Wow, just wow. Hara Sama blows me away again.
Watching Shin go blow for blow with Houken here feels like a culmination of all 625 chapters of his growth.
This man Houken is arguably the strongest in all of Kingdom, and Shin is showing beyond a shadow of a doubt that his abilities are already on par with the Great Generals.
Watching Shin finally and believably reach the top tier of strength amongst a sea of other manga that only build tension through making their MCs perpetually too weak for the highest level of strength, or who power the MC up through extremely unbelievable ways, is truly something else.
Houken dies next chapter lol. My money is on the table.
Also, Sou Ou is the most chadnificent of Ousen’s army. He is probably my favorite General within Ousen’s Ranks lol.
Shi Ryou is....cool I guess, but I’ve found that the unfair criticisms levied at Houken apply far more to her. She’s just a one dimensional strength machine, watching her match Batei is just not that interesting because Batei (along with Kisui) are not only two of the most disappointing Kingdom characters to me, but there is just no meaning in her fight with Batei lol.
Hopefully Hara will wrap up this Shiryou thing quickly. Which I’m sure he will. Lol