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 Mentioned it on the Shounen thread, making it now. Kinnikuman is one of the oldest and most influential Shounen manga that are still running. Written by the duo Yudetamago (writer Takashi Shimada and artist Yoshinori Nakai, it started serialization forty years ago, in 1979, as a parody of popular Tokusatsu show Ultraman starring the eponymous alien 'superhero', a lazy and cowardly idiot who frequently bumbled his way into victory and fought bizarre creatures. Eventually, however, all changed when the wrestling fanatic authors started a superhuman wrassling arc that got massive popularity and immediately shifted the Manga's focus from gag humor to wrasslin' shounen, with melodramatic plots, heroic and villainous fighting gimmicks and finishing moves that indeed wouldn't feel out of a wrestling storyline at all. Eventually the Manga ended its first phase in the 36th volume in 1987, and ten years later the sequel Kinnikuman Nisei (localized in the west as Ultimate Muscle) begins, telling the story of Kinnikuman's son, Mantaro, and his reluctant struggle to follow his father's footsteps. Nisei eventually ended in 2011 with an incredible arc where the 'New Generation' of supermen travels back in time to stop time traveling bad guys and find themselves on the time of the original Kinnikuman generation. Soon after Nisei's end, however, new chapters of the original Kinnikuman begin serialization, taking place just after where the last arc of the late 80s ended and are still ongoing, making it perhaps one of the longest running Shounen manga in existence. I strongly recommend reading it because the modern arcs are real good, with far more polished art, tight fights and great characterization of all the characters old and new. Original Kinnikuman manga, also includes the new chapters from volume 37 on The Time Choujin arc of Kinnikuman Nisei Plutonis fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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To give an idea how influential this manga is btw the original finishing move of Kinnikuman himself has been used in irl wrestling by a lot of people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFGFPZHaAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQH8DjsQEo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR-_mRbc5PE
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Oct 25, 2019 01:23
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drat imagine if irl wrestling was like this 
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Nov 8, 2019 16:41
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The Nisei translations are all over the place. They are getting new chapters regularly but there's hundreds of chapters that got skipped so I look and uhhh turns out Scarface is a Justice Chojin now???
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Nov 10, 2019 17:41
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The Omega Centaurians arc is so loving good god drat. Omegaman Aristera is a 100% a hero that happens to be on the wrong side, dude loves his friends and family but just happened to be too consumed by revenge.
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Dec 10, 2019 00:30
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Bumping to say that the Omega Centaurian arc just ended and a new manga series is starting in August. Looking forward to see Kinnikuman and his buddies fight the loving Choujin Pantheon
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Jul 14, 2020 01:21
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Irritated Goat posted:I stopped reading around the end of the Prince fights. I wanted to give ni sei a try but it seems to be translated from end to beginning. just catch up the original series because the 'reboot' is ignoring nisei lol
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Jul 14, 2020 14:57
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Bump. https://twitter.com/wsj_manga/status/1635966380116791297
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Mar 15, 2023 19:51
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Blaze Dragon posted:I hope it's a full new adaptation and not just a continuation of the old anime with the new material. Getting the davidpro treatment from the start would be awesome. Also there has been an official announcement but no studio or information yet. https://twitter.com/kin29man_anime/status/1636381815228502020
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Mar 16, 2023 22:20
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EorayMel posted:Kinnkuman Oneshot special for his most famous move, slight spoilers but Hell yeah it is. Also catching up on the Choushin arc and this got me to actually shed tears.     Warsman is one of my favorites, I really love how he struggles a lot and is unlucky but has so much loving perseverance and becomes a staunch ally to his friends 
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Mar 21, 2023 02:38
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is it good
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The Bee posted:Between the oneshot and those manga panels, I honestly forgot just how much of Kinnikuman really is just about pure, wholesome love. The concept of Friendship is an actual and perhaps the greatest source of power in the setting and it can even be harnessed by antagonists like Omegaman and Ashuraman.
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Mar 21, 2023 05:44
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The Curry Cook oneshot got translated. I'm guessing Yudetamago watched RRR before writing this lol https://mangadex.org/chapter/5a279b00-2ace-40a1-bbc6-422907cc151c/2 E: Also the Wolfman oneshot. https://mangadex.org/chapter/48e4e9c1-901f-45b6-b8cb-bf728f247593/2 Plutonis fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Apr 4, 2023 |
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Apr 4, 2023 22:06
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Bunch of new chapters uploaded. Hot drat, that thing with Buffaloman after his fight was really emotional. Curious to see what will happen to him now that he is joining the choushin.
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Jul 11, 2023 18:13
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Yeah so many bombshells. The Time Choujin stuff makes me wonder if it'll connect with Nisei's Ultimate Tag Team stuff too (Chaos, Lightning and Thunder were Time Chojin iirc). E: Oh poo poo Yude IS bringing back Chaos 
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Jul 26, 2023 12:53
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Blaze Dragon posted:That solves the mystery, it's only adapting the revival arcs. On the one hand, worse for the people just getting into Kinnikuman. On the other, it means we get to the better stuff immediately. Oh poo poo! Yeah, I honestly would prefer to see the Revival Arcs being animated too.
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Sep 29, 2023 03:10
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New Chapter! Surprising tag matchup but really curious on how they will work. Plutonis fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Oct 23, 2023 |
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Oct 23, 2023 16:22
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https://x.com/yude_shimada/status/1768888763638493203?s=20 New Trailer!
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