Why couldn't Kenichi just be about real martial arts, kind of like how it was for the early arcs?
It just went for the generic superpower Dragonball Z freakshow route.
I FUCKING KNOW
God that was a good anime.
Read Holyland, more street though.
Can't tell what's worse, HSDK or Tenjo tenge.
>>142339394
Real martial arts actually requires decent animation.
That's why we don't have any anime outside of the ragnarok arc.
>>142339394
Why couldn't the masters actually have weaknesses? Their fights were all shit because they were too OP (even Shigure's).
>>142339394
The masters are literally flying in the early chapters. What did you expect? The non-master fights are great and realistic enough so it's fine on this point.
>>142339653
Tenjo Tenge by far. Normally I'm fine with rape and NTR, but it felt really pointless and hamfisted in this manga; plus, almost none of the characters were likable
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>>142340550
Yeah, master fights should have just been for comedic purposes, like they were early on.
I hate how we never got see Kenichi's adult form, all we see is his giant ass muscular arm and how he writes that he became the greatest Martial Arts master in the world. He also had kids with Slutty Cowtits Mcgee, right? I was happy they ended up together, they made a cute couple. I just really wanted to see Adult Kenichi in action, or at least what he looked like.
>>142341408
I just wanted him to be a doctor that punched people healthy than a writer.
I tried reading his new manga and it just made me realize I don't really like his current art style. Plus some of the characters looked like they were ripped straight from Kenichi and he just added some more details to them. I actually liked it better in the beginning.
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>>142341304
Kenichi is basically wuxia right from the beginning. The masters' place is even called fucking Ryouzanpaku (aka the place most noted as being the setting for Water Margin, one of the earliest wuxia novel ever). Sorry, but the jokes are on you if you were expecting purely real martial arts.
>>142342216
The jokes were on everyone who stuck with this, considering how shit the master-level fights were, or the slow-ass progression until the terrible abrupt ending. It was like trudging through a desert and at the end of the journey someone peed in the oasis.
>>142342216
No, no, I like the eastern fantasy elements, but there's a limit. Master fights went too far, but disciple fights found a happy medium
>>142342643
>Master fights went too far, but disciple fights found a happy medium
Just like the typical wuxia work. It's not a coincidence that people aware of the genre were making comparisons with works like Condor Hero.
Read Baki, OP. The power creep is there, but instead of going DBZ it goes awesomely retarded.
>>142342748
That is creepy looking as fuck, my god. Did he just envision his skeleton having armor on it? I'm trying to figure out what is going on here, it looks like he is trying to picture his skeletal system.
And what the fuck are those things protruding out of his knees and connecting to his ankle? It looks like some alien armored skeleton human hybrid.
>>142343312
He's using the power of imagination to pretend he has more joints so he can supersonic punch. Obviously.
Even the early arcs were retarded chinese martial arts.
Read Shamo for proper fight choregraphy, Baki for powerlevels and Holyland for drama.
>>142343422
Does he do it and shatter all his bones in the process?
>>142343534
Kind of.
>>142343635
>This months releases getting fully translated
>>142341304
I never forgive Oh great for killing off Maya Natsume.
>Gets pummeled and goes into a coma for a long time. Finally recovers for final arc and gets killed off for good.
Good writing.
should have banged Renka
>>142343635
Jesus fucking Christ....I can see the bone but it's still intact. It looks like he ripped his flesh in half down to the bone and you can see the muscle tissue, in all honesty it looks like he spilled acid on his arm and it's corroding right in front of him.
Also how his fingers are twisted, cringe as fuck.
>>142339394
You just learn to accept it. Here let me help you.
>>142341304
At least Masataka got to be the one to take down the big bad. He deserved that middle school sword loli and so much more.
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>>142344342
Kenichi did have amazing fanservice, it's only one of the reasons I thoroughly enjoyed the manga. It was about as close to borderline hentai as you could get without actually showing full on nudity and what not.
>>142344358
Wish the Fairy Tail author would hurry up and show borderline nipples like Kenichi. No one gives a shit about the plot and it's already just a fanservice series.
>>142339394
>History's Strongest Disciple
>Can't hit a girl
>>142344193
i would join the dojo just to try and romance her.
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>>142344995
Not OP, but I am accepting it, sempai!
>>142344894
The fucking Lucha chick was hotter than fire
Actually that whole crazy ship fight was probably my favorite part of the manga
>>142344850
She was too good for this series.
Posting the only picture I remember saving from the series because I thought it looked cool.
>>142339394
LEWD
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>>142345356
Congratulations. You have selected the two finest girls in the entire manga, and on the same page.
A gentleman and a scholar, sir.
>>142345633
Don't know how it got away with this level of fanservice in a major shonen mag, honestly. I was always surprised, every week, at the shit it got away with. But then, TLR exists.
>>142339394
Did it end already? I dropped it when they invaded that island to save the weapons girl
>>142345861
that was pretty much the last arc. You dropped it right near the finish.
>you'll never get to smell Shigure's used fundoshi after this fight
>>142343902
There's only a handful of artists that could draw that. And I don't think anyone could do it in his style
If you think this is badly drawn you've probably never touched a pencil.
>>142345826
It seems like he could show nipples anytime he wanted without them being covered, I guess that's just the author's fetish.
>he doesn't like stupidly overpowered characters fighting at completely nonsensical levels
I bet you faggots can't stand Chinese or Indian mythology.
>>142345887
Why are fundoshi girls so best?
>>142344553
theres a difference between wont and cant.
>>142345429
no this one is by far the coolest,
his outfit is just beastmode.
>>142339394
Just read Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru.
>>142347155
I wonder if he moved back to Ryozanpaku with his father and daughter after the island fight.
>>142339653
>Can't tell what's worse, HSDK or Tenjo tenge.
Tenjou tenge had so much potential but turned to absolute shit pretty quick
>>142349458
Besides the fanservice can we at least appreciate that Kenichi was just a normal kid who just had an assload of heart.
>>142344313
He didn't take down the big bad.
MC's mom convinces the big bad to pass on into hell together with her.
Big Bad then allows himself to die without any resistance or struggle.
You should reread the manga if you think Masataka actually soloed the big bad without any help.
>>142341304
>almost none of the characters were likable
dont you talk shit about Bob and Masataka
I thought Kenichi was about lyotard Miu Miu.
>>142346105
only on the adults, all the under 18 got em covered
>>142344781
i love Renka.
>>142343815
or all three
