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
If the Chief hadn't stopped me,
I would've finished off both Shirahama and Hermit by myself.
Seriously, what's he thinking?
Did you know, though this is only a rumor...
that the Chief is being taught martial arts in secret by the Great Sage Fist?
And I've never even met the Great Sage Fist...
Me, neither. I joined Ragnarok in order to request his tutelage,
- and yet I haven't even met him yet. - Dosukoi!
"Release Spirit" "Ready" - and yet I haven't even met him yet. - Dosukoi!
"Release Spirit" "Ready"
Thor! Be quiet!
That's just stupid.
I joined Ragnarok in order to spread the name of practical sumo.
In addition, I train my skills at all times at the street fight gambling den.
So I don't need a master to teach me!
If you get your kicks by taking down small fries in a place like that,
your skills will go down in the end.
Do you want to try?
Sure, if you want to die.
Stop!
It's forbidden for the Greatest Fists to fight each other, right?
Berserker.
I think you're the one who's actually fit to be Chief.
I've sown the seeds. Ragnarok will eventually be...
Hmm... My own killer technique...
Kenichi, you've already gotten a killer technique.
You just haven't noticed it yet.
Hmm...
It's true that I don't remember well since I'm always frantic while fighting.
- Hm? - Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
Oh? This room is...
"Shinpaku Federation Headquarters" Oh? This room is...
"Shinpaku Federation Headquarters"
Hm?
Ugh!
Move your arm more smoothly!
You! Spread your feet shoulder width apart and put your hand on your hip!
Don't make them practice that weird greeting!
Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
Wouldn't it be more graceful if you lowered your arm a bit?
T-Takeda-san and Ukita-san, too?!
Hi, Kenichi-kun! You should try it, too. It's quite fun.
Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
Oh no... They're getting tainted little by little.
A killer technique? You don't remember?
You used it that one time.
What? When?
You're talking about the Mightiest combo, right?
Huh? A what combo?
The Mightiest combo.
"Mightiest" The Mightiest combo.
"Mightiest" You used it when you took down Loki at Matsue Lark, remember?
"Mightiest" Karate's Yamazuki. Muay Thai boxing's Kao Loi.
Chinese martial arts' Ox Head-Butt.
Jujitsu's Single Leg Takedown. It's a killer technique that links them smoothly.
I named it the Mightiest combo.
That's right. That was amazing...
...as you were performing several martial arts together well.
That's a perfect killer technique for you.
A killer technique that combines several martial arts...
Oh, yeah, Kenichi.
There's this information that I'd like you to hear.
Something called "street fight gambling" is popular among young people lately.
Street fight gambling?
Apparently, one of Ragnarok's Greatest Fists is the bookmaker.
He's a giant whose weapon is practical sumo.
You rarely find info on a Greatest Fist and their whereabouts at the same time.
Kenichi, this is a good chance.
What? Don't tell me you're thinking of having me start a fight?!
Exactly.
Be careful, Kenichi-kun.
He might be trying to use you again.
Rather, he's ready and willing to use me.
Yep.
I knew it.
You damn parasite!
Oh my. Praise me more!
In order to destroy Ragnarok, we have to take down the Greatest Fists,
its leading figures, and eliminate their fearfulness and charisma. That's the only way!
Th-That's true. I hate to further Niijima's stupid ambition,
but we can't let a group as dangerous as Ragnarok be.
"Ryozanpaku"
I see. You're finally going to take the fight to them? Good, good.
Well, it's not like I've decided yet.
I feel like starting a fight myself is simply being violent, after all.
Well, there's a phrase, "There is no first strike in karate,"
but they took your little sister hostage once.
So it's no longer a first strike, right?
But martial arts are for defending yourself, right?
At just what point does it become violence?
How rude! I'm seriously asking you for advice!
I-I'm sorry. We just started laughing because it made us nostalgic.
Nostalgic?
Yeah. That's the path everyone who learns martial arts travels.
I also struggled with it when I was this small.
I was struggling with it before I was even born.
Struggle! Struggle with it. That's part of your training.
You don't have to find the answer right now.
Just keep struggling with it
until you become able to find your own answer to it one day.
Yeah...
I somehow feel like they cleverly dodged the subject.
It's true that it's a difficult question.
Right?
But in cases like that, you can fight cleverly.
Fight cleverly?
Yes. You fight in a way that avoids hurting people
as much as possible and resolves the conflict.
I'm sure you can do it, Kenichi-san.
I see. Fight cleverly, huh?
I don't know what's going on, but you look very eager.
Well then...
...let's go to the party.
There!
This is the street fight gambling den that Thor, the Seventh Greatest Fist, runs.
I also hear lots of Ragnarok members are mixed in with ordinary customers,
so if we break through from the front, we can't avoid taking damage.
- Niijima. - Hm?
My karate master taught me the trick of fighting many people before.
When you fight many people alone,
the worst thing you can do is to fight their boss after losing lots of energy.
So you have to take down the strongest guy first.
So you're assuming that I can defeat the strongest one, huh?
I see. So he's saying we should make it a one-on-one between the bosses?
You're good at speaking eloquently. Can't you use that somehow?
Hmm...
Please, Niijima. I've got an idea.
What?
It's difficult, but I'll give it a shot.
"Shinpaku Federation" It's difficult, but I'll give it a shot.
"Shinpaku Federation" Hey guys! Pretend to be customers and follow me.
You two wait here since they know your faces.
Like I said, don't give us orders!
Now, now. It's the norm that heroes show up later, right?
Hold it!
Who referred you to this place?
Yeah, we were referred by Taichi Koga-san of Ragnarok.
What?! By Koga-san of the kicks?!
O-Okay, then go.
Thanks.
It scares me how incredibly natural lying is to this guy.
Ah! It's the Shinpaku Federation!
What? H-Hey...
Why? They've already figured it out!
You idiot, Matsui!
What're you doing?!
"Shinpaku Federation"
Ah! This is bad!
Put down the flag already!
No! I can't let the flag touch the ground!
What's going on?!
Oh? Shinpaku Federation!
H-He's here! That's the Seventh Greatest Fist, Thor!
What?
"Release Spirit" "Ready"
- So this man is... - Watch out, Kenichi-kun!
Stop your pointless resistance, you small fries!
My my, how far Ragnarok's Greatest Fists have fallen.
When we, the Shinpaku Federation, came to openly challenge you a duel,
you'd actually launch a sneak attack and drag ordinary customers into it?!
There he goes! His specialty, verbal brainwashing.
"Shinpaku Federation" There he goes! His specialty, verbal brainwashing.
"Shinpaku Federation" Sneak attack, you said?! You're the one who launched a sneak attack!
To start with, I was in the back until just earlier and...
So you were going to hide by yourself in the back then?
Laugh.
What?
So that's what practical sumo is like?
Oh? Are you shaking by any chance?
Stop mocking me!
He's been duped too well!
One who practices practical sumo would accept a challenge by anyone, any time!
I've done my part. I'll leave the rest to you.
Th... Thanks.
But... couldn't you do it more peacefully?
So who's my opponent?! Show your face already!
Seventh Greatest Fist! Let's make a bet!
What?! Are you gonna bet your life or something?!
If you win, you can do whatever you want with me!
However, if I win you have to leave Ragnarok.
Also street fighting will be forbidden afterwards!
Laugh!
What's the matter, Thor?! Are you scared?!
Shut up!
Stop it!
Okay. I'll take that bet.
But there's one condition!
Condition? This isn't good. We shouldn't let our enemy take the initiative.
Ha! You're so small-minded, Thor!
That's fine.
Idiot! Don't issue a blank check! That's a hard and fast rule of dealing!
Okay then, come this way.
Okay.
Hey, wait, you idiot! Don't waste my effo...
Thanks, Niijima. From here on, leave things to me.
Kenichi...
If his condition is to give him Shinpaku's leader position, turn it down cleverly.
R-Right.
If that's the case, maybe I should lose on purpose.
What's the matter?! Hurry up already, Kenichi Shirahama!
How do you know I'm Shirahama?
I heard about you from my best friend Siegfried.
He said, "Kenichi Shirahama is of small build, but he has good eyes."
Thor, I'll go on a trip to search my soul.
He did?
Sieg's observant eye makes no mistakes.
I knew you were Shirahama right away.
Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
We'll fight it out on this sumo ring of hell!
The fight ends only when one of us becomes unable to fight or admits his defeat!
Are you ready, Shirahama?!
What?! W-Wait!
Here I come!
Wait a sec!
I'm impressed that you dodged my slap.
You didn't tell me your condition yet!
Hah, that's right.
My condition is that if you lose in this fight...
...you become my disciple and master practical sumo with me!
What?!
Sieg was a great man. If you're the man who defeated him, then I want you!
Y... You want me?! But...
Let's have chanko stew together!
"Release Spirit" "Ready" Let's have chanko stew together!
"Release Spirit" "Ready" Thank you very much!
"Release Spirit" "Ready" Kenichi-san! You've abandoned Ryozanpaku?!
I... I can't lose!
Here I come!
You don't get it, do you?
Sumo wrestlers receive a 1-ton shock on their forehead in the initial charge.
So a thrust like that is like water off a duck's back!
Before this armor of muscle and fat, all attacks are ineffective!
Unlike clenched fists, the sumo's slapping hands never get crushed.
Hence we can put our entire weight on them!
We don't need bandages on our hands like a certain boxer!
But in return, your reach is short!
Now, now.
Overarm throw!
The break fall doesn't work!
Stamping Tornado!
Ritual stamping can be a killer technique if used as an attack.
Improving various sumo techniques for fighting against different disciplines...
That is indeed practical sumo!
What?!
Boy, that was effective.
Impossible... He can still move after receiving that attack?
L-Let me confirm this, Seventh Greatest Fist!
If you lose against me, you'll leave Ragnarok, right?!
A man never goes back on his word.
But the possibility is probably not even one in ten thousand.
Do you know the phrase "a wrong call by the referee"?
Yes, I do. It's about the referee making a wrong ruling, right?
Why are referees wearing a short sword even in modern sumo?!
That's because there used to be an iron rule
where the referee had to commit hara-kiri when he made a wrong call!
Hara-kiri?!
Sumo isn't a sport!
It's a life-or-death martial art practiced by warriors! Dosukoi!
I'd like to spread the incredibleness of this martial art!
And I wish that eventually practical sumo will be added to PE as a required subject,
parks in town will have a sumo ring, soccer balls will gather dust,
the criteria for good-looking guys will be changed to well-built, rather fat guys,
Maybe...
and practical sumo will indeed rule at the top of all martial arts!
His body is big and so is his ambition.
Yeah. And I'll agree with his criteria for good-looking guys.
That's a terrible dream.
Because of that, I can't lose!
I can't lose, either... until I destroy Ragnarok!
Have you got some learning problem?
I told you it doesn't work!
Dodge them! If you get caught, that'll be the end of you!
I get it! This irregular ring was created in order for a giant,
whose mobility is low, to avoid getting confused by speed!
Realizing it now doesn't help much.
Once you entered this sumo ring of hell, your defeat was already decided.
Accept your defeat gracefully!
Then we'll have chanko stew together!
Not only do his strikes not work, there's also nowhere for him to escape.
On top of that, he can't use break falls much due to the iron plates.
Kenichi has no chance.
You guys. You think his eyes are those of a loser's?
I've known him for a long time, so I can tell from his eyes when he gets cold feet.
Sumo ring of hell... In short, this is a sumo ring, right?
Hm? That's right. So what?
Ow!
Oh? You're going to compete with me in the initial charge?
Interesting!
Even if you strike with momentum, it won't work on me.
Yamazuki! Kao Loi! Ox Head-Butt!
There he goes!
The Mightiest combo!
No! The next technique's gonna be a problem!
Single Leg Takedown!
It's true that the Single Leg Takedown
is suitable for someone small to throw someone big.
But when the weight difference is this big...
To be honest, that knee thing was effective. But this is it for you.
Time to be crushed!
Wh-What a strong back he has!
This is why I can't keep from partnering with him!
This can't be!
Single Leg Takedown!
He did it!
Everyone! Take the enemy's leader while they are demoralized!
Hey!
We won't let that happen! Go!
Stop it!
He won this bout with a leg pick!
"Leg Pick" "Technique where one grabs his opponent's leg and forces his opponent outside of the ring."
B-But Thor-sama!
When I crossed the edge of the ring, my sumo soul acknowledged my defeat.
There's nothing I can do about it!
Although he says he practices practical sumo, he couldn't abandon the ring all the way.
That's his weakness.
Humph! Not everyone takes a practical approach like you!
To think that practical sumo takes a fall...
...I guess this is the end of my dream.
What're you saying?!
Huh?
What I want is for you to quit street fighting as a member of Ragnarok!
I don't remember betting your dream.
Please master practical sumo at any cost!
I think the dream you've crafted is really incredible!
You really are a funny guy.
Let's have a match without a ring next time!
I'll think about it in the far distant future when I'm in good shape again!
All right! Commander Shirahama, banzai!
It's the Shinpaku Federation's sweeping victory!
It's dangerous!
Let me down! I'll walk on my own!
Shinpaku Chief...
You've got a good subordinate.
Subordinate?
He's not my subordinate. He's my bad friend.
A friend, huh?
I see. I thought they were somehow different from us.
I get it. They're friends.
All right, we'll return in triumph! Head to our headquarters!
- Ow, ow, ow... Don't stand on me, Niijima! - Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
"Shinpaku Federation" - Ow, ow, ow... Don't stand on me, Niijima! - Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku! Shinpaku!
"Shinpaku Federation"
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
Oh? Isn't that Kisara-san of Ragnarok?
Ugh! You're right! But I wonder what she's doing, kicking a cardboard box.
What?! There's a kitten in that box!
Let's kill her.
Ahh! Miu-san! Please calm down.
Don't worry. I said "kill," but we'll stop halfway.
I've never seen Miu-san like this before!
I'm scared!