History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi 79

Corrections have been marked by strikeouts

Page 1
The splash page has a 3-tiered pyamid of the portraits of the Fists of Ragnarok, with a shadowy figure in another frame above all the others
ＢＡＴＴＬＥ７９
すり減るまで‼
Battle 79
Until It's Worn Out!!

The shadowy figure behind Ragnarok
拳聖
Kensei

A man wearing glasses, in a white suit
第一拳豪
The First Fist

A bubble-gum chewing man
第二拳豪
The Second Fist

A woman with a scarred cheek
第三拳豪
The Third Fist

A man wearing goggles
第四拳豪
ロキ
戦う参謀。
The Fourth Fist
Loki
Battling Strategist

A long haired man, wearing a broad-brimmed hat. Crossed swords mark the corner of the picture.
第五拳豪
ジークフリート
通称〝不死身の作曲家〟。兼一と戦い敗れる。
The Fifth Fist
Siegfried
Alias "The Immortal Composer." Defeated by Kenichi.

A man in a dark cloak. Crossed swords mark the corner of the picture
第六拳豪
ハーミット
〝隠者〟と呼ばれ、ふたつの顔を持つ。兼一と引き分け、目下、行方不明。
The Sixth Fist
Hermit
He has two faces. He fought Kenichi to a draw; present whereabouts unknown.

A heavy-set, fierce looking man
第七拳豪
The Seventh Fist

A woman wearing a hat. Crossed swords mark the corner of the picture
大八拳豪
バルキリー
名前・南條キサラ。兼一および新白連合に隊を全滅させられる。
The Eighth Fist
Valkyrie
Name: Nanjou Kisara. Her company was wiped out by Kenichi and Shimpaku Rengou.

Page 2
Panel 1
The gates of Ryouzampaku
やっ！
だあ‼
Ya!
Da!

We can see into the practice hall - Kenichi has tried a sweep, but Miu has flipped into the air...

and kicks Kenichi

Page 3
Kenichi is thrown up against the wall

Panel 2
白浜兼一　ギャああ‼
Kenichi: Gyah!!

Panel 3
and ends up upside down
白浜兼一　な……なぜだっ………？
白浜兼一（高一）趣味、読書と園芸。
Kenichi: Wh... why?
Shirahama Kenichi (First Year High School) Hobbies: reading and gardening

Panel 4
風林寺美羽　あーーら、「第五拳豪を倒したボクなら、美羽さんから一本とれる」んじゃなかったんですの？
風林寺美羽（高一）梁山泊の一人娘。趣味、ネコ鑑賞。
Miu: Oh, "If I knocked out the Fifth Fist, I can score a point on Miu", wasn't it?
Fuurinji Miu (First Year High School) Hobby: Cat watching

Page 4
Panel 1
Kenichi pounds the ground in frustration
白浜兼一　おかし〰〰いどうしてだ‼？
白浜兼一　かなわないまでも、少しは通用すると思ってたのに‼
白浜兼一　かすりもしないなんてーー
Kenichi: Very funny! Why?
Kenichi: Even if I can't match you, I thought I was at least in your class!!
Kenichi: I couldn't even scratch you...

Panel 2
A squeaky-hammer is held high in the air...
白浜ほのか　たーっ‼
Honoka: Ta!!

Miu spots it...

Panel 4
and reacts reflexively, grabbing the hammer and putting a knife hand to the throat of her assailant, before stopping herself - it's Kenichi's little sister, Honoka.
風林寺美羽　あっ‼
Miu: Ah!!

Page 5
Panel 1
Honoka pounds Miu with the squeaky-hammer, while Kenichi thinks dark thoughts behind them.
風林寺美羽　ほのかちゃん！
風林寺美羽　ダメですわよ、組手中は入ってきちゃ。
白浜ほのか　お兄ちゃんをいじめるなーーっ‼
Miu: Honoka-chan!
Miu: Bad girl, you must not come in during sparring.
Honoka: Don't bully my brother!!

Panel 2
Honoka chases Miu out of the room
白浜ほのか　あっちいけムチブリ！しっしっ‼
風林寺美羽　け、兼一さん、それでは今日はここまでで…
Honoka: Get out of here, Big Boobs! Shoo, shoo!!
Miu: Ke... Kenichi-san, that's all for today...

Panel 3
白浜ほのか　フッ！まいったかムチブリめ！
白浜ほのか　お兄ちゃんはほのかが守るじょ‼
白浜ほのか（中一）趣味、テニス、カラオケ、オセロ。
Honoka: Heh! And don't come back, Big Boobs!
Honoka: When it comes to protecting my brother, Honoka's on the job!!
Shirahama Honoka (First Year Middle School) Hobbies: Tennis, Karaoke, Othello

Panel 4
Kenichi puts his hand on Honoka's head...
白浜兼一　ジャマするなっていってるだろ、もう……
Kenichi: Didn't I tell you not to interfere...

Panel 5
puts her under his arm, and brings her to Apachai, who is holding an Othello board.
白浜兼一　アパチャイさんこれ、ちゃんとあずかっといてくださいよ！
白浜ほのか　人をものあつかいするなーー
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　ゴメンよ、オセロで考えこんでたよ。
Kenichi: Apachai-san, please take good care of this!
Honoka: Don't treat a person like a thing!
Apachai: Sorry, I was thinking about Othello.

Page 6
The gates of Ryouzampaku

Panel 2
Ba is demonstrating a technique, in which his hands are flipped up and down in front of him as he advances.
馬剣星　フン‼
Ba: Hm!!

Panel 3
馬剣星　双纒手という技ね！
Ba: This technique is called Soutenshu!

Panel 4
However...
馬剣星　敵の守りを開門させ攻撃する高度な技ね。でも、そろそろ兼ちゃんなら使いこなせる頃…
馬剣星　……って、聞いてる？
It's an advanced technique for opening up an enemies defenses and attacking. But, you should be able to master it quickly. the time to master it has arrived.
Ba: ... say, are you listening?

Panel 5
Kenichi is curled up on the floor.
白浜兼一　美羽さんズルいよーー強いんだもん…
Kenichi: Miu-san is sneaky... she's strong...

Panel 6
ふて寝。
白浜兼一（手書き）　もういいっすよーどうせ凡人だもの
白浜兼一（手書き）　しくしく
白浜兼一（手書き）　むりむりおーむり
白浜兼一（手書き）　あなたたち達人と一緒にしないで下さい
馬剣星（手書き）　おーい
馬剣星　どうしたね急に？
Sulking
Kenichi (handwritten): Forget it. Anyhow, I'm just an ordinary guy.
Kenichi (handwritten): Sob, sob
Kenichi (handwritten): It's useless, it's useless, oh, I'm useless. It's too much, it's too much, oh, it's too much
Kenichi: (handwritten): You masters just leave me alone.
Ba (handwritten) Hey
Ba: What happened, all of a sudden?

Page 7
Panel 1
A view of the corner of a roof, and trees
馬剣星　ふむふむ、兼ちゃんは才能がないから、
馬剣星　どんなに頑張っても美羽には勝てないんじゃないかと心配なわけね？
Ba: Um-hm, because Ken-chan doesn't have any talent,
Ba: you're worried that no matter how hard you try, you can't beat Miu?

Panel 2
Kenichi has his arms wrapped around his legs...
ジークフリート（手書き）　ラララ
白浜兼一　このあいだの第五拳豪の人倒せたのも…
白浜兼一　やっぱりまぐれだったのかなーって…
Siegfried: La la la
Kenichi: Even though I was able to defeat the Fifth Fist the other day...
Kenichi: I suppose it was just dumb luck...

Panel 3
sitting in a doorway, with Ba sitting nearby, and Kouetsuji reading inside the room
白浜兼一　もしかしたらボクみたいな凡人はいくら頑張っても…
白浜兼一　〝頑張ってる上に天才〟な人には追いつけないのかな〰〰って…
馬剣星　………
Kenichi: Maybe, however hard an ordinary guy like me tries, ...
Kenichi: he can't catch a person who is "a genius on top of working hard"...

Panel 4
Kouetsuji turns to Apachai and Sakaki
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　あぱ……
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　フウ
岬越寺秋雨　おや、こっちにもため息君がいるのかね？
Apachai: Apa...
Apachai (handwritten): sigh
Kouetsuji: Hey, is Mr. Sigh over here, too?

Panel 5
逆鬼至緒　こいつ、兼一の妹とあれだけオセロやり続けてるのに、まだ一度も勝てねーだとよ。
Sakaki: This guy, even though he does nothing but play Othello with Kenichi's sister, he hasn't won even once.

Panel 6
Sakaki sits down across the board from Apachai
逆鬼至緒　だからオレがいっちょ手ほどきしてやろうと思ってな。
逆鬼至緒　ほら、いくぞ！おめーから打っていいぜ！
岬越寺秋雨　……
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　あぱ？
Sakaki: So I think I'll show you the basics.
Sakaki: Come on! Give it a shot!
Kouetsuji: ...
Apachai: Apa?

Page 8
The clock strikes 8.

Sakaki laughs...

Panel 3
then turns away from the board, covering his head. Apachai waves his hand up and down. Ba points to himself.
逆鬼至緒　負けたぜ！
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　逆鬼、弱すぎよ。これじゃ練習になんないよ。
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　馬、代わりにオセロ教えてほしいよ。
馬剣星　え…今、兼ちゃんを説得することね……ま、いいね。一回だけなら。
Sakaki: I lost!
Apachai: Sakaki, you're too weak. This wasn't even practice.
Apachai: Ba, I want you to teach me Othello instead.
Ba: Well... I'm persuading Ken-chan now... Well, OK. Just one game.

Panel 4
Now both Sakaki and Ba are covering their heads in shame.
白浜兼一　二人とも腕っぷしだけの人ですか？
白浜兼一（手書き）　おいおい
Kenichi: The two of you are only physically strong?
Kenichi (handwritten) wow

Panel 5
Kouetsuji gets up
白浜兼一　岬越寺師匠はたしか囲碁も将棋も、
白浜兼一　プロ級でしたよね〰
岬越寺秋雨　オセロも負けたことはないよ。
岬越寺秋雨　どれしかたない、私が見てやるか。
Kenichi: Master Kouetsuji is certainly a pro at
Kenichi: both Go and Shogi*...
Kouetsuji: I've never been beaten at Othello, either.
Kouetsuji: Oh, well, I'll give it a try.
*Japanese style chess

The board between Kouetsuji and Apachai has 32 black pieces, and 31 white pieces, with the last spot unplayable.

Page 9
Panel 1
逆鬼至緒　さすが秋雨！わざとギリギリの戦いをしやがった‼
馬剣星　ほ〰
白浜兼一　す、すごい！一枚差で岬越寺師匠の勝ちだ！
Sakaki: Clever Akisame! You barely won the contest at the last minute on purpose!!
Ba: Whoa...
Kenichi: Wow! Master Kouetsuji wins by one piece!

Panel 2
岬越寺秋雨　ふ……
Kouetsuji: Heh...

Panel 3
岬越寺秋雨　あぶなかった〰〰
白浜兼一　ええ！？うそお！？
逆鬼至緒　なにい‼
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ　あぱ？
Kouetsuji: That was close...
Kenichi: Huh!? No way!?
Sakaki: What!!
Apachai: Apa?

Panel 4
岬越寺秋雨　実際にやってみてわかったが、断じてみんなが弱いのではない。
岬越寺秋雨　アパチャイ君は猛烈にオセロが強くなっているんだ‼
Kouetsuji: I knew that you were really trying, but in truth it isn't that everyone is bad.
Kouetsuji: Apachai-kun has become extremely good at Othello!!

Page 10
Panel 1
Shigure is polishing her sword - she holds her sword in one hand, a ball on a stick (a duster of some polishing compound?) in the other, and a cloth between her lips.
香坂しぐれ　ああ、毎日やってたぞ………
香坂しぐれ　オセロ。
Shigure: Oh, he plays it every day...
Shigure: Othello.

Panel 2
香坂しぐれ　相手がいない時は………
香坂しぐれ　一人でやってた……
Shigure: When he doesn't have an opponent...
Shigure: he plays by himself...

Panel 3
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ（手書き）　何かみんなむつかしいはなししてるよ…
アパチャイ・ホパチャイ（手書き）　しかたないよ一人でやるよ
香坂しぐれ　あんまりやりこんでるから…
香坂しぐれ　大事に使ってるオセロのこまが……
Apachai (handwritten): It's hard to talk people into this Everybody's using hard words when they talk...
Apachai (handwritten): Oh, well, I'll just play by myself
Shigure: Since he plays so much...
Shigure: The Othello pieces he's always using...

Panel 4
It's shown how thin the othello pieces have become.
香坂しぐれ　ほら、すり減って薄くなって………る。
香坂しぐれ　誰か新しいの買ってやれ！
Shigure: Look, they're being worn... down.
Shigure: Someone better buy him new ones!

Panel 5
白浜兼一　‼
Kenichi: !!

Page 11
Kenichi gets a determined look

Panel 2
岬越寺秋雨　フ……
Kouetsuji: Heh...

Panel 3
He looks to Ba...
白浜兼一　馬師父！さっきの技、もう一度教えてください‼
馬剣星　おっ、やる気になったね？
Kenichi: Master Ba! Show me that last technique again, please!!
Ba: Oh, you're back in the mood?

Panel 4
and tightens his belt.
岬越寺秋雨　美羽も修行し成長しているのだよ。キミがこうしている間にもね‼
白浜兼一　追いつくにはふてくされてる時間なんてないんですよ‼
Kouetsuji: Miu is also improving through training. Even while you're doing this!!
Kenichi: There's no time to sulk if I'm going to catch her!!

Panel 5
岬越寺秋雨　自分がつらい時には他人もつらい！
岬越寺秋雨　キミがまだ見ぬ敵も、今この時間に強くなってゆく…
Kouetsuji: While you are working hard, others are also!
Kouetsuji: Even opponents you haven't met yet, are even now growing stronger...

Page 12
Panel 1
白浜兼一　ええ、ボクも床がすり減るまでやってみます！
白浜兼一　あきらめるのはそれまでおあずけです‼
Kencihi: Yes, I'll train until the floor is worn out, too!
Kenichi: I won't quit until that happens!!

Panel 2
白浜兼一（思い）　しかし待てよ……アパチャイさんがここまで強いってことは……
白浜兼一（思い）　そのアパチャイさんがかなわないほのかって、もしかして岬越寺師匠より強い？
Kenichi (thought): But wait... if Apachai is this good...
Kenichi: Maybe Honoka, who Apachai-san can't surpass, is better than Master Kouetsuji?

Panel 3
Miu looks in on Kouetsuji, whose back is to the door (and the reader.)
風林寺美羽　秋雨さーん、ゴハンですよーー
岬越寺秋雨　あ〰〰〰もう少ししたら行く。
岬越寺秋雨（思い）　練習しとこ。
Miu: Akisame-san, dinner time!
Kouetsuji: Oh, I'll come in a little while.
Kouetsuji (thought): I need to practice.

Page 13
A rundown section of town - multi-story building with broken windows

Panel 2
A group of people are sitting on crates under a shelter. In front of them, in the open, another group of people sit or stand around a pair of fighters.
ラグナレク員　ぐっ！
Ragnarok member: Goo!

Panel 3
ラグナレク員　でりゃあ‼
Ragnarok member: Derya!!

Page 14
Panel 1
ラグナレク員　ふっ‼
Ragnarok member: Foo!!

Panel 2
The people on the crates are the Fists of Ragnarok
ラグナレク員　やあ！
ラグナレク員　たあ‼
Ragnarok member: Yah!
Ragnarok member: Tah!!

Panel 3
ラグナレク員　でや‼
ラグナレク員　でい‼
Ragnarok member: Deya!!
Ragnarok member: Dei!!

Page 15
Panel 1
第一拳豪　バルキリー、今日から謹慎を解くぞ。
第一拳豪　隊を壊滅させられた罰はもう十分だろう。
バルキリー　は‼ありがとうございます。
First Fist: Valkyrie, you are released from your punishment today.
First Fist: This is enough for the crime of allowing your company to be annihilated.
Valkyrie: Sir! Thank you.

Panel 2
ロキ　しかし、まさか八拳豪の一人がやられるなんてな…
ロキ　ジークは当分再起不能だってさ…
Loki: However, of all things one of the Eight Fists has been defeated...
Loki: They say that Sieg is for the present beyond recovery...

Panel 3
ロキ　新白連合、この借りは必ず返すぜ！
Loki: Shimpaku Rengou, we will certainly repay this debt!

Panel 4
ロキ　とくに白浜兼一には念入りにね。
第一拳豪　………
Loki: We'll be especially careful of Shirahama Kenichi.
First Fist: ...

The First Fist looks at something in his hand...

Page 16
It's a Yin/Yang badge, like the one Kenichi wears on his collar.

Panel 2
第一拳豪（思い）　もしあの白浜兼一が新白連合の隊長ならば……
第一拳豪（思い）　ついに、昔のバッジに交わした誓いを果たすときがきた…‼
ラグナレク員　ごわあああ‼
First Fist (thought): If that Shirahama Kenichi is the Commander of Shimpaku Rengou...
First Fist (thought): The time to fulfill the old oath to exchange badges has finally arrived!!
Ragnarok member: Gowah!!

Panel 3
One of the fighters has won...
ラグナレク員　へっ！
ラグナレク員　オレの圧勝だぜ！これでオレも八拳豪に入れてくれんのか？
ラグナレク員　え？第一拳豪さんよ‼
Ragnarok member: Heh!
Ragnarok member: There's no doubt I'm the winner! Will you let me enter the Eight Fists for this?
Ragnarok member: Huh? First Fist-san!

Panel 4
ラグナレク員　さーーて、オレは何拳豪だい？なんなら行方知れずのハーミットの枠でもいいぜ‼
Ragnarok member: Well, what number Fist will I be? Perhaps I'll take the place of the missing Hermit!!

Page 17
Panel 1
Someone in a dark cloak is behind the winner...
ハーミット　ザコが！身のほどをわきまえてほざけ。
Hermit: What foolishness! Grovel and know your place.

Panel 2
The winner turns around, ready to attack...
ラグナレク員　んだとお！
Ragnarok member: What did you say!

but all his punches are blocked...

and he is overthrown. It can be seen he has the black gloves of a Fist, with the Roman numeral VI on the back.

The Fists look on the sight

Panel 6
ロキ　あっ。
Loki: Oh.

Panel 7
第一拳豪　やれやれ。
First Fist: Well, well.

Page 18
The figure of the Hermit is revealed.
第一拳豪　お帰り、第六拳豪…………
第一拳豪　ハーミット。
First Fist: Welcome back, Sixth Fist...
First Fist: Hermit.