Red Blue - Ch. 207 - The Crystal Gleams

[MangaDex]

 

[soidish]

After watching Kenshin’s commentary, I genuinely believe Aoba would beat Kenshin in a fight, and that would be very satisfying

 

[Debug23]

If Aoba defeats Orima, wouldn't that make Kenshin the challenger to Aoba, amd have to be the one to step up to him?

 

[Vikingbear]

A thousand thanks for this chapter!.

 

[michaelgoman01]

so he finally managed to force the king to lock in..

"drop the charade and cast your crown away, king, let's larp.."

 

[DiscountJoJo]

Kenshin shut the fuck up challenge: impossible. Seriously dude just never stops yapping. If Suzuki actually somehow miraculously pulls off the win you jus know he'd still be talking shit about it lol

 

[Phantomlord77]

Honestly can see Suzuki getting knocked out but body just locks a triangle on instinct only for him to not unlock it cause he’s knocked out injuring Orima

 

[likv0r]

Aoba again gets sharper and more dangerous the more hits he takes (just like in the Hachiya fight). In the next fight, the coach should score a couple of knockdowns on him in the locker room so he can start in killer mode and spam triangles from the get-go.

Orima is kind of losing his aura here. I thought this guy was supposed to be basically this manga’s Kai Asakura: in his physical prime and ready to challenge the UFC (and lose to Tim Elliott there lol). I wanted to see him go beast mode at some point. Instead, he plays Aoba's game and looks like he’s one mistake away from getting submitted. Also, what surprises me is that he keeps escaping through physicality, even though his other big advantage over Aoba should have been superior experience. Like, Rd 3 should have been his battlefield with tons of traps for Aoba, not the other way around.

 

[shekel]

Orima focusing purely on the match is the best compliment he could give to Suzuki, he's no longer entertaining a farewell gift.

Aoba again gets sharper and more dangerous the more hits he takes (just like in the Hachiya fight). In the next fight, the coach should score a couple of knockdowns on him in the locker room so he can start in killer mode and spam triangles from the get-go.

Orima is kind of losing his aura here. I thought this guy was supposed to be basically this manga’s Kai Asakura: in his physical prime and ready to challenge the UFC (and lose to Tim Elliott there lol). I wanted to see him go beast mode at some point. Instead, he plays Aoba's game and looks like he’s one mistake away from getting submitted. Also, what surprises me is that he keeps escaping through physicality, even though his other big advantage over Aoba should have been superior experience. Like, Rd 3 should have been his battlefield with tons of traps for Aoba, not the other way around.

It later comes out he's a distant relative of Sendo who can harness the magical power of CTE

 

[TattiXD]

This is so awesome. Its been good while I have been this edge of seat over some battle in any manga

 

[TheGreatALBundy]

Ohp, the switch finally got flipped. Our boy's cooked but he put on one HELL of a show. Someone slap Kenshin in the stands for me, please.

 

[TheGreatALBundy]

It later comes out he's a distant relative of Sendo who can harness the magical power of CTE

I said it a chapter or two ago didn't I? THROUGH THE POWER OF CTE!

 

[Francis]

LIVE BY THE TRIANGLE
DIE BY THE TRIANGLE
DO IT FOR THE TRIANGLE

 

[Bonticimmy]

Orima ignoring the mass and fully focused on the mma could also means he started doing Venom Page or lay and pray for the win you know? Since he no longer fight with the mindset of trying to entertain anybody and simply focus to win.

The whole reason he chooses Aoba instead of Kenshin was because according to him, if he fight Kenshin what's going to happen is he will dominate him on the ground due to their stand up skill cancel out each other, which he believe to be an anti climax for a final fight.

 

[sirmidor]

Honestly, I hope Suzuki loses. It wouldn't feel deserved if he beats Orima here, after the relatively short time he's been doing MMA. Especially since Kenshin is implied to be weaker than Orima, it would mess up that dynamic too if Suzuki goes from being a threat to implied victor now.

 

[pedantiq]

The man is obsessed with geometry!

 

[Kireato]

Orima is kind of losing his aura here. I thought this guy was supposed to be basically this manga’s Kai Asakura: in his physical prime and ready to challenge the UFC (and lose to Tim Elliott there lol). I wanted to see him go beast mode at some point. Instead, he plays Aoba's game and looks like he’s one mistake away from getting submitted. Also, what surprises me is that he keeps escaping through physicality, even though his other big advantage over Aoba should have been superior experience. Like, Rd 3 should have been his battlefield with tons of traps for Aoba, not the other way around.

Wrestling is very physical by its nature, but it still requires a lot of technical expertise to avoid getting locked in a submission. Orima is certainly showing that he can skillfully avoid the various traps Aoba is setting which tend to be difficult to predict, and he's doing so where others have failed because they got blindsided by Aoba. So I'd say it does show how impressive he is.

He's not playing Aoba's game either; he's not trying to counterattack with a submission, his entire focus is in escaping and putting some distance to get back to striking. I don't know if that'll change now that he's locking in and no longer worried about pleasing the crowd by winning with a knockout.

After watching Kenshin’s commentary, I genuinely believe Aoba would beat Kenshin in a fight, and that would be very satisfying

I was thinking the same. If Aoba ever gets past his striking, he will have absolutely no clue what is happening. I guess the little training he's started doing for his ground game is still not enough, but I'm sure he's taking note of what's happening in this fight, which he doesn't understand, so he'll be a different beast whenever he does match up with Aoba.

He's also not Orima who likes to work the crowd and has incredible ground game in case he's ever caught; Kenshin is fast and furious when it comes to striking so Aoba might have an even harder time getting him on the ground. Good thing Aoba is showing he's super thick-headed with an iron chin and crazy recovery (though I don't know how long that'll last at the rate he's getting hit).

 

[lasercats]

This shit is so hype man what a fight

 

[Sigilbreaker26]

Aoba again gets sharper and more dangerous the more hits he takes (just like in the Hachiya fight). In the next fight, the coach should score a couple of knockdowns on him in the locker room so he can start in killer mode and spam triangles from the get-go.

Orima is kind of losing his aura here. I thought this guy was supposed to be basically this manga’s Kai Asakura: in his physical prime and ready to challenge the UFC (and lose to Tim Elliott there lol). I wanted to see him go beast mode at some point. Instead, he plays Aoba's game and looks like he’s one mistake away from getting submitted. Also, what surprises me is that he keeps escaping through physicality, even though his other big advantage over Aoba should have been superior experience. Like, Rd 3 should have been his battlefield with tons of traps for Aoba, not the other way around.

Orima is doing fine, he's defending all of this Aoba just has like 50 billion triangle setups and this burst of energy has put Orima off. The rest of the fight Orima was winning like 90% of it

 

[Henryvolt]

My bet is still Oba either gets Orima dead to rights or breaks his arm right when he passes out from blood lost.