During the Ragnarok arc, Kisara's gang's attempts to bring Kenichi to her gift us with a few amusing moments:
In the streets, a subordinate of Kisara named Furukawa makes Kenichi a speech on how he'll become famous and defeating him will be the first step toward fame, but first he has to ask one thing: who is the girl who's single-handedly defeating his allies (Miu, of course)?
During that encounter, Furukawa decided at one point to pull a knife on Kenichi, scaring him witless. The following day, after being trained by Shigure, Kenichi finds him again... And upon seeing how the guy holds his knife he gives him advice.
Upon stumbling on Kenichi and Miu, Koga declares he'll keep Miu for himself. Then he starts fighting Kenichi, and upon having his brain shaken he calls his men for help... Except Miu has already taken them down. Cue Koga running away screaming about the youkai.
Unable to find him in other places, the Technique Trio visit his class:
Koga's description of Miu as a monster in human disguise.
Ukita realizes that Kenichi must be hidden in the class' cupboard, so he throws it and out comes... A lucky doll Apachai made for Kenichi, with "Kenichi will defeat Ragnarok" written on it. Takeda promptly starts laughing at this-and it wasn't even on purpose, Kenichi just dropped it without noticing.
In the attempt of getting close to Miu, two classmates who used to pick on Kenichi decides that from now on they'll be his friends, and shout they're now his best friends. Of course, that's immediately after Takeda has decided to take Kenichi's friends hostage... And Ukita heard them. Their Oh, Crap! faces are priceless.
After finding Ukita's note telling him to come to the roof or he'll kill his two friends, Kenichi notes that Miu is still there and the only other one he could call friend is Nijima... Cue him imagining Ukita kidnapped two Nijima. Somehow.
After Kenichi still comes to rescue the two and defeats Ukita, Takeda decides to get involved and starts pulling something out of his pocket. Kenichi is scared by the expected knife... Then Takeda produces a stopwatch and a piece of chalk, draws a ring on the floor, and challenges him to a boxing-style match (ten three-minutes rounds, you lose by TKO if you go down three times in a single round, and Takeda will only use his right fist). Why? Because he's a boxer, and a former professional at that.
And they actually follows the rules: when Kenichi goes down Takeda starts counting without taking advantage of him being down, and does it two times, and when Kenichi has the upper hand and is about to knock out Takeda he stops because the bell has just ended the first round. The only problem was that Kenichi thought the pause was for three minutes, but Takeda quickly corrected him... And attacked the moment the bell announced the second round, interrupting the tale of his backstory in which Kenichi had been really caught into.
The fight ends with Kenichi and Ukita having to save Takeda from falling down the roof. Miu arrives immediately after... And sees an exhausted Kenichi down of the roof's floor. She beats them up hard before Kenichi recovers enough to explain things.
After the fight, Kenichi and Miu bring Takeda and Ukita to Akisame, who, being just that good, notices and starts fixing the injury that keeps Takeda's left arm immobilized-and acts the exact same way in which he trains Kenichi. Takeda's face as he realizes what madman he's dealing with is priceless.
After Kisara decides to just kill Kenichi, Shinnosuke Tsuji decides to make one last attempt at recruiting Kenichi for Ragnarok, and has Koga lead him to Kenichi. Then Koga gets thrown in the thrash by Tsuji for being a pig, Kenichi is surprised at his ability... And Miu at the sight remembers that she was supposed to bring out the burnable thrash that day.
Tsuji makes his attempt at recruiting Kenichi... And his reaction at Kenichi calmly dismantling his arguments is priceless. And then it later degenerates to the two calling each other "coward" and "moron".
After Kenichi makes the point that Tsuji's guys will have to stop being delinquents and get a job some day, the kanji for "sound argument" appear at his side, as if he had just pulled an awesome martial arts technique.
The entirety of episode 23 of the anime, even if Filler, what with the premise being Nijima deciding the best way to have Miu in the Shinpaku Alliance is to get Kenichi with Izumi and then use Miu's heartbreak to make her fall in love with him...
Becomes much funnier later, when it turns out that Hayato requires any potential fiance of Miu to beat him in combat-and thus that Nijima was unwittingly trying to put himself in a position where he'd have to fight the World's Strongest Man.
Chapter 40 features Kenichi's sister coming to visit her brother at the dojo. Shigure and Apachai attempt to make tea for her. It doesn't end well. Then she shows them how to make tea and they're utterly shocked at how skilled she is.
Chapter 60: Appachai plays some B-ball. It must be seen to understand.
After Ryozanpaku disbanded for a short while, Kenichi and Mui take care of the dojo by themselves. After a few weeks of this, Kenichi and Mui finally kiss only for the masters to come back holding back a RAGING ELDER.◊
While the Ryozonpaku gang is infiltrating Yami's base in Okinawa, Kensei Ma and Akisame are forced to fight two armed members of Yami. Akisame was going to take the left one and Kensei the right...and then they realize that the left one's a girl. What ensues is by far the most epic rock-paper-scissors match ever, made all the more funny by Kensei's insane determination and will.
ERO WILL PREVAIL!!!
After a close encounter with Hermit, Niijima decides to investigate Ryouzanpaku. Hilarity Ensues as he meets each one of the masters (Or, as he calls them, Youkai), but the kicker is what happens when Kenichi appears; he calmly asks the masters to leave as Niijima is clearly scared of them. Niijima flips out when the Youkai apparently obey Kenichi!
It took several hours for Niijima to regain his composure.
The whole sequence of Kenichi and Ma Kensei making their way through trap-filled wilderness to sneak a peak at the Ryozanpaku hot springs, only to be treated to...
Apachai. Just Apachai. The guy is a walking CMOF.
Answering the phone: Apachai: "Hello. We have kidnapped your child."
Miu: "Don't answer the phone like that!"
At another time, he answers the phone with, "It's me, it's me, you know, me!" that infamous Japanese phone scam. (The con is that the scammer tries to trick people into thinking they're a loved one in desperate need in cash)
When the masters first decide to move Kenichi into the dojo, he freaks at the idea, until Kensei explains the perks of living under the same roof as Miu. Kenichi's reaction is perfect.
Episode 28: Kenichi receives a love letter and Miu does a terrible job of acting happy for him. Her words are polite but her movements are robotic and her face is stricken. The mystery girl is a ruse. Niijima wrote the letter to trick Kenichi into helping with a Ragnarok battle. What this makes this so funny is that Niijima dons a Wig, Dress, Accent disguise at the end of the episode, just to mock the three "generals".
Everything about Nijima's first run-in with Siegfried and Kenichi's rescue attempt:
Nijima is spying on Siegfried as he talks with Loki. Both of whom know he's there, and Siegfried casually mentions he's been spying on him for days.
Number 20 catches Nijima in the act and is trying to capture him, so... Boob Entrapment Manuever!
Siegfried catches up with Nijima, Nijima clubs him and apparently knocks him out... And, after a moment of surprise, starts bragging. Cue Siegfried rising to fight again.
The way Kenichi, Takeda and Ukita refuse to look for him, on account of the love letter trick above.
Being a Nice Guy, Kenichi eventually starts to look for Nijima... And finds a trail from his clothes. His and Miu's reactions are priceless.
For the record, Siegfried didn't strip Nijima, he did it by himself to leave a trail. He and Loki are very bemused.
Nijima's trail is broken by a dog stealing his underwear, so Kenichi and Miu asks for help from the Masters. So Kensei and Apachai decide to help... By fortune telling and asking to the birds if they spotted Nijima respectively. And it works.
The pre-battle banter between Kenichi and Loki getting interrupted by Siegfried... Who wants silence or he'll forget the melody he came up with before he can write it down.
Kenichi demands to know where in the harbor Nijima is held... And Siegfried tells him, much to Miu's surprise and Loki's bemusement. Though he doesn't specify which boat, at least.
Kenichi ends up making Siegfried forget the melody, so the music-obsessed villain decides to beat it out of him... And goes down at the first hit. Kenichi's face when it looks like he won is priceless... As it is the one he makes when Siegfriend stands back up without a scratch.
After Kenichi realized Siegfried secret and hit him with the Mubyoshi, Siegfried stands back up with no apparent damage, compliments him for the victory... And suddenly falls down in an incredibly hammy way and loses consciousness.
Still, Siegfried held Kenichi up long enough the ship Nijima had been smuggled on has sailed... But before the crew discovers him, Nijima had got freed and found food, alcohol, an alien costume, a toy ray gun and a toy flying saucer. The papers the following day announce an alien has stolen a cargo ship and scared off the whole crew, and Nijima wakes up on a tropical island with no recollection of how he got there.
Honoka, who was around there shopping with Kenichi, intervenes and when things get dangerous demands he takes out the thugs... Except Kenichi isn't there anymore, having walked on while Honoka was looking at a window without any of them realizing the situation. And thus Tanimoto and Honoka's sibling-like relationship was born.
How do Takeda and Ukita finally accept to join the Shinpaku Alliance? Nijima literally brainwashed them into coming to the meetings.
The debut of the Shinpaku Alliance website:
The home page. Just that.
Kenichi, Takeda and Ukita beating Nijima up when they see it and that their pictures are on it.
As soon as it's posted they get a mail from Loki. Who, due Ukita asking if whoever sent the mail was a girl, actually mistake for a girl for a few seconds, before fully registering the meaning of the words. Cue reactions of shock.
Loki also sent a picture to show he had kidnapped Honoka... Except if shows Honoka biting Loki's arm.
As they try and join him in rescuing Honoka, Kenichi's friends end up in a few mishaps:
Halfway they're ambushed by Loki's Shadows, all identical to each other... Except one who's chubby.
After the Shadows are all defeated, the chubby one rises back claiming to be the real Loki-and everyone just ignores him and continue running to the church Honoka is held into, causing the chubby Shadow to cry.
When the Shadows appear, Nijima takes a boxing stance, starts moving in a footwork so magnificent Takeda can't help but declare his admiration... Then Ukita notices he's actually running away. He won't reappear until only one Shadow is left, at which point he brags that he commands those who train to be strong.
When Miu, Takeda, Ukita and Nijima arrive at the church, the latter feels ill-and explains he has a condition that causes him to feel sick every time he comes too close to a church or a shrine. He's even emitting smoke...
Kenichi and Miu have spotted a kitten in a box... And then Kisara shows up:
Kenichi continuously trying to stop Miu... And coming at her from behind and being thrown.
Miu drops her homicidal intents once she sees Kisara is actually feeding the cat. Kisara, however, is not thrilled about having been caught and tries to deny it, even pretending the cat food is her lunch.
Kisara's rather accurate Imagine Spot of what would happen if Nijima found out she loves cats (at least before he actually decides to recruit her), followed by deciding to kill Kenichi and Miu to keep them from telling him.
Later Kisara follows Miu's suggestion and puts a "please adopt me" sign on the box... And then starts guarding it, scaring away any potential adopter with her Death Glare.
Kenichi and the Valkyries in episode 39:
Seeing them beating up Kisara, Kenichi shoves two of them aside... And then freaks out because he doesn't want to harm girls.
When he finds out they're Kisara's "friends" and are punishing her for her supposed betrayal (actually taking care of the cat with Miu and being friendly while doing so), Kenichi calls them out and declares that true friends wouldn't act like that but help each other when they do a mistake... Unless the traitorous friend is Nijima. The Valkyries have no idea what he's talking about.
After that he gets so angry at the Valkyries he tries to hit their leader... And stops before he can actually punch her, because he can't hit girls.
Furious at Kenichi, the Valkyries surround him, claim that nobody could escape their formation... And he does just that in Nijima's style, grabs Kisara, and runs.
"I'm not ready to die hot chicks!" - Kenichi to the Valkyrie (Episode 39) [Shigure shows up and the Valkyries pick a fight with her]Kenichi: "Goodbye, hot chicks..."
Everything from when Shigure shows up and the Valkyries [[Mugging the Monster decide to pick a fight with them.
And what happens when the "fight" starts? That Shigure cuts their weapons with a rice scoop. The Valkyries' faces are priceless-but all Shigure cares is that she thinks she may have hurt Kenichi when the Valkyries' clothes show the effect of Shigure cutting them and he gets a nosebleed.
Kensei takes over the kitchen, and to keep her happy lets her arrange the food on the table. She screws up that too.
"Do you think mine [breasts] are... big?"
Kenichi:[dazed look] "Yeah. Very."
During his reminisce with Miu and Ryūto in ep 40, Kenichi says that sitting on a familiar bench and drinking soda helps him remember his childhood. This pleases Ryūto and they talk about the events leading up to The Promise. Except, Kenichi can't remember the crucial scene. Ryūto panics and pours an entire can down his throat while shouting, "DRINK MORE SODA!". Considering that this is the First Fist of Ragnarok, it is hilarious. What's even funnier is that it actually works.
The entire reunion between friends was incredibly funny up until they decide to fight anyway (in no small part due to Kenichi being unable to recognize him and trying to not make Ryūto realize it), that was just the funniest moment.
Nijima's attempt to recruit Tanimoto:
The first part we see is Nijima approaching him and telling him to join the Shinpaku Alliance... And getting slapped down for his trouble, with a death threat thrown in for good measure.
The other members of the Alliance tell Nijima to just give up, but he reveals his secret weapon: a small key and an individual that leaves them all amazed... Too bad we only see his strange shadow dancing at the sound of a tambourine. Then again, there's a certain amazing individual who'd do just that...
Next scene is Nijima and his guys being intimidated by Loki and his Shadows... Or rather, being weirded out by his chubby Shadow still pretending to be the real deal.
Nijima replies by sending in Hermit, who kicks the Shadows' collective asses, much to the bemusement of the real Tanimoto, who saw the whole thing-and is dealing with Kenichi and Miu wondering which one is the real one.
The identity of Nijima's "Hermit": Siegfried, wearing Tanimoto's actual Hermit outfit that Nijima stole from his locker. And Sieg, in his usual fashion, proclaims he now hears a magnificent melody of joy at his reunion with Hermit... And then writes it down.
How did Nijima manage to recruit Siegfried, of all people? By accident: he has the hobby of going to the seashore to play the melodica, and when Siegfried went there feeling down because he didn't have any more inspiration Nijima's melody inspired him so much he instantly turned into his Dragon.
Siegfried's tale of that encounter. Just that.
Of course, even with Ragnarok now convinced he has joined the Shinpaku Alliance Tanimoto still refuses to join, beats Nijima up and leaves, Siegfried proclaims Tanimoto will be back... And Tanimoto does just that: they still have his Hermit outfit and locker key.
Siegfried: "I told you so."
And then, Nijima's successful bid to make an alliance with Kisara:
The blackmail is working... Then Siegfried pulls out the disk with the pictures and destroys it, and also announces that he wiped the other back-up, because that is how Ragnarok acts and Nijima, being his Demon King that one day will rule the world, should take the path of a king.
Siegfried then proceeds to explain to Kisara that they now need to join forces for the good of Kisara's own subordinates as Ragnarok is now only a wild mob... And caps it by bribing her with a cat. And in the middle of Kisara's usual reaction he also adds a few other cats and that, knowing her apartment doesn't allow pets, he'll grant her access to his home where he has twenty different kinds of cats and dogs. Kisara recruited.
Kisara trying to claim she doesn't care about cats after acting the way she usually does. Even Nijima pities her now...
Tanimoto refuses an invitation to a Shinpaku Alliance-Kisara Crew party... So he gets his desk, his bag and his shoe locker filled of invitations, by Takeda and Ukita. And of course, Nijima tries to slip another one in his back pocket while he's talking with them.
Kisara's face after witnessing the Shinpaku Alliance salute at said party. And it looks like she's been somehow convinced into doing it herself...
The "small fries party". At least until Berserker shows up...
And at the senior members party, Nijima trying, and failing, to hold a speech while Takeda and Siegfried talk about music and Ukita shows Kisara pictures of his cats.
This gets even better when one realizes it's likely the very moment Kisara and Ukita started having feelings for each other... And Nijima was the one who brought them together.
Ogata's face when he tries to get Kenichi as his apprentice and he replies "No, thank you", and the one he does when he finds out he already has five teachers.
When Ethan Stanley appears to attack Kenichi at the urinal.
When Shigure and an injured Apachai started fighting Akira Hongo, one of the One Shadow Nine Fists, Akira backs off, claiming that he doesn't feel like fighting a woman or an injured man. Kenichi panics, thinking that his masters will take it as an insult, but Shigure seems delighted that someone treated as a woman and Apachai just acts grateful for the concern. It's a subtle moment, but it's a delightfully funny one.
When Natsu goes off on a fight, he leaves Honoka a goodbye message. It's very succinct.
Any occasion in which Appachai attempts to "train" Kenichi. On one occasion he even gives Kenichi his very first near-death experience.
The fight between Kenichi and Odin has a few funny moments:
The faces are especially notable because Siegfried is among the gawkers, reacting just like people usually react to him.
In-universe example: when Kenichi mimics his masters in his fight with Odin (see All Your Powers Combined). The various masters either cheer wildly or vehemently deny Kenichi's reflection of their personalities, until Kenichi delivers a spot-on imitation of the jujitsu philosopher Koetsuji. Koetsuji smiles and approves...while the other masters laugh themselves sick.
Made even better by the Elder's commentary on the situation (said with Glowing Eyes of Doom shining full-blast).
Elder: As much as you hate your past, you'll still unconsciously bring back all those painful memories! Looks like the training he is enduring everyday must be scaring him to death. I'M SO SORRY KENICHI!!
And of course, the ridiculous faces everyone does. First we have Odin's "did that headbutt hurt that bad?!" face he gives him when Kenichi announces he'll get past his prediction abilities by using someone else's movements, followed by one that just screams "my God, it did hurt him that much" when he starts imitating Apachai complete of randomly saying "Apa!", and then, as he continues the switches, the witnesses once again stop to gawk... And Siegfried is the one with the funniest face.
The crowning moment: after Kenichi starts imitating Apachai, Odin declares it's useless and dares him to dodge his attacks... And then Kenichi charges ahead shouting "Apapapapapapapapapa!" and elbows him in the face.
Shigure placating a feared swordsman by giving him a hoe. It only barely makes sense in context.
Said swordsman is more than a little bit of a Cloud Cuckoo Lander, he really likes attacking things, and he can attack the ground FOREVER.
When they meet that swordsman again, he's shown to be very good with that hoe, and he's an impressively competent gardener.
After visiting Miu's family grave, Kenichi decides to take her to the Botanical Gardens. He then impresses her with his extensive knowledge on plants, and he says he's reading a book about grasses that you can eat. He's reading it so when the Elder decides to leave him on a mountain to starve, he won't have to worry.
Chapter 183 has Kenichi try and jump from a cliff onto a snowmobile being driven by Miu, only to miss by about several dozen meters. Then Miu turns the snowmobile around and drives it towards Kenichi...and ends up running him over.
Kanou Shou, who's normally very confident and carefree, is trying to abscond with Miu. Kenichi gives chase by using the decorative ivy and vines clinging to the building, while shouting that the flowers are cheering him on. The look on Shou's face is a magnificent blend of WTF? and Oh, Crap!.
Upon meeting Natsu Tanimoto, Kenichi spends as much time worrying that he'll steal Miu as he does just being utterly floored by his good looks.
Kenichi: Oh my god, I can see roses.
Kenichi deciding to join the gardening club.
Kenichi: And from that day on, Kenichi dedicated his life to gardening innocent plants and flowers who never cornered him in alleys or tried to kick his face down his throat! He lived happily ever after!
After fighting Fortuna, the Shinpaku members are confronted by an APC. Sakaki steps up to take it out... Only for Shigure to pop out of the hatch and ask to take it home.
Generally, every instance of Fortuna's men facing the Ryozanpaku masters and trying, and failing, to make sense of things such as the Elder's Human Shuriken technique.
After Apachai hits Kenichi so hard that his heart stops beating, some quick reactions from Akisame save his life. The next day, Kenichi appears to have no memory of nearly dying. Miu confronts Akisame about it:
Miu: "I think there might be something seriously wrong with Kenichi! He doesn't remember nearly dying!"
Akisame: "Well, I guess we dodged that lawsuit."
The Shinpaku Alliance infiltrates Thor's hideout, but are discovered in seconds. How? Matsui wouldn't leave the stupid flag behind.
In chapter 117, Niijima tries to blackmail Kisara into joining the Shinpaku alliance with pictures of her being all adorable with cats. He notes that only he and Siegfried know where the digital copies are...and then Sig pulls out a disc. Niijima dives for it, but Sig destroys it (mentioning he deleted all the backups too). Then he tells Niijima that he doesn't want the Alliance to stoop to Ragnarok's level...in song. And finally he turns to Kisara and pulls out his masterstroke.
Siegfried: In return for your friendship and loyalty we will give you...THIS ADORABLE KITTEN!
The whole 'Ryouzanpaku for kids' episode is one laugh after another. Of note are Sakaki's reaction to the dojo being overrun by children, Kenichi's reaction to Akisame's...influence on his students, and much more. It gets a bit sad with Miu near the end, but Kenichi makes it all better for her.
When Niijima first brings Kenichi news of Siegfried and his "zombie-like" ability to get back up unharmed after being knocked down, the masters start ribbing Kenichi about what a great opponent this is:
Sakaki: "Sounds like it's an interesting opponent he's got lined up for you! I've never fought a zombie before!"
Elder: "I have."
*dead silence for a few seconds as everyone stares at him. Then everyone goes back to ribbing Kenichi as though nothing happened*
When the principal of Miu and Kenichi's school, along with Ono-sensei, come to the Ryozanpaku for a visit. Miu has Sakaki and Shigure pose as her parents. When the principal decides he wants to ask 'Mom' a question, Shigure responds, "What is it, baldy?!" And while Kenichi and Ma Kensei are cringing from this blatant social blunder, Ono is trying to hold in her laughter.
From chapter 489: After a Moment of Awesome from Ukita and some silly from Shiba and Koetsuji, everyone goes swimming. (Save Ukita, who's still recovering from being beaten by Shiratori last issue.) Shiratori is in a bathrobe, and confesses that he likes Ukita. Takeda is... somewhat uncomfortable. And then Shiratori gets up to get in, taking off his bathrobe, only to find out that Shiratori is actually a SHE!! Takeda's reactions are nothing short of priceless. And then Shiratori asks Takeda for advice on how to win Ukita's affection... What's greater is when Takeda pieces together that Freya, in addition to Shiratori and Kisara like Ukita, his facial expresions say it all.
Chapter 497: Kensei returns from training Rimi, announcing that he's awakened Rimi's Dou Ki, saying that she's "not the same person any more." As he says this, we see Rimi standing stock still behind him with an emotionless, glazed over expression. Ryuuto worriedly calls out to her, then... realizes that she's just asleep.
Chapter 498: The Shinpaku Alliance head to the amusement park(with a pool). Ukita see's Shiratori in a bathing suit but shows no reaction. Only when Shiratori has covered herself up does Ukita recognize "him". Ukita believes he saw Shiratori's doppelganger and tells "him" to be careful. Shiratori promptly delivers a kick to his face, with Takeda laughing at his stupidity.
During Yomi's all-out attack in chapter 503, the untargeted members of the Shinpaku Alliance start panicking. Niijima yells everyone to calm down and orders them to regroup while spanking one of the girls from The Valkyries. He puts such an effective commanding façade that it works, snapping everyone out of it and no one, not even the girl in question, calls him out for it.
Ogata while training Rimi:
Ogata: "Anyway Atlanta.
Rimi: "Yes?"
Ogata: "Why are you wearing a gym uniform?"
Rimi: "I was told to bring clothes which I could move in easily so. I thought it was please Kensei-Sama."
Cue Kensei kicking one of the logs she's pulling down the cliff.
The incident is later repeated, this time with Rimi wearing a school swimsuit (and once again getting booted into her latest training session). Except this time her outfit slips, revealing her chest. She's next seen sulking and asking Ogata if he saw her breasts (Ogata responding with an incredibly patient and deadpan "I didn't see them.") because she wants Ryuuto to be the first one to see her naked.
During Chapter 510, Freya is still stuck in Odin's wheelchair. Page 9 is hilarious with the constant focus on her butt from being crouched over and the awkward position it puts her in.
During the different catfights at the fight in the amusement park, the amount of Clothing Damage is ridiculous, adding humor to the seriousness of the fights. At one point Renka is totally bare-assed and Rachel would be baring her breasts if she wasn't covering them.
A memorable moment In and Out of Universe at the beginning of the series. Takeda, Ukita, and Koga are interrogating students trying to find Kenichi. When they here a sound from a locker, Ukita assumes he's trying to hide right under their noses. Ukita slams the locker into the middle of the room... and a doll pops out claiming "Kenichi will beat Ragnarok!" While Koga and Ukita are pissed at the taunt, Takeda is laughing his ass off at how stupid they look.
Ukita: "Hey, Takeda, you want to tell me what the hell is so funny!?"
Chapter 529, Shigure tells Miu and Kenichi to go back to Ryozanpaku and by the time she's finished Miu is already saying goodbye. Kenichi decides to stay, then Shigure points to his would be training partners (aka Kagerou and Apachai) and he immediately gives his farewells.
Shigure: ...this is for the part I hate about you. *slices her opponent's hair*
Chapter 544. Shigure is being held prisoner by Yami. They're afraid to put anything in the room with her, because she can use anything as a weapon, so she's buck-naked and has her hands and feet encased in solid blocks of resin. A guy who looks rather like Colonel Sanders is intent upon convincing her to give up her father's secrets of steel. The entire time he's trying to talk to her, she says only one thing:
Chapter 554. Something about the ruthless Knight of Cerebus Ogata awkwardly trying to make sense of Eldeltraft Vonschira's...peculiarvocabulary...is quite amusing. "What?" is his most frequent reaction, with varying degrees of exasperation.
Eldeltraft: "The gladoluses are decorated...with the dew from the sterling creek..."
Ogata: *stares at him* "....Sure they are."
Chapter 555. Kajima decides to pay a visit to Shigure and gets all flustered at her being nude.
Chapter 558: Kensei Ma goes after Yami's bowmaster and leaves her without a mark on her—but minus her panties. Which he's holding in his teeth. There's a nearly full-page reaction shot of the other masters present, most of whom are fairly stoic about the matter... but Apachai's covering his face, and Agaard's constant grin has been replaced by a sort of dismayed grimace. What gentlemen the Muay Thai masters are!
In chapter 271, Kenichi tries to use Ryuusui Seikuken to read Miu's thoughts in a sparring and then instantly goes "derp" and gets beaten. And afterwards he whines to the Elder about how it's useless if it doesn't work on Miu.
In chapter 215, when Kaku Shin Ten(Tai Ji user of Team Santōryū) insulted Kensei, this was how Kenichi reacted.
Kenichi: "I dare you to say it again... No... JUST SAY IT ONCE AGAIN! SAY IT TO HIM! I DON'T CARE!" *proceeds to list all the ways Kensei scammed him*
The reactions, including Kaku's befuddlement, the hilarity of the Ryozanpaku Masters and Diego, Miu's bemusement at finding out she was used as bait once (her name means "feather", and Kensei's prize for a task turned out to be a magazine on birds with beautiful feathers), and Thor reacting to the one involving Sumo fighters by saying it's a classic scam.
Later in the fight Kenichi uses a Dangerous Forbidden Technique, and we see through flashback how he learned it and that Kensei motivated him by saying that in the lantern he had to destroy there was an interesting magazine... And when he broke it the magazine turned out to be another scam.
At the start of the D of D Tournament arc, after the Shimpaku Alliance has revealed themselves, Sakaki punishes them for their stupidity by punching each of them on the top of the head. He works his way through most of the Alliance and goes to finish up with Takeda, who instinctively tries to dodge the hit. Sakaki simply redirects the strike and hits Takeda even HARDER, sending him flying. He's still out cold after the ceremony ends.
Ma Kensei: If you try to dodge it, it changes and hits three times as hard!
During the Data Transport Arc, Miu and Thor valiantly try to protect the data disc from Rimi's attacks, only for Thor to accidentally crush it. They do their best to apologize to the rest of the group for their failure, only for Niijima to reveal it was one of several fakes and on it there was only a three hours recording of his Evil Laugh (see Crazy-Prepared on the main page for details). The two of them are understandably furious with him for not telling him about the fake, with Thor begging Siegfried to talk him down from beating the crap out of Niijima, while Miu spends the next few panels angrily chucking pieces of the broken disc at Niijima's head.
The fact Kumatori pays it without batting an eye, only getting angry when he's told that Sakaki, his main target, is away and Miu offers to replace him.
The hunt had been ordered by Yami through Sho Kano. Who, upon receiving the reports about the other YOMI members' hunts, realizes Boris isn't there... And that, not having had the orders to just destroy a few dojos of his list and then come back properly explained, won't stop hunting. And as the Russian has lost his communicator, Sho cannot recall him.
What is Boris doing at that moment? He just destroyed the 58th dojo and completed his list-and as he was not ordered to come back, decides to destroy again all the dojos on his list. Then he notices there's actually 59 dojos on his list...
The final dojo is Ryozanpaku, that he has standing orders to avoid... But neither him nor his troopers can read kanji well, so they go in:
One of the troopers is caught by Kensei, so he jumps back in the dark... And accidentally lands in the new version of the wheel electric generator normally used to train Kenichi, and is used to test it.
A second meets Tochumaru... Who produces his nunchaku, shows off, and challenges him to a fight. He of course tries to just go on rather than give to the insanity... And Tochumaru attacks. And the trooper's allergic to mice.
Two enters a sealed room-specifically, the one where Akisame keeps his statues. And he's throwing them around to train.
Boris' realization he's dealing with the Ryozanpaku... And the Masters (sans Elder) trying to avoid having to destroy him.
Eventually Akisame gets him to talk over some tea, Kensei thinks that it's lucky Kenichi has ran away otherwise Boris would have already got in a fight with him... And in that precise moment, Kenichi announces he's back.
After Kenichi matches him blow for blow, Boris decides to analyze his movements and everything else to find a weakness... Except his analysis finds Kenichi as harmless as a small penguin. Cue image of a small penguin taunting Boris to attack.
During the fight one of Boris' knocked-out men gets a call on his field phone... And Apachai answers it in his usual fashion. He then cheerfully interrupts the fight to tell Boris there's a call for him from his leader-that is, Sho Kano has finally managed to get in contact with him.
Sho orders Boris to retreat, but he objects he's surrounded by enemy Masters... And Akisame shouts "We don't mind! Just go home already".
Sho Kano: "I heard that."
Shortly after the Shinpaku Alliance moved into Kisara's hideout, Nijima pisses Kisara off and she kicks him in the mouth. Next we see them Kisara is shouting to Nijima to not eat her boot and to stop salting it.
A few moments from Spark's raid on the Shinpaku Alliance' hideout:
Seeing her strength, Kisara decides to face her one-on-one. In the first exchange Kisara's shirt gets ripped, then Spaks cups her breasts... And gives Kisara a mocking smile. Cue Kisara getting furious even as it was pointed out it was a blatant psychological ploy to get her pissed.
After beating Kisara Spark demands to face Kenichi (who isn't there at the moment). Siegfried comes in, and Spark asks if he's Kenichi. Shiratori can barely think that they can keep her busy by letting her think that before Siegfried answers "I'll tell you if you can defeat me, the great Siegfried!".
After Kenichi finally arrives he finds himself in trouble, as Spark is too good to be easily grabbed and neutralized. Cue Kenichi imitating Kensei's movements... While he's perving, much to Spark's horror and Miu's embarrassment. And it works.
After Tenmon Li, Spark's master and father, enters the fight, the Alliance barricades themselves in the hideout and starts hammering a plank in the door. Li just smashes the wall nearby... With his face.
After the raid the Ryozanpaku's masters tell Kenichi to leave because he's talentless and they have no time to waste with him. Kenichi's answer? He asks if "this pathetic farce" was motivated by Yami making its move on him, to their embarrassment - and the Elder (who hadn't taken part in it) immediately declares him right.
Christopher Eclair's triumphal return in the middle of a battle Shigure, Kenichi, and Miu were fighting against the Eight Executioner Blades, jumping in with Mycroft and declaring their membership of Yami's Unarmed Division... Before revealing they've been hired by the Japanese government and so they're on Ryozanpaku's side this time with his inimitable faces.
"If it's for money, we're willing to get our hands dirty... Even if it's on the side of justice!!
From a distance Sasaki sees Christopher has arrived and asks him to protect Kenichi and Miu while he arrives there. Christopher wonders if he should, considering how they're former enemies and he's been paid only to stop Yami... Then Shigure takes a pause from her fight, grabs a gold ingot from Yami's reserve, and pays Christopher with it. Christopher pockets it and declares that, now he's been paid, she only needs to let him do his job as a professional. And he means it: Kenichi and Miu get out without a scratch.
The outrage from the Eight Executioner Blades as this happened.
Christopher moping when Sasaki beats him up for failing to save Shigure. Then Kenichi and Miu thank him for saving them... And he blatantly tries to poach them from Ryozanpaku. Sasaki sends him flying with a punch.
After that, he gets serious and points out Shigure hired him specifically because she knew she'd get defeated against seven of the Executioner Blades... And then witches to his psychotic face while suggesting Ryozanpaku will now massacre Yami. Akisame however calmly corrects him and points out they follow Katsujinken, so they won't murder their opponents... Before suddenly showing his angriest face to date and proclaiming that once he's finished with them his opponents would have preferred being killed.
First time we see him, he's handing out pamphlets explaining how to not get killed by him.
After Shigure takes away his sword, the incredibly hammy way he begs her to have it back.
Also, him using one of Shigure's blades, remarking how good a feeling he has with it... And then begging his old sword to forgive him for "cheating" on it.
Shigure claims to have destroyed his old sword, but promises to give him another of her father's creations... Namely, a mattock. Kagerou grabs it, shouts like a madman, and proceeds to attack... The ground around his hermitage, loudly thanking Shigure for giving him the mattock and a target he can attack without worry of running out of things to cut. Kenichi's faces as the above happens are priceless.
Every time he sees a woman, he mistakes her for some acquaintance of his he calls "Mi-chan".
Eventually, "Mi-chan" shows up. It's Kushinada Mikumo, of all people.
And after this is revealed he meets with Shigure again... And still calls her "Mi-chan", even knowing she's not in fact his old friend.
Halfway during the Ragnarok's arc Miu found a stray cat and wanted to adopt it... Then she and Kenichi had an Imagine Spot of their expected reactions from the Ryozanpaku masters including Kensei trying to eat it because he eats everything that moves except cars and Apachai killing the cat with overpowered cuddles. They decide to leave the cat where he was.
Later the cat business is exposed, and not only the masters reveal they have no problem with a cat, Apachai reveals he used to have one and Kensei... Says he eats everything that moves except cat and cars.
Moments from Tatakae! Ryouzanpaku Shijou Saikyou no Deshi
Kenichi gets pissed at Snake's newest local leader and defeats him... Then, after he complains he can't walk and may have a broken leg, grabs him from his nose ring and drags him around the entire school while singing the opening to A Dog of Flanders (1975). The poor bully got stuck with the nickname "Cow Bradley" for life...
The fight between Miu and Kisara:
Since the "Tae" in Taekwondo sounds like "te", "hand", in Japanese, Miu expects a punching style rather than kicks. She then demands Kisara changes its name into Legkwondo.
The fact that in this version everyone in her gang knows how she acts near kittens. Or that the guy who recovered the kitten is the prototype for Ukita.
After Tanimoto's betrayal, Kitsukawa orders Kisara to recruit Miu for Snakes... And Miu decides to take advantage of the situation to try and get her out of the gang, while Chihiro tries to help Kisara to get Miu out of the gymnastics club. It quickly evolves into them becoming close friends while still trying to get Miu into Snake or Kisara out.
Chihiro's horror when she realizes she became a close friend with her rival and one of Snake's leaders.
◊Kenichi: That soon became what we called The Night That Never Happened.
