Manga: Veritas

[Ryllharu]

Well, I guess that wasn't too much of a surprise. It's always something like that. Lots of fanservice, another mysterious offer from someone who claims to be strong or know a deceased master...nothing really all that original here. Just more of Gangryong's ruthless realism and admission of his own weaknesses.

I actually enjoyed the tiny omake on the grey page at the end more than the rest of this chapter. I can see where some of the humor in this series comes from if the author really does make car noises while he's working.

[Munsu]

I disagree that it's always something like. The meeting was quite random to suspect that this what was going to happen. It seemed at the moment like the author was going to give the main character some outside contact and a possible love interest in order to have a setting that is outside of the school in order to expand the plot a bit. Furthermore, it was him that made the contact... he was the one that went after her. And these meetings usually go (or quite often) as I explained above, with them meeting some random bully during their date in which he's forced to kick some ass.

But you had your suspisions of her, so I'll give you props for that.

Anyways, 28 is out:
http://uploading.com/files/EDYZ33C2/...%2028.rar.html

[Ryllharu]

Something in this chapter didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Guhoo killed that girl Rud knew very well, probably on orders from Vera, in order to keep a challenger like that away. But if she was capable of fighting Vera, and we sort of know that Guhoo isn't all that strong, just tough, shouldn't she have been able to kick his ass easily? Rud beat him now, but this chapter just showed how truly weak Rud should be in comparison.

Vera also could have easily killed her herself, but I guess that Guhoo did it in order to insulate Vera, as the head of the class, from the scandal of an unintentional murder.

Aside from that, it sounds like things will get pretty awesome pretty quickly. I only wonder if they are a going to wait until Guhoo and Shinra (Vera's most trusted subordinates) go into isolation training where they cannot protect her. Rud has the vendatta against Guhoo, so sooner or later he's going to get killed too.

Where then exactly, does Gangryong fit into all of this? Are they counting on him perfecting ETOL because it is the only art that can challenge Vera's God's Treasure (or whatever it is that they call hers)?

[Munsu]

And here's 29:
http://uploading.com/files/INJCR41X/...%2029.rar.html

Will read 28 and 29 tonight.

[Ryllharu]

Chapter 30 is out now.

http://uploading.com/files/C73P3YDO/...%2030.rar.html

[Munsu]

Cool chapter, things look like they're starting to move along and fall into place, with people choosing sides, etc. Honse is such an awesome character, I get a kick out of him dragging Gangryong around with his plans.

[Ryllharu]

Veritas 31

Haha, Gangryong fights like a rabid dog.

Though he's still getting his ass handed to him repeatedly during fights, and only wins by giving out more damage than he takes, he is starting to learn a lot. Honse mentioned that Gangryong took away from his fight against Eunwha that Reunion fighters don't seem to defend their feet too well. Removing someone's mobility is a great way to even out the battlefield.

[NeoCybercoin]

Awesome chapter, so he beat a level 7 without going all out. Nice, its good to see him making proper progress after him getting his ass kicked all the time. Sure he got hit good couple of times but won in the end while holding back ( not counting the wanting to kill him bit )

[shinta|hikari]

I can't wait to see how he developed his EOTL. I hope he pawns that remaining level 8 (speculation, but probably true) in the next chapter. I wonder if he has any more EOTL skills that he has yet to reveal?

[Munsu]

Damnit, I missed chapter 31.

Well here's 32:
http://uploading.com/files/D0RHS4FR/...%2032.rar.html

[Abdula]

Veritas 33 or Onemanga if you prefer....

[NeoCybercoin]

As expected from Gangryong he keeps on getting beat up and gets back up. And in the and he manages to use a good move of his....awesome.

For some reason I like the first page XD

[Ryllharu]

For some reason I like the first page XD

I loved the first page, everything is so out of character, except maybe Shinra, who is just exaggerated.

Agreed on your other points too, Gangryong isn't that stupid, his primary purpose is trying to figure out all of their moves and counter them as a means of bettering himself, not merely to defeat them. It is a nice change from the standard keeps-getting-up model, where simply beating the enemy is the goal. Gangryong is trying to learn.

[shinta|hikari]

Are we about to bear witness to a new technique of EOTL? It is kind of weird how Gangryong practically never used EOTL in this fight, considering his master used it wantonly on all of the fights that were shown.

[Munsu]

If Gangryoung is not one of the most awesome anime/manga characters out there, then I don't know what the word awesome is. I really love the character.

So I finally caught up, any guesses to the level of the dude he's currently fighting (as it been revealed and I simply missed it?)?

[shinta|hikari]

Most likely 8, judging from the stuff he says and the skills he has shown.

[Ryllharu]

He's an 8, but from what he was saying about the other girl Gangryong fought, who was also an 8, this guy doesn't just follow the Reunion model and methods. He has his own rather powerful traditional art. While the two might be the same level, in terms of Gangryong's present non-ETOL fighting skills, this new guy is much stronger than the other girl. He also doesn't have the weakness of giving up when he's about to lose or get hurt.

[shinta|hikari]

But the Gangryong fighting now should be significantly stronger than before. If he uses EOTL properly, he should be able to beat this level 8. EOTL is quite imbalanced as an art anyway. Most of the attacks are one hit kills.

[Munsu]

34:
http://uploading.com/files/OID0GD4C/...%2034.rar.html

[shinta|hikari]

Can't believe he lost. EOTL was rendered quite useless by such a simple maneuver. While it was an awesome fight, I dislike the arrogance of that guy too much. Now Gangryong has to beat his ass in a rematch, when I really wanted him to be out of the scene as soon as possible.