Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi 2: Tatsujin-hen - Ch. 4 - Izuna and Yuzuriha

[MangaDex]

 

[Asynchria]

Those two REALLY annoy me too, GO GET 'EM KENICHI!

 

[pdonk]

I love how he's not falling for their crap at all.

 

[giubba85]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

 

[Zreth]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

History's mightiest punching bag

 

[forecast]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

He is master level in combat, not in mentality.
This arc, he should hopefully mature.

 

[Dipuc4Life]

I love that this is back with a part two. I don't love that that alien freak is still around but the author has decided to keep him in the story for comedy?... no, shits and giggles? ... no, to annoy the fuck out of ME personally ... yup.

 

[Enderzone]

Man I'm gonna end up rereading the OG at this rate. I forgot just how much I liked this manga.

 

[TotallyNotAFed]

So he’s fighting Twitter users IRL?

 

[Belkin]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

the more damage he tanks, the more Miu grows fond of him.

 

[SilentStorm]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

From what i recall, this is his flaw and apparently something they could not fix, just part of his mentality, he is someome that takes a bit to get going, i remember at one point, his masters forced him to train and spar so he went to a duel already hurt and without full stamina...and that was the one time he locked the fuck in instantly, they did it because his opponent was the opposite and locked in right at the start.

I think it was a thing with fighters they talked about, how everyone has a pace to really start fighting and maybe when concentration starts to slip, Kenichi takes longer than most to get going...but i guess by the point he starts fighting the others are starting to slip somewhat too and are not expecting Kenichi to suddenly get better so it works out.

 

[Zombie23470]

Classic kenichi, breaking your arm while fighting your opponent. Man I miss this

 

[nutjob]

@Davigdor
Typo on page 10:
lost it's leader > lost its leader
Typo on page 20:
story deceive you... > story to deceive you...
Typos on page 22:
expoit > exploit
other's kindness > others' kindness

 

[Belkin]

From what i recall, this is his flaw and apparently something they could not fix, just part of his mentality, he is someome that takes a bit to get going, i remember at one point, his masters forced him to train and spar so he went to a duel already hurt and without full stamina...and that was the one time he locked the fuck in instantly, they did it because his opponent was the opposite and locked in right at the start.

I think it was a thing with fighters they talked about, how everyone has a pace to really start fighting and maybe when concentration starts to slip, Kenichi takes longer than most to get going...but i guess by the point he starts fighting the others are starting to slip somewhat too and are not expecting Kenichi to suddenly get better so it works out.

oh yeah, against castor's lil bro. Dude was a brick house with the power of yoga.

 

[akumasits]

Kenichi's first fight in the Masters Arc......LETS GO!!!!!!

 

[jrocker]

I'm assuming that once Miu realizes they are the bully type she will completely be done with having any interest in them which will lead to them kidnapping her and Kenichi and his masters will need to storm the village

 

[Davigdor]

@Davigdor
Typo on page 10:
lost it's leader > lost its leader
Typo on page 20:
story deceive you... > story to deceive you...
Typos on page 22:
expoit > exploit
other's kindness > others' kindness

Thanks for letting me know, but FYI, those pings don't work lol. The only reason I saw this comment is because I (try to) look for these comments in the first few days after a release. If you want to really ensure I see those, feel free to join the discord and comment there/just dm me from there.

But regardless, it's fixed now. Thanks again.

 

[koldtk]

My dude all these years and he still cannot lock the fuck in without taking some serious hits

He goes full tank. A few hits like that are just massage.

 

[Giga]

Thanks for the chapter, YZ.

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He is master level in combat, not in mentality.
This arc, he should hopefully mature.

Well, Kenichi's not a master yet, but I know what you mean: still, I say that this is debatable.

There is this convention in Japanese writing that holds that a pure defense or a focus thereon is viable in combat; this is best exemplified by those knights you can see in various fantasy-setting manga (isekai or not) that bear nothing but a shield. It doesn't take a lot of thinking to realize how ludicrous this is: unless the tank is invincible or the shield is indestructible, that defense will eventually fail. The messaging beneath is likely that passivity can still take a win. Another example: one guy says, "I'll beat you!" while MC-kun facing him says with a smile, "I won't lose either~!"

Defense is not inherently a means of ensuring victory, but a means of preventing defeat--so that you can actively take victory.

This is a grievous error waiting to happen where Kenichi is concerned: the series already has a technique (though developed by Elder Fuurinji, it's known by one other) that penetrates defense--Kazoe Nukite. It's probably not the only one with its effect, but it's just one of the ways Kenichi's "tank-everything-until-my-emotions-make-me-get-serious" MO fails critically: if it's not a blow he can tank that he's receiving but something that would kill him on contact (an explicitly lethal technique or a stab to the right place), then that's it for him. This kind of strategy is not even expert-level, where Kenichi is said to be.

From what i recall, this is his flaw and apparently something they could not fix, just part of his mentality, he is someome that takes a bit to get going, i remember at one point, his masters forced him to train and spar so he went to a duel already hurt and without full stamina...and that was the one time he locked the fuck in instantly, they did it because his opponent was the opposite and locked in right at the start.

I think it was a thing with fighters they talked about, how everyone has a pace to really start fighting and maybe when concentration starts to slip, Kenichi takes longer than most to get going...but i guess by the point he starts fighting the others are starting to slip somewhat too and are not expecting Kenichi to suddenly get better so it works out.

Was that with Ethan Stanley, as Belkin said? That guy was my favorite of the Yomi group. Even though Ethan was as efficient in combat as he was, I don't think it was quite the lesson learned it should have been--after all, Kenichi walked away from it.

What SHOULD have been was the Yan Erawan Kenichi took from Tirawit Kokin. Kenichi took that knee, called "Elephant's Foot", straight to the chest--and it stopped his heart. That's the problem with thinking you can only go to war with a shield and no sword, or that you can finally draw it only when you get really "serious".