Okay, so I just read 724-727. Here are some General thoughts:
Chapter 724 was straight up the most severe miscalculation that Riboku has made in his entire military career. I actually ended up rereading Riboku’s logic several times because even without the benefit of having my knowledge as a reader, I think I would’ve questioned Riboku’s logic here.
Riboku’s logic was “Kanki has achieved all of his victories through Un-traditional strategies, therefore his weakness is traditional warfare.” Okay, that’s fine, I can agree with that, but then Riboku says “because Kanki didn’t pincer Keisha at KokuYou Hills, this means Kanki straight up does not know formal strategy.” Okay, so:
-We as the readers know that this logic is wrong. Kanki knew he should have pincered Keisha, but simply decided not to.
-Even if we didn’t know that, this is almost an elementary logical fuckup from Riboku. I understand that it’s hard for Riboku to reverse engineer someone’s tactics without even knowing what they look like, but like..this was such a severe leap in logic that I actually thought it might straight up cost Riboku this battle (though as of 727, this does not seem to be the case, Kanki is likely finished here).
Like I said, I actually reread Riboku’s reasoning here multiple times because I was so in shock that a character who thus far I thought has shown pretty flawless logic, to make such a glaring error in his calculations. And like I said I literally thought Riboku may lose this battle when I read that. But anyway, onto other things:
-Zenou is low key the strongest motherfucker in Qin right now lmfao. This arm-strength is unheard of, not even Man’U was sending corpses flying this far, what the fuck lol. And what do you know:
Rip to anyone underestimating the strength of the Moubu army if Riboku is comparing the strength of Moubu’s soldiers to Kanki’s strongest clan lol. I do not think Zenou dies here for the record.
Okay, so…we’ll see is all I’m going to say. I think the Kanki army is fucked beyond repair but it’s virtually guaranteed that Kanki is not actually finished yet.
As for Qin’s plans of unifying Zhao, this line from Riboku here to me really makes it seem like Hara will stay very faithful to Li Mu’s historical achievements. And if this is true, got Damn. Riboku really is the strongest General ever lol.
Last note, Kanki:
He really is a character who has massively grown on me over time, his victory over Kochou was imo straight up incredible, and his strategy of delaying Riboku into a nighttime fight was really enjoyable. He’s certainly a bandwagon favorite but I guess it’s okay to be a fan of bandwagon characters every now and then lol.
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