Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru ~Tada no Inaka no Kenjutsu Shihan Datta noni, Taisei Shita Deshi-tachi ga Ore wo Hottekurenai Ken~ - Vol. 4 Ch. 19…

[JamieTMR]

This manga hits on the art, style, pacing and execution. If it gets an anime they can’t slack on it at all.

Agreed. Which is why, if they do make an anime, they have to pick their studio very carefully.

Spoiler: Anime quality sidenote that has nothing to do with this manga, so it's spoilered

I'm with a gacha acquaintance of mine on the opinion that Shangri-La Frontier needs to keep the quality of the trailer throughout.

Anyway, yeah, Beryl being a genuinely nice guy makes this pretty high tier, along with the swordfight quality (ex medieval recreationist's opinion? Chef's kiss) and I always look forward to new chapters of this.

 

[flannan]

Getting casually stabbed in the arm is okay (even used strength after that), but in the thigh crosses the line?

Knights usually fight with a sword in one hand. But chasing an assassin like this one is hard even with two legs in good condition.

i doubt he was truly tired from running with the girl, feels like he was faking it unknowingly

He is a middle-aged man who isn't as energetic as he used to be. While the girl is very energetic and super-strong.

Sacrificing an assassin of such skill just to get rid of a tool like Twilight definitely wasn't worth it.

Unless the sacrifice was to conceal something that was part of the greater plan. For example, if the sister is integral to the plan, can't have Twilight blabbing about where she is or who might have her.

Twilight knew too much. Look, attempting to resurrect the dead is grave enough matter that the kingdom's head mage would personally come to kick your ass. If the knights knew who was responsible for that, it would land their whole group in hot water.
In the WN, that's because such attempts had a history of going horribly wrong, so the whole branch of research was made illegal.

 

[HaikenEdge]

In the WN, that's because such attempts had a history of going horribly wrong, so the whole branch of research was made illegal.

Like human alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist?

 

[flannan]

Like human alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist?

More or less like that.

 

[ShinduPK4]

I really enjoyed the fight scenes, especially the ones involving Aleucia.
That being said, what the hell happened on page 19? Giambi suddenly went from tackling Heimbritz and holding on to his waist from the front, to a sudden choke hold from the back? How did he transition, did he teleport?

 

[Gunlord500]

@ShinduPK4 I think the transition is the upper-left panel, the narrow one. Giambi is one of those "faster-than-the-eye-can-see/so-fast-he-leaves-afterimages" type assassins, so he's so fast that after he shoves (not tackles) Heimbritz, he immediately darts around behind him and puts him in a chokehold.

 

[YuriMatyrAlystin]

@ShinduPK4 If I remember correctly, there's a similar scene in Donnie Yen's movie Flash Point (or Kill Zone). As Gunlord500 said, Giambi is not trying to tackle Heimbritz as he knows that Heimbritz is strong enough to hold the ground, so he uses the momentum to move to Heimbritz's back to choke him.

 

[rexmundi]

Nice fighting scene

 

[Dicrel]

That full page of Giambi in the alleyway followed by the full page of Giambi sliced up with Aleucia already a body length behind him was a beautiful way to convey to the audience just how blink-and-you'll-miss-it fast she is.

 

[seraphos2841]

I know he is a villain but goddamn he is badass. He was fighting not to win/kill but to escape and survive and he almost did it. Respec

 

[hizack123]

Heimbritz is a badass, bro had a sword through his arm and didn't show the slightest sign of pain

Really help showing what kind of monsters the knight members really are.

 

[radstylix]

The assassin kept up a good fight even if he was WAY out of his element, kudos.

 

[lenovoaxioo]

i love this artist

 

[JamaLlama2005]

That 2 panel combo of her disappearing than reappearing after slashing him was sick as fuck

 

[Scrabbleman]

Is the Bishop the missing big sister?

 

[Shitty]

Why couldn't he have just deflected the sword with his armor?? Better yet why does his armor have fucking gaps???

 

[Carn109]

Somehow Vice commander lost to that decrepit guy
At least our girl has it covered

 

[Deathhappens]

"no casualties" the FUCK? That old man slit their throats like ham!

Also vice commander my dude, there is no way you couldn't think of a better strategy than "let him stab my arm so I can immobilize his blade", apply yourself.

 

[Ecclectic_Moose]

Sacrificing an assassin of such skill just to get rid of a tool like Twilight definitely wasn't worth it.

And the plan was never to sacrifice the assassin. The plan was for him to do the job and run without pissing off the knights too badly.

Pretty sure part of the reason why the reaction is to bug out is because the Knights were better than expected and they did lose their guy.

 

[Steps1000]

I really enjoyed the fight scenes, especially the ones involving Aleucia.
That being said, what the hell happened on page 19? Giambi suddenly went from tackling Heimbritz and holding on to his waist from the front, to a sudden choke hold from the back? How did he transition, did he teleport?

From the charge: Step to the right and leap lightly/step around, grab the opponent with your left arm and swing around them to do a full rear choke. Easier if the opponent has their feet grounded because they can act as resistance for your pivot but even if they're airborne you can pull it off if you are lighter than them.
If you are heavier than them then you would swing the opponent around to your front while keeping yourself grounded instead of trying to swing on them.

Obviously they skipped some steps in displaying the maneuver here and its some real anime speed for the guy to do it in presumably one charge motion but the maneuver itself is possible in real life.