Holyland 49

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HOLYLAND #49

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act.49 Iron Wall

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Y: Izawa-san isn't superhuman or anything...
Y: If fists hit him, he'll take damage.
Y: Our bodies aren't even that different.
Y: Winning...is possible.
Y: His fists...aren't so fast that I can't see them.
Y: The problem here...
Y: are his legs!!
Y: The speed of his body is unbelievable!
Y: If he catches me off guard, gets inside and is able to attack me from the side...I'll be done for.

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Y: I can't let him get close to me!! I'll keep thrusting him away with long, fast straights!!
Y: These fists hardened with the Vantages...I can keep them going forever!Y
Y: I should be able to hit him...
Y: No--
sfx: kuh
Y: I will!!
sfx: gyuh
sfx: buh

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sfx: shih
sfx:shushih
sfx: kuh
sfx: kuh
Y: Too far?!
Y: I need to get in closer!!
sfx: gunnn
sfx: buh x3

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sfx: ba x5
Y: Wha!!?
Y: He dropped them all!!?

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Y: Not even Tsuchiya-san could stop these...!! Why?!
Y: Not even one got through...!!?
Y: It's just like that time...
Y: Why...?
1: For all readers with the same doubts as Yuu, allow me to explain: the basic idea is this: when punches thrown at a certain level are countered by punches at an equal level,
2: over five times the strength is needed to stop them. If punches are thrown diagonally from above like in the diagram, it is comparatively easy to do so.
3: In this case, the punches are not being stopped, but rather dropped, or even simply swept away!!
small 1: Punches can be dropped by being struck from the wrist up to the elbow.
small 2: The damage will rise up to the palm.
4: It is ideal to use this move when the punch is coming from the opponent's opposite arm.
small 3: If you get a friend to help you demonstrate, it should be easier to understand.

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Y: No...this isn't the time to be worrying...Izawa-san took the blows and didn't immediately punch back...!!
Y: Maybe it means that it took all his strength just to block them...?!
Y: Yeah!! If it wasn't, he would bounce back with an attack like always!!
Y: So if I punch him harder, and faster, to the point where he can't block them...
Y: They should all hit!!
G: Yeaaah, I think they said it was like, around here or something...
G: Ohhhh
G: Don't just stop alluva sudden, man!
B: There!

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G: Wh...what...? What's going on...here? (It's usually so noisy...)
B: Look at all this damn tension.
B: Is it because of them?
G: Yu...
B: Wait!

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B: What'll you think will happen if you go out there now?! If all these guys watching now sudden start to feel like killing...
B: I'm not confident that I'll be able to protect you...
G: Uu...
B: If a policeman comes and Kamishiro runs, everything will have been in vain.
B: Hell, you told him that this was the only way yourself, didn't you? He must understand.
B: We have no choice but to leave it to him here.
B: Fine...
B: I got it...
B: Yuu...you--

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B: If only you could see your face now...
sfx: hooo x5
Y: I'll hit him, I'll hit him.
Y: Faster, stronger...faster...
sfx: byu
sfx: bih
sfx:chih
sfx: bah

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1: Ahhh, so he really can't hit him!
B: Kamishiro just practices through repetition, so his attacks are easy to see through...
B: But if even his speed is no good here...
B: Then all I can really say is...I expected no less...
B: from Izawa Masaki.
Y: I can't hit...why can't I hit him?!
Y: Why?!
Y: That's it!!

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sfx: shuh
sfx: gah
B: Oh yeah!! He can use this move too!!
G: A pull punch!
sfx: gunn

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sfx: kyuh
sfx: bachih
Y: H-he got out of it so easily...!!?
Y: H...how?!
Box: When your arm is grabbed by the opponent from the opposite side, there's an easy way to free yourself.
1: Just like Masaki did, simply twist your arm inwards.
2: it won't do you any good to simply panic and pull your arm to the outside.
3: As Masaki is a user of the "right sealer," it's only natural that he knows the correct way to execute this.
4: To truly master a technique means to know the best ways to counter it as well.
* line: *Incidentally, Masaki performs his "right sealer" by grabbing the inside of his opponent's sleeve, so that it can't be easily shaken off (as seen in Volume 2).
Yuu simply grabbed what he could.
sfx: haa x4
Y: Nothing...works...
Y: tss...

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Y: He never sweats...always looking down from above...as if he's enjoying it...
Y: Is everything...going just...how he planned...?
Y: You're...!
Y: Uuu...

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Y: Waaaaahhhhh!!
sfx:buh
sfx: guh
sfx:byuh
sfx: bun
B: Dumbass...this isn't an opponent you can defeat just by punching wildly like that!
G: Yuuuuu!!

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G: Come on, we've got to stop this!
B: No.
G: Why not?! The match's already been decided, any more and Yuu will...
B: If you're his friend...
B: ...then you won't stop this...if you do, it'll only leave regrets.
B: And simply slow his recovery...
B: Until he gets everything out...we're going to wait.
G: Shuugo...
G: ...everything...?
G: The kicks!! Oh yeah!
G: Yuu still has his kicks!

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G: R-right, Shuugo...?
G: Masaki-san started out with boxing, so Yuu's kicks might be able to get through to him!!
G: If he can maybe just get one through...
B: I never said he'd be able to hit him.
G: What are you talking about?!
B: He started boxing in high school...

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sfx:baba
sfx: gyuh
B(2b): Until middle school...we were in the same dojo.
B: That guy--

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B: started out with karate!!
sfx: gashih!!
Y: My kicks won't get in either!!!
Y: Th-this means...