Kengan Ashura (2012)
ケンガンアシュラ
Quotes
- Ouma TOKITA
That guy died because he was weak. The weak die … Isn’t that just the way things are?
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 73]# - Ouma TOKITA
Getting ripped, getting punched, getting thrown, then crushing your opponent after they’ve thrown everything they have at you … How could there be anything better than that …!?
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 61]# - Ouma TOKITA
Vengeance? That was never my plan to begin with! Your master and Niko died because they were weak, because they lost! There’s only one reason I was going after your master … I couldn’t stand that there was anyone in the world that was stronger than me!!! I’m gonna crush anyone that claims to be the strongest! So that I can prove that I’m the strongest!!!!!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 24]#
- Kazuo YAMASHITA
… Ouma, you’re “strong.” Now, I haven’t seen every one in the world. And there might be someone even stronger than you out there for all I know. But to me, you’re the “strongest.” You never give up in the face of adversity … you’ve taught me that true strength is more than just physical strength! I could change myself because of you. You saved me!!! And I’m so ashamed that I haven’t done anything to repay you …
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 229]# - Kazuo YAMASHITA
… I had it all wrong. I thought that being “strong” meant being “invincible” … That it meant being “immortal,” powerful enough to shrug off any and all attacks … But the truth is that he’s already accumulated damage beyond his own limits. There’s not a single inch of his body that’s unharmed. He’s as far from healthy as he can get. But Ouma’s not giving up the fight.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 229]# - Metsudou KATAHARA
The objects of your true desire are always beyond annihilation.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 17]# - Setsuna KIRYUU
You have harmed me. I am an “offering” to “him.” And you have harmed me. You must pay. With your life.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 95]# - Setsuna KIRYUU
You have my thanks. I had a good dream. A very nostalgic dream … of the “sin” that I bear. Did you know? There are two kinds of people: “Those who deserve to be happy” and “those who don’t.” I am one of the latter. Now, will you become my “sin?”
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 96]# - Setsuna KIRYUU
This isn’t right! You are a god who destroys everything! You are my savior, who will kill me brutally, atrociously, and mercilessly! So why do you still cling to that man’s techniques!? Why can’t you forget him!!?
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 136]# - Shion SOURYUUIN
I’m not looking for “strength en masse.” All I’m looking for … is “overwhelming individual” violence.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 12]# - Jerry TYSON
I … I can’t beat him … He doesn’t just imitate them. This boy is actually a weapon!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 28]# - Niko TOKITA
When you wield violence just to survive, that’s no different from a beast. That’s not what humans ought to seek. “Violence” can’t be controlled with “violence” alone. That’s why you need … unwavering conviction. Indomitable discipline and training. Then, “violence” will be sublimated into “martial arts” …
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 48.5]# - Niko TOKITA
The more advanced the battle becomes, the more effective little techniques are. If you keep on launching big, flashy moves one after another, you’re gonna wear yourself out eventually.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 212]#
- Rei MIKAZUCHI
Humans are just meatbags filled with blood and shit.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 148]# - Jun SEKIBAYASHI
Why should I care if he breaks my bones or tears my flesh!!?
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 78]# - Ginji NAGASHIMA
“Temporary freedom” … I see. This must be “God’s will.” And God’s will is to “eradicate the heathens.” They must be judged.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 18]# - Keizaburou SAWADA
Never hold a shadow of a doubt in your victory … That’s what it means to be a fighter!!!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 66]# - Takeshi WAKATSUKI
Haha … Of course I am. I just can’t get used to it, no matter how many fights I’ve done. Every time I go into a match, I want to run away from the pressure.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 63]# - Naoya OUKUBO
Bears? Lions? No, I don’t fight those things. That’s more the field of stunt performers. Not for actual martial artists. I don’t really care about wheter or not I can beat a bear. All we martial artists need to know is “how to defeat humans.” And I’m gonna prove that in the Kengan matches!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 114]# - Tomari TOUGOU
Not all lives are equal! They had no money, no educaton, not even a shred of this “conscience” you’re talking about! And on top of that, they tried to disturb my business! What reason did they have to live!?
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 69]# - Tomari TOUGOU
Show ’em that duty and compassion don’t mean shit! That it’s the people who work for money that are truly strong!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 69]# - Byou MIKAZUCHI
It is not enough to “be as fast as lightning.” You must “become the lightning.”
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 89]# - Gensai KUROKI
“Strength” is not determined by power, technique, or frame. It is determinded by experience.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 196]# - Gensai KUROKI
He who can only strike what he sees is a second-rate martial artist. Do not underestimate me.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 198]# - Takeru KIOUZAN
That’s where you’re wrong … My brothers are the failures … Modern sumo is a failure. And I‘m here to change sumo.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 74]# - Takeru KIOUZAN
… I think you’ve got the wrong idea here. You think “pro wrestling’s got a monopoly on taking punishment.” You better remember this, pops. Sumo wrestlers are sturdier than pro wrestlers.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 75]# - Agito KANOH
“The Fang of Metsudou” transcends all!!!!!! “I fight, therefore I am.”
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 165]# - Kenzou YAMASHITA
This is for the best. It’s all perfect. I don’t mind standing in the shadows. I don’t have to take a step out of my house to seize this nation!!!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 22]# - Youhei BANDOU
I’m afraid I don’t know how to defeat people without killing them.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 103]# - Kouji KABURAGI
There are so many different kinds of weapons! I hope this taught you something. That’s two … and now your eyes are completely shut … it looks like the poison is finally starting to kick in. Those rings and bandages were so conspicuous, you knew they were obviously a bluff, right??? They may call it a strict pat-down, but they’ve only got human eyes … and if you ask me, they’re full of holes. But no matter how strict the checks get, I’ll slip through each and every one of ’em. I’m a hidden weapons specialist. I’m boldly sticking to my path of “perversion.”
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 10]# - Kouji KABURAGI
A young and talented man like you is having your sight stolen and your hearing disrupted by an old man like me … isn’t that delightful!? Whether weapons … the environment … or others … I use everything that I can. And that is the forte of “Medicine Man” Kaburagi Kouji.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 10]# - Hajime HANAFUSA
I pity you. You have opened the “Gates of Hell.” You shouldn’t expect a painless death.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 101]# - Gaolang WONGSAWAT
Boxing, to me, is a “conflict.” A “battle” with no room for impurities.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 106]# - Gaolang WONGSAWAT
Once the match is over, all is water under the bridge. That’s what it means to be a fighter.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 117]# - Suekichi KANEDA
What’s wrong with the “weak” seeking to be the “strongest?”
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 108]# - Cosmo IMAI
I finally get it now. It’s not fighting that I like. I’m no masochist. I really hate getting punched and kicked. What I like isn’t “fighting” at all. I like winning!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 125]# - Akira NISHIHONJI
You’ve got it all wrong. You didn’t think I was a good person, did you? I’m the one who pulled a kid with a bright future ahead of him into the underworld, and now I’ve forced him to face this deadly crisis. And you think I’m a good person? I strayed from the path a long time ago. What’s the point in being “weak yet good?” I will become Kengan association chariman. No matter what sacrifices I have to make. Every ambition comes with sacrifices. So don’t say another goddamn word …!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 124]# - Muteba GIZENGA
Hehe … You are afraid, I see. That is good … That is how prey should be.
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 69]# - Masaki MEGURO
Father. I just couldn’t help it. I’ve been holding it in for thirteen years … I can’t control myself anymore!
Manga: Kengan Ashura [Chapter 70]#