Nanikashira kojitsuketewa
lya na koto sakete ikiteta
Naiyou nante naiyone
Dono michi no tatsujin mo
Ichinichi ja naritatte nai
Sono risouzou mune ni daki
Muda guchi kikazu
Wakime mo furazu
Demo nakidashi soude nagedashitaku natte
Yowai jibun ni makesou naraba
Sonna jibun torikago ni ire
Tani e tsukiotose
Soshite kitto dare yori shinjite kureteru
yatsura no tame shinnen no tame
Tsuyoku nareru
Tsuranukya iisa
As the gang group Ragnarok continues to keep their eyes on me,
I, Kenichi Shirahama, spend another day making a strategic withdraw.
The members of the Ragnarok are extremely persistent.
They don't even give me a break on Sundays.
Not bad, you son of a bitch! I am Takashi Furukawa.
It's a pretty ordinary name, but I'm planning on making
my name a synonym of the Ragnarok in the future!
I don't care about stuff like that!
I was looking forward to going shopping with Miu-san today!
How dare you interrupt that?
Too bad! If I can drag you to Kisara-sama,
I'll get promoted as one of the men reporting directly to her!
Who the heck is "Kisara-sama" anyway?
"Barbeque & Broiled Innards FURAIEN" Who the heck is "Kisara-sama" anyway?
"Barbeque & Broiled Innards FURAIEN" By the way, let me ask you something!
"Barbeque & Broiled Innards FURAIEN" Wh-What is it?
What the hell is that?
Whoa, she's amazing as usual!
She's already wiped them out two minutes after they started picking
a fight with us! And not only that, she's not even breaking a sweat!
Whoa, whoa,
wouldn't Kisara-sama be happier if I brought that chick to her instead?
But the one I was asked to bring is this guy.
Orders are absolute in the Ragnarok!
Th-This is bad! If this all ends without me defeating even one guy,
my pride as a man and reputation will be...
I'm not done yet! Oh, huh?
B-Blood? Damn it!
I'm bleeding! Crap, it hurts!
Uh, are you okay?
Kenichi-san, they say young people these days tend to snap really easily.
Please be careful!
I'll kill you!
Using a knife? That's not fair! It'd hurt if I got stabbed!
- I could die, you know... - Shut up!
I'm going to handle it somehow and get inside his range...
I'm so scared!
You can't use a weapon against a barehanded opponent!
That's not allowed! That's against the rule!
Oh, no! I've got to show that it was not a big deal, at least at the end!
Phew, we got it under control, huh?
Huh?
What the heck is that? He sure seems depressed.
He's been like that ever since he came back from shopping.
I can't even start the training.
Apachai understand what he's going through.
Kenichi is deeply hurt.
Hey, he moved.
Should I go and comfort him?
No, don't do it.
Well, youth is all about getting down and depressed. Just leave him.
Heh. Would have never thought that would come out of you.
A knife was totally uncalled for...
I mean, I just don't have a lot of guts to begin with...
Weapons, huh?
What am I supposed to do?
I guess I'll ask Koenji-sensei
to teach me how to deal with armed opponents...
But the chances are that he's gonna make me go through
some bizarre training...
It's kind of embarrassing to ask Miu-san for help...
But, you never know, Sakaki-san might give me an in-depth training...
Huh?
Shigure-san!
Shigure-san! What are you doing?
Nothing.
It looks like Shigure wants to teach you how to use weapons, Kenichi-kun.
What?
Needless to say, Shigure can manipulate any weapon.
But I'm not interested in using weapons...
You couldn't even move when you saw a knife during the fight, right?
That's true...
Listen, Kenichi-kun.
If you want to know how to avoid weapons,
then you must get to know weapons first.
Well, I'm a little worried about leaving Shigure-san entirely in charge of this,
so I'll be watching over the training session.
I'm watching, too.
Me, too.
Miu-san! Be sure to stop her immediately when things start looking bad!
Okay, so what do we start with?
How to use a knife.
No?
Of course not!
This should do it!
Really? Are you sure?
Kenichi!
Kenichi! Snap out of it!
What's all this commotion?
Withdraw!
Well, whether it's a knife or spoon,
they're just hunks of metal as long as it doesn't hit you.
But the problem here is that Shigure never misses the mark...
So you must observe calmly and find an opening.
Are you sure this is going to work?
- Now assume a posture. - What?
L-Like this?
Do you want me to chop this hand off?
Your body is wide open. All the vital points are wide open.
First I'll teach you how to assume a posture.
Line up your body sideways.
And the hand you're not using goes on the hip.
Can you cut in?
Yes, I can!
I win.
Please let me try again!
All right.
I think it's about time for a bare-hand-against-armed-hand fight.
Wh-What do you mean, "It's about time"?
Ken-chan, what do you think is the most important thing in fighting?
Huh? Strength? Or techniques?
No! It's courage!
Without courage, you won't be able to stay calm and find your opponent's openings!
Without courage, your strength will be held back!
Without courage, your technique will never work!
Then... I won't make it. Because I have no courage.
If you have none, then you have to train yourself!
What?
Practice is the key to everything.
Shigure, you push him to the absolute edge.
Uh, okay.
Huh? What? What? Push me to the edge?
The weapon's master, Shigure Kosaka-san.
No one knows her age, and she's filled with mysteries, but...
Here I come...
Come where?
On this day,
I came to understand at least the true meaning of a "weapon's master."
Man, that was brutal...
I'm sure Shigure-san was being easy on me, but...
Huh?
I bet he's not scared of knives.
I mean, with muscles like that,
I bet knives wouldn't even penetrate into the body!
Even after all the insane trainings, I'm still far from being buff...
I wonder if the way Koetsuji-sensei trains me is really working or not...
- Perfect timing. - Huh?
I want you to come shopping with me.
Uh...
I did say I'd go shopping with you,
but why do I have to drag a tire behind me?
Am I a carriage horse or something?
I figured it'd kill two birds with one stone
if you came with me while doing the basic training.
Basic training again?
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
Koetsuji-sensei! When will I be able to graduate from the basic training?
"Graduate"? Don't be ridiculous!
There's no graduating in the basic training!
What? Does that mean that I'm going to have to run a marathon
in this embarrassing way for the rest of my life?
There's no need for you to keep running a marathon.
It's okay as long as you can keep up with your own training regime.
People in the old days didn't do a lot of muscle training anyway.
What? Then why just me?
People in the old days often spent so much time sparring,
that they didn't need to do muscle training.
"Sparring"...
If you build your muscle through sparring,
you can build only specific muscles that are necessary for fighting.
After all, other unnecessary muscles only end up
serving to hinder your movements.
However, this particular training method always puts you at risk
of getting injured.
Out of a hundred disciples,
there would only be a few who would survive to the end.
Uh...
Would you still like to try sparring, which requires no muscle training?
I-I pass!
Well, once you become a master in your own right,
it is possible to use techniques,
rather than only strength, to settle your fights.
Master, huh?
Yeah... after all, I'm being trained by the masters right now.
Koetsuji-sensei, you know,
you're not as muscular as Apachai-san or Sakaki-san.
I'm slim, aren't I?
I wonder how Koetsuji-sensei fights...
"Chinese Medicine"
I usually come here with Kensei,
"Chinese Medicine" but supposedly some limited edition book is going to come out today.
It's got to be an adult magazine...
So you usually walk back and forth between here and the dojo.
Is this a part of the training as well?
No, I'm just saving bus fares.
Stop it! I'm going to scream for help!
I just wanna ask you some questions.
Hey, that's Izumi-san! And Himeno, too!
Hmm... You know them?
You know, the girl with braids and glasses at your school...
The one with a big chest and a big forehead.
I-I don't have a big chest...
I know that!
Hey, they're the guys who got beat up by Miu-san a long time ago!
I have to save them!
Damn, I can't... I can't just work up courage that easily!
Hmm? Hey, that's the little bastard!
Hmm?
Oh... Shirahama-kun?
You two get out of here. He'll be fine.
O-Okay!
Shirahama-kun...
Koetsuji-sensei?
Move, you mustache!
I have business with the punk behind you.
Well, I don't know the details, but...
Has my disciple caused you any trouble?
Hey, guys, watch out! He can do that thing, too!
- B-Bro! - What?
Y-Your hand!
What?
Oops, I'm sorry!
I dislocated it without realizing it. It's just my habit.
What kind of habit is that?
Now, it's back in place.
You skinny bastard!
Dudes, get a weapon! And get the chief!
O-Okay!
"Skinny bastard"? How insulting. Isn't that right, Kenichi-kun?
This mustache man must be the father of that big foreheaded girl!
Chief, hurry!
Chief, first off, destroy that mustache man!
My, you are a big guy!
How is Koetsuji-sensei going to fight against that giant?
We were actually planning to find that big-foreheaded daughter of yours
and teach her a lesson!
It is a parent's responsibility to discipline children!
So take him down first!
I'm actually still single.
What the hell? What did you call me for?
Hmm?
Is this skinny guy the one that you wanted me to take care of?
Uh, you blockhead, you must be a wrestler-wannabe, right?
Please don't get me wrong.
It's not my intention to harass you people.
This is just a little misunderstanding.
So go home. I'm on my way home as well.
Yeah, that's my chief!
Holy crap! This is not good!
What did you do that for?
These public properties are paid for by hard-earned taxpayers' money.
It looks like I've upset you. I'd rather avoid conflicts.
If I offended you, I'd take it back.
That's more like it, mustache! Especially when you deal with me!
Are you going to apologize, Koetsuji-sensei?
I take back the part about not harassing you people.
How did he muster that kind of power with such a small-framed body?
I don't like people like you.
So actually I'm thinking about harassing you just a little.
H-Hmph! Oh, yeah?
Kenichi-kun.
Y-Yes?
I will now show you the actual jujitsu fight!
Watch carefully and learn!
Yes, sir!
Now, in the case where your opponent is bigger than you...
What the hell are you mumbling about?
First, this is a bad example.
You should never face him directly. You will be overpowered after all.
But you're not overpowered!
According to the laws of physics, Koetsuji-sensei is supposed to move...
He's hooking his toes onto the manhole cover!
Oww, oww, oww!!
Why are you the one who's hurting?
And now, this is the right way to do it.
You son of a bitch! I'll destroy you!
The trick to making a move is to show that you're moving straight forward,
but to move to the outside and get into the opponent's blind spot.
And in a real jujitsu fight, you start by attacking your opponent's vital point!
However, this is just a feigning move to put the opponent off balance.
B-But it's working on him!
And before your opponent's strike gets up to speed,
move a half step forward and deflect his power,
thereby neutralizing his strength.
And-
You throw him!
A-Amazing! I've never seen anything like this before!
I hope you learned something from that.
Yes!
How dare you screw with us?
P-Pistol? It's not fair to use a weapon!
Oh, boy.
These people have no manners.
What would you do if it hit someone in the crossfire?
Come with me. I'm going to punish you in the back alley.
Let me go!
Oh, Kenichi-kun!
Just hang on.
It'll be over quick.
You bastard! Hold it right there!
I can never talk about what I saw there!
Koetsuji-sensei... He was fierce!
That was incredible strength!
I was like, "How did he do that with such a small-framed body?"
According to him, there are three different kinds of muscles in the human body.
There's the white muscle that's good for fast, sudden moves,
but it lacks endurance.
And there's the red muscle that has the endurance but doesn't have much power.
And then between them is a bit of pink muscle that has the attributes of both.
They say that the ratios of each type of muscle in the body remain the same
over your lifetime.
However, he ignored that conventional knowledge,
and with his own theories and after his 20 years worth of bizarre training,
he managed to transform all his muscles to the pink muscles!
That's right. His body isn't just skinny.
It's just that it's so dense to the point where there's not
even one milligram of wasted body tissue.
Is it possible that he's actually stronger than you, Sakaki-sensei?
Moron! Don't ask a stupid question like that!
I just don't like that pain-in-the-ass way of training! That's all!
But you know what?
To tell you the truth, he's one of the people I'd rather not fight if possible.
And if we were to go up against each other,
it's guaranteed that one of us would die.
Should I walk you home?
Who knows, they might be waiting for you out there again.
Oh, forget them! I-I-I can handle them j-j-just fine all by myself!
Well, see you tomorrow!
Please be careful!
They'd never think I'd walk down the same street I was attacked on last night.
I'm going to outsmart them!
I was getting tired of waiting for you, Kenichi Shirahama!
F-Furukawa!
I am going to take you to Kisara-sama this time for sure!
Again, who the heck is Kisara anyway?
I'm not going to let you get away!
This knife of mine is hungry for blood!
I am scared...
Whether it's a knife or spoon,
they're just hunks of metal as long as it doesn't hit you.
What is that? Something to clean your ears with?
Huh? Don't pretend you're not scared!
You were scared straight the other day!
You don't even know how to assume a posture!
All your vital points are wide open!
You little bastard!
You're nothing but a joke compared to Shigure-san!
Stop talking nonsense!
If you're going to hold it like that, it's over if I kick the grip.
In a real jujitsu fight, you start by attacking your opponent's vital point!
However, this is just a feigning move to put the opponent off balance.
Furukawa!!
If you look at this whole thing, it is clear that is all your fault!
Do you have any idea what I went though today?
Do you know what Shigure-san did to me,
thanks to you pulling that knife out on me in the first place?
Have you ever been chased around for an hour by a woman with a sword?
Do you know what it's like to have your skin scraped layer by layer
by a Sai and a Tonfa? It's really frightening!
And after that, I had to face a scary wrestler and a guy with a pistol!
Kenichi-san...
- I'm telling you! My day was absolutely insane! - I'm just glad that you're okay.
Hey, are you listening to me? Don't fall asleep!
You'll catch a cold if you fall asleep!
Amefuri de kakurete mo
Taiyou wa soko ni aruhazu
Yume sae miushinatte ita boku ni
Yuuki kureta egao wasurenai
Kimi ga irukara shinji tsuzukeru
Hikari mune no oku kara afurete kuruyo
Michibata ni saku na mo naki hana no you ni
Moshimo tsumazuki taoreta toki wa
Kono ashi de tachiagarou
Apa... What am I supposed to do?
What's the matter? Is something troubling you, Apachai?
Yeah. When I'm in training with Kenichi,
I can't help beating him up for real. I just can't hold back!
Hmm, you mean "hold back," eh? Well, it is certainly a problem for you.
But actually there's a way to learn to how to hold back.
Apapapa! Really? I'll do my best and master how to hold back for sure!