Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi

This manga is example of that writing a review before reading complete manga is a bad idea. To me, this manga is great, but i have one problem with it , at the beginning it's very good and interesting but near the end it's just mediocre and boring. This is a martial arts manga with a little bit of romance and comedy. The story is about Kenichi Shirahama - a teenage kid who learns martial arts and being inspired by Miu Furinji to become stronger and be able to protect her. The story plot is great but later from good martial arts manga itbecomes very dull battle manga, with very flashy fights and very pathos speeches which makes no sense at all. Same problem with characters. There are a lot of really memorable and interesting characters, but at the end author throws so many new characters which appears only in couple of frames, which makes them looks unnecessary in story. Don't get me wrong, I think this is a really good manga. It is just a little bit disappointing to me how manga changed in long period of publishing. I still will recommend this to read, just don't expect to much from it.

Review in english( i make in portuguese and i just got the text and threw in the translator). I fell in love with the manga but the reason I'm doing this review is that I need to describe somehow what I felt when I finished the manga, warning will have spoilers, for me the manga was mt good had two great scenes but I'll start by saying the things that do not I liked the manga first a small detail that I thought was a bit of a failure kenichi defeat kanou shou (I said it would have spoilers) and he was technically the strongest ofyomi since he was a leader and after defeating kenichi he suffers to win the rest and has to train a lot to face opponents who theoretically would be weaker but this detail up to the point of showing up because this fight was good. Now we go to the parts that made me sad the end was very rushado and I do not know why it was that way maybe it was not already selling so much but anyway the manga seems so much that it was forced to end there, something that I found unnecessary was the creation of the armed division of yami she only helped the story get messier putting more characters for the author to deal which ended up leaving many characters loose in this story if he had just made a duel with the rest of yami vs ryanzopaku and some others masters that they had "ally" would be so much easier had everything to be good, doing this way since it was balanced both sides but with this armed division only served to unbalance the level of strength of the sides and complicate the completion of history. the author only added them to have more people fighting with weapons but in my opinion if that was why it did not have to be so many characters since it gave j Eito was all out of balance. Another fact is that with the final fight of the protagonist was weak that could have been made with another character that had a greater rivalry despite the idea of ​​someone without talent equal to kenichi to be good I thought it ended up being poorly executed and the victory did not have as much weight, maybe the Kenichi faced somebody of the master level was interesting him giving a mitada in the end and proving that it evolved. The relationship between Kenichi and Miu was somehow beautiful because Kenichi tried very hard to get Miu and I even understand that the author did not want to put her kissing Kenichi as soon as he saved her at some time but had to have had at least in the end a scene of the two together almost 600 chapters to have no scene, at least she kissed his face but it's not the same Kenichi deserved it. Another thing about the final fight that was meaningless was the exchange of the side of the people of yami I did not see much sense in that and also in the pq Miu's father decided to fight the clan guy right in the end he stayed on the side of the guy all the time for later in the end he decides to fight it got too much in the sense another small detail that bothered me Miu's father owning a youthful appearance to my view he had to look a little older but that's just a detail. Another detail that was not explained because Kenichi did not have anger of the Kensei and because the Kensei has become of the evil this is something more that lacked. In relation to the final chapter he was not bad the author gave the minimum of the relationship between Kenichi and Miu but I think he could have done the ending otherwise showing the older class might have been more interesting, or showing the evolution type the day they married Miu and Kenichi okay he even showed a picture of them but it could be like the masters crying seeing him marrying Miu the guests their friends and tals and tbm the marriage kiss between Miu and Kenichi and the old man handing Miu over to Kenichi and saying take care of her it would have been epic. Overall I despite having found things I did not like I found things I loved, even with this everything is one of my favorite anime / manga. Em português. Me apaixonei pelo manga mas o motivo pelo qual estou fazendo essa review é que preciso descrever de alguma forma oque eu senti quando terminei o manga, aviso terá spoilers, para mim o manga foi mt bom teve duas cenas ótimas porem começarei falando as coisas que não gostei no manga primeiro um pequeno detalhe que achei que foi um pouco uma falha kenichi derrota kanou shou(eu disse que teria spoilers) e ele técnicamente era o mais forte da yomi ja que era lider e depois de kenichi derrotalo ele sofre para ganhar do restante e tem que treinar muito para enfrentar oponentes que teoricamente seriam mais fraco mas esse detalhe até da para relevar até porque essa luta foi boa, mas uma falha que vi em Kenichi ao derrotar o Kanou Shou ja no começo é que isso fez com que ele perdesse o maior vilão porque depois disso ele não acha nenhum grande rival igual a Kanou Shou . Agora iremos para as partes que mais fiquei triste o final foi muito rushado e eu nao sei o pq q foi dessa forma possivelmente ja nao estava vendendo tanto mas de qualquer forma o manga parece muito que ele foi obrigado a acabar ali, uma coisa que achei desnecessária foi a criação da divisão armada da yami ela só ajudou a história ficar mais bagunçada colocando mais personagens para o autor lidar oque acabou deixando muitos personagens soltos nessa história se ele apenas tivesse feito um duelo com o restante da yami vs o ryanzopaku e alguns outros mestres que eles tinham "aliado" seria tão mais facil tinha tudo para ser bom, fazendo desse jeito ja que estava equilibrado ambos os lados mas com essa divisão armada só serviu para desbalancear o nivel de força dos lados e complicar a finalização da historia.Talvez o autor só tenha os acrescentado para ter mais pessoas lutando com armas mas na minha opinião se foi por isso não precisava ser tantos personagens ja que desse jeito ficou tudo desbalanceado. Outro fato é que com a luta final do protagonista foi fraca que poderia ter sido feita com outro personagem que tivesse uma maior rivalidade apesar da idéia de alguem sem talento igual ao kenichi até ser boa achei que acabou sendo mal executada e a vitória não teve tanto peso, talvez o Kenichi enfrentado alguem do nivel mestre fosse interessante ele dando uma mitada no final e provando que evoluiu. O relacionamento entre o Kenichi e a Miu era de certa forma bonito porque o Kenichi se esforçou muito para conseguir a Miu e eu até entendo que o autor não quis coloca-la beijando o Kenichi assim que a salvasse em alguma vez mas tinha que ter tido pelo menos no final uma cena dos dois juntos quase 600 capitulos para não ter nenhuma cena, pelo menos ela deu um beijo no rosto dele mas não é a mesma coisa o Kenichi merecia isso. Outra coisa sobre a luta final que foi sem sentido foi a troca del lado do pessoal da yami eu não vi muito sentido naquilo e tambem no pq o pai da Miu decidiu lutar contra o cara do clã justo no final ele ficou do lado do cara o tempo todo para depois no final ele decidir lutar isso ficou muito no sense outro pequeno detalhe que me incomodou o pai do Miu possuir uma aparencia jovem ao meu ver ele tinha que aparentar um pouco mais velho mas isso é só um detalhe. Outro detalhe que não foi explicado porque o Kenichi não tinha raiva do Kensei e porque o Kensei se tornou do mal essa é mais uma coisa que faltou. Em relação ao capitulo final ele não estava ruim o autor entregou o minimo da relação entre Kenichi e Miu mas acho que ele poderia ter feito o final de outra maneira mostrando a turma mais velha talvez teria sido mais interessante, ou mostrando a evoluçao tipo o dia que se casaram Miu e Kenichi tudo bem que ele até mostrou uma foto deles mas poderia ser tipo que os mestres chorando vendo ele se casando com a Miu os convidados os amigos deles e tals e tbm o beijo do casamento entre Miu e Kenichi e o ancião entregando a Miu para o Kenichi e dizendo cuide bem dela isso teria sido épico. No geral eu apesar de ter encontrado coisas que eu não gostei eu encontrei coisas que eu amei, mesmo com isso tudo é um dos meus animes/mangás favoritos.

tl;dr: A very long but high quality battle shounen with somewhat of a weak supporting cast and a rushed ending. This manga is about Kenichi, a boy who after being bullied tries to overcome his weak self by joining a dojo. However, as luck would have it the dojo he ends up joining is Ryozanpaku. This dojo is unique in that it isn’t dedicated to a particular type of martial arts, rather each of six masters that inhabit the dojo practice completely different styles. The only thing that the masters have in common is that they’re absurdly strong. It turns out that Kenichi has absolutely notalent for martial arts of any style. However, he has the genuine desire to get stronger and the willpower to push himself beyond his limits to do so. And thus, all six masters of Ryozanpaku agree to take Kenichi as their disciple. As is the case with a lot of shounen manga, this manga starts off small scale but grows tremendously in scale as it progresses. I think this takes it farther than most though, with the only shounen I can think of with a similar level of progression being Air Gear. It starts off with Kenichi simply using martial arts to stand his ground against bullies. This catches the attention of the most prominent gang in the town, Ragnarok, who he then ends up having to face off against. And then an even bigger gang. And as things keep going, suddenly Kenichi is fighting with the fate of modern civilization on the line. Despite that, this manga actually does a pretty good job at power scaling. This is because it keeps two very distinct tiers of combatants, master and disciple level. While Kenichi certainly does get stronger over the course of the manga, he remains a disciple to the end. And thus, over the course of the manga he fights stronger and stronger disciples. These disciple fights are the only fights in the early parts of the manga, but as the manga progresses there are more and more fights between masters, and by the final arc it has both tiers in equal. Master fights are at a completely different level from those of Kenichi and also have a completely different flow to them. While disciple fights are about showing the results of training and growth, the master fights are about crazy super human combat spectacles. The manga having both allowed the overarching plot to grow massively in scale while giving Kenichi’s growth arc breathing room to be well written. The two tiers being intermixed also helped with variety, thus allowing the manga to flow better which helped with pacing. Add in that there’s also a lot of good comedy and that the mangaka knows when it’s time to wrap up arcs and move on, and you get a manga that was pretty interesting all the way through, which is impressive considering that it’s 61 volumes long. That’s not to say there weren’t issues. The manga did a pretty good job with the members of Ryozanpaku, by which I mean Kenichi, Miu, and the six masters. Kenichi’s and Miu’s relationship development was slower than I would have liked, but all in all was solid enough. Both of them have decent character growth, and Miu and the six masters all get pretty well fleshed out backgrounds as well. The side characters unfortunately were handled nowhere near as well. The issue seemed to be that it was trying too hard to keep characters relevant long past when they stopped fitting into the story well. There were characters like Nijima, Hermit, Sieg, and Renka that were cool all the way through, but a lot of Kenichi’s ‘party’ felt like it had no place taking part in the conflicts they ended up in, such as Takeda, Ukita, Freya or Valkyrie. There were lots of colorful and more interesting characters introduced after them that the focus would have been better spent on. The manga also seems to suffer the standard issue of villains being forgiven or redeemed too easily, but I suppose that’s par for the course and this manga is better than most shounen I would say. The biggest issue with this manga was definitely the ending though. The final three volumes are rushed to the point that it’s hard to appreciate any of what it’s trying to do. It tried to wrap up a whole bunch of plot threads while also trying to give a lot of characters their moment to shine, and in the end, it just ends up as a mess. Characters behave in ways that feel incredibly inconsistent, and as a result a lot of the plot feels pretty forced. The pacing is also terrible. The epilogue is good in terms of what it shows the ending is, but at the same time it goes through it so quickly, especially the most important parts, that it’s not all that satisfying. In the end while I was satisfied with the manga overall, I was pretty disappointed with the ending. The art of the manga is fantastic, especially the color art. It started off a bit rough, but improved tremendously. Character designs and framing are also excellent. The scanlation involves a lot of different groups, which I suppose shouldn’t be surprising considering how long it is. Thus, the quality of the translation, and the quality of the scans, ranges from good to awful. Still, all in all even the bad quality parts weren’t too difficult to push through.