Record of Ragnarok - Vol. 5 Ch. 19.1 - The Swallow Gazes Into The Abyss

[Hachi015]

Its a MASTA PIECE!!!





I known that Kojiro will win this but the way he execute Poseidon is really really god like

 

[DFM1412]

YOOOOOOOOOOOO THE BIG WATER SWALLOW HAS BEEN SLAINED

 

[DestinyIX]

So... .basically, Poseidon is Gilgamesh (fate) of this universe that is always looking down on his opponent until the end and don't end things when he has a chance until it's too late (Kojiro would be Emiya since he cuts Poseidon arms off too lol). The first 2 fights for those 2 gods "at least" they tried to use their full power because they realize that those human are strong (even though those 2 lose). Not in Poseidon case which he looks down on Kojiro ( even in his death bed he still calling Kojiro " Trash" ). So I don't mind that Kojiro gets the first win since he represents a human that never win even once to win against someone that always look down on them (The bottom beat someone at the top even for gods themselves). I think this win ( weak+effort and the combined power of many people that represent humanity vs OP. ) has more impact than "a first victory" from OP vs. OP which sure . . . it's cool on the paper but in my mind, those victories will give me less impact for a "first victory". since not all human is OP like Adam + most of human gain something by their effort which is closer to Kojiro.

 

[zetsuravez]

that was awesome.... thanks for the update...

 

[shipmeadow]

@naeon
If the story was written by an American, Adam would have been black and the first victory would have gone to a woman. If a white man had won first after a chinaman and basketball american lost, reddit and twitter would have exploded in anger.

 

[Grahav]

Japan winning is what happens when the author actually loves his own country and culture. It is a bit unsurprising but understandable.

 

[TheCrises]

The fight was good, salty that my favorite Greek god lost. I wish it would have been Ares or Hades that lost, oh wells.

 

[MinecraftNoob]

The battle was awesome and the victory well deserved.
Also, I think that races shouldn´t matter in this manga. After all, the literal story is that all of humanity stand united as one against the gods. It doesn´t matter which country Sasaki is from, he fought for everyone.
Anf by the way: Over half of the 13 humans are non-japanese and I am pretty sure the mangaka is gonna make it a close victory to show all 13 fights. Therefore, at least one non-japanese should win at some point.

 

[Elaxor]

Adam deserved the first victory, not some japanese literal who with the power of friendship and TWO katana against a god who killed brother with 1 hit.

 

[magicknight677]

Poseidon is just a bigger swallow seagull.

 

[hentacle]

maaaaaaaan, this shit epic af
i can't even get sad about the saltiness of the haters against it
i feel like re-reading vagabond now lol

 

[VarkAndDjelyl]

FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[Sheruff6]

The author is obviously glorifying the Japanese culture and that's understandable. Doesn't really matter, at least we got one win.

 

[scarlet_summer]

@DestinyIX
Exactly! The storyline is actually really well-thought out if you think about it that it makes a lot of sense that Kojiro won this one.

 

[zeroxis]

@DestinyIX That is actually a pretty nice way to look at it and It does make sense, I just hope it's not gonna be only Japanese people winning against gods. I'm not even sure if there are any left that will fight, but still.

 

[BigBoiClappa]

poseidon lost cause of the gilgamesh effect, he toyed with his enemy till it was too late

 

[Zuccman]

Sasaki for the win

 

[unk0damnation]

"Humanity's first winner is their greatest loser"

Hey, this manga can be poetic when it tries to.

 

[GondiTheCat]

I like the fight. That was a good read. I actually went oh sh- for real when Poseidon bite his trident.
Personally, I'm most looking forward to "intelligence" type hero, so Tesla and Rasputin. I also like guns, so looking forward to Simo too. I wonder if he will fight Beelzebub, the Lord of flies, and shot down his uncountable number of fly minions.

 

[ac1d1c]

I literally orgasmed