Tenkaichi - Nihon Saikyou Bugeisha Ketteisen - Vol. 5 Ch. 16 - Avici - Perpetual Torment

[MangaDex]

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Agreed with the credit anons, that was such a terrible jobbing. Shame on you, writer team

 

[G-P]

Grorious nihongo spirit. Gaijin no chance.

 

[MemphisTennessee]

THAT WAS SO DAMN COOL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRANSLATING THIS CHAPTER I HOPE THIS GUY WINS THE TENKAICHI

 

[AngelHQ]

THAT WAS SO DAMN COOL THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TRANSLATING THIS CHAPTER I HOPE THIS GUY WINS THE TENKAICHI

Okay... Looks like a baddie to me tho.
Next chapter has a friend, so that humanizes him.

 

[MadMarc00]

This is and will probably be the worst fight in this manga. The shortest so far and there wasnt even a second wind; did the creators run out of european techniques for him to use or smth??

Damn shame since he was one of most interesting characters due to him just being a sort of swashbuckler and european rather than a one note samurai psycho.

 

[Rand564]

Let's see...

On one side we had:

• European in a Japanese manga;
• Sailor gimmick, allowing for a gimmick arena at sea (which wouldn't be used twice);
• Heavy emphasis on how the foreigner only wanted to rape and steal from the Japanese;
• Combat style which, while cool, can't poooooossibly stand up to a japanese sword technique;

On the other side we had:

• Arguably the prettiest boy in the whole cast;
• Glorious japanese sword master hyped up since chapter one;
• Evil God of death incarnate perfect for big bad status;
• A fighting style that the japanese would never get tired of (katana user);
• Character with deeper connection to other characters in the cast;

"We don't predetermine the winners" my ass. There was no way in hell William was going to win. I didn't much care for him, but maybe that was because I felt exactly what they described in the editor's notes "I know this guy is going to win, so there's no tension". This was a jobber and that's fine even in tournament style manga, but at least try to make it less obvious.

At least it was short. Still liking the manga though, but this was just... a badly written part.

 

[readerw40]

bro if i were a contender i’d leave then and there fck that

 

[OwUmbreon]

Laaame

 

[Azurekyte]

Are we surprised that the "glorious fighter from nipon" won completely and totally one-sidedly? No we aren't, but we can still be disappointed at the outcome, especially when it's such a dick stroking win like that.