Kingdom - Vol. 69 Ch. 751 - One Second Difference

[MangaDex]

 

[Jachinz]

How will Riboku fumble this #2

 

[flxsemi]

Is Riboku about to learn the important lesson of not engaging in dialogue in a fight?
Well... realistically he could just fall back so I can't blame him for being a bit complacent.

 

[udomsa33]

Now aim for an epic end. Riboku doesn't even have to die, just chop his arm off, or make him go blind or something...

 

[Drett]

Kanki is probably my most contentious character that I absolutely love and hate. He is the worst person by actions, he is simply abominable like Riboku says. And yet he has the clearest view of reality of anyone in this series. He sees the conflicts of China for what they are in the most simple yet real way.

 

[HDMI1]

Kanki got him, Riboku can't retreat from the frontline without proving Kanki right, that he's only capable of putting other's lives on the line and not his own.

 

[Amariithynar]

Jesus christ, they're an abominable lot, yet Koku'ou's death still brought tears to my eyes, because of the way the author was able to write them as complex characters. Well done.

 

[Konrad2]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[RiteshK5]

kanki wishing for death

 

[Kanami-chan]

The point is Riboku is the perfect example of "dude in the middle" that Kanki hates the most. "Dudes in the middle", which are the majority, have the power to change things but they chose to blindly serve "dudes above" instead, thus indirectly oppress "dudes below" like Kanki and friends.

 

[CrimsonNanashi]

Ain’t nothing more dangerous than someone that is willing to die to take down their opponent. Kanki will def be dying but let’s see how many of Riboku’s aides he takes down in his Blaze of glory. We already got one of them so let’s see how many more of them will die

 

[Candymon]

"War is a force that gives us meaning"

 

[Vergil]

Bruh I needed this ark to end last year.

 

[Bloodprince]

gawd this teasing is annoying me, i should probably leave this alone for like a year and then catch up with whatevers been added

 

[Swagner]

"War is a force that gives us meaning"

Quite the contrary, the whole point I'm seeing here is that it's completely meaningless. So much bloodshed, everyone holding a sword fully convinced that they're in the right, and what good has come of it? Literally nothing thus far.

 

[Candymon]

Quite the contrary, the whole point I'm seeing here is that it's completely meaningless. So much bloodshed, everyone holding a sword fully convinced that they're in the right, and what good has come of it? Literally nothing thus far.

Oh, I agree with you; war has steep costs, less than zero sum.

I also think that many characters in the story are struggling with this when they consider the atrocities and aftermath of it all.

Candymon said:
"War is a force that gives us meaning"

It's an ironic statement (also the title of a non-fiction book) that is both sad and scary, and one I think about too often for my liking.

When war becomes a person's/group's/nation's purpose and identity, when it becomes something that people latch onto or even welcome, I worry. Sometimes war is forced upon them, but even then something is very wrong.

 

[JonRa]

Duck toy squeak sound effect

 

[Curly577]

Kankis argument must be hitting home twice as hard for Riboku, not only is his type reponsible for the type of king of Qin, but Riboku is at least partially personally responsible for this particular king thanks to his coalition army fiasco which galvanized Qin support behind their king. Were it not for him then Ryofui might be in charge.

 

[FKW_ll]

Quite the contrary, the whole point I'm seeing here is that it's completely meaningless. So much bloodshed, everyone holding a sword fully convinced that they're in the right, and what good has come of it? Literally nothing thus far.

If war wasn't waged, we wouldn't have many of the technologies that we deem necessary today. War is inevitable, it's part of human nature, which is part of Mother Nature herself. Yes, in warring times lives are short and cruel, but it is what it is. Mother Nature isn't kind, after all.

 

[Swagner]

If war wasn't waged, we wouldn't have many of the technologies that we deem necessary today.

Yeah, we would. We wouldn't have necessarily discovered them in the exact same time or order, but for every invention whose discovery was the result of military spending, there are uncountable others that were missed because their would-be discoverer died a pointless death.

War is inevitable, it's part of human nature

"Pointless" and "inevitable" are not antonyms. The fact that tragedies have happened, and will happen again, is not a reason to glorify tragedies.

it is what it is

An easy thought to have when you aren't bleeding to the death in the mud surrounded by the corpses of everyone you've ever known.