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Oh great could always surprise us. We have ruled Masataka because of his foreshadowing, but what if his narration is being told before a stronger person appears, sometime before the Tournament. It sounds confusing but it was never specified when his narration exactly occurs. Just a thoughtsolidis1 wrote:I think they could be foreshadowing that in the beginning of the manga but I think just one will be the top.
No, unless they're merged together at a toxic waste plant.i was thinking, could the strongest member in the history of the juukenbu be both nagi and bob? like as the the combined knuckle bomb team?
No.Mitsuomi
Tawara is a supporting character, no more, no less. This story is not about him.Tawara
I don't really give a rat's ass about the narration but it wouldn't make much sense even if Asshat narrated it.Masataka
I don't know if you have notice but Oh! great doesn't write a very conventional manga. Just because Tawara doesn't fight or Mitsoumi can't fight more then 3 minutes doesn't mean that they won't be the strongest and that the strongest person will even be the victor.Rooster wrote:No, unless they're merged together at a toxic waste plant.i was thinking, could the strongest member in the history of the juukenbu be both nagi and bob? like as the the combined knuckle bomb team?
No.Mitsuomi
Tawara is a supporting character, no more, no less. This story is not about him.Tawara
I don't really give a rat's ass about the narration but it wouldn't make much sense even if Asshat narrated it.Masataka
First, "that instant" refers to Souichirou's and Bob's enrollment in the group, so it makes sense that the strongest member is either one of them.
It could make sense if say, Masataka would be the "True Warrior" (haha) and Souichirou would be the evil gnome, in the sense that Souichirou would be the catalyst to Masataka's super enlightment, but that's a far shot.
Besides, even though I said I didn't give a rat's ass about the narration, Masataka narrating it pretty much shoots even that slim hope down (unless he has a large hidden ego and likes to refer to himself that way). And if the author suddenly says "It wasn't Masataka narrating, it was Casper the friendly ghost", well, I won't comment further on that.
Rooster was simply basing his comments on what has been provided by the text of the manga and what can be immediately discerned. That's all.Nobody1898 wrote:I don't know if you have notice but Oh! great doesn't write a very conventional manga. Just because Tawara doesn't fight or Mitsoumi can't fight more then 3 minutes doesn't mean that they won't be the strongest and that the strongest person will even be the victor.
Nagi and bob seem to the main characters( psuedo main characters if you ask me) and the obvious choice to be the strongest but the way the story has been writen so far I wouldn't be so sure about it. all we can do is speculate.
As the translator, I should say that what was said there exactly was:kujoe wrote: Rooster was simply basing his comments on what has been provided by the text of the manga and what can be immediately discerned. That's all.
Rooster's point is that Masataka clearly refers to the coming of the "strongest" during that specific moment, and as the narrator, he was clearly referring to the coming of the "strongest" with the immediate fact that they just gained two new members.
(Well, I changed Yawaraken group to Jyuukenbu. I should also go back and fix vol4 I think I call it Jyuuken group there.) Anyway, it doesn't say the strongest member joined, it says that was the birth. You can interpret that in many ways, and I'm sure Oh! Great left it intentionally vague to leave himself some wiggle room.Translator wrote: * (English by fugu) that instant was the birth of what has been called the strongest member in the history of the Jyuukenbu group
* (Japanese by fugu) 柔剣部史上最強といわれるメンバーが誕生した瞬間でもあった
Yes, that is another theme that Oh! Great treads over constantly. In fact, that's something that he's intentionally exploring himself. I think his idea of "strongest" has changed over time as well.kujoe wrote:Plus, Bunshichi and Mitsuomi weren't even there to begin with. To also assume that Masataka was referring to himself in that scene changes the entire scene dramatically--in the sense that there was no connection at all between what was said and what just happened. In other words, the timing of his statement could've been easily changed. You could somehow read into it differently, but to be a narrator also means assuming a privileged detached position from the moment while also being present in it at the same time.
We can always speculate of course and I also think it's too early to tell who "the strongest" will be. Moreover, can we even be sure of what being "the strongest" actually means?
Yes, I agree. The many ways by which Masataka's words can be interpreted can lead to different conclusions. Nevertheless, the scene where he says it has affected the way I understood it at first glance. If Nagi and Bob weren't in that scene, my first impression regarding this would've been different.FuguTabetai wrote:Anyway, it doesn't say the strongest member joined, it says that was the birth. You can interpret that in many ways, and I'm sure Oh! Great left it intentionally vague to leave himself some wiggle room.
I think he talked about this in the Special Ultra Jump Issue interview that you're working on, right? The theme of strength may be a well-worn cliche for a story like TT, but I also think it's nice that he's actually doing something with it.FuguTabetai wrote:Yes, that is another theme that Oh! Great treads over constantly. In fact, that's something that he's intentionally exploring himself. I think his idea of "strongest" has changed over time as well.
Yes, I like that aspect as well. He talks at length about what strength is, and his search for an answer in the interview. (up at http://tjtg.mangatranslation.com/TJTG_s ... Trans.html for those of you reading along.)kujoe wrote: I think he talked about this in the Special Ultra Jump Issue interview that you're working on, right? The theme of strength may be a well-worn cliche for a story like TT, but I also think it's nice that he's actually doing something with it.
Yes, that changes it a bit. Essentially everyone in the room is a candidate, let's look at the others:Anyway, it doesn't say the strongest member joined, it says that was the birth. You can interpret that in many ways, and I'm sure Oh! Great left it intentionally vague to leave himself some wiggle room.
Maybe Kujoe is the strongest.Rooster wrote:Kujoe already killed Mitsuomi and Bunshinchi from the race so no need to re-address that.
very true. My opinions from what i read in pure power its a toss up between nagi and aya for first place when they both fully master there powers they will forces to be reckoned with Masataka a close third very strong when determined has great ki manipulating skills bob is forth his natural strength is quite incredible even mitsoumi saw that.Banorac wrote:You should really read some more Ten Ten before making a statement like that kiddo
true but bunshichi isn't part of the jukeenbu anymore so that is why i didn't mention him.MrProphet wrote:In terms of power and stamina, Bunshichi is king. He went against a guy who, technically, can see through every move and predict the future, yet Tawara still whupped his ass.
Maya isn't really skillful, she only know how to avoid a lot of other techniques, but on her own she has a rather limited arsenal.
True, but I think the circumstances of that fight provided him the chance. I don't think this downplays his achievement but admittedly, I don't think Bunshichi would've won if it came down to a fight with Shin without any interuption.MrProphet wrote:In terms of power and stamina, Bunshichi is king. He went against a guy who, technically, can see through every move and predict the future, yet Tawara still whupped his ass.
I don't think we've ever seen a straight-forward one-on-one by-the-book fight in this series. With the exception of maybe Mitsuomi's fight in the finals, and that wasn't against an opponent on par with him.kujoe wrote:True, but I think the circumstances of that fight provided him the chance. I don't think this downplays his achievement but admittedly, I don't think Bunshichi would've won if it came down to a fight with Shin without any interuption.
He would fare extremely well or the most likely outcome whip his ass three ways till sunday. Bunshichi is the sol badguy of tenjo tenge totally lazy yet so damn strongpv82 wrote:But how would he fair against Mits???Banorac wrote:Tawara, with both his legs destroyed, defeated Shin, who had the gift of the Dragons eye ... no doubt about it, Tawara is the greatest :p
Until I see more proof, Bunshichi is all just hype as far as I'm concerned.Vampire Advent wrote:He would fare extremely well or the most likely outcome whip his ass three ways till sunday. Bunshichi is the sol badguy of tenjo tenge totally lazy yet so damn strongpv82 wrote:But how would he fair against Mits???Banorac wrote:Tawara, with both his legs destroyed, defeated Shin, who had the gift of the Dragons eye ... no doubt about it, Tawara is the greatest :p
Well I'm not claiming he is weak, I'm just saying from what I've seen so far I'm not willing to say Bunshichi is all that incredible. Sure he's probably stronger than anyone except Nagi, Masataka, Aya, Maya and Mistuomi but against any of them I'm going to have to say he'd lose. Sure he beat Shin, but Shin was holding back. And we saw during Shin's fight with Mits when he didn't hold back that all it took was an elbow to put him in the hospital (this time after Shin had already been beaten to a bloody pulp). And we already know he said one of his only weaknesses is Maya's boobs so he'd never beat her or Aya even without the dragon eye (I may even have to throw in Emi too).MrProphet wrote:That's a totally bogus argument, kk1.
By your reasoning, Madoka would totally whoop Tawara's ass, only because... well, we've never seen him beat her, right?
Seeing a fight between two people is not necessary to evaluate their strenght. There is such a thing called "comparative strenght". Based on Tawara's fights against Fu Chi'en and Shin (and in part against Nagi), we can safely say that's he'll probably beat anyone beneath their level and someone on par with them.
Plus, Tawara has the advantage of experience other everyone else. Young Guns like Nagi might think that their super technique du jour is the beat-all-end-all kind of thing, but just as Bunshichi and Maya have shown, super techniques can be easily countered.
Pfft that's just experience against someone who had just learned a new technique, what one week earlier? A technique he'd seen for years, from Mitsuomi, Maya and Shin. Nagi is a little more experienced in all his powers now and I'd really like to know where Bunshichi would have seen all these red feather powers used, did he follow Makiko around as she collected them?MrProphet wrote: Exactly!
Bunshichi gave Nagi a lesson in the limitations of the Forged Needle while explaining it in detail. This shows that he has quite a lot of knowledge about "secret techniques".
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And he was just joking about the "boobs".
Maya was weaker 2 years ago (and only because she didn't know about his power plus it was 5 on 1) I guess she hasn't improved in that time? Plus if it wasn't for Masatka zombie Fu would have blown up and taken Bunshichi with him...MrProphet wrote:
I am sure that he'd beat Aya and Emi any given day. Maya might be more of a problem, but hey, Maya is weaker than Fu, while Tawara beat Fu. Hence, that makes Maya (without the Reiki) weaker that Tawara.