chapters like this are why most of us don't buy volumes, aren't they?
on that subject: volume 18 should be out and uploaded by now (it came out 2-3 days ago), so I'll update the mega whenever. Though, I doubt that many of you use it, even now.
Chapter 172: Amusement
>Musashi: Boy.
>M: You say that you...
>M: Will kill me?
>Baki: Well..
>B: It's embarrassing to hear when you say it like that.
>B: Musashi-san.
>B: You don't belong in this world.
>M: Boy.
>M: Even I realize that.
>M: This is not a place where I can climb by cutting.
>B: So, you knew.
>B: Still, you cut way too much.
>M: Hmm. And you wish to take revenge.
>B: Well...
>B: That was the plan...
>M: Alright!
>M: Then, wreak it upon me here!
>M: I cannot climb, yet, I still cut.
>M: I know of nothing else.
>B: Isn't gonna happen.
>B: Even if I were to beat an exhausted version of you...
>B: See?
>B: Just look at this.
>B: Normally, I'd have been cut clean in half.
>B: You're not really "Miyamoto Musashi" anymore.
>M: Little boy...
>B: Exactly.
>B: Right now, you can't even cut this little boy.
>M: Mm...
>M: Sometimes, I talk to no end, even with boys.
>M: I wonder if it will still be amusing.
I am somewhat uncertain about the second line. Musashi's speech is often a bit obscure, but this line is particularly strange. Chances are that I'm right, but be aware that I might not be.
>B: Thanks,
>B: For being soft there.
>M: I shall repeat myself.
>M: In this place, come, take your revenge.
>M: Now. Right here.
>Tokugawa: Don't harass him like that.
>M: Ohh...
>B: Old man...
>M: We were able to meet again, Tokugawa!
>T: Your bath's all ready.
>T: You're coming home tonight.
>M: Very well!
>Utsumi: ESCORT THEM!!!
>M: Heh-heh...
>M: What a great rise I've made.
>M: Is this not...
>M: Climbing well by cutting?
Forgot to say "End chapter". So, end chapter.
Anyway, here's a recent photograph of Itagaki (right) and some Hawaiian fighter (left). There's an actual date for their open chat thing at UFC Fight Night Japan, now: it's on September 23, at the Saitama Super Arena. So, if you are going to be in Japan around then, and would like to see/meet Itagaki, there's your chance!
There's also a brief interview/chat with the two of them in the magazine. I haven't the energy to translate it, as it seems to be just meaningless back-and-forth, in a manner similar to all Japanese talk shows. Though, there is a neat take-away:
Fun fact: apparently, when Itagaki was 19, he spent a month living in the wilderness in the mountains. He spent that time thinking about means by which he could take down a bear in a fair fight. Abe Daichi, the 19(?) year-old Hawaiian, calls Itagaki a dumbass for that.
I stopped reading after that.
So, anyway, I guess that Itagaki used and/or uses experiences from his own life as a source of inspiration in making bits of Baki. He's an interesting fellow, Itagaki.
Itagaki sez:
I solemnly swear this: I shall read a new book every week! And I won't cheat at it!
True end chapter.
Dou will end by ch 300 right?
>>162057033
there is no end to Musashi's Wild Ride
Strong is Beautiful.
>>162056338
>when Itagaki was 19, he spent a month living in the wilderness in the mountains. He spent that time thinking about means by which he could take down a bear in a fair fight
What the hell.
>>162057539
Oh, wait, I just looked at it again. I was wrong. Mistook a particle. He was just asking Daichi if that was what *he* spent his time thinking about. Serves me right for skimming. Daichi still calls him retarded, though.
DOPPO BEST BAKI
Thanks OP, stay strong.
I actually enjoyed the chapter
I like the whole "climb through the world by cutting" concept mentioned throughout and ended on, and even if it riles people up I think the sudden bath time is a well overdue funny moment
>>162056222
>222
>september 23
if we aren't hit by an asteroid or die in an eq, sure
>>162059291
what?
Memetobe save us
So he knows he won't be able to climb up in modern society yet still he seed climbing up by cutting.
what?
I don't even know this story is anymore. I haven't known for some time.
>>162060359
Strong is ______
>>162061828
_____ BEST _____ ?
>>162062493
_________ anatomy
>>162061828
I'm glad they didn't Punk Ali. His son however.
>>162059342
He's probably referencing all the natural disasters happening recently.
What with Hurricane Harvey and Irma and the Magnitude 8 Earthquake in Mexico
>>162064875
What if we shoot the hurricane and punch the earthquake
>>162056370
Wow these characters look ugly