Here we have a seinen marital arts manga about a man working his way through the world of karate. As martial arts manga go, this would have to be one of my favorite. The pacing is quick, the characters interesting, and the plot believable. And something about me before I start: I'm a 1st degree black belt in Taekwondo. Now then, onto the review:
Story: As I said, it doesn't stay in one place for too long. When the main character has beef with someone, the conflict is resolved without lingering in one place for 100 chapters (I'm looking at you Bleach!) During the well drawn
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Kairyuu Japanese: 空手小公子小日向海流 InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 50
Chapters: 500
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 27, 2000 to Aug 27, 2012
Theme:
Combat Sports
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Young Magazine (Weekly) Authors:
Baba, Yasushi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #29752 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #944
Members: 19,319
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Short answer, not worth your time.
If you're reading it for the main character for reasons listed below the spoiler section he just isn't worth reading through the 428 chapters released so far. !Spoilers below! !Spoilers below! !Spoilers below! ... Apr 19, 2010
As a great fan of action-oriented manga's and especially those influenced by a martial art. I came across Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru. While excited by the gaze upon its genres and summary, was I eventually pleased to read this manga?
If there's anything that bothers me about this manga, it's the focus. Though it has the ability to grasp the reader and involve it with its action and dialogue. It does so only rarely. You have a story about a gymnast who, with a tough and flexible atletic body, somehow becomes involved with karate and the karate club. The story seems a little weird at first ... Jun 27, 2014
I'm writing this review because I've never written one before and I really like this manga. Btw this is being written by someone who is a 1st Dan in Goju Ryu style karate.
I'm currently reading this manga and I am up to date with it too. I rated it 8 (very good) overall because I feel that it's really interesting and quite accurate too. Plus it's quite helpful when you want to try something new on who you're practising Kumite with :) The storyline is also good - a gymnast who gets bullied and starts to learn karate. One can easily get intrigued as to ... Sep 2, 2019
I love it for its martial arts...... but the story has a lot of duds.
To start off with its positives: As you'd expect from my first sentence, the martial arts display is simply fantastic. While the art style isn't anything groundbreaking (though, I think it's good and consistent for the most part) the fights are amazingly well drawn as well as symbolic imagery for the fights to add even more visual variety (see Minoru's fight vs Ojima with Ojima's vision of the ring as a war zone.) Poses are very strong and the contact of hits have extreme impact which increases the satisfaction. The characters aren't ... Jan 24, 2022
I have gone through anime. webtoons, manga, western comics and hollywood and never do I really find a in-depth knowledgeable piece of media about the Kickboxing, muay thai, karate, mma world quite like Karate Shoukoushi aside from All rounder Meguru.
Many people may give this manga a ignorant review not knowing first the many references of the martial arts industry and such but as a martial artist this Manga was extremely insightful, enjoyable and gave a much needed reflection of the martial arts industry. Not to mention this is like one of the only dozen or so manga with a realistic martial arts depiction. I only ... Jan 21, 2019
This review isn't going to be long ;)
When I start to read Minoru I wasn't expecting something big, I just like the art e started to follow the flow. I'm glad i followed that flow! Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru isn't perfect, of course! There are a lot of details that lack in care, some characters that are bad used and some characters that are complete useless, there was no need for them there. I belive that in some parts the author lost the track, the final part feels rushed and not really completed. Even though, we are given a ending, not perfect, but possible! I really think that, ... Jul 18, 2022
So much wasted potential. There are some awesome moments that'll be a treat to any combat sports fan, but ultimately the experience of reading this manga is that of being blueballed. It also feels as though the main character, Minoru, never really comes into his own. He seems to have anti-plot armor, where he wins up until a crucial moment, at which point he gets caught with some move and loses. The main villains are never confronted, the main character never really gets his concluding arc, and the rival characters pretty much never get any real action. Samart and Singhsak are awesome villains, and they
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Jul 22, 2019
As a karate-ka myself this manga is very pleasing to read and to experience. They actually use technical names of the martial art and are very faithful to the history and different styles in Karate. The Characters are interesting and make you more involved in the plot. The art is amazing too! There is a lot of blood and violence, which is fine, since the manga is about people fighting... About the sexual references... There are a few panty shots here and there, but the genre is corresponding to the rating. It is meant to be for mature audience. Well, having all this said... I
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May 9, 2020
So I've been reading Karate Shoukoushi Kohinata Minoru, and I've been finding it really interesting and close to what karate is and can be. There are no big exagerating fights, just really close to reality ones and there are also some cool and legendary characters. Since I practice karate myself, I'd really like to see an anime that was able to show what karate truly looks like and I think it would be a different kind of anime that could win a lot of fans. One of the studios I directed this to could do justice to this manga and would certainly win a lot
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