Genres:Seinen(M),Action,Comedy,Martial Arts,School Life
🇬🇧English
Publication:Original Publication:Ongoing
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00.0%The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan's teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed.
As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.
Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.
Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.
As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.
Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.
Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.
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Chapters(173)
Volume 1 Chapter 1: Osu! Registration
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Volume 1 Chapter 2: Hero of the Class
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Volume 1 Chapter 3: Showdown with the Boxing Club
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Volume 1 Chapter 4: Freshmen Party Pyeeeen
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Volume 1 Chapter 5: Auntie Loves You
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Volume 1 Chapter 6: How's Your Youth!?
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Volume 1 Chapter 7: The Legendary Race
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Volume 1 Chapter 8: It's Hard Being Captain
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Volume 1 Chapter 9: My Underclassman
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Volume 2 Chapter 10: We Don't Need the Spirit Rod
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Volume 2 Chapter 11: I Can't Quit
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Volume 2 Chapter 12: Takagi's Disciplinary Action
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Volume 2 Chapter 13: Rook of Revenge
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Volume 2 Chapter 14: I'm Momochiyo
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Volume 2 Chapter 15: Stupid Dog's a Stupid Dog
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Volume 2 Chapter 16: Keep Quiet, Transfer Student!!
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Volume 2 Chapter 17: Takagi The Devil's Revenge
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Volume 3 Chapter 18: Saito Braces Himself!!
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Volume 3 Chapter 19: Yakuza and Friends!?
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Volume 3 Chapter 20: Takagi's Desperate Crisis
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Volume 3 Chapter 21: Momochiyo is a Woman
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Volume 3 Chapter 22: Momochiyo Won't Lose
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Volume 3 Chapter 23: Momochiyo is a Messenger of Justice!!
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Volume 3 Chapter 24: Grand Master of Fire
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Volume 3 Chapter 25: You Can't Live With Guts Alone
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Volume 3 Chapter 26: You Can't Apologize When You're Dead...!!
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Volume 3 Chapter 27: The Osaka Biker Gang Resistance
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Volume 4 Chapter 28: There's Something Wrong with Japanese Young Men!!
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Volume 4 Chapter 29: Takagi vs. Sagawa
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Volume 4 Chapter 30: Vivid! Takagi vs. Sagawa
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Volume 4 Chapter 31: Fierce Battle!! Takagi vs. Sagawa
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Volume 4 Chapter 32: Duel!! Takagi vs. Sagawa
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Volume 4 Chapter 33: At the End of Endless Duel
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Volume 4 Chapter 34: Gutsy Pickup Technique
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Volume 4 Chapter 35: The 16-Year-Old Father
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Volume 4 Chapter 36: Chick in the Rain
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Volume 4 Chapter 37: Leave the School Festival to Us!!
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Volume 4 Chapter 38: I Don't Like Long Daggers!
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Volume 5 Chapter 39: The Secret of Takagi's Hair
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Volume 5 Chapter 40: The Secret of Takagi's Hair, Part 2
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Volume 5 Chapter 41: The Secret of Takagi's Hair, Part 3
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Volume 5 Chapter 42: One Year Ago...
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Volume 5 Chapter 43: Momochiyo's Lover
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Volume 5 Chapter 44: Takagi's Worry
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Volume 5 Chapter 45: Takagi's Decision
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Volume 5 Chapter 46: Takagi's Tenacity!!
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Volume 6 Chapter 47: I'm a Rugger!?
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Volume 6 Chapter 48: The Raid on Jnuaffiliated!!
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Volume 6 Chapter 49: Takagi's Exploding Fight!!
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Volume 6 Chapter 50: The Final Goal Kick
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Volume 6 Chapter 51: Justice Does Hurt!!
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Volume 6 Chapter 52: Matsushita Expelled!?
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Volume 6 Chapter 53: The Three-Minute Legend
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Volume 6 Chapter 54: A Very Dangerous Upperclassman
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Volume 6 Chapter 55: I'm Just A Loose Cannon
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Volume 6 Chapter 56: Finally Total War
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Volume 6 Chapter 57: Christmas Time in Blue
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Volume 7 Chapter 58: Rosary of Hell!!
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Volume 7 Chapter 59: Showdown On The Eve
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Volume 7 Chapter 60: White Christmas
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Volume 7 Chapter 61: The Two Assassins
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Volume 7 Chapter 62: Panic In Kobe
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Volume 7 Chapter 63: Danger On The Kobe Front!!
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Volume 7 Chapter 64: Takagi's Sinking SOS!!
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Volume 7 Chapter 65: Night of the Attack on Osaka
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Volume 7 Chapter 66: From the Grim Reaper with Love
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Volume 7 Chapter 67: KFTH Destroyed!!
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Volume 7 Chapter 68: Moment of Determination
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Volume 8 Chapter 69: Days of Silence
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Volume 8 Chapter 70: Osaka's Total Submission
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Volume 8 Chapter 71: Takagi Revived!!
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Volume 8 Chapter 72: The Secret Message
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Volume 8 Chapter 73: KFTH on the Gallows
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Volume 8 Chapter 74: The Four Hands of Death Tiger Strike Explodes!
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Volume 8 Chapter 75: Get Mad, Morigama!!
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Volume 8 Chapter 76: Take the Road to Hell!
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Volume 8 Chapter 77: Attack on Kobe
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Volume 8 Chapter 78: The Battle Begins!
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Volume 9 Chapter 79: We're Counting On You!!
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Volume 9 Chapter 80: Self-Sacrificial Counterattack
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Volume 9 Chapter 81: Cliff
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Volume 9 Chapter 82: As Fate Decrees
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Volume 9 Chapter 83: A New Challenge
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Volume 9 Chapter 84: The Cursed Gang
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Volume 9 Chapter 85: Promise
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Volume 9 Chapter 86: The Immobile Takagi
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Volume 9 Chapter 87: KFTH Splits Up!?
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Volume 9 Chapter 88: Osaka's High Waves!
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Volume 9 Chapter 89: Persuasion of Blood
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Volume 10 Chapter 90: Asuka's Tears
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Volume 10 Chapter 91: The Mysterious New Seven
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Volume 10 Chapter 92: Hanna Street of Hell
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Volume 10 Chapter 93: Secret of the Bat
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Volume 10 Chapter 94: Hanna on Fire!?
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Volume 10 Chapter 95: The Race Begins!!
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Volume 10 Chapter 96: Our Showdown's Just Starting!!
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Volume 10 Chapter 97: The Police Are Coming! Oh, Shit!!
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Volume 10 Chapter 98: Game Is Over!?
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Volume 10 Chapter 99: Rampage with No Tomorrow
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Volume 10 Chapter 100: Forever and Ever
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Volume 11 Chapter 101: Invitation to Hell
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Volume 11 Chapter 102: The Unseen Menace
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Volume 11 Chapter 103: Flood of Candidates for the Fourth!!
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Volume 11 Chapter 104: The Great Conspiracy
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Volume 11 Chapter 105: Decision
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Volume 11 Chapter 106: Persuasion
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Volume 11 Chapter 107: The Great War of Osaka
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Volume 11 Chapter 108: Play-Offs for the Fourth
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Volume 11 Chapter 109: Mad Dog
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Volume 11 Chapter 110: Sacrifice
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Volume 11 Chapter 111: The Weakness of Judo
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Volume 12 Chapter 112: The Muay Thai Warrior
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Volume 12 Chapter 113: Betrayal
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Volume 12 Chapter 114: For the Sake of Osaka...
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Volume 12 Chapter 115: Rikizan's Past
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Volume 12 Chapter 116: The True Soul of Osaka
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Volume 12 Chapter 117: The Conspiracy Exposed
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Volume 12 Chapter 118: Destiny
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Volume 12 Chapter 119: Power and Heart
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Volume 12 Chapter 120: The Evil Wind
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Volume 12 Chapter 121: Cry of the Heart
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Volume 12 Chapter 122: Shikoku is Coming
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Volume 13 Chapter 123: The Identity of I.G.
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Volume 13 Chapter 124: Midnight Raid
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Volume 13 Chapter 125: The Red Lightning
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Volume 13 Chapter 126: Meeting
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Volume 13 Chapter 127: The Legendary Soul of Osaka
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Volume 13 Chapter 128: A Mad Love
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Volume 13 Chapter 129: Secret of Two Years Ago
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Volume 13 Chapter 130: The Wandering Takagi
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Volume 13 Chapter 131: Headhunt
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Volume 13 Chapter 132: The Mysterious Old Man
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Volume 13 Chapter 133: Counterattack
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Volume 13 Chapter 134: The Four Secrets of Captain!!
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Volume 14 Chapter 135: Raid!!
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Volume 14 Chapter 136: Morigami vs. Jinrai
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Volume 14 Chapter 137: Dance of Death
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Volume 14 Chapter 138: End of the Duel...
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Volume 14 Chapter 139: The Fourth Secret
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Volume 14 Chapter 140: Phantom
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Volume 14 Chapter 141: The Army Moves to Kobe
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Volume 14 Chapter 142: Kobe Stands!!
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Volume 14 Chapter 143: The Power of God
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Volume 14 Chapter 144: Fist of Darkness, Fist of Light
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Volume 14 Chapter 145: Fist of the Last Stand
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Volume 15 Chapter 146: Becoming a Wolf
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Volume 15 Chapter 147: The Impending Storm
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Volume 15 Chapter 148: Like Fire...
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Volume 15 Chapter 149: Takagi Defeated!?
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Volume 15 Chapter 150: Recovery
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Volume 15 Chapter 151: Secret of the Fa Jin
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Volume 15 Chapter 152: Finale
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Volume 15 Chapter 153: Judgment
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Volume 15 Chapter 154: Wavering Days
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Volume 15 Chapter 155: A Sorrowful Heart
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Volume 15 Chapter 156: Setting Out
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Volume 16 Chapter 157: Coming to Tokyo
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Volume 16 Chapter 158: A Painful Ceremony
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Volume 16 Chapter 159: Decision for the Moment
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Volume 16 Chapter 160: Declaration of War!?
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Volume 16 Chapter 161: Conclusion of Negotiations!?
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Volume 16 Chapter 166: The Pet Dog Strikes Back
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Volume 16 Chapter 167: Trump Card
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Volume 16 Chapter 168: Marimo in Danger+
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Volume 17 Chapter 169: No Exit
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Volume 17 Chapter 170: The Karate Club's SOS!!
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Volume 17 Chapter 171: Point of Death
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Volume 17 Chapter 173: Breaking the Signboard
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