Let's go to the field of sea with the tailwind
Raise the sails high up in the sky
We're adventurers who have the same hearts
Much faster and at full speed
I will manage to catch any waves
Go over the clouds and go under the rainbow, our world will be there
Yahoo! Let's give a cheer and go!
To far and away
Yahoo! We will just stay on this road that leads to what's beyond this sea
Tanimoto-san is Ragnarok's Hermit?!
Yeah. I was surprised, too.
It was all a plot to lure me into a trap.
But how that kid fought on top of the bus was quite good.
It's not often these days that you see a young man who's full of energy.
Well, it was a good experience for you.
There's nothing good about it!
Ah...
What's the matter?
When I was fighting Hermit... I mean Tanimoto-kun,
he asked me if my master was Sogetsu Ma.
Master Ma, do you know anything about it?
Uhm... Master Ma?
Ken-chan, isn't it about time for your training?
Ah, yes.
"Ryozanpaku"
Reo reo [faster]! Faster, Kenichi!
I've never seen Master Ma look so grim like that before.
Sogetsu Ma... I wonder who that is.
I want to know, but judging from his look, I don't think he'll say.
I imagine all my masters must have incredible pasts.
I don't know anything about my masters.
Being their disciple, is that really okay?
"Confidential: Hitting on married women"
Hm?
Apapa!
Kenichi! You have to pay attention!
Master... You're holding the book up side down.
Ah! O-Oh, yeah.
This is strange. There's something going on.
- But right now... - Ahh! Kenichi! Don't die!
Boy, that was rough.
Hm?
Huh?
Master Ma is going out this late at night?
"Ryozanpaku" Master Ma is going out this late at night?
"Ryozanpaku"
Given the circumstances, I started following him,
but I've gone quite far.
Oh no! I've lost him!
Darn! After I've come this far!
Let's see...
He found out I was tailing him.
You call that tailing?
I wondered why you were so quiet.
But this is as far as you go, Ken-chan.
Have some soba noodles or something and go home.
Here, I'll give you spending money.
Hm?
I refuse!
If you come with me this time, it might be a little dangerous.
Do me a favor, just go home, my disciple.
I refuse!
If being a resident disciple means living under one roof and training together,
I want to share my masters' concerns, too! I'll come with you, Master!
I can't be responsible for whatever happens.
- I hope you're ready for this. - Yes!
Okay then. Come with me.
Well, they say if you love your disciple, push him off into a bottomless abyss.
If you die, you'll be none the worse for it.
What? Please don't scare me like that!
"Chinese Restaurant Gekirin"
Oh, we'll eat first, huh?
Oh... I was thinking that it's about time for you to stop by, Kensei.
It's been a while, Uncle Hakubi.
Who is he? One of your fellow baldy friends?
Don't call me baldy.
Hey. He's the most knowledgeable person in this town.
Hakubi is his nickname. His real name is Ryo Ma. He's my uncle.
What?!
Whoa! What a feast!
Enjoy to your heart's content.
You're a nice person. I'm sorry that I called you baldy.
Don't worry about it.
Thanks for the food!
This is good. This is really good!
So Kensei... I can think of two possible reasons why you stopped by today.
Did you come here to ask about Sogetsu?
- Hm? - So he really has come to Japan?
Yeah.
Then I have to see him.
Are you sure? If you do, there'll be consequences.
Excuse me, but who's Sogetsu?
Sogetsu Ma... is my older brother who I was separated from.
Older brother... Your older brother?!
Yeah. He's hopeless.
Everywhere he goes, he starts a fight.
As a result, he ended up being targeted by the mafia.
- What?! - Sogetsu probably knows it, too...
He's someone who can't help but fight.
As it stands now, there'll be a meaningless fight in this town, too.
Then I'd better hurry.
Is it just your brother you're worried about?!
Hm?
Now, here comes the other possible reason.
Whoa!
Huh?!
Tsk! I missed!
I don't know who you are, but you've got a lot of natural talent.
But if you want to kick me, you need to train at least several thousand yea...
Oh no!
Huh? What's going on?
Are you that shocked to see your daughter, Daddy?
What?! "Daddy"?!
Daddy? Don't tell me he's your... sugar da...
Idiot! Just like she said, she's my real daughter, Renka Ma, and she's 16!
What?! She's really your daughter?!
Come to think of it, I kinda remember hearing about it.
He's got a wife and two more kids in mainland China.
I came all the way to Japan as a foreign student in order to find you,
and I finally found out that you come in and out of Uncle Hakubi's restaurant!
I'm taking you home today for sure!
Kensei, you're in a real bind!
Give it up, you delinquent old man!
Sorry.
Not so fast!
I'll leave the rest to you.
- M-Master! - Hey, wait, dad!
Master Ma!
You're in my way. Move!
What? Uhm... s-s-s-sorry. I'm sorry.
Oh darn! We got tangled up!
Uhm, what do you mean by taking Master Ma back to China?
You don't know anything, do you?
My dad is the chief executive of the Phoenix Virtuous Martial Arts League
where he leads 100,000 pupils in China.
No way...
He said, "I'm tired of this stuff,"
and disappeared somewhere after giving mom full authority over the Federation.
Yeah, that sounds like him.
But, first things first, who the heck are you?
Why were you with my dad?
What? Me?
I'm Kenichi Shirahama. I'm a first year student in high school.
I'm more or less his First Disciple.
I see...
Hey, you should've dodged or parried that!
Ahh! This is pathetic!
Dad was said to have mastered each and every Chinese martial art.
To think that his First Disciple has no talent whatsoever!
Uhm... I'm sorry.
Huh?
Oh, you're already up.
You sure are good at taking a beating.
Thanks. Master often praises me for that, too.
He says that I have talent for being beaten up.
That's not a compliment!
You're such a violent girl! That's mean!
So where is he headed?
How would I know? Don't you have some idea?
If I did, I wouldn't have been on a stakeout in this town. Geez...
I see many scary-looking guys around.
Those're the underlings of the mafia that controls this town.
Then wouldn't it be wise not to get involved and head back?
I came here because I wanna ask them something.
Ask them what?
Uncle Sogetsu Ma's whereabouts.
Wait a sec! I thought we were gonna look for Master Ma!
You're so dense.
Dad is looking for Uncle Sogetsu, so we'll go ahead of him and wait.
Uhm... how did Sogetsu-san end up being targeted by mafia?
Because he betrayed them.
So it's really okay to kill him?
That's fine. We'll be destroyed unless we eliminate him.
Just like the enemy organization that you had Sogetsu Ma destroy?
But is he really going to show up?
He believes that there's no one who's stronger than he is.
He'll come without fail when he hears that the strongest man is here.
Well then, I'll have to welcome him with caution.
Sogetsu... I'll teach you what happens to a man
who forgets his debt and strikes out at the one that took him in.
Let's not do this.
We don't have any other clues, so...
What?! He showed up?! Okay. I'll be right there!
Hey! Where is Sogetsu Ma?!
Who the hell are you?!
Answer me. Where is he?
Yao dai jian... That was close.
Kenichi, was it?
That technique isn't Chinese martial arts, is it...
Right. It's Japanese jujitsu.
Jujitsu?
Yes. Aside from the Chinese martial arts Master Ma teaches me,
I'm learning karate, jujitsu and Muay Thai boxin...
Focus on one thing at a time, you wishy-washy man!
- Don't learn Chinese martial arts in your spare time! How rude! - Forgive me!
Oh, pardon me.
- Ow, ow, ow! - What a weird pick pocket, putting something inside my jacket.
Just as you'd expect from Kensei Ma. Sorry for testing you.
This is a message from Hakubi.
From now on, just give it to me the normal way.
I almost struck you.
S-Sorry.
Hmm... Just as you'd expect from Uncle Hakubi.
So my brother is at this place.
So you're here.
You skipped out on the picnic that we promised the girls we'd go to.
I know you wanted to train, but you do it more than enough every day.
Geez, considerate younger brother that I am,
I thought I'd teach you some fun things other than martial arts and drinking.
I'm not very good at socializing.
Especially with women, they're so noisy that I can't take it.
What do you mean you can't take it when you've got that big body.
Humph. Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
By the way, you didn't kill anyone, right?
No... I think.
You think? Be careful. I feel blood-thirst in your fists these days.
Martial arts is all about how effectively you destroy your opponent.
When you get down to it, the intent to kill is indeed the driving force.
Big Brother...
I wonder why Master Ma and Sogetsu-san were separated when they're brothers.
Uncle Sogetsu killed someone 20 years ago, so he couldn't stay in China.
He... killed someone?!
So that's where he is.
How far are you gonna follow me?
From here on out will be the world of virtuous martial arts,
which is totally different from the world you live in.
Even if you come, you'll be of no use whatsoever.
And if things go wrong, you could die.
You're gonna go even if I try to stop you, right?
Of course!
Then I'll go, too. I can't let a girl go to such a dangerous place alone!
What's with this man?
Stop talking like a hero!
- I'm saying that you'll just be in my way even if you come!
- S-Stop kicking me! - I'm saying that you'll just be in my way even if you come!
Dad sure is training a weird disciple.
Well, if you wanna come with me that bad, you can come,
but there's no guarantee that you'll get out of this alive.
Master Ma's older brother, Sogetsu Ma-san is inside, right?
He's your uncle, too.
If we talk to him, he might understand.
Yeah, yeah.
See, like that. Be gentle. Fighting isn't the only way to solve problems.
I asked you to be gentle, didn't I?!
Oh, I am being gentle... I left them all alive.
What?!
Unfortunately, Uncle Sogetsu has to die.
He was a bodyguard to the mafia. He's a disgrace to the Ma Family.
W-Wait, Renka-san!
Hey, wait a s...
Dodge!
Ouch! What was that?!
I don't know.
Humph.
I heard that he was a master of Wing Tsun, that was disappointing.
Sogetsu Ma!
You're a disgrace to our school!
That glitter of your eyes... That spirit... You're very much like a man I know.
Stop it! She's the daughter of Master Kensei Ma!
She's your niece!
I see. No wonder...
But once she turned her fists against me, even a kid is a martial artist.
In addition... I don't have kin!
Huh?
"Ryozanpaku"
Kenichi-san isn't back?
"Ryozanpaku" That's right! I'm upset!
He promised that he'd play a game with me.
Kenichi went out somewhere with... Kensei.
What? With Ma-san?
He was probably taken to someplace naughty, don't you think?
Big Brother... You're still living like this...
Kensei... To think that I would see you here... It was worth coming back.
Are you okay?!
Ken-chan!
Take Renka and get out of here.
What?! No way! Master Ma!
Kensei, is he your disciple?
Humph. As always, I don't get what you're thinking.
To think that you devote your heart and soul into such an untalented man.
Th-That's rude!
It's unfortunate that you still don't get it, even after 20 years.
We really can't go back, Big Brother... to the days we used to laugh together?
Humph. It's too late.
Then at least I'll finish you with my own hands,
so that you can die as a martial artist!
Don't flatter yourself, Kensei!
That palm-and-fist salute is!
Normally, in the palm-and-fist salute, you wrap your right fist with your left hand.
But when you wrap your left fist with your right hand, it's the sign of a duel to the death!
Master Ma! No! Brothers shouldn't kill each other!
What powerful thrusts!
This is... a fight between masters.
At that time, I felt that watching the fight to the end was my duty as his disciple.
Heavenly King's Pagoda!
Humph! As usual, you're great at dispelling attacks.
You've parried all my attacks.
The strength of your fists, too, haven't weakened even a bit.
It seems that we both have been training our techniques all this time.
Where did that earnest spirit towards martial arts get twisted?
Shut up!
Sogetsu the Tough and Kensei the Gentle.
They were both called the strongest fist fighters in China.
Incredible... They're evenly matched!
Disappear, Sogetsu Ma.
- Do it! - Yes sir!
What's going on?!
I found an opening!
Dammit!
Master Ma... lost.
Martial arts are a weapon to destroy your opponent effectively.
They're pure power.
However, the weapon doesn't kill people.
The person who uses the weapon is the one who kills.
Big Brother, you were overpowered by your strength.
How did you improve your skills this much?
I have friends... strong friends...
...friends that train hard together.
You've been training all by yourself. That's the difference!
Friends?
Master Ma! We have to get out of here right away!
Dad!
As usual, everyone is on your side, huh?
We had the same ability, but I was feared and you were liked by everyone.
I left China not because I killed someone...
...but because there was no place for me there from the start.
Big Brother...
This is bad! The flames are spreading!
Go... my little brother.
Let's go, both of you.
What?! Are you gonna leave your brother here?!
If we get closer to him, he'll take his own life.
I want to at least let my big brother die as a martial artist.
No... Is this how the world of virtuous martial arts is?
Hurry up!
This is how a killer ends up.
I can't allow such a farewell between brothers!
He's so reckless!
Now, hurry up!
Wh-Why?
A disciple can never watch his master die without doing anything!
I don't have any disciple.
Yes, you do!
I've fought your disciple!
Oh, him...
He had the same eyes as mine.
He called you his master!
Seriously, Kensei has a weird disciple.
I heard that they didn't find Sogetsu-san's body from the remains of the fire.
Master Ma never spoke a word until we got back to Ryozanpaku.
But right before he went back to his room, he quietly said "thanks" to me.
Hm?
It seems that he isn't at his best yet,
but he is going back to his normal self.
Ah! We shook off Renka-san, but was it really okay?!
That's fine. This is where I belong.
I'm sure she'll understand.
He got away again!
That darn delinquent old man!
When I see him next time, I'll take him home even if I have to leash him!
Hey, sweep the floor.
While I'm at it, I might want to take that Kenichi guy back with us.
Knock it down with a high speed
Open a new path, run through it with the brand new days in your hand
Don't look back, get a chance
There is no choice but to go on step by step
Turn the pain into strength
Don't be afraid! Let's start from here
Go all out! You don't need a goal
With the passionate soul that soars through the sky, yeah, yeah
Come on, dance! Being ordinary isn't enough
Unlock your dream! It sure will be a bright tomorrow
That's right! Let it all hang out until you reach there
Ah... Ahhhhh...
What's wrong, Kenichi-san?
I-I-I got a letter in my shoe locker.
Could this be... a love letter?
You're popular.
No, Miu-san! I'm not interested in letters like this at all!
I don't want to be in your way, so I'm going on ahead.
Oh? Miu-san?! Please wait!
I've got a problem.
But I wonder who sent that letter.