Well, the main characters are essentially nobodies. Not the movers and shakers.
I think the main story will end with Koga and Ryuki, but they sure won't win the tournament.
Which is in keeping with the first one.
Nothing wrong with that. It's like what Morikawa did with Ippo, where the real draw was everyone BUT Ippo.
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The Kengan story has just enough story to make it interesting, but we're all mostly here for the fights honestly. Which have thankfully remained top tier.
Is Kengan really as underpowered relative to Baki as people say?
I don't remember anyone in Baki redirecting a bullet off the back of their hand, like Tokita Niko did.
I'll grant you have crazy things like Pickle dragging a small dinosaur sized alligator through a sewer pipe turning it inside out, Katsumi creating sonic booms with punches, Oliva Biscuit strength training against helicopters, not to mention Hanma Yujiro's craziness..
__________________ What CDTM believes;
Never let anyone else define you. Don't be a jerk just to be a jerk, but if you are expressing your true inner feelings and beliefs, or at least trying to express that inner child, and everyone gets pissed off about it, never NEVER apologize for it. Let them think what they want, let them define you in their narrow little minds while they suppress every last piece of them just to keep a friend that never liked them for themselves in the first place.
As powerful as they are in Kengan, it's mostly centered on inflicting harm on other people. Baki shows how powerful the fighters are by having them inflict damage on people and the environment. Like how Yuujiro pushed Baki through several feet of solid stone.
Speck did that to Hanayama. Funny thing is, Hanayama literally ate the bullets. They blew his cheeks out but he won the fight and was annoyed, but mostly unhurt from that stunt.
And Sikorski, the Russian Ripper(another of the 5 super criminals) has such strong grip strength that he sleeps on a wall. He just lays at an angle with his fingers and toes digging into the concrete.