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Hmm. The fact that shin is away from the battlefield also means riboku will be away from the battlefield. I hope this isnt a repeat of that one fight where a general knew how to deal with a formation he had never seen before in his life because riboku, who at the time was all the way to the...

Yeah this one was such a no-brainer that im honestly surprised nobody in the manga saw it coming. Maybe ousen knew and is just expecting the hi shin and gyoku hou to pull through anyways like in the shukai plains. Also, damn finally. After years of fighting shin and constantly ignoring his unit...

Ok ive been rereading kingdom and this battle's general lineup is basically a repeat of the shukai plains (just replace the kisui army with the shibashou army) so its no wonder its gonna turn out to be a brutal battle. As a reminder, the important characters body count during shukai plains was...

I guess playsible deniability is out the window now. We are at least in the very late 2000s now. And even that sounds generous. Also for a sec i thought kumi was gonna kill ryo... It could still happen i guess

Right now ippo's like "wow body blows hurt a lot but my brain isnt turning off constantly like when i block with my face???? What is this sorcery?"

I wonder if switching tempos is part of the rosario imitation or if ippo just picked it up by himself. Just that combined with him being able to swap pivots is a huge difference from when he was active

Looks like this will be a long battle, but not a long campaign since all the important zhao people are here. Ive been rereading the manga and people are right about Qin always winning with way more losses than the losers of the battle, so theres a good chance that they win. however, thats...

Also worth noting that they are not in the same weight class. Its easy to forget since ippo hits like a truck.

"we beat kanki very easily" Yeah i bet thats what you told the guys at the tavern riboku. Those wounds you got and kaine coming back half dead were just because you fell off your horse on the way back or something

Big fan of how not a single person here thinks mashiba can win this spar

My god ippo youre supposed to help mashiba. At this rate youre gonna kill him

Even if they lose again progress is progress. Riboku is gonna run out of generals eventually. Also im starting to think han will be an offscreen battle

Not only is ippo dense, he has a huge habit of underselling himself. He could be in the same weight class as mashiba and not be retired, and he still wouldnt think hes a worthy sparring partner. And yeah i agree that not being a southpaw isnt that much of an issue for him considering his style...

Really emphasizing how unhealthy ryo's devotion to kumi is for both of them. He centered his entire early adult life around this idea of being the protective brother to the point where neither of them can feel like theyre truly living out their lives to the fullest. Im not expecting a lot of...

even though i greatly mourn the loss of my boy who ive only known for like 5 chapters, i do see a lot of importance in this little arc. It gave Shin a way to internalize his feelings about the whole kanki deal. Han getting discovered to be spying on Qin is a good segue-way into them gunning for...

Im so confused about the stance the story takes on qin's conquest campaign because sometimes you will have really nuanced moments like this one or like all the kanki stuff... And other times you will have the kings of the other states eating babies from a big silver plate

Starting to grow a little more appreciative of the post retirement part of the manga. All the exciting stuff is happening to everyone except ippo because thats how it should feel. Its meant to feel a little rrustrating because thats tge experience both ippo and his fans are going through. And...

Its a little disappointing that we're giving up on zhao for now but i guess i cant really see how the story will continue after riboku falls since hes been the ultimate opponent pretty much since the war section of the manga started

Ippo has passed the perioheral vision test. He wont be blindsided anymore. Time for the comeback

Man these depictions of zhao royalty are getting too on the nose. If i didnt know better id suspect the author is secretly a qin citizen doing propaganda lol