Anyone read History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi?

I agree. and iirc, there are other Katsujinken masters that they could have called up to give them a hand too. just have to wait and see I guess. I just hope that inspector guy doesn't die; he's been on amicable terms with Ryozanpaku for a long time now.

Here's what's going to happen:

It is revealed that the Ryzu guys were actually the evil ones the whole time and the One Shadow 9 are actually the good guys.

Dun dun duuuun!

So...the weapon masters were just a distraction so that the big guns could do their thing? That's lame.

Yeah I'm surprised they wouldn't call in Takeda's master to even things out. I mean power-scaling along, Master Boobies alone should be able to give them the works. Wonder what plan of attack these guys have.

In other news you'd think that the government would come equipped with at least one piece of heavy artillery when faced with meta-human master fighters but I guess not here.

Actually it seems the Weapon Masters are off doing stuff undeterred while Yami keeps the heroes busy.

Also a really sexy three way is imminent for Kenichi.

Well that sounds a lot better.

Hayato would miraculously hall ass like he did last time.

Here's hoping the Eternal Setting Sun functions like the Eclipse from Berserk and taints all the fanservice in the series. 👆

no doubt Shigure was left behind to deal with any sudden attack from the weapons group.... unless, of course, she's busy in bed with Kenichi and Miu like you suggested, Auraangel.

as for that last bit, well crap, if it does go anything like the Eclipse did in Berserk, we can pretty much kiss any potential good ending to this series good bye.

Originally posted by danteiscool
as for that last bit, well crap, if it does go anything like the Eclipse did in Berserk, we can pretty much kiss any potential good ending to this series good bye.

That would be quite bold, actually. The author is not that daring, though. He's very vanilla with his "good and evil" characters.

But it would make for a really good read if he could keep the momentum of a reveal like that going.

it would indeed be bold, especially when considering just how bad things are in Berserk and bringing that level of bleakness into a shounenesque series like HSDK. and while it would make for a very interesting read to see how the HSDK characters try to recover from such a thing, it'd really break the shounen rating on the series.

Originally posted by danteiscool
it would indeed be bold, especially when considering just how bad things are in Berserk and bringing that level of bleakness into a shounenesque series like HSDK. and while it would make for a very interesting read to see how the HSDK characters try to recover from such a thing, it'd really break the shounen rating on the series.

I don't know, man. There has been some pretty nasty violence in the series such as nasty bone breaks, open wound injuries, and that one time Apachi was punched clean through.

They wouldn't be able to do the Berserk r@pe stuff, though. 😐

Doing so would be hilarious though.

true, dadudemon, but the level of graphic injuries in this series doesn't compare to how violent, gruesome and above all realistically drawn wounds are in Berserk.

and new chapter! looks like an all out fight is going to go down on that roof. given how strong they all are, anyone think the building will be completely destroyed in the process? and that new guy at the end kinda feels familiar for some reason...

Called that Yami made themselves a distraction for the Weapons Division.

Also the good guys really are stupidly out numbered. Are there any other good guy masters to help them out? I can only recall Freya's gramps and Takeda's master.

Not sure if Edward Scissorhands is a good guy or not but getting him along with Freya's grampa and Takeda's master would make it 7 at least.
I mean the bane's to Kensei, Apachai, and Sakaki are all their on top of the backup. This fight is going to be absurd once it kicks off.

Really wanted Kenichi to get some weapon training now to make Shigure a more relevant master to him but who am I kidding.

well, given that I think he said he abandoned Yami and even helped out Shigure with making that equipment for Shinpaku, I think Sai is on their side, so he could help, but probably against the weapons group and not help in the battle against the Nine Fists.

Well yeah, it would be more practical having Sai fight weapon masters but nonetheless, the other master are absurdly outnumbered. Pretty much all of the Nine fists would give each Ryozanpaku master the fight of their life on a good day and now they have back-up. The author has his word cut out for him making this work out.

definitely. Mikumo alone was tough enough to keep Sakaki and Shigure occupied for a time without much visible effort. and with the other nine fists there, they're pretty much nearly committing suicide.

Go Go Ryo Rangers! No seriously the reason that they will be able to hold their own make no ****ing sense: at least to me anyway. I might read the chapter over again when I get the chance but the whole "martial arts megazord" trick their trying to do sounds stupid.

At least Shigure's potential fight looks promising.

hope someone could run this chapter by me again.

I think they're trying something like what was tried in Soul Eater. by synchronizing with each other, they can double/triple/quadruple team their opponents with ridiculous ease. since the nine fists don't fight alongside one another, they're much better suited for fighting one on one, whereas Ryozanpaku is experienced in that as well in addition to being able to attack as one.

Originally posted by wakkawakkawakka
Go Go Ryo Rangers! No seriously the reason that they will be able to hold their own make no ****ing sense: at least to me anyway. I might read the chapter over again when I get the chance but the whole "martial arts megazord" trick their trying to do sounds stupid.

At least Shigure's potential fight looks promising.

hope someone could run this chapter by me again.

The logic is similar to a special forces platoon that is highly practiced with each other vs. a randomly thrown together special forces team (though each individual is still very skilled).

Obviously, the team that practiced together, frequently, for years is going to do better in every single military scenario imaginable.

To add to that, I picture the "many times stronger" idea coming from things like, Kensei-ma being thrown by Sakaki for a punch that is many times stronger than Kensei-ma could pull off on his own.