Tsuyoshi: Daremo Katenai, Aitsu ni wa

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Japanese: TSUYOSHI 誰も勝てない、アイツには

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Nov 29, 2018 to ?

Genres: Action, Comedy

Theme: Martial Arts

Serialization: Cycomics

Authors: Maruyama, Kyousuke (Story & Art)

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Tsuyoshi Kawabata is just a regular convenience store employee in a mid-sized city west of Tokyo. Except... he also happens to be the most powerful fighter in the world. Although he doesn't particularly want to fight, his reputation precedes him, and challengers come from all over the world to test their might against the mythical Tsuyoshi—and invariably end up handily beaten, clutching their battered family jewels in a convenience store parking lot. Should you wish to fight him, he has three rules to minimize inconvenience: 1) You only get one fight. There will be no rematch. 2) You will fight in a secluded area, where you won't be seen. 3) You will tell nobody about it—even if you lose.

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Feb 4, 2023

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Preliminary (15/? eps)

It's a good manga. It definitely reminds me of One Punch Man. We got Tsuyoshi, who is super strong in martial art, and everyone who asks to fight him will be defeated. He is the MC, but the manga also focuses on one more character. He's more like Genos in OPM. He wants the MC to make him his disciple and want to know his secret of how he became so strong or what training he went through...that kind of stuff. So, basically, the MC is overpowered (which is a huge plus). If you want to know if there is a story, I'm not sure ...

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Oct 27, 2024

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Preliminary (266/? eps)

TL;DR If you enjoy the zany pendulum swing between serious battle manga and absurdist self referential parody you will love this manga. Its like the Gintama of hyper masculine martial arts manga like Baki or Tough.

First off, I will say I completely understand why people would be frustrated with this manga. If you go in expecting the power fantasy of an unassuming guy beating up people way above his presumed level you get that in spades...in the beginning. However, if thats all you like out of manga then it becomes less and less satisfying to see the protagonist beat people up. And thats the ...

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Oct 4, 2021

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Preliminary (144/? eps)

Tsuyoshi is not what it promises to be. It promises to be seinen; instead it's a standard shonen battle manga. It promises to be about a wimpy-looking strong man; instead it's about a revolving cast of martial artists. It promises for Tsuyoshi to be the main character… instead, he's not.

❧ What kind of story is it really?

Though filed under “seinen”, the seinen elements primarily amount to window dressing. Occasional cleavage; characters who take sexual pleasure in being beaten; innumerable strikes to the family jewels. There are also some truly uncomfortable Sniper Elite-style internal views of bones being crushed or organs being damaged. But those are ... accoutrements: the nature of the story, rather, is that of a shonen battle manga: Rather than focusing on what Tsuyoshi brings to the table, the story revolves around fighters who come from across the world, duel each other, and pit various countries' martial arts against one another. Though the title translates to “Tsuyoshi: No One Stands a Chance… Not Against HIM”, only a fraction of fights involves Tsuyoshi himself – perhaps precisely because no one stands a chance, and thus, any fight with him has a foregone conclusion. It's a shame, though: fights between increasingly strong combatants is something we've all seen a million times – and they're awfully drawn out, comprising the lion's share of the story – whereas Tsuyoshi's fights have a refreshing air of creativity and humor.

The tropes the story engages in also fall decidedly under the shonen umbrella. Defeated villains repent and become allies. Characters' big moments are invariably preceded by a flashback to a tragic backstory. Every human emits a “threat aura”, which can be felt and seen. As the story goes on, the fighting becomes more and more outlandish, with “chi blasts” funnily enough being introduced as a technique – this becomes somewhat less amusing when the author insists in an afterword that the series is still realistic, because “chi is real, can be seen with the naked eye, and can heal otherwise incurable illnesses”.

This isn't to say that there aren't moments of greatness! There are laughs to be had, especially for someone who enjoys slapstick or silly visual gags. One thing I found particularly notable was that in a spectacularly rare move, the story occasionally treads where other manga dare not, and touches on controversial political topics – Vladimir Putin; Tiananmen Square; the 1% – which lends some heft that impressed and engaged me. The moments where the title character is front and center are offbeat and gratifying – though those moments are oddly rare…

❧ So who is the main character, if not Tsuyoshi?

The story's perspective shifts between a number of challengers – whoever's closest to Tsuyoshi at the moment; a kind of audience proxy; and in the variation that offers, it lends novelty. For someone whose trope tolerance is higher than mine, the characters might be enjoyable. Regrettably, every female character is a walking trope – although they certainly have agency, they're simultaneously objectified and dripping with gender roles. The majority of the cast are either gratingly condescending or villainous – most everyone is a terrible person (played for laughs; your mileage may vary), including the eponymous Tsuyoshi. Though in his case, that turns out to be an entertaining, subversive trait!

In the story's generic swaths, which unfortunately comprise most of it, Tsuyoshi is relegated to the sidelines. When it's good, though… Tsuyoshi is an inexorable force of nature; a John Wick-like existence. Far from the meek youngling one might expect, Tsuyoshi is a revenge-driven, nigh-homicidal maniac when his “switch” is flipped: all “yan”; no “dere”. He's often – and hilariously – depicted as if it were a horror manga – less likely to say “please, I don't want to fight…”, and more likely to say “you lookin' to have your ears ripped off, huh?” One of the story's best parts, many volumes in, is told from the villains' perspective as Tsuyoshi enters an unbridled Alien vs. Predator mode – and he's both Alien and Predator. He's the Alien, stalking through corridors and incapacitating anyone in his way, and the Predator, using his supernatural chi sight to see people through walls and home in on weak spots. It takes circa 10 volumes, but eventually, these Tsuyoshi-focused moments grow in frequency as the focus shifts to revolve more around him personally, making the experience somewhat more unique.

❧ In a nutshell…

Tsuyoshi is a manga with a captivating premise that it largely fails to execute on. It's peppered with laughs and glints of glory here and there – and for someone who enjoys a run-of-the-mill shonen story it would certainly be a different beast – but I found myself impatiently flipping through chapter after chapter to “get back to the good parts”. Condensed into a single phrase, I would describe this manga as “more average than it lets on”.

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