Bouryoku Banzai

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This has been an excellent manga so far, i'm honestly glad that they changed the premisse as the one from the one-shot wasn't all that interesting and there are a lot of similar manga on the magazine it's being published, while what they went with is actually unique, there are a lot of school fighting manga like this, but barely any have a female protagonist, and one that follows a very intriguing ideology about the worth of violence, each fight in this manga challenges this ideology in some way that might go over some of the readers' heads.

One of the best examples of this is ... in the FMC's fight against the Heavyweight MMA champion, as it is the best, but also most misunderstood fight manga fight of the year. In every fight of hers, she intents to prove that violence reigns surpreme, that it is the main factor that decides the outcome of fights, regardless if the opponent is superior in almost every way, like the MMA champion. Throught the whole fight, it's shown that he was the superior fighter overall, if they fought each other while using the same type of mentality, with both either fighting with MMA rules or violence in their mind, he would've won, however, while he fought with the former mentality, the FMC used the latter to utilize her high level of violence and go against the odds by doing everything possible to win, even if she had to rely on cheap tricks.

A lot of the fights in this manga are written in a similar manner where the MCs use their love of violence to win, illustrated by Nadainishi's gorgeous artstyle.

The recent chapters aren't nearly as good as the first 15 as the FMC doesn't fight much anymore and the focus is on the male MC, who is honestly kind of boring compared to her, but they're still enjoyable.

My disappointment with this is immeasurable.

For those unfamiliar, this started with a one-shot called Koroshi to Uso no Marriage (殺しと嘘のマリアージュ), released on April 27, 2024. It was a police-crime romance thriller packed with action and violence. If you haven't read it, go check it out—it's amazing. Initially, if I remember correctly, the artist announced that it would be serialized around November 2024, but it ended up being "delayed."

However, as you can see, the premise and story of the one-shot were completely abandoned. Instead, the serialized version was rewritten into a generic high school setting, retaining only the MC's name and design, the FMC’s design, and ... the action/violence. What a letdown. This is basically Kakegurui, but with gambling replaced by over-the-top, unrealistic fights.

I genuinely cannot comprehend why they would throw away such an interesting premise for something so uninspired. The one-shot had so much potential… Seeing it reduced to a cliché-ridden high school setting is a disheartening change. What a colossal waste of potential.