Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru ~Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei shita Deshi-tachi ga Ore wo Hottekurenai Ken~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 3 …

[MangaDex]

 

[RandomReader2023]

Nice seeing an antagonist that isn't some 1-dimensional villain that will have meltdown as soon as he get beaten by the MC, but a genuine skilled fighter that wants the Order to uphold it's high quality so he challenges the MC to a fair fight to see if he's the real deal or not and is honorable enough to admit defeat when he realize the gap between his and MC's skill.

 

[Grimmycoffee]

He's also not annoying. He's suspicious, but aside from the challenge he kept it all to himself and never said any arrogant thing.

 

[ForTheJerusalem]

Isn't spinning like that in the middle of a fight a really dumb idea? Unless you are really fast, won't you just get hit in the back?

 

[Coinflxp]

Isn't spinning like that in the middle of a fight a really dumb idea? Unless you are really fast, won't you just get hit in the back?

Yeah, but he is that fast. It's just that beryl is prepared/faster.

 

[Rayla89]

First impressions are important. So humble the biggest, scariest asshole in the room first.

 

[Dwarfy2k]

Yeah, but he is that fast. It's just that beryl is prepared/faster.

To be fair though he's seen that MC is faster then him then proceeds to do a move that makes him incredibly vulnerable if slower so still a bad choice to do either way.

 

[BusinessGL]

Fun fact! Spinning doesn’t work in real life. You’ll fucking die!

 

[BakedBanana]

Isn't spinning like that in the middle of a fight a really dumb idea? Unless you are really fast, won't you just get hit in the back?

Unless you are Suzaku.

 

[phil777]

Fun fact! Spinning doesn’t work in real life. You’ll fucking die!

I'd also wager you'll be temporarily disoriented.

 

[MegumemePoi]

Isn't spinning like that in the middle of a fight a really dumb idea? Unless you are really fast, won't you just get hit in the back?

I'll try spinning. That's a good trick.

 

[BigPoppaEffy]

Well, that went as expected lol

 

[Xeroxcopy4free]

wtf are these people talking about like MMA does not exist (unarmed combat btw, add the reach of the blade at that), spinning attacks are quite effective.

 

[radstylix]

I have an idea: he should just hold a sword 100% if the time so he keeps being a and never turns back into a beta again

 

[Kaitensatsuma]

Nice seeing an antagonist that isn't some 1-dimensional villain that will have meltdown as soon as he get beaten by the MC, but a genuine skilled fighter that wants the Order to uphold it's high quality so he challenges the MC to a fair fight to see if he's the real deal or not and is honorable enough to admit defeat when he realize the gap between his and MC's skill.

Yeah, but you'd also think he'd stop after the first match and acknowledge his misjudgement

The spin move is wild, I guess it only works for him because it will always work at least once as he catches his opponent off guard and due to his strength just blasting through any possible defense.

 

[Latte10]

Finally I can see Beryl go God mode

 

[VinylAT]

Comparing this to the anime pv. It's so fucking over.

 

[Kneel_Breen]

Yeah, but you'd also think he'd stop after the first match and acknowledge his misjudgement

The spin move is wild, I guess it only works for him because it will always work at least once as he catches his opponent off guard and due to his strength just blasting through any possible defense.

I think there are a couple of other details that work in his favor.

The biggest is the fact that he sets up the move by first slashing at his opponent’s leg to cause them to get off-balance. Beryl even notes that by doing that it makes it difficult for the opponent to be able to counter-attack in time.

He then continues on following through with that slash by jumping up and adding even more energy to the next attack. He also uses his free hand and arm to help block the sight of exactly where he is going to finish his attack to make it just a tiny bit harder to block.

And he’s incredibly (nearly inhumanly) strong, to the point that he’s even noted by Kuruni as having broken the arms of some of the other knights during the sparring sessions when they try to block him.

However, we do see that it’s a risky move when Kuruni uses it against one of those Holy Knights later on in the story.

During that fight she uses the same spinning attack, and the Holy Knight (who is using a rapier meant for stabbing moves) is able to hit her on her back. But, whether intentionally or accidentally, the rapier gets deflected by the sword sheath on her back.

Also, while I doubt that this particular tactic would work well in actual combat, it should be noted that there ARE a couple of IRL moves that involved spinning in a circle.