Reading Koukou Tekken-Den (on Nik's advice). There's a lot of good to it - sure, some magical martial arts stuff, but it also has (for example) solid judo (and well-drawn to boot!). And when a non-judoka is trying to do an armlock on a judoka, it's pretty easy to spot his mistake by the art (still don't know if that's because HE doesn't realize it's a mistake, or the artist doesn't realize it's a mistake, but the lock doesn't work and it's easy to see why).
So, good stuff so far.
Edit: Spoke too soon. Double-fisted weirdness attack, I can let pass because it's a weirdness magical attack, but there's a choke that's just horribly drawn (and not done as it's demonstrated). Forgivable, mind.
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Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Right, kinda my mistake as I should had been clear with the references I used. That and be part of that group of writers who follow rule of ridiculous at times.
Like Kyoko's father, Yuu, at the age of 14 went from average kid with mediocre skill in kendo to a karate using one man army who destroyed a sword school in a rage after nearly two months of training in the woods by a near crazy hermit.
But yeah, when I say karate...I don't really see as all sorts of random flips and all and call it karate like most 80s/90s flicks.
Kinda more like that.
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
Why are we here?
"Superboy Prime (the yelling guy if he needs clarification)..." - Postmania
"...dropping an orca whale made of fire on your enemies is a pretty strong opening move." - Nik
"Why throw punches when you can be making everyone around you sterile mutant corpses?" - Pendaran, regarding Dr. Fate
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If it helps, the two fisted Buddha punch thing pretty much disappears from the narrative shortly after its introduction. As the series progresses, it slowly moves away from secret technique stuff and gets more into solid fundamentals.
There is an /extremely/ silly lock technique in, I think, three or four arcs from where you are but series seems to be tending more towards... well, not realism per say, more grounded fighting stuff.
To some extent hehe. Still a fair amount of silly stuff in there but that's part of the charm.
Pro wrestlers are a special exemption. They get booked VERY strong.
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Also the UK has the worst covid numbers in the world at the moment.
1,560 people dead yesterday and at cases wise were at 1 in 620ish. Utterly unconscionable handling by the government.
Health benefits? Is that something you can eat?
I jest (poorly), but I'm also of the current mindset to- given the choice between going to the hospital and dying- pick the option with fewer steps and expenses.
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