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by MrProphet
Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:58 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Election Tournament
Replies: 10
Views: 14556

OG hasn't abandoned or changed the original story he's just revealed what was really behind it all and it's all coming together. I am not saying that he abandoned the Election Tournament story. What I am saying is that since the time when the Tournament was set up, a lot of new story has been uncov...
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:41 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Oh CMX, I guess you don't want my money after all
Replies: 76
Views: 93618

How long is their licence for? Why would you get a limited licence for on ongoing manga? Sounds like more BS. Licenses DO lapse eventually. That's not unusual and more common, actually. Although, license contracts usually last for several years, it's impossible to say anything in each particular ca...
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:02 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Air Gear manga coming to the U.S.
Replies: 40
Views: 73098

Thanks a lot for the heads up, Natsume Maya. Good to hear that Del Rey aparently did the right thing and stayed true to the original.

Not that AG required a lot of censorship, compared to TJTG, but it's the thought that counts. 8)
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:46 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Election Tournament
Replies: 10
Views: 14556

Well, technically, the Election Tournament is held with just that purpose: election. The point is that Todou students fight for the right to become the enforcement group. Maya's added qualification that this particular election Tournament will also unofficially be a place for her and Mitsuomi to set...
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:12 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Strange Question About Maya
Replies: 14
Views: 28437

I am also of the opinion that she was not raped.

For one thing, there was no time. And the whole point of the scene was not to rape Maya, but to make Shin believe that she was raped.
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:53 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Anyone have the wallpaper from the TT S-manga site?
Replies: 1
Views: 5301

The last password was in Fight 85. But it no longer works.

Maybe they've changed the place where they put the passwords, but, in any case, that website doesn't really have any good wallpapers from past experience.
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 22, 2006 10:22 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

I think we'll see more of the Dragon Fist next month. Maybe even an explanation of how it works (especially if it will matter back in the Present Arc). The present Kabane has stated that: <i>"Dragon's Eye" which can consume an unlimited supply of "ki", there was the "Dragon's Fist" which can collect...
by MrProphet
Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:23 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

To add to kk1's remark, Reiki isn't a source of any power by itself. It's just a device to control one's own power to higher degree of precision. Shoujou was just using his own Dragon Gate (copycat ability) more efficienly using Reiki. You might say that Reiki made him better at it, but it added not...
by MrProphet
Thu Jul 20, 2006 2:17 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

I don't think there is any way to prove or disprove that. We know that she can see present, future and past at a distance. That's the whole point of her power. Exactly how she does that is debatable, because we don't really know the exact mechanism. Let's assume that Shin or Aya is in a fight. Or re...
by MrProphet
Thu Jul 20, 2006 1:58 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Then how about page 22 chapter 94, where past Aya "feels" the concern of futur Aya and mistakes her for Ichiyou? Past Aya even responds to futur's nod, that hard to do if all futur Aya can do is "see" the past... See my note above. Well if you could go back in time in a ship but could only observe ...
by MrProphet
Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:12 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Anybody else growing weary?
Replies: 17
Views: 27605

Honestly, I am a bit annoyed, but I love the novelty of the Ancient Arc. It's like Oh! Great decided to create a separate series for me to enjoy until we get back to the pressing matters. I'm not bored in the least, but I feel that just the unexpectedness aspect of the flashback is good. I certainly...
by MrProphet
Thu Jul 20, 2006 6:43 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

I don't see how that is proving that she is time-travelling. The emphasis is on "seeing", "senses" and "feeling". Just as it ever was with the Dragon Eye. And I never disagreed with anything Agent_Wax said. In fact, he only confirmed my ideas. Dragon Eye is the ability to see the present, past and f...
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:48 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Well, that's what I meant as well. 8)

And Reiki is actually helping Aya control the Dragon Eye, just like it helped Shin. Although I don't know if Shin also had a naked babe constantly at his side. :roll:

And why is Shoujou the Count? :?
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:03 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Technically she is time travelling, just not her physical body. It was explained back in the first past arc that the Dragon's eye let's the user see the past and future, it's not an illusion constructed by Reiki or her power. Aya did actually see past events as they happened. I think that isn't cor...
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:19 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

In other words, if she spends a minute watching something in the past, she'll age a minute in the present. I think that's speculative. Maybe she does, maybe she doesn't. We won't know untill she 'wakes up', so to speak. Aya is using her Dragon Eye to see the past, thus she isn't actually "time-trav...
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:04 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Then I see the possibility for a major twist, Maya is able to whisper to Mits what's going on or Aya is able to tell him (I think there's a good reason OG had him send Madoka off and Maya unable to fight) and Mits goes back and stops Inue from sticking his eye in Nagi but leaves himself too weak an...
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:52 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Well, technically, Aya is travelling in the past, thus she can return back to her body at the almost exact same time she left it. I assume that she doesn't have to zoom forward the same amount that she zoomed back. One thing I don't understand from this chapter is why there are two Kagiroi's running...
by MrProphet
Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:45 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Wow! What a chapter. Did she really do what I think she did? http://www.mrprophet.com/temp/v16c96.zip You can say that when least expected, the Ancient Arc took an unprecedented turn! To be concise: as everything seems fine and dandy, Ichiyou visits Shoujou and Ieyasu, bids them goodbye and then lea...
by MrProphet
Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 96
Replies: 70
Views: 109389

Heh, the feathers in modern clothing are cute. Let's see if I recognize them:

Top row: Wani, Kabane, Natsume, Shoujou
Bottom row: Tsumuji, Nagi, Kabuto.

Seems like Tokugawa's forces finally took Osaka Castle.

And the Flash preview is now here: http://www.s-manga.net/mens/uj/tenjou.swf
by MrProphet
Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:08 pm
Forum: General Manga / Misc.
Topic: Air Gear
Replies: 103
Views: 344707

Tachibana wrote:dumb question, but wtf is a "tuner"???? and thanks for answering
A 'tuner' in AG world is someone who tunes the skates. Sort of like the Air Trek engineer or technician.
by MrProphet
Sun Jul 16, 2006 1:29 pm
Forum: General Manga / Misc.
Topic: Air Gear
Replies: 103
Views: 344707

WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS btw, why is Ringo going up against Ikki?? Or vice versa.....I know it has something to do with that guy (don't know his name) telling Ikki that Ringo's the leader of Sleeping Forest and one of the 8 Kings, but is she testing him or something...... Because Ikki is the next ...
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:51 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

BTW, can someone translate these three? They were included in vol. 15. Just a overall description will do, if they have something interesting at to the story. http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/521/1059v1059v151047bz.th.jpg http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/7862/1059v1059v151382ir.th.jpg http://img...
by MrProphet
Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:20 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

by MrProphet
Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:47 pm
Forum: General Manga / Misc.
Topic: Air Gear
Replies: 103
Views: 344707

Looking good, huh? Both will be out in September, curtesy of Megahouse. http://www.mpsnet.co.jp/hobbynet/Photos/mega-000369L.jpg http://www.mpsnet.co.jp/hobbynet/ProductOne.aspx?pno=23947 http://www.mpsnet.co.jp/hobbynet/Photos/mega-000368L.jpg http://www.mpsnet.co.jp/hobbynet/ProductOne.aspx?pno=23...
by MrProphet
Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:19 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

Speaking of Bun-chan. 8)

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by MrProphet
Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

shouki wrote:Nothing else of note.
Not even this one?

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Damn, I really wanted a clear version of this Maya.
by MrProphet
Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:40 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

What about the inserts? Have we already seen them all, or any new color stuff?

My copy is still on its way here.
by MrProphet
Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:52 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

kk1 wrote:Haha dude how can you not see it's a locical fallacy :P finally someone else gets to have fun with Mr. Prophet, I feel so vindicated.
How old are you, kk1?
by MrProphet
Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:50 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Well, what do you want me to say? You proposed that since Shoujou killed Ono, then killing is a prerequisite for his copying techinque. But that is a logical fallacy! Just because two events occur at the same time does not prove that one is a cause and the other is the effect. The only way to demons...
by MrProphet
Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:43 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Like I've already said, nothing in the actual text/images suggests what you are proposing, thus there is nothing to discuss here. *shrug*
by MrProphet
Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:45 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Something like that. Dragon Gates are ki-based techinques. Their power comes from within, but never from without. For a while we all thought that somehow Reiki was amplifying Shin's power, but it actually was only helping him control it. The technique itself, the Dragon Eye, came from Shin's own 8th...
by MrProphet
Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:39 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Ahh, but he was only relinquishing the copied ki to someone else, not 'burning a new copy' himself. He copied Zenki and Ono only after they had been beheaded. That is actually a logical fallacy of implying causation from mere correlation. Just because two events occur together, it is false to assum...
by MrProphet
Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:28 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Does anyone else think the guy on the bottom of page 29 (I didn't catch his name) looks like Bunshichi? His name is Sanada Yukimura and he is quite a legendary fellow. And to answer your question, he certainly does, if one considers his general physique, the sun-bleached hair and stubble on his chin.
by MrProphet
Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:02 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Another thing no one has brought up, where's Reiki? Remember at the end of the last chapter alot of us speculated we'd finally get to see why Souhaku is afraid of Reiki and how it was used to defeat him? Well? Looks like they didn't need Reiki after all, he must just fear the extra power it gives r...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:12 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Something doesn't jive... doesn't Shyoujyou need to kill someone in order to read and duplicate his/her ki ? How could he become Souhaku if Souhaku is not actually dead? No, he only has to touch them, or even just be in their presense. Shoujou Tokuan has copied Yagyuu techniques just by being near ...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:56 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

It would be quite amusing, if Oh! Great would never actually show us what Aya saw in Souhaku's final moments and keep it a secret for a while. This way Aya can return to the present and tell everyone how DUM-DUM-DUM, she knows how to kill Souhaku, but the exact secret would not be let out untill she...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:33 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Er, I meant that after being dead for ~10 years, Yumemaru's corpse should have decomposed (apart from the bones and some bits of flesh). But the body is whole and doesn't look any different to when the dog died. That it hasn't decomposed is down to Souhaku's power, I'd say. Remember that Yumemaru h...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:20 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

btw, later, on page 22 there is an explosion - something the people inside the castle did. Maybe with Yumemaru left there, he got caught up in the explosion which is how he got separated from the fan. Well, he isn't separated from it. On the last page, the dog picks up the fan right away after gett...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:05 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

That could be correct. Look here:

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There's our Yumemaru and the fan! Looks like Souhaku was indeed burried there, but got revived when the barrier collapsed with the castle tower.
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:27 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Yumemaru should have died ~10 years ago. So by now should be a collection of bones. But clearly the body is still intact. So I think that's Souhaku's power at work. Well, judging solely by appearance, Yumemaru looks like a papillon dog breed, and those can live up to 15 years, so it's not completel...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:23 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Maybe during the last ~10 years, Souhaku has been managing to control Senhime a bit, and maybe even caused Sanada and co to get rebelious. But did he actually die 10 years ago when Ichiyou found him and Senhime in the circle? It seems to me that he died and transfered his soul into Yumemaru. Does t...
by MrProphet
Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:34 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

LOL. "Ichiyou. Nagi Ichiyou Kengo" . Ichiyou is positively James Bond-ish. 8) http://mrprophet.com/temp/v16c95.zip That's one confusing chapter. I had to read it thrice to get what's going on. OK, so we have Shoujou disguised as Tenkai, directing Tokugawa troops against Osaka, which is held by Toyot...
by MrProphet
Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:38 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

Maybe. But still, the timeline is confusing me.

A slightly larger Madoka cover. 8)

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by MrProphet
Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:30 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

And here's the large cover, clickable.

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by MrProphet
Sun Jun 18, 2006 11:22 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

The seem to be also attaching these cards with the vol. 15 release.

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God, please make that Maya card something like an insert for vol. 15 as well.
by MrProphet
Sun Jun 18, 2006 5:26 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 95
Replies: 69
Views: 103577

So, this is the Siege of Osaka. I am mighty confused now. The siege happened in 1614, which would mostly fit into the timeline and explain our reservations about Senhime's age. But how does that reconcile with the fact that Ono Tadaaki came to Tokugawa in 1593? Unless, Ono already served the Shogun'...
by MrProphet
Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:34 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Volume 15
Replies: 28
Views: 43092

Volume 15

Here's the cover. Looks like it's Aya-2. Larger version in a couple of days, most likely. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/search/book_image/4-08-877104-4.jpg Beautiful colors. Oh! Great draws simply amazing dress patterns. PS: Oh, and on a side-note, Oh! Great won the Kodansha manga award for Air Gear r...
by MrProphet
Sat Jun 03, 2006 9:29 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 94
Replies: 75
Views: 123126

I can provide you with tank scan for the modified version. If you ever decide to get it going, just PM me.
by MrProphet
Fri May 26, 2006 7:40 am
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 94
Replies: 75
Views: 123126

Great info and work by everybody, I'm so glad I found this website. I probably wouldn't enjoy TT half as much if I just got the scanlations. There are scanlations? :shock: Like before , I should have added :D , I haven't seen one lately but vol 14 does have them. So does 15.... and 16... :roll:
by MrProphet
Thu May 25, 2006 6:42 pm
Forum: Tenjo Tenge
Topic: Fight 94
Replies: 75
Views: 123126

Thanks for the speedy translation, Fugu. Good stuff, as always. I found it cute how Oh! Great was able to resolve two mysteries at the same time: 1) We found out why Yagyuu Yoshikatsu, despite being a great swordsman and a scion of a famous family, is almost never mentioned anywhere and pretty much ...