史上最強の弟子 ケンイチ 1

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi #1

by Syun Matsuena

中学時代いじめられっ子だった白浜兼一は、強くなりたいと高校入学と同時に空手部に入った。だが、元々ひ弱なもやしっ子の兼一は、他の部員たちから邪魔者扱いされ、サンドバック代わりにメチャクチャ殴られ、雑用にこき使われる毎日。そんな兼一に、転校生してきた美女・風林寺美羽が近づいてきた。彼女は容姿端麗、頭脳明晰、さらには新体操の名選手で、武術の達人でもあるというスーパーガール。だがそのため周りから浮いてしまい、友達ができなくて悩んでいた。そこで自分と同じようにポツンと一人でいる兼一に、友達になってほしいと声をかけてきたのだった。兼一は喜んで、申し出を受ける。その日の帰り、ヤクザに絡まれている美羽を見かけた兼一は、勇気を振りしぼり、美羽を助けようとするが…！？

Genres: Manga, Action, Comics, Martial Arts, Comics Manga, Shonen, Adventure

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 8, 2002

About the author

MATSUENA Syun
Name (in native language): 松江名俊
Associated Names:
Мацуэна Сюн
MATSUENA Shun

Blood Type: A

Zodiac: Aquarius

Close friends with NOGIZAKA Tarou.

Was the assistant of MITSUDA Takuya and KUSABA Michiteru.

FUJIKI Shun, OOTSUKA Shirou and SASAKI Takeshi were his assistants.

Reviews

[Mayank Agarwal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review for the whole series.
Starts off with a bang, typical shounen manga- guy turning from zero to hero for girl with martial arts training, add in the great humor, fan service, character growth and story it’s a fun and entertaining read. But midway it becomes boring, same old stuff repeating itself with nothing new really happening. The ending is very mediocre and the last few arc’s terrible.
Considering it spanned for 12 years, it’s pretty long for such style mange. Will give it 5/5 for the first half of manga and 2/5 for the second half for a sum total of 3/5.

[Tanabrus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Divertente, mescola combattimenti (e mosse\personaggi al limite dell'assurdo) con le situazioni classiche scolastiche. E con un protagonista debole e imbranato ma testardo e caparbio.

Qui abbiamo l'incontro con Miu, che gli cambia la vita spingendolo ad affrontare lo scontro con il suo avversario nel club di karate, a imparare da lei una mossa fondamentale delle arti marziali e infine a decidere, per salvarsi la vita, di puntare tutto sul diventare più forte.

[Ayoub · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this manga book to be really interesting. Not only was the artwork amazing but the story and plot itself was something I haven't found in many of the manga books I have previously read which made me like this book even more. I already started reading the next books after I finished this one, that should explain how interesting this book is.

[Jack Ridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

First time I've read a manga, the basis for a show I watched when I was younger. It says 'vol 1' but I'm using this as a placeholder for the whole series since a volume is pretty short. I won't say much about the manga form since that's not why I'm here besides the fact that it took some getting used to. All in all, Kenichi was a jolly romp through the world of super-powered martial arts, though at times a little repetitive and fan service-y for my liking. Despite that, it runs with a good zero-to-hero trope spread over a pretty lengthy time period (the manga itself was running for 12 years) that gives you a chance to become attached to the characters and root for them. It's a little hard to rate it since it seems a completely different type of media from most books we read in the west, so if my rating seems harsh that's why, but I enjoyed it all the same.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this manga. There's a bit more fan service that farther you get along, but it's still really good :)

[Coyora Dokusho · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was kind of a weak introduction, but I generally like this type of manga so I'll read some more.

The fanservice... ye gods... the fanservice...

[Ruisumaru · Rating 4 out of 5]

Aunque ya llevaba años de saber de su existencia, es hasta ahora que le doy finalmente una oportunidad... con la única y no muy cálida intención de leer algo "fácil" en japonés. Sin embargo, ¡¡¡me terminó gustando más de lo que hubiera imaginado!!!

Es un clásico inicio de manga shonen, sí, pero su honestidad al plantearse sólo como una historia de autosuperación que prioriza el humor, las peleas y las relaciones entre el cast principal (por ahora demasiado reducido, incluso para estándares de su demografía), me hacen apreciarlo como algo muy fresco en estos momentos de la vida.

Lo que más destaco en este primer tomo es lo bonita que es la dinámica entre Miu y Kenichi: ella quiere pasar desapercibida en su nueva escuela por temor al rechazo, mientras que él ya es (quizá demasiado) rechazado, aunque busca incesantemente la fortaleza que sus preciados libros de autoayuda no pueden darle, sino sólo una amistad sincera.

Si bien es claro que habrá un romance entre ambos, me agrada que por ahora sean sólo compañeros de batalla, tanto física como social... la parte en donde Miu acepta (con MUCHA madurez) la posibilidad de que Kenichi no pelee con su bully a pesar de todo lo que se esforzó en entrenarlo, me conmovió, especialmente cuando después lo ve llegar tarde porque no ha parado de practicar los ejercicios que ella le enseñó :')

En resumen: buen inicio, se ve que será una historia muy divertida :D

[Chalinviri · Rating 3 out of 5]

🤓Kenichi: El discípulo más fuerte de la historia🤓

Tenía AÑOS que había visto este anime y hace AÑOS (poco menos,pero igual significativo) qué encontré el manga y lo termine completo.

Honestamente en ese momento pasaba sin pena ni gloria porque llego un punto donde me aburrió.

Y entonces se me olvido la historia...

Pasa el tiempo y por culpa de Shaman King y sin venir a cuento me acorde de Kenichi...Y entonces me puse a leer el manga.

Y...a ver,si me gustó,pero siento el manga un poco monotono, empieza con el porta siendo target de acoso escolar y por eso se mete a artes marciales y de ahí en breve pasa de un rival a otro, a uno más grande y a otro... Pero como que a veces hay conexión y a veces se corta y se olvida. Y ver la misma resolución una y otra vez si llega a cansar un poco., siento que no hay mucho desarrollo de personaje, y por eso no hay como avances en sus tramas internas (p/e Hermit es de mis personajes favs y quedo encasillado con el complejo de hermana).

La idea de la trama y el concepto es increíble, pero de rente sentí muy repetitivo los capítulos, la trama avanza muy lento y hubo un cierre de golpe que no me gustó nada y que por el ritmo que llevábamos todo parecía indicar que habría un epílogo... Y de pronto hubo FIN.

Me gustó la obra, pero no es mi hit y me costó terminar el manga.

[Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Historie’s Strongest Disciple Kenichi ist einer der besten existierenden Martial-Arts-Manga, Punkt. Gut an die Zielgruppe angepasst sind die Kämpfe und Charaktere so dermaßen überdreht wie kaum anderswo. Wer auf solch in Manga oft anzutreffenden (typischen?) japanischen Humor steht wird hier ebenfalls mehr als fündig. Dennoch stehen auch Story und Setting auf einem mehr als soliden Fundament. Charaktere wie der 100(!)-Dan-Brawler Sakaki Shio oder der sanfte Muay-Thai-Riese Apachai Hopachai (der Kenichi beim Training ständig fast tötet, weil er seine Kraft im Kampf auf kindliche Art nicht kontrollieren kann, aber ein guter Othello-Spieler und extrem tierlieb ist) bleiben im Gedächtnis. Generell erscheint mir im Manga der Druck des Aufwachsens in der japanischen Leistungsgesellschaft über das Motiv übertriebenen Martial-Arts gut getroffen. Wirklich lesenswert.

[DoctorFeddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miu : Potresti anche non farcela!!!

all'inizio l'ho preso ma non mi entusiasmava tanto, poi rileggendolo o cominciato a capirlo e come leggerlo e mi sono fatto delle grasse risate che è quello che vuole questo manga e vedere arti marziali è figata immane, con tutte le varianti e i vari stili. per adesso mi sta piacendo poi vedremo nei prossimi. comunque il manga non si prende sul serio.

[MusokaSakebi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Carino, simpatico... strano ma bello

[Unknow · Rating 4 out of 5]

เข้าไปอ่าตรงไหนเนี่ย

[Ganzy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finished series. Was rooting for his love life lol.

[Mical · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been on a kick of reading Manga lately, and I have to say that History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi has really been engrossing. I very literally haven't been able to put the series down for the past couple of weeks.
The story revolves around Shirahama Kenichi, a young teen who's spent the better part of his life being bullied and a chance encounter that leads him to a dojo where several masters of various martial arts reside. These masters take Kenichi on as their one-and-only disciple and start a hilariously over-the-top training regime to transform what they refer to as a student completely lacking in all talent for the martial arts into a martial artist worthy of the title "History's Strongest".

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

it was one of the better shonen manga that I've read in years the writing was phenomenal but the fan service was a little over the top in this otaku's opinion but the action sequences were more realistic then most even if it has manga's over the top strength and over exaggerated moves all in all its a satisfying read and i'm chomping at the bit for more

[Jessica Willis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick cute read. It had a BA sweet awkward girl (which is always nice) and a pathetic nerdy guy who wants to learn karate. The manga wasn't anything really original and I doubt if I'll ever read more of this series, but it did have a lot of cute moments.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

At first for this book I was sort of skeptical at first

[Alicia Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fighting manga about a guy who is kind of a geek but has a good heart. He starts out not being able to even protect himself, but what will happen when he makes some new friends?

[Ramlatus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story about a kid that wants to change his life.

[Darnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pure shonen, but well-executed shonen. Also one of few series to have a rational power hierarchy and manage plots involving characters at multiple points on that hierarchy.

[Annice22 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the funniest comics I've read in a long time. The characters are awkward, crazy and zany but that's what make them so much fun to read about.

[Denisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another rating: 9/10 (for whole series)

[Vitor Frazão · Rating 2 out of 5]

Início fraco e previsível, mas a apresentação de mais personagens no capítulo final faz-me ficar cautelosamente optimista que será, pelo menos, razoável. O desenho é que podia ser melhor...

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

So much fan service... but fun martial arts manga.

[Abigail · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVE KENICHI watch the anime read the manga both are amazing

[Daniel Sepúlveda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vi un par de veces el animé en mi infancia, sin embargo nunca me llamó la atención. No sé porque me dió por leer el manga ahora pero de algo estoy seguro y es que me gustó.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awesome, but so much fan service.

[Kindell Sonnier · Rating 5 out of 5]

liked it

[Dymond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply Awesome!