@Saamok a lot of the stuff that’s “offensive” in these novels obviously doesn’t reflect modern Chinese values but it’s more a reflection of like super antiquated values that have been parodied into its own genre due to decades of television court dramas and stuff. Even in modern China, these...
@kinosseur it’s like when mainland Chinese people give their kids weird English names Rambo, Superman, Potato, Bambi, Sundae. Except the choice of German words is even worse cause some of these aren’t even nouns.
@lil_literalist I didn’t really see it as a Japanese exceptionalism thing but more like a, this dude spent his life on sumo and it is his martial art of choice, if he didn’t use sumo and instead just swung randomly, he would’ve done much worse
As someone who does practice Okinawan karate and as someone who regularly uses a makiwara, this is so cool. But also, no one I know has ever made a makiwara out of metal, they’re almost always made of wood.
I still don’t get it. It’s not like this guy was the first to overpower aiki. Didn’t Jack do it in the maxim tournament? That’s the whole reason Shibukawa lost. So why are they making it out to be like this guy was the strongest opponent Shibukawa had ever faced?
I'm sorta okay with this though? I mean, we've seen aiki be overpowered by sheer force before, so it's not like it's a completely alien concept. Jack literally overpowered Shibukawa's aiki in the maxim tournament, and I can totally see this huge sumo wrestler having enough lifting power to rival...
I might be one of the only people who actually likes the ending. It’s open ended but that’s just the nature of cosmic horror. I don’t really care about what happens to Ghost, she’s been the low key big bad of the series but she’s also there for comedic relief sometimes. So honestly I’ve never...
My theory is that Gaoh figured out that the guy was a copy and must’ve been from the Worm or something, because he only looks like that when he’s wanted to kill someone, like when he was five expends from killing Koga when he thought he was a worm.
Pretty sure the entire manga is a parody of Karate Baka Ichidai in the 70’s written by Ikki Kajiwara. Which is why he mentions western wreslters( cause that happened in karate Baka Ichidai)