Recent content by likv0r

Actually, the chairman made a good, pragmatic move in the past. And also, screw this guy. If you are willing to ruin other fighters' careers by injuring them, be prepared to have your career ruined too. I hope the blind ref returns for this fight, so this guy can eat some super necessary...

Aoba will be furious when he learns his love interest has a potential girlfriend. Also, what a wasted opportunity to finally make Kenshin vs. Hachiya happen; the author just loves sidelining cool secondary characters.

Ok, this will be an unhinged take, but I’m starting to think the author is actually a genius at subtly showing how destructive attitudes can "spread" from one person to another and negatively affect their long-term careers. Starting with Coach Tokiwa: since the beginning of the manga, he’s been...

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...

Aoba will tank it coz of plot armor, and Orima's hand is likely going to get injured due to the weird connection angle and the strain from the armbar escape.

Another hidden power-up, and this is how Aoba Chimaev was born. Seriously though, it’s becoming more and more apparent to me that Aoba’s biggest strength is that his aura lowers his opponents’ fight IQ, and their coaches’ too. Aoba’s team actually prepares for specific opponents. Meanwhile...

Realistically, based on the previous two fights, Aoba should get beaten pretty badly here. His defense (along with his footwork and kicking game) has not improved much. He was shown taking too many hits, plus he gets knocked down regularly during training. Not a good sign for a 19-year-old whose...

This fight announcement really makes it feel like the manga is about to conclude. What was the point of all the other uncrowned kings, basically the top 5 guys in the division, or prospects like Hachiya, if they’re just going to end up as NPCs? And honestly, this will be a controversial take...

Refs do not make errors all the time; they do their job well most of the time. It's just that rare mistakes often get into highlights and spark controversies, which people remember way better than the usual good referring (i.e., availability bias). Also, fighters often actively signal fouls...

Thanks for the translation! Good technical fight overall. I liked how the author used flashbacks with Kureishi and his grandfather. Reminded me of another MMA manga - Martial Master Asumi. That said, I did not like how the eyepoke was handled in the final chapter. The double eyepoke itself was...

Look, even from a purely statistical standpoint, Aoba is gifted compared to the general population. If you take 100 random Japanese high-schoolers with zero sports/labor background and asthma and ask how many could ever make it to the top-10 of a national MMA promotion in 3 years, the answer...

True, but IMHO this rapid physical progress also paints him as a genetic freak. He was literally just a skinny guy watching Kenshin on TV with zero sports background ~3 years ago, and now he's out-tanking someone who's been training since childhood. He also still fights in the same weight class...

Thanks for the translation! Aoba is finally showing one of the most important skills in the fighting manga protagonist's arsenal: blocking punches with the head. I don't remember Kureishi written as having pillow hands (remember his previous high-ranking opponent went down after one counter)...

The way this fight develops reminds me of Ippo vs Hayami, especially the last uppercut-to-hook exchange. So I guess Aoba's plan is to tank damage coz he has more HP (protagonist power lol), whereas Kureishi will likely lose most of his stats after a couple more exchanges.

Why does Aoba not have hair on page 8? Did we miss the buzzcut arc?