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is all rounder Meguru the most realistic and/or best manga about martial arts?
Teppu has a pretty realistically depressing outlook on female MMA and also toned 15 yearold tummies
>>27782ARM is the most realistic, Tekken-Den Tough is the best.
>>27795>also toned 15 yearold tummiesThere it is. Only took the first post.
>>27795>Jeff Kendall-WeedTeppu also started before Ronda made womens MMA more popular, so the depressing outlook made even more sense back then
>>27782If you are into Japanese sword arts then Busou Shoujo Machiavellism is pretty good. Every style and techniques is real, the way they are described is also correct. The depictions of the techniques can be kinda wrong due to the animation being a bit bad, especially in the first few episodes. For example jikishinkage ryu's ryubi and aun breathing are shown incorrectly.
>>27795i thought teppu was kickboxing only
>>27857Nope, it's MMA. Read it. It's not long.
holyland is pretty good, its about various martial arts being applied to street fighting.
>>27888Holyland isn't realistic though, certainly not as much as it tries to be. MC learns how to punch from a fucking book
>>27801To be fair Teppu somehow makes the tummies a bit unsexy(unlike real life ones). A lot of the fighting girls are too lean or too toned.Sometimes hard to see MC as a cute girl when she's so flat with washboard abs
>>27782You already posted it
>>27782Karate minoru is fun, but very biased against grapplers
>>28048It also has gay rape in itRuined the manga for me
>>28105
Kengan Ashura/Omega isn't the most realistic but it's one of the best that I've read.
>>28140Why the fuck do you have to torture me like thatWhat did i ever do to you
>>28141You should read more manga NOOB
>>27782Yawara is great, I've only watched the anime but if the manga is as good it's fantastic.
>>28333The manga is rarer to find then a Sack of free diamonds, in and off the internet I think it's not even fully translated
>>28105Only as a joke for a couple of early chapters, Pedro is eternally cockblocked after that.
I like Kokou Tekken: Tough. The sequel manga is way better than the original, but I like it more than Baki (less than Kengan tho)
>>28048>>28105It also has a tranny that beats the shit out of the gay rapist. It's great
>>28425liking something "more than baki" is like saying positive number X is "higher than 0"the only worth the manga has is making fun of the awful art
>>28427Sounds abs. retarded
>>27782it's not MMA but I would recommend Ippo for boxing.
>>28425Absolutely not, the original is miles ahead of the sequel.
>>28490Another recurring gag is that the karate sensei has really terrible hemorrhoids and how this impacts his fighting
>>28453Yeah, but Baki used to be pretty good, especially the art style. Early Baki chapters are kino>>28490It is. Fortunately the tranny and the rapist aren't majorly important>>28572You are wrong and your opinion is bad
>>28604>>28604>>>28453 (You)>Yeah, but Baki used to be pretty good, especially the art style. Early Baki chapters are kinoplease report to the nearest sterilization facility because your garbage taste could be hereditary
>>28618My kids will realize Baki isn't good after the Death Row Inmates arc? Can't wait for them to breed your lesser kind out :^y
>>28425Tough is great. I still remember that page in the sequel where he eats bland food and explains he eats for gains not fun. Kiibo absolutely /ourguy/
>>28640Reading about nadashinkageryu's acupuncture and shit was super relaxing for me. When I first read Tough I was training judo at some place that does "danzan ryu," which is some judo-massage combo so it felt bretty cool.
>>28604>You are wrong and your opinion is badThe original has all of the best fights and much more emphasis on actual martial arts instead of ki bullshit.
>>28664The ki bullshit doesn't show up until lategame. Even the autistic shit they tried to push in the forest tournament arc was pretty mellow. And besides, big boy Kiichi is just so much more handsome and cool.
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Shamo is excellent if you remove the China/chi bullshit and the last arc.
>>28834Isn''t that the one where he goes to jail for killing his parents lol
>>28105Hot
>>28697You're right that the forest tournament is still good, but I still think that the fights in the original were better, and I prefer the arcs there too. It really feels like the Author didn't know where he wanted to end the story.
>>27966This. And there is this guy who manages to win against a guy with a knife completely unscathed.
>>27798ARM?
>>29335Based on context clues, All Rounder Meguru
>>28495Ippo uses too many outdated techniques.
>>28838yeah thats the one
>>30382isn't that believable because it takes place in Japan though
>>30402Japan has always had a strong boxing scene and currently one of the top 3 pound for pound guys comes from there (Inoue)
>>29335>>29369Yeah, All-Rounder
>>27782holyland is good for karate wank. breaker is just an easy read.
Is there any good manga that gives grappling at least as much importance as it does to striking?
>>31004don't most that focus on mma? ARM has several tournaments in it that are only grappling no strikes
I could beat the FUCK out of everyone here
It's gotta be Cestus. Ancient Roman slave boxing AND Imperial intrigue? Count me the fuck in>>28838but doesn't go to jail for rape
>>27968>pigeon-toedWhy do people think this is cute
>>28604>>28048>It is. Fortunately the tranny and the rapist aren't majorly importantThey still keep the rapist on the team, even though he provides no value.At least the ninjutsu fanatic is out there getting intel on other fighters.Counterpuncher Best Boy
>>27966Holyland is fairly realistic since, to be fair, the guy only goes against untrained guys in his weightclass and gets his shit kicked in all the time by people who actually knew what they were doing.
>>31004Teppu has BJJ comps as part of its story, both gi and nogi
>>32956>and gets his shit kicked in all the time by people who actually knew what they were doing.His first two fights are against people who should have absolutely run through him
>>32980The judo guy could of kicked his ass he just did not follow upon the ground and kept letting him get back up. Plus the throws would have been enough to finish him as well if he did not have his backpack breaking his fall. I forget who the 2nd guy he fights is.
>>33005Shogo is the second guy
>>27968Damn, I didn't know Ringi's dad was so huge
>>27968Why does she need to be attractive to you. It's a sports manga, not an ecchi.
>>32956>the ultimate knife defense is a somersaultNah
>>27966I dropped Holyland part of the way through, but I kinda want to pick it up again.
>>27966He's autistic so its okay.
>>28834Nah leave the China arc in but substitute it as the real last arc.
>>34413I think the original tactic of switching between high feints / low strikes and vice versa would have been the best self defense technique for dealing with an opponent equipped with a knife. I can't think of much else that keeps you relatively safe from getting stabbed or slashed.