History Manga / KenganAshura

The following day Kazuo is summoned by the Nogi Incorporated’s CEO ('''Nogi Hideki''') himself, wondering what he had done wrong Kazuo goes to meet the boss; Hideki instead introduces Kazuo to the story of Kengan Matches, fighting matches that have been organized since the Edo Period, a concept built to end conflict between merchants of that era so it wouldn’t end in mass scale bloodbaths, business owners would choose and appoint top fighters to represent them in these Kengan Matches, the winner would automatically win whatever was the source of conflict between the opposing parties (market share, market reach, locations for subsidiaries, etc.).

In May 2015 the series won a poll organized by Ura Sunday in which the winner would become eligible for getting an Animated Adaptation, Kengan Ashura got more than 2 million fan votes, winning, and Ura Sunday will reveal more details about production and release date in the future.

Compare to ''Manga/BakiTheGrappler'', Kengan Ashura shares some similarities to the early beginnings of Baki and both protagonists are similar in design and personality.

'''Yamashita Kazuo''', a 56 year old underachieving salesman from Nogi Incorporated; his wife divorced him and left, his oldest son is a shut-in and his second son dropped out from school and steals from him after joining a gang, Kazuo is an unhappy man who can’t help but to constantly lower his head as everything around him seems to be above in rank and status.

'''Tokita Ohma''', a mysterious young man presumably in his late 20s who lives an ascetic life, living only to satisfy his base desires for picking fights, he seems to be looking for something, someone, by picking these fights, reasoning that sooner or later he will find it.

''Kengan Ashura'' is a manga series written by ''Sandrovich Yabako'' and drawn by ''Daromeon''[[note]]One might recognize his art from ''Ketchup Ninja''[[/note]], beginning publication in 2012 it runs in '''Ura Sunday''', a {{Shounen}} Magazine, published by Shogakukan.

* {{Badass}}: All the fighters in the Kengan Matches must be this otherwise they wouldn't be there to begin with.

In May 2015 the series won a poll organized by Ura Sunday in which the winner would become eligible for getting an Animated Adaptation, Kengan Ashura got more than 2 million fan votes, Ura Sunday will reveal more details about production and release date in the future.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Ohma is extremely arrogant and provokes all his opponents, although it isn’t unprovoked as many of his opponents are of the same braggart clause, some many levels more demeaning than Ohma, he is more level headed to those supporting him also.
* AudienceSurrogate: Kazuo is an underachieving salesman who sees himself immersed as a fighter manager in a secret society where powerful Businessmen organize fighting matches to settle their market disputes, Kazuo is constantly thinking about the ludicrousness of all but still admiring such a different world from his usual pathetic life, and the ridiculously strong fighters who are the very opposite of his weak self.
* {{Badass}}: All the fighters in the Kengan Matches must be this otherwisethey wouldn't be there to begin with.

* FullNameBasis: Ohma only addresses his manager Yamashita Kazuo as such, even when Kazuo told Ohma to be more casual and everyone else that he even bothers calling by name as well, those usually are the people he doesn’t to beat into a pulp, so in his case it is his own way of being polite.
* GladiatorGames: Kengan Matches, events in which Businessmen decide to settle their differences and market share not through court but through appointing fighters to win it all, these fights are very brutal and can end up with one fighter dead or seriously crippled, there is a referee present but his presence is just for show, if a fighter can be smart enough to cheat in a way that the referee and the audience can’t blatantly notice it then all is fair, the referee and the audience are very good at pretending to not see anything wrong to preserve the continuation of the Kengan Association.
* MeaningfulName: Tokita Ohma can be translated as “Witching Hour”, Kazuo remarks that even Ohma’s name is strong and links to the fact that before the Kengan Matches, Ohma wandered late at nights looking for a challenge, he the demon “Ashura” was most active late at night.

* RedBaron: Later down the road with many Kengan Matches under his belt Ohma gets nicknamed “Ashura”, a vicious fighting demon, that is coming from an Association filled with vicious fighters so Ohma became a demon among demons.
* SexySecretary: Akiyama Kaede, Mr. Nogi’s secretary, she is hot but of the composed variety, not flaunting her goods, the numerous fighters from the Kengan Association keep hitting on her, even Ohma has teased her before.

* TookALevelInBadass: Kazuo start as weakling who bow down to almost anyone, but after spending some time in the Kengan matches world and around Ohma specifically he started to changeas he wasn't afraid or bowing to his manager who always vent on him. Even thugs who threatens to kill him.

'''Tokita Ohma''', a mysterious young man presumably in his late 20’ who lives an ascetic life, living only to satisfy his base desires for picking fights, he seems to be looking for something, someone, by picking these fights, reasoning that sooner or later he will find it.

* BloodKnight : Ohma can be seen as this as he asked Kazuo if he wants to fight him after he has finished his fight in the first chapter. After Kazuo declined Ohma was disappointed. Later, after beating about a hundred delinquent he turn his attention to Kazuo's second sun and asks him if he wants to fight too. However, the later was probably set the boy straight. Many others can be seen as this.

'''Yamashita Kazuo''', a 56 year old underachieving salesman from Nogi Incorporated; his wife divorced him and left, his oldest son is a shut-in and his second son dropped out from school and steals from him after joining a bad team, Kazuo is an unhappy man who can’t help but to constantly lower his head as everything around him seems to be above in rank and status.

* BadassGrandpa: The chairman of the Kengan Association is noted to be giving waves of energy like a volcano to the point where even fighters were affected despite him being in his ninties.

'''Yamashita Kazuo''', a 56 year old underachieving salesman from Nogi Incorporated; his wife divorced him and left, his oldest son is a shut in and his second son dropped out from school and steel from him after joining a bad team, Kazuo is an unhappy man who can’t help but to constantly lower his head as everything around him seems to above in rank and status.

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* BadassGrampa: The chairman of the Kengan Association is noted to be giving waves of energy like a volcano to the point where even fighters were affected despite him being in his ninties.

* {{Badass}}: All the fighters in the Kengan Matches must be this otherwisethey wouldn't be there to begin with.

'''Yamashita Kazuo''', a 56 year old underachieving salesman from Nogi Incorporated; his wife divorced him and left, his oldest son is a shut in, Kazuo is an unhappy man who can’t help but to constantly lower his head as everything around him seems to above in rank and status.

* SexySecretary: Akiyama Kade, Mr. Nogi’s secretary, she is hot but of the composed variety, not flaunting her goods, the numerous fighters from the Kengan Association keep hitting on her, even Ohma has teased her before.

The following day Kazuo is summoned by the Nogi Incorporated’s CEO ('''Nogi Hideki''') himself, wondering what he had done wrong Kazuo goes to meet the boss; Hideki instead introduces Kazuo to the story of Kengan Matches, fighting matches that have been organized since the Edo Period, a concept built to end conflict between merchants of that era so it wouldn’t end is mass scale bloodbaths, business owners would choose and appoint top fighters to represent them in these Kengan Matches, the winner would automatically win whatever was the source of conflict between the opposing parties (market share, market reach, locations for subsidiaries, etc.).

''Kengan Ashura'' is a manga series written by ''Sandrovich Yabako'' and drawn by ''Daromeon''[[note]]One might recognize his art from ''Ninja Ketchup''[[/note]], beginning publication in 2012 it runs in '''Ura Sunday''', a {{Shounen}} Magazine, published by Shogakukan.

The following day Kazuo is summoned by the Nogi Incorporated’s CEO ('''Nogi Hideki''') himself, wondering that he had done wrong Kazuo goes to meet the boss; Hideki instead introduces Kazuo to the story of Kengan Matches, fighting matches that have been organized since the Edo Period, a concept built to end conflict between merchants of that era so it wouldn’t end is mass scale bloodbaths, business owners would choose and appoint top fighters to represent them in these Kengan Matches, the winner would automatically win whatever was the source of conflict between the opposing parties (market share, market reach, locations for subsidiaries, etc.).

''Kengan Ashura'' is a manga series written by ''Sandrovich Yabako'' and drawn by ''Daromeon'', beginning publication in 2012 it runs in '''Ura Sunday''', a {{Shounen}} Magazine, published by Shogakukan.

* AudienceSurrogate: Kazuo is an underachieving salesman who sees himself immersed as fighter manager in a secret society where powerful Businessmen organize fighting matches to settle their market disputes, Kazuo is constantly thinking about the ludicrousness of all but still admiring such a different world from his usual pathetic life, and the ridiculously strong fighters who are the very opposites of his weak self.

* YesMan: Kazuo was very quick to bow down and take everything thrown against him, even when he isn’t in the wrong, he feels so weak and pathetic that daring to try and change wasn’t an option; after meeting Ohma and hanging with him for a while Kazuo seems to have short episodes of growing a backbone.