Downtown Khazan: Ice Cold Utopia

[Nik Hasta]

Well-put, indeed.

I agree, good finish.

Very much enjoyed!

[Siriel]

There's still one chapter left to lead into the sequel though.

Now that I've read them all, I think my favourite fight overall is probably the Fang against Kuroki. It's just a very good representation of how the manga treats its fighters.

[master of read]

it's sad but i like it. we see a lot of tournaments in anime/manga but we rarely see the mental and physical toll it takes on the fighters. this tournament really hit the right spots. it might be my favorite martial art tournament ever.

[Nik Hasta]

There's still one chapter left to lead into the sequel though.

Now that I've read them all, I think my favourite fight overall is probably the Fang against Kuroki. It's just a very good representation of how the manga treats its fighters.

Fang versus Okubo was my favourite overall. It was just a big awesome grapple battle. Rare to see but very engaging.

[Sharpandpointies]

There's still one chapter left to lead into the sequel though.

Now that I've read them all, I think my favourite fight overall is probably the Fang against Kuroki. It's just a very good representation of how the manga treats its fighters.

A good fight, that one to be sure. I also liked Nik's choice, as grappling is very well represented in this manga.

Not sure which fight is my favourite -- I'd need to read them all again -- but I still lean toward Kaneda - Gaolong.

it's sad but i like it. we see a lot of tournaments in anime/manga but we rarely see the mental and physical toll it takes on the fighters. this tournament really hit the right spots. it might be my favorite martial art tournament ever.

Very true, this. I mean, it's still grossly unrealistic, but there IS a certain realism in the fact that while they recover abnormally quickly and shrug off a lot of the deleterious effects, these superhumans DO suffer lasting injuries that can cause them impairment. Or worse.

[master of read]

A good fight, that one to be sure. I also liked Nik's choice, as grappling is very well represented in this manga.

Not sure which fight is my favourite -- I'd need to read them all again -- but I still lean toward Kaneda - Gaolong.



Very true, this. I mean, it's still grossly unrealistic, but there IS a certain realism in the fact that while they recover abnormally quickly and shrug off a lot of the deleterious effects, these superhumans DO suffer lasting injuries that can cause them impairment. Or worse.

at least we see that the fighters who advance show some wear and tear, even with the advanced medicial crap they had on the island.

[Lord Falcon]

My favorite character was Imai Cosmo as I liked his character arc and I think he pulled off the "cocky young main character" shtick better than Ohma did. He had a solid character arc, grit, strategy and was fun off the fighting stage as well. Sekibayashi Jun is a close second, nonsensical though his fighting style was. The guy was just such a tank and so wholeheartedly committed to his craft without forgetting how to enjoy life.

Plus, I really liked him giving Akoya Seishu a good choke out. That piece of crap deserved it.

Seconding Kuroki Gensai vs Kanoh Agito as the best fight of the series. It really lived up to the hype in scale while remaining one of the cleverest and most edge-of-your-seat fights in the story.

[bruceleegreyhulk]

[FistofIron]

My favorite character was Imai Cosmo as I liked his character arc and I think he pulled off the "cocky young main character" shtick better than Ohma did. He had a solid character arc, grit, strategy and was fun off the fighting stage as well. Sekibayashi Jun is a close second, nonsensical though his fighting style was. The guy was just such a tank and so wholeheartedly committed to his craft without forgetting how to enjoy life.

Plus, I really liked him giving Akoya Seishu a good choke out. That piece of crap deserved it.

Seconding Kuroki Gensai vs Kanoh Agito as the best fight of the series. It really lived up to the hype in scale while remaining one of the cleverest and most edge-of-your-seat fights in the story.

Akoya surprised me with how much of a scumbag he was.

Kuroki vs Fang is hard to top. That fight truly felt epic.

Wakatsuki vs Julius is my second favorite just for the shear manliness of it.

[Lord Falcon]

Akoya surprised me with how much of a scumbag he was.

Kuroki vs Fang is hard to top. That fight truly felt epic.

Wakatsuki vs Julius is my second favorite just for the shear manliness of it.

I loved how people were comparing it to a kaiju fight. Lol.

[Sharpandpointies]

at least we see that the fighters who advance show some wear and tear, even with the advanced medicial crap they had on the island.

Exactly. They're superhuman, okay. They have superscience medicine, okay. I can buy them limping back to the fights, ready to go.

But they still weren't at top form.

My favorite character was Imai Cosmo as I liked his character arc and I think he pulled off the "cocky young main character" shtick better than Ohma did. He had a solid character arc, grit, strategy and was fun off the fighting stage as well.

I really thought Cosmo was a great character, and rather 'realistic' in his fear, later on (and overcoming it). ^_^

[Sharpandpointies]

Well, this is the first time I've seen Gang Ryong (Gosu) get manhandled. O_o It's coming as a bit of a shock, when every other fight pretty much boiled down to 'Gang finally gets serious, people get smooshed.'

[FistofIron]

It just dawned on me that Guard Cards don’t transfer from state to state. I’ll most likely have to sit through those boring classes again��. Hopefully my company can waive it for me.

[Sharpandpointies]

It just dawned on me that Guard Cards don’t transfer from state to state. I’ll most likely have to sit through those boring classes again��. Hopefully my company can waive it for me.

Guard Cards...I'm not familiar.

[FistofIron]

Guard Cards...I'm not familiar.

It’s so I can do security work.