Kengan Ashura

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Kengan Ashura is one of the, if not, the best fight mangas.
The story is not the best story in the world, but that's the point. The story is not the focus of this manga, the fights are, and let me tell you, the fights are fire.
There's a lot of differente martial arts, and all of the martial arts are well represented. The fights fell natural, of course there is some fantasy during the fights, but mosstly, the moviments fell natural.
Every fighter have a different personality and there's a lot of comedy in the manga, good comedy by the way.

If KENGA ASHURA were a fighting game I would like to play as Cosmo. (Tell me your choice)

All the fighters are distinct and fun to watch , they each have personality and a common goal , which makes the fights unpredictable.
There are a lot of characters that I can't say anything meaningful about their characterization , being nothing more than shonen stereotypes , Ohma falling in the same category.
The art is a bit rough in the beginning but it improves , becoming quite unique.
The story is similar to Baki's , in that it's about fighting for the sake of fighting. The story it's inconsistent at ... best becoming clear that it was probably written around the fights , which is not a bad thing because those are the best parts of the series. Baki get's away with it easily because of it's focus on the philosophy of fighting , Kengan Ashura isn't entirely lacking this aspect but it's mild. Kengan's characters fight for victory. Baki's characters are fighting for the pleasure of it to put it simply.
Really fun if you are into martial arts , even if this one becomes science fiction at some points ( like Baki in an enjoyable way)

I'm sorry I kept comparing the two series . I just felt it has to be this way.

Kengan Ashura is trying to be what Baki has been for the last couple of decades.

Though succesfull in many aspects, particularlly art syle, kengan ashura just falls short where it really matters.

The story is nothing new. there's a big fighting tournament and every fighter wants to win it. each with their own martial stlyes and motivations for winning the big price. Admiteddly, the fights are actually really entertaining, and the characters- although bland- really make you root for them during their combats.

In short, I feel like kengan ashura set out to tell a story, and it told just that. Regretablly, nothing this story has ... to say beats other combat combat-martial manga titans like Baki or Hajime no Ippo.