Hey.
-You brought your buddies today? -Pardon?
What!
Who are those people?
What do you want?
Soliciting? No thanks.
I'll take this. Don't interfere.
All right.
I see it... a fighterâ€™s spirit.
Wait, hold on a second.
Is it possible that he is Ivan Karaev?
You know him?
He's a Russian kickboxer who's been standing out recently.
What is he doing here?
Nothing personal.
This is just business.
You're going to have to stay in bed for a while.
Watch out, Ohma!
Ivan's high-kick is known as the Reaper's Sickle.
You did too many high-kicks and forgot about defense.
You are a diligent fighter.
So?
You want to fight, too?
You're really good.
I like it.
Huh?
I told you not to interfere.
You can't beat him down.
Don't you dare look down on--
With that amount of blood loss, he must have got the arteries.
Jeez. He's useless.
I hate to watch a loser struggle in vain.
Be careful, Ohma.
He's got a knife with him.
Relax, pops. We didn't come here to fight.
I'm Lihito.
I'm going to be your opponent in the upcoming kengan match.
Oh.
By the way, my real name is undisclosed.
L... Lihito?
He's going to be Ohma's opponent?
He seems like an interesting dude. I'm excited to fight with him.
SUPER HUMAN
THE DAY OF THE KENGAN MATCH
KAZUO YAMASHITA NOGI PUBLICATIONS
Good to see you again, Mr. Nogi.
Is that Komada's replacement?
I can see a good fighter's spirit in him.
Mr. Yoshitake, I'm sorry to tell you,
but we are going to win again today.
I like your confidence.
But don't underestimate Lihito.
That's Yoshiro Yoshitake.
He's the white hope of the real estate industry.
Excuse me, Ms. Akiyama?
What is the wager on today's match?
You haven't heard?
Well, no...
They're wagering the construction rights to the New Makunouchi Building,
a skyscraper to be built here after the demolition of this building.
The total project cost is going to be around 100 billion yen.
A hundred billion yen?
Their sense of money is in a whole other universe.
What's about to happen is not just a fistfight.
It's a 100-billion-yen slugfest!
Sir, who are those people?
They are members of the Kengan Association.
What is that?
It's the operating committee of kengan matches.
All the members are the heads of prestigious companies.
Right. They sure look like billionaires.
It's customary for the association members to come out and witness the match results.
But that's just an ostensible reason.
These matches have always been a source of entertainment, too.
Frankly speaking, they bet on the match results.
You can see they get more heated when money is involved.
Who the hell is that guy fighting for the Nogi Group?
-What happened to Komada? -We want him!
-Lihito! -Show us another brutal fight.
Lihito's on five wins and no losses.
He's quite a popular fighter now.
Do you think it was really a good idea?
What was?
We didn't tell Ohma about Lihito's secret weapon.
It doesn't matter.
This match is a litmus test for Ohma Tokita.
If he can't be the winner,
he will never be the standard-bearer to lead me to my ambitious goals.
Are you ready?
Yo, Tokita. I feel bad for you guys.
Your boss is going to lose a lot of money for sure.
You're looking good today.
I'm glad that I waited until today to beat you up.
Ready, set...
Fight!
-Just start fighting now! -Why aren't you moving?
Do your freaking job!
They are not moving.
You're wrong. They've already started fighting.
Watching.
Shifting weight.
Taking stances.
They've been tuning up since before the match started.
Constraining each other's movement resulted in a deadlock.
It's almost like a face-off between two master fencers
where a single stroke of sword determines the winner.
They're watching for the right moment to initiate an attack.
Ohma.
Mr. Nogi, you are going to be a stepping stone
to my further growth.
They'll move.
-Both moved! -Ohma was faster.
He endured Ohma's punch.
He moved toward the blow
to throw Ohma's timing off and reduced the damage.
In addition, he has his own unique and eccentric blows.
He has innate abilities of both offense and defense.
Lihito's on an incredibly high level as a striker.
However...
Yes!
If this was just a fistfight, nobody would stand a chance of beating Lihito.
But this is more than that.
No way. Lihito's losing.
That Ohma guy's strong.
You're a pretty good fighter.
But I've taken down so many fighters who were as good as you.
You're nailing it, Ohma!
He's barely hanging on.
Is this all you got?
What happened?
He's bleeding as if a blade gouged out his flesh.
He used it.
Let's see if it gives Lihito an advantage
or not.
This shape of the scar...
You scraped off my flesh
with your fingertips.
There are three major kinds of grip strengths.
Firstly, crushing power is the strength to squeeze objects by hand.
Secondly, holding power is the strength to catch hold of objects.
Lastly, pinching power is the strength of fingertips.
Lihito's pinching power is far beyond human capabilities.
Climbing up a sheer cliff is as easy as falling off a log for him.
He truly is a superhuman!
Imagine what would happen if he used the superhuman power to attack people.
Wherever Lihito's finger touches becomes their vital spot.
Whether it's flesh or bone, he can cut through it.
His fingers cut as sharply as razors.
That's his special ability, which is called:
the Razor's Edge.
Play time is over!
Lihito, rip him up with your Razor's Edge!
The crowds know about his ability. This isn't his first time doing that.
That man kept this from me on purpose, huh?
You better focus on me.
In return for beating me up so many times earlier,
I'm going to mince you into pieces.
I see.
That wasn't a knife but Lihito's technique.
I have no idea how it works but he can rip human flesh apart with his hand.
What is Ohma going to do?
Is there a way to get the upper hand on the razor?
Take him down, Lihito!
He's bleeding too much.
He can't last much longer.
Don't let yourself get carried away!
-What's wrong? -Just beat him!
That's one hell of a kick.
Good thing I put my right hand in when you kicked me.
Now you're the loser.
He attacked Ohma while getting kicked?
What a guy! He's like an armed beast.
He's completely guarded.
Lihito has no blind spots.
He can hit, dodge and shave flesh off.
Prepare to be diced.
You managed to protect your tendon from me?
Good job, human.
Did you call me human?
-It sounds like you are not-- -That's right.
I'm not a human.
I was 11 years old when I first tore a coin apart.
I didn't train myself for that.
I could just do it.
So, that means I was born with my pinching power.
Do you understand?
I'm on a whole different level of strength
from you and the others from the beginning.
For a human, you did well fighting against a superhuman like me.
I'll tell you my real name as your reward.
It's Ichiro Nakata.
That's a good name. Why did you change it to Lihito?
Superheroes don't use their real names, you know?
As a superhuman, I decided to go by a hero name.
Lihito means a man who surpasses human principles.
Just like me, huh?
LIHITO
You're such a chatterbox.
A hero doesn't speak much.
What?
You're the superhuman? Don't talk nonsense.
Humans aren't that easy for the likes of you to surpass.
Says the man who's powerless before my Razor's Edge.
I've found a way to beat it.
I was waiting to see if you have other abilities.
You disappointed me.
Hey, you're in my space.
Lihito, finish him off!
You don't need to tell me.
I'll mince you.
-We've won! -Good.
It didn't work?
What the hell?
Lihito's pinch grip surely is incredible.
But in order to rip through things,
it requires distance for acceleration in addition to finger strength.
In other words, without having enough distance,
he can't even cut through tofu.
Now you're just a human, Ichiro Nakata.
He doesn't need the Razor's Edge. He's still way stronger than Ohma.
It's a piece of cake.
The association members have observed many deadly kengan matches before.
Now they are left bewildered by the inexplicable sight before them.
Lihito initiated the attacks, but somehow, he's being attacked.
Apart from Lihito, few spectators noticed what's happening.
Ohma waited for his opponent to make a move
and added a few grams of pressure to set Lihito's power to go off.
That disrupted the power flow, making it uncontrollable.
Ohma Tokita.
This guy has perfect control over the flow of power.
That's no human work.
Lihito!
What the hell are you doing? Fight back!
That's not going to happen.
It's already over.
The match is over.
The winner is Ohma Tokita.
He won!
He passed... for now.
Lihito, did you feel it?
That was the technique beyond principle.
WINNER: OHMA OF NOGI GROUP LOSER: LIHITO OF YOSHITAKE REAL ESTATE
NOGI GROUP WON THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHTS TO THE NEW MAKUNOUCHI BUILDING
Here. Have another cup.
Thank you.
No, I should thank you for bringing the money all the way here.
Ohma, why don't you ask them to send it by wire transfer?
I can't be bothered.
You are the one who's bothering her.
I'm fine.
There's actually something I wanted to ask Ohma.
There are 1,205 fighters registered to kengan matches.
Each fighter has 8.5 matches a year on average.
It's five times as many as the world's biggest combat sport organization.
Wow, that's a lot.
Besides, all the fighters are elites the association members acknowledged.
Some lose their lives in brutal matches.
A decent amount of remuneration is promised in return.
To be honest, however, it's far from enough, considering how grueling they are.
Those who come into this world of their own accord must be daredevils
or men with some determined purpose.
Ohma Tokita, what makes you compete in kengan matches?
My purpose?
Do I need a reason to fight?
I just want to show who's the strongest.
That's all.
Any other reasons are just tacked on afterwards.
It's full of lies.
Is that it?
You know you're risking your life, right?
You're wrong.
I will only lose when hell freezes over.
There are 1,205 kengan fighters.
He has to be one of them.
I can't wait to see him again.
KOUOU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY
AUDITORIUM
TOSHIO OZU KENGAN FIGHTER EXAMINER FOR KOUOU GROUP
This is the battle royal of the fighter applicants
for us, Kouou Education Group.
How did you know about this?
I'll just say "people will talk."
You broke in and knocked out our examiner.
For what? To promote yourself for the kengan matches?
I want to see him.
Who do you want to see?
I heard my old friend had a kengan match recently.
It seems like he has some misconceptions.
We have a lot of catching up to do. So I want to see him.
Okay. You're our affiliated fighter from now on.
Are you sure you can decide such a thing so easily?
I'm Shion Soryuin, the chairwoman of Kouou.
I'm Setsuna Kiryu.
Pleasure to meet you.
MYSTERIOUS KENGAN FIGHTER
HEADQUARTERS OF NOGI GROUP
Your company is wagering 50 billion yen on this match.
Even if you did win, all you get is a one-way ticket to hell.
I think it's insane.
Are you really sure about this, Mr. Nogi?
Our opponent is the big gun who has a kengan record of 57 wins and no losses.
Of course.
We are going to win...
the one-way ticket to hell.
Ohma, this is the final test for you.
Wrestling fans, be proud.
Bring back your dreams.
The man with a perfect 57-0 record meets all of those wishes.