Tenkamusou: Edajima Heihachi Den

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This is a fun, ridiculous and manly coming of age story about Edajima Heihachi. The story is really intriguing but contains a bunch of inconsistencies with the original work Sakigake Otokojuku. Most notably with an event that marks the 2/3 of that manga. So if you look forward to learing more about that event here you will be VERY disappointed. But even so this is one of those rare stories which follows the journey of a prodigy without making his achievements feel cheap but rather impressive.

Tenkamusou: Edajima Heihachi Den keeps the humour and spirit of the original manga but also changes its history in ... a few ways which will only bother you if you read that one first.

All in all this is a story for every one who enjoys to watch the rise of a legend. And with this being a "prequel" it doesn't require you to read the original story first to make sense of this.

I think this is Akira's masterpiece. He gave us the origin story of the greatest character in Otokojuku combined with comedy, violence and so many manly scenes and manly characters.
The structure of the story was also great, giving us some characters connected with the original series which really amazed me.
Overall I really enjoyed the journey of Edajime from his childhood until he grew up and letting us know why he build a school such as otokojuku.
I highly recommend this manga to the fans of otokojuku and especially to the fans of THE PRINCIPLE OF OTOKOJUKU EDAJIMA HIHACHI.