Alright, we're finally back on track with the first series!
This chapter was the biggest fucking pain for a multitude of reasons, but it was all worth it for the last page of the chapter. Topical as fuck. Triggering.
http://spinybackmanga.com/?manga=Grappler+Baki&chapter=Chapter+182+Orochi+Katsumi
Itagaki's fascination with making characters eat/drink shit in weird ways isn't really new.
Huh. I can't actually post the next page because file size. Oh yeah, we're doing .png now. I don't remember the reason, but I do remember being the one to suggest it...
Well, here's a .jpg version. There's like 4 spreads in this chapter and I'm not converting them all for this, so just read the chapter on the site after this page.
And I have 0 intent to leave you hanging on what I said in the OP, so here's the *last* page of the chapter.
Cumin soon"soon" defined as: whenever I finish typesetting + like 3 days for spare redraws and anomalies
Heh, heh. And that guy the other day said that all the Baki threads that I don't make die faster. TLing 116 rn.
>Katsumi stronger than Doppo
Hahah, no way.
>>143817937
It's what Doppo *thought* at the beginning of series 1. You know he's been proven wrong repeatedly in the second and third series. He's kinda like the fighting-theory punching bag.
fuck I've stayed up way too late for this shit
but it's done now, so fuckin whatever
so, 2 things before we get rolling with 116
#1. omg arent u excited v12 scans 2mr0
#2. Arstavial has been experiencing issues that have kept him away from translating for a while (with no end in sight), so we may be slow to get rolling on Dou again. Not nearly as slow as we've been with Grappler - that was *everyone's* collective fault, myself included - but slow enough that it might be disappointing. I ask for your forgiveness in advance.
And now, we're gonna start with a fuckton of color pages that were horribly leveled. No TL because they're just editor lines or stuff you already know, like the 9/21 thing and the OVA thing.
blah, blah, order your limited edition v14 NOOOOOW, etc
>Japan's biggest indoor sports stadium: Tokyo Dome.
>In the basement of this stadium, deep under the earth...
>...Exists a secret place.
>Kourakuen...
>Tokyo Dome's underground arena.
>There have been many martial arts booms in the past...
>The tides of which have waxed and waned.
>Yet, regardless of those tides,
>This place is always bursting with people.
>That is because...
>To come here, you need to be invited.
>Every one of those select few...
>Are completely trusted.
>This is the place where you can watch matches of the strongest men on Earth.
>Tokugawa: It's entirely clear, even from here.
>T: There is always...
>T: A constant, immodifiable heat in the air.
>T: That is only right.
>T: The Sengoku Era vs. the dinosaur era.
>T: This is the place where you see the strongest on Earth fight!!!
>T: Wha?
>T: Wow!
>T: Wow, wow...
>Their disposition could be told with a single glance.
Early raws?
Noice!
>>143819726
So, I see Jack and Shibukawa, where is my boi Doppo?
>An admiration for their extreme skill could be found in another...
>>143819769
>Jyaku
HOLY SHIT ITAGAKI DIDN'T FORGET
>T: So that's how it is, huh...
>T: You're not here for amusement.
>T: You're not here out of sheer curiosity.
>>143819761
Not early raws. The Korean ones were out 3 days ago. slowpoke.ecc
>T: You want to see for yourself that...
>T: This thing will be stained with blood and sweat.
>T: Simply from the lifestyles you have chosen...
>T: It can be easily derived!
>>143813134
Font looks bad. Chnage crisp back to smooth.
>T: You want to see a battle.
>T: Not a public execution.
>T: You want to see a match.
>T: Not a slaughter show!!!
>T: Every one of you here; you have no intentions of making light of this.
>>143819868
I said the same thing. We'll have it sorted by next chapter. I literally had to remove a large red x on one of our pages seconds before Spiny went to publish; things are all over the place.
>The natural enemy of the T-Rex!
>Koushou: He's coming in...
>Musashi: Shamelessly,
>M: You would allow yourself to be chopped down, fool?
>M: Is that who you are...?
And then we have our weekly character highlight, Gerry Strydum! We didn't know that was his first name before now, did we? I have zero recollection of that ever being mentioned.
>>143820086
I swear to god Itagaki...
>>143820134
>I have zero recollection of that ever being mentioned.
Same here, so the official surname is Straydum? Oh well, another case of japs not knowing how to hepburn.
>>143813134
>First series Confirmed in some form of 90s.
>Baki is in High school now
>And during the Obama administration
>>143820177
don't worry, Pickle's fine. Remember Retsu's HIGH-DENSITY BONES? Well, Pickle has those too. Mentioned in one of them lab chapters that I didn't want to do. Musashi specifically says that, while he can cut through Pickle's meat, he can't break through the bone.
And yeah, I have no fucking idea about "Straydum". Somehow Itagaki knew how to write out "Gerry", "Doyle", "Sikorsky" etc properly, but not this one, unless it's intentional for artsy reasons. "Jesikka", "Tomass", and the ilk.
>>143820258
>Baki is in High school now
Has he even been shown in school in Dou? I assumed he graduated after Son of Ogre.
>>143820463
He has, or dropped out. He's not in HS, and clearly not in college.
>>143820284
>Straydum
Funny, googling the name I see there's a Japanese band name after him.
>>143820589
Huh, interesting. Not something I would've expected, at all. The more you know!
Gonna have to give them a listen; see if they're any good. Will add a RYM page for them if one doesn't already exist.
>>143820177
>>143820284
Strydom is an actual surname. There is a Gary, in fact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Strydom
>>143821805
I just realized it's this guy.
>>143813361
Did not remeber that the dogs names was musashi.
