELESS delinquent referees get all the praise.>>291736910As someone who likes both, I really do think Ashura was something special.Ashura I think, is probably as close you get to a good tournament based manga. It took all the best cues form the Maximum tournament by telling micro stories in the fighting itself. Compared to what Comic Zenon is now outputting because Shuumatsu popped off, Ashura also had great restraint and focus. It had a strong perspective and confidence in itself to be able to play with it. Unironically out of fucking everything Resurrection Coliseum and Rosen Garten Saga probably was the closest to that energy of confidence and both of them (well RC is trying too) opened up into some wider end game plot that cleaned everyone up. Where as Shuumatsu is a boring mess now only really surviving on good character designs (Which peaked dat Zero Fucks and Buddha) and something like Tenkaichi keeps showing it's lack of confidence to pull twists or shocks without it being in a very safe straight way. I couldn't see the latter pulling a Dragon Shot Misfires thing.I don't know if perspective or confidence is the right word, but it's a sense of "in world completeness" in a sense where even if something is extreme or left feel it completely sells it to you. Shamo is a good example of when the writer-artist split because it was clear the writer lost confidence in keeping his little pet monster a real monster and giving him a monster's death. Black Joke is the opposite where the confidence in the sort of edgy world and becomes cool fights in silly levels of dumb shit and falls a part.Thanks for coming to my ted talk because I missed the last 4 chapter dumps of my ongoing fightfag manga/
>>291734063Memorial diamonds already use neutral carbon in the process and a memorial diamond is like 2-4 karats at best, I'm eyeballing Lalo's diamonds but those look in the 500-1K ballpark which is just impossible in general even with our current best tech as iirc the current limits to artificial diamonds is around 150 K.Unlike other artificial gemstones we haven't found a way to create big ones yet because we can't really "grow" them like other gemstones as diamonds need ungodly amounts of pressure and high temperatures on top of a fuckton of energy.The DNA part is also complete bullshit, there's no DNA in memorial diamonds, it's just pure carbon, but even if we accept the broscience I find it hard to believe that any DNA info would be readable with the amount of filler you'd need to create something that big.
>>291736147I mean the memory of Taka leaving him is his nightmare
>>291736278You know how a guy's balls can shrink when he's afraid? A woman's tits are the same
So Bai long KO’ing people into nightmares is just a quirk of his fights and not an actual in universe ability, right? Either way it makes him arguably the toughest fighter
>>291728785Baku knows niko style
>>291730298Please tell me there is a clean version of this page without the text
Someone in the thread said it earlier, Baku is way more grounded in his humanity than Souichi and Lalo. Protoporos really humanized Baku and shows that he can be vulnerable. He’s still a beyond normal perception wizard but he’s not some steel faced emotionless gambling monster that fans pretend him to be. That’s Suteguma
>>291738348Almost true. Also with hormonal cycles. You can easily go up or down a size or two if you are moderately flat. A yearning, strong nipple of a slightly hormonally imbalanced lady can really inflate their cups.>>291738653https://www.reddit.com/r/Usogui/comments/1ehup51/heres_that_one_usogui_panel_without_text/>>291738835I think it's established pretty early on. Esp with Kaji and Marco. You get a search of yearning with the Hal flashback too.Plus that's the whole point of the Lalo diamond thing, and Souichi as leader to a lesser extend with rituals. Artificial caring, cloaked in half backed symbolism that Lalo treats as irreplaceable (as diamonds) but not as the people. Eventually leading to him enjoying all the symbols and well ""ideals"" during air poker but never having that fake (which has more value than the real.) relationship that Baku has. Something like that, anyway.
>>291738835>steel faced emotionless gambling monsterI mean, we've seen Baku be exactly that plenty of times. I understand what people are trying to say in regards to Baku's humanity, but it's a little funny that this line of thinking boils down to "see, Baku is not a literal veteran battlefield supersoldier, he's not so tough when suffering all-out assassination attempts while grieving a close friend, huh!"It's like saying "oh, people say this Lebron James guy is a monster on the basketball court, but he's quite normal and human in front of a machine gun!".
>>291739942Also I want to point out that Baku did read Minowa's MP here, because this was before Baku got his phone that he used as a wiretap. I saw some people say Baku just heard Minowa's MP on the wiretap here, but that's not true. He did on the second time however.
>>291728938The strongest character in the entire series btw.Not counting my personal theory tht Gonen kicks ass.
>>291740107I just don't see Kyara losing a one-on-one fight to anyone. It doesn't feel physically possible.
>>291739942Tbf that's part of the whole "you can't win forever" theme, the more the series progresses the more we see Baku's stone cold monster facade breaks as his challenges grow tougher
Tired of your periods? I can make them disappear for 9 months for 0 yens! - Kaji
>>291738653Here's the JP version for now
>>291741415>Rosen Garten SagaNice
>>291740107Peak Bai Long is probably still in the same bracket as peak Tatsuki/Kyara/Sleeping Billy.That said, an elderly, out of shape Bai Long fodderized multiple elite referees/players and fought a fresh one armed Yakou to a standstill after all that so it's hard to say, he's clearly sold as one of the most powerful fighters in the Usogui world.
Could Rolon Donaire beat Bai Long?
>>291736910Yeah. In that regard Usogui is quite secular, doesn't have that mystical/metaphysical charm of Baki, or the insane meta-narrative of Kengan.
>>291736910>talking to Bakifags is like talking to an African Guru, Chinese Kung-Fu master or an incredibly smart autist that speak only in esoteric lingos.Maybe in the past but ever since the Netflix series the Baki fanbase is profoundly stupid.
>>291740186I could see it being up in the air vs current Marco or sleepy Billy
>>291743272Only superficially, the Baki fandom is still pretty strong, especially on /a/
>>291743598Not really true in any sense. Threads don't hit bump limit so there's no strong presence and the posts themselves aren't great so there's no strong understanding of the material. I'm not doing a bit here or anything, I genuinely think it's one of the dumbest fanbases I've come across. Kengan threads are stupid but at least they talk about the words in the bubbles, even derisively. The current Baki fanbase will legitimately just look at the pictures in the leak thread on reddit which come out 5 minutes before the actual translated chapter, never bother reading the latter, then just post about how much they miss Jack like some demented relative of his.
>>291737346I should start Shamo, I'm on Garouden right now. Else, Ashura is exactly how you do a fighting tournament! Big corpos send their fighters to win big prizes and even the "jobbers" have a reason to be here and fight for them. The backstories and characters in Ashura are pretty awesome.>>291743167Because at it's core... Usogui isn't a fighting manga, at least for me. The fights are second hand enjoyment or to bring more stakes and difficult situations in a gamble like how do you stop a Caracal or Bai Long without losing everything? Baki has that street fighter vibe that can make you interested in bums fighting on the street for a rock and Kengan is even a different story.>>291743272A lot of normalfags catered to Baki and some try their best to "emulate" the sheer metaphysical aspect of it, without understanding shit. And some are even more retarded. But there is still gold in the Baki fanbase but as usual, it's not on "popular" websites like R*ddit or Disc*rd you will find it.
>>291743598"We" aren't shit, today. Rahen is pretty meh right now, and most of "us" moved to feast on the "party". >>291743735Reading is for the weak, it's accepting someone scribbles into ourselves and following the narrative like a husk without free will. The strong just see the images and make it's own headcanon.
>>291744005>Reading is for the weak, it's accepting someone scribbles into ourselves and following the narrative like a husk without free will. The strong just see the images and make it's own headcanon.KEK
>>291743873>But there is still gold in the Baki fanbase but as usual, it's not on "popular" websites like R*ddit or Disc*rd you will find it.Indeed, Jackbro. Most of the real discussion will only happen in small circles. Normalfags talk about Baki to look excentric or look cool, but they don't really care about metaphysical ideas of the manga, they don't know what strong means.
>>291740186he lost to GODlyo though
>>291729170tatsuki is a sleeper fave for me not gonna liehe just kinda creeps into your heart despite having so little screentime
A boat that keeps on sailing...doesn't exist
>>291743735Baki has been in a filler spiral, the current chapters really don't deliver much beyond "look at what yujiro did this week" and that's been the case for half a year nowWhen the story was actually moving, discussion was had
>>291743306"Being up in the air", sure. Anyone stronger than Jonglyo can give Kyara a lot of trouble. But ultimately, without outside interference, it just feels nobody is surviving that one final kill-or-be-killed exchange that you'd need to win the fight. Kyara is just too intense/relentless when it matters the most (as long as you don't fucking snipe him midfight kek).
>>291744669If we’re being honest, the main story of Baki concluded ages ago. The series started with a core conflict between Yujiro and Baki and that’s already been resolved. As a reader, you could’ve been simply read Baki and Grappler and leave the series completely satisfied without touching the sequels. Past a certain point, everything is just Itagaki writing stuff for fun and trying new ideas, it’s for hardcore Baki addicts who love the wild ride
>>291744404>posts a Bandai featthis image is a Mitaka upscale
>>291744782Baki's arc has concluded, but both Musashi's and Jack's story was interesting to follow and spurred a lot of discussion
Kyara? I'll take care of him...
>>291744854Anya Forger...
>>291744782That's fine and all, but it's hard to draw that line in your mind when some of the best content Itagaki has ever written (Pickle, Musashi, Motobe) happens after hundreds of chapters of "filler". It's hard to "stop caring" and "enjoy the ride with no expectations" when we know Itagaki is completely capable of bringing out an Area 51 Alien in 2029 and write a couple of God-Level fights that instantly become classics and part of the lore. I had emotionally tapped out after the Father and Son fight, and then Itagaki comes up with scenes like this (one of my favorites in the entire franchise).
>>291743873I didn't really like Shamo. It just kinda felt like a pointless story.
>>291729341So is Baku's Nightmare that his allies leave him or betray him? Or rather, being alone?It's been shown that Baku deeply cares for his friends....It's surreal writing that previous sentence in a manga about a genious destroying his oponents in death games...
>>291729922>Literally just came back to business for the promise of seeing Takawtf....Kino...
>>291730183And that's how we got to where the arc started
>>291730246>>291730264Reminder that Baku seeing ghosts or hallucinations rooting for his loss is something that was foreshadowed in Labyrinth arc. I recall Kadokura mentioning something about that.
>>291730444I wonder if Kakerou has had a match as crazy as this.Like shit, i can't help but think of the referees kneeling at the end for letting them oversee such display of intelligence and trickery. Just pretend some didn't die
>>291730482Sleeping... agents?
>>291738835Leader is supposed to be "perfect", of course he's the least human of the three. Lalo is deranged, but Souichi is a mix of nature (the 'tism), nurture (if you're raised by Wheels, you can't turn out to be particularly altruistic and caring - double so if you're raised to be Kakerou's Leader) and his resets.The memory reset in particular won't allow Souchi to be particularly human: whatever positive experience and lesson he gets from someone not affiliated with Kakerou, he's bound to forget.
3 hours until storytime!
>>291743873>ShamoBe aware that at some point it had to switch magazine and the writer dropped after vol 25.You can choose when this series ends, actually: after the big fight, at the end of China arc, or at chapter 75. Everything else is a fanfiction written by someone who didn't understand the original work. The ending in itsself ain't that bad, but it's preceded by a very infuriating arc that doesn't exactly resolve anything.Overall it's 100% worth reading until the conclusion of the big fight. The China arc shifts the tone of the manga, you'll like it or not. If you like it, stick for the dancer dude and his arc and then pretend the series was dropped.>>291737346Ashura is the fighting tournament manga because it was the only tournament manga that never made the mistake of shifting the attention from the fights to the weaker overall story. It's fight fight fights from start to end. There's breaks, but they are short and out of necessity.All the "main" plot is an expedient, and creates momentary challenges and then it solves by itself without any intervention from the main characters. THAT's the perfect choice for a tournament manga. It's so mindblowing it doesn't make any sense whatsoever that Omega not only didn't learn from Ashura's lesson and success. Actually, Omega did the exact opposite. And they come from the same writer. It makes no sense.
>>291746086Mmm, spinach
>>291746690Anon...you can see it...
>>291746721Oh, are you jealous Yakou B?Gonna ~sweep~ me~
>>291746690THAT'S A PEENOR! I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW THE RAIN IS GONE
>>291746690Benis XDDDD
>>291744059This is what is happening in the gym, they even look baffled when they hear that there is a Baki the Grappler or spin-offs! They don't know shit about Baki and all they do is some "Hanayama" or "Yujiro" things like "aurafarming" or just say that it's schizo shit and they prefer DBZ while screeching like autistic kids who got denied a light show after dead lifting 50kgs. And I don't even mention Kengan. (I can't wait for the Sumo arc with the William thing just to see their reaction)>>291744782I am one of those Baki addicts because I love Baki.>>291745115Bakihammer 40k would be damn awesome! Ol' Itagaki can really write some awesome stories and characters! >>291746279Got it!
>>291746690It's the reverse of Kokou no Hito as well. The first volumes were written as if the writer was following a "generic shonen" template. The moment the artist decided he was going to draw and write, it became an incredible read. It's honestly impressive how the artist was even able to take back and reimagine the previous writer's take on characters.Ballet arc had tremendous potential. The long build up could have actually led up to something good... but we know the original writer dropped right before its conclusion. Personal opinion: although it should be a separate manga from the rest of the series, the China arc was very good and had a very fitting ending.
>>291744782>If we’re being honest, the main story of Baki concluded ages ago. The series started with a core conflict between Yujiro and Baki and that’s already been resolved.Someone who gets it. I'm proud of you anon. You are strong.
>>291748876Neither of you get it.
>>291746439Could Popeye take Bai Long?Mind you, Kyara has eaten all of his spinach (he's the one who eats).
>>291749157I get it (never read any Baki)
>>291749772He gets it.
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