#taguchi hikaru

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[silvadour]

Ichibe Hyosobe's Futen Taisatsuryō Incantation BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Ep. 27 - "A" Staff: - Screenplay: Masaki Hiramatsu (平松 正樹), Tomohisa Taguchi (田口 智久) - Storyboard / Episode Director: Hikaru Murata (村田 光) - Chief Animation Director: Yukio Hasegawa (長谷川 幸雄) - Animation Director(s): PIERROT FILMS, Saeko Ozawa (小澤 早依子), Tomoko Hayashi (林 智子), and Cindy H. Yamauchi

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No matter how much Taguchi says that Makoto and Ryoji should kiss, it'll never beat when Hikaru Midorikawa(Akihiko's voice actor) said this.

[wrestler-smash-or-pass]

Weekly Wrapup 2/18/24

This Week's Rankings:

Kairi Sane - 81.9% smash

Asuka (Zombie Kana Variant) - 80.8%

Gail Kim - 76.7%

Adam Copeland - 72.0%

Melina - 70.9%

Dakota Kai - 70.8%

Victoria - 68.5%

Joe Hendry - 61.4%

Kelly Kelly - 50.3%

John Morrison - 47.5%

Grayson Waller - 36.8%

Ryusuke Taguchi - 28.4%

Austin Theory - 24.3%

Ric Flair - 4.6%

Average smash rating this week: 55.4%

More stats under the cut, along with my observations, commentary, and some of my favorite tags...

Most total votes this week (most enthusiasm)

Adam Copeland - 422

John Morrison - 259

Ric Flair - 240

& 5. Asuka (Zombie Kana) & Grayson Waller - 234

And least total votes this week (least enthusiasm)

Melina - 179

Victoria - 184

Kelly Kelly - 189

Dakota Kai - 192

Ryusuke Taguchi - 194

The closest poll was Kelly Kelly, who won 95-94.

Top Ten Overall

Kris Statlander - 91% smash

Athena - 90.2% smash

Hikaru Shida - 89.7% smash

Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) - 88.7% smash

Swerve Strickland - 88.3% smash

Toni Storm - 88.1% smash

Hiroshi Tanahashi - 87.7% smash

Hangman Adam Page - 86.4% smash

Bianca Belair - 86.4% smash

Hikuleo - 86.0% smash

Bottom Ten Overall

Vince McMahon - 3.9% smash

Ric Flair - 4.6% smash

Kane (Corporate variant) - 10.1% smash

Miracle Violence Connection - 11.8% smash

Gene Munny - 12.4% smash

Spike Trivet - 12.% smash

Triple H (Terra Ryzing variant) - 18.6% smash

Charlie Dempsey - 22.1% smash

The Boogeyman - 22.6% smash

Brock Lesnar - 23.2% smash

Top Women Overall

Kris Statlander - 91% smash

Athena - 90.2% smash

Hikaru Shida - 89.7% smash

Toni Storm - 88.1% smash

Bianca Belair - 86.4% smash

Bottom Women Overall

Carmella - 47.8% smash

Nikkita Lyons - 48.2% smash

Julia Hart (Cheerleader Variant) - 49.8% smash

Kelly Kelly - 50.3% smash

Trish Stratus (Modern) - 58.1% smash

Top Men Overall

Minoru Suzuki (Young Variant) - 88.7% smash

Swerve Strickland - 88.3% smash

Hiroshi Tanahashi - 87.7% smash

Hangman Adam Page - 86.4% smash

Hikuleo - 86.0% smash

Top Tag Teams

The Golden Lovers - 80.4% smash

Best Friends - 66.7% smash

Motor City Machine Guns - 65.5% smash

Young Bucks - 43.8% smash

Ink Inc. - 25% smash

Ric Flair is officially the second person to receive a smash rating under 5%. He received the third most pass votes so far (first and second are Vince McMahon and Nick Jackson, who both also received a lot more total votes). Ric Flair also received the fewest smash votes (even Vince McMahon received two more smash votes...but again he also received more total votes).

For the first time ever, the polls this week were half women, thanks to probably one person? who sent in like 18 requests, only for women, all in one night.

And now for some of my favorite tags and comments

@regalityandcoffee on Ric Flair: #no one that gross should havehair that cool

@howlinghunters on Kairi Sane: #Her and Asuka could both hit let's be real#And also like#I wanna smash and then like. Just fucking chill and play board games with them lol#'Cause like. I feel they haven't been introduced to the game of life and I'm hoping Uno

@regalityandcoffee on Victoria: #im pretty sure i hd a crush on her when i was like 8 i named a goldfish after her too fjdswkaajwjw

@tetsuya-naito on Ryusuke Taguchi: #now I am not saying he is hot but between curiosity and my mental illness#i want to touch the funky weapon

@pavlovean on Adam Copeland: #younger edge i would but adam copeland i just can’t like that’s peepaw#this is NOT an anti-old-man-fucking sentiment#i am very pro old man fucking#this is an ‘i see him as a paternal figure’ sentiment#which kinda makes it ​ironic that i’d do christian at any age tho

@rcedge on Adam Copeland: #I'm worried the things i'd say here about him would get me excommunicated . Like i'd get a letter from the pope about it.

@jennegatron on Joe Hendry: #he looks stupid and i like that

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Hey Guys! Here are all the members of AKB48!

Team A 入山杏奈 [Anna Iriyama], 加藤玲奈 [Rena Kato], 佐藤美波 [Minami Sato], 篠崎彩奈 [Ayana Shinozaki], 鈴木くるみ [Kurumi Suzuki], 田口愛佳 [Manaka Taguchi], 千葉恵里 [Erii Chiba], 西川怜 [Rei Nishikawa], 古川夏凪 [Nazuna Furukawa], 道枝咲 [Saki Michieda], 宮崎美穂 [Miho Miyazaki], 向井地美音 [Mion Mukaichi], 山根涼羽 [Suzuha Yamane], 横山由依 [Yui Yokoyama]

Team K 市川愛美 [Manami Ichikawa], 岡田梨奈 [Rina Okada], 小林蘭 [Ran Kobayashi], 込山榛香 [Haruka Komiyama], 下口ひなな [Hinana Shimoguchi], 長友彩海 [Ayami Nagatomo], 永野恵 [Megumi Nagano], 武藤小麟 [Orin Muto], 武藤十夢 [Tomu Muto], 茂木忍 [Shinobu Mogi], 安田叶 [Kana Yasuda], 湯本亜美 [Ami Yumoto]

Team B 岩立沙穂 [Saho Iwatate], ���竹ひとみ [Hitomi Otake], 大盛真歩 [Maho Omori], 大家志津香 [Shizuka Oya], 柏木由紀 [Yuki Kashiwagi], 北澤早紀 [Saki Kitazawa], 久保怜音 [Satone Kubo], 齋藤陽菜 [Haruna Saito], 佐々木優佳里 [Yukari Sasaki], 田北香世子 [Kayoko Takita], 谷口めぐ [Megu Taniguchi], 中西智代梨 [Chiyori Nakanishi], 福岡聖菜 [Seina Fukuoka], 山邊歩夢 [Ayu Yamabe]

Team 4 浅井七海 [Nanami Asai], 石綿星南 [Sena Ishiwata], 稲垣香織 [Kaori Inagaki], 大森美優 [Miyuu Omori], 岡田奈々 [Nana Okada], 蔵本美結 [Miyuu Kuramoto], 黒須遥香 [Haruka Kurosu], 佐藤妃星 [Kiara Sato], 多田京加 [Kyoka Tada], 馬嘉伶 [Chia-Ling Ma], 村山彩希 [Yuiri Murayama], 山内瑞葵 [Mizuki Yamauchi], 吉橋柚花 [Yuzuka Yoshihashi]

Team 8 坂口渚沙 [Nagisa Sakaguchi], 横山結衣 [Yui Yokoyama], 御供茉白 [Mashiro Mitomo], 岡部麟 [Rin Okabe], 本田仁美 [Honda Hitomi], 清水麻璃亜 [Maria Shimizu], 髙橋彩音 [Ayane Takahashi], 吉川七瀬 [Nanase Yoshikawa], 小栗有以 [Yui Oguri], 小田えりな [Erina Oda], 左伴彩佳 [Ayaka Hidaritomo], 歌田初夏 [Hatsuka Utada], 服部有菜 [Yuna Hattori], 橋本陽菜 [Haruna Hashimoto], 平野ひかる [Hikaru Hirano], 坂川陽香 [Hiyuka Sakagawa], 髙橋彩香 [Sayaka Takahashi], 永野芹佳 [Serika Nagano], 福留光帆 [Mitsuho Fukutome], 大西桃香 [Momoka Onishi], 濵咲友菜 [Sayuna Hama], 徳永羚海 [Remi Tokunaga], 奥原妃奈子 [Hinako Okuhara], 奥本陽菜 [Hinano Okumoto], 下尾みう [Miu Shitao], 春本ゆき [Yuki Harumoto], 行天優莉奈 [Yurina Gyoten], 高岡薫 [Kaoru Takaoka], 吉田華恋 [Karen Yoshida], 川原美咲 [Misaki Kawahara], 倉野尾成美 [Narumi Kuranoo], 山田杏華 [Kyoka Yamada], 上見天乃 [Sorano Uemi], 藤園麗 [Rei Fujizono]

Wow! That's a lot of members!

[thekaijudude]

Potentially major leaks for New Gen Gaia series + Chronicle Rumors

Sources imply that Taguchi would be directing the New Gen Gaia series as the staff department in China has apparently said that he's gathering the old cast of Gaia rn, this was apparently from a recent press conference

This might potentially mean that the New Gen Gaia series might be a sequel to the Gaia series, which if yall recall, Ginga was originally planned to be a sequel to Gaia as well with Gamu being a professor at the University that Hikaru was meant to be attending at

And why did I mention Ginga outta nowhere? Because next year is also Ginga's 10th Anniversary (it's all coming together now)

So yeah, they're literally reusing scrapped concepts, which I'm definitely all for this particular one

Also the first 2 merch for Gaia content in the next Chronicle has been revealed to be Super COV and Gan Q in the same press conference, so that's the confirmation that the next series is indeed New Gen Gaia if yall still needed any

To recap, next year is:

1. New Gen 10th Anniversary

2. Ginga's 10th Anniversary

3. Gaia's 25th Anniversary

4. Taro's 50th Anniversary

Considering that Taro was so popular (technically TsuPro still regards him well, and personally my fav ultra), hope he gets an actual cameo rather than just featuring Birdon or sth like with Pandon for Seven's

Or dare I say, either Super Taro get a new redesign or we finally get to see his Limit Breaker form once he wields the Ultimate Blade (at least a sneak peeks for UGF4 for 2024 as we probably wont be getting it in 2023 thanks to Regulus)

Also, sources say that the name of the next Chronicle would be "Ultraman Heroes G", with Zero again confirmed to be the navigator

Overall, personally very excited for the New Gen Gaia series cause there's so much they can do with it unlike Decker

And especially because its the major anniversary years of my favourite Ultra and Heisei Ultra

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Official Match Card Order for "All Together Again"

After the shocking news from "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall" (new David Finlay version Bullet Club members, new LIJ member, Pro Wrestling NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya participating in G1 Climax 33) and all that has happened in the past week leading to Osaka-Jo Hall, we now have the official match card order of "All Together Again" where NJPW, AJPW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH unite for a one night event fans are sure to remember for a long time. With that said, here's the match card order.

Kickoff Match: Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro, and Super Crazy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re (AJPW), YOH and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW)

Opening Match: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, and Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos), Hirooki Goto, and YOSHI-HASHI (NJPW/Bishamon)

Match #2: Chris Ridgeway (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Stinger) and Sean Legacy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK)

Match #3: Yoshitatsu (AJPW) vs. Shota Umino (NJPW)

Match #4: Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (Pro Wrestling NOAH/AXIZ) vs. Hokuto Omori and Shuji Ishikawa (AJPW)

Match #5: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, and Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita (NJPW/Strong Style)

Match #6: Jun Saito, Rei Saito (AJPW/Voodoo Murders), Ryuki Honda, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura (AJPW) vs. Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, TJP, and Francesco Akira (NJPW/United Empire)

Match #7: Yuji Nagata (NJPW), Suwama and Yuma Anzai (AJPW) vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon)

Match #8: Jake Lee, YO-HEY, and Tadasuke (Pro Wrestling NOAH/GLG) vs. SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Taka Michinoku (NJPW/Just 5 Guys)

Semi-Main Event Match: Master Wato (NJPW), Rising Hayato (AJPW), and HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon), Atsuki Aoyagi (AJPW), and AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Main Event Match: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai) and Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Kongo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Kento Miyahara (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai), and Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

All Together Again airs on NJPW World PPV this Friday June 9th at 6:00 PM Local Time/5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central/2:00 AM Pacific. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently living for the start time in your area. Also, if you choose to watch the event, you must order it for the event is a separate purchase from the official streams of NJPW World.

Again...All Together Again airs this Friday on NJPW World PPV

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Lately I’ve been hearing people talking about BNHA’s editor, but I don’t really understand it? Could you please have a go at explaining it?

okay so first off, just a quick overview on what a manga editor is/does for anyone who’s not aware or has only a vague idea. basically, they more or less oversee the manga, and work with the mangaka to give them feedback on the story and the layout and the pacing and so forth. a good editor will make sure the series stays true to the mangaka’s vision, but will tweak things to make sure the story meets the publisher’s standards, and just generally help keep the story on track. (this is a pretty good video to watch to get a better idea of the weekly manga creation process in general. incidentally that’s one of my favorite Youtube channels and I highly recommend the "day in the life" series if you have any kind of interest in Japan in general; it’s really good and weirdly calming and addictive lol).

different editors have different styles and are good at different things; for instance certain editors may be more hands-on and involved, while others might be more chill and laid-back and pretty much let the mangaka do their own thing. the former might pair well with a mangaka who’s just starting out and needs more guidance, whereas the latter might work better with mangaka who already have a lot of experience and are more sure of themselves. a lot of care goes into making sure the editor and mangaka are a good match, and it’s not unusual for long-running series to have multiple editors as time goes on. a good editor can help elevate a series and filter out bad ideas and really raise the quality of the work; bt on the flip side of the coin, really bad editors can and have been responsible for terrible decisions that have all but ruined stories at times.

anyway, so BnHA has had I think four editors to date. most of what I know about them I gleaned from this interview tbh.

Koike Hitoshi, who was the editor from June 2013 to June 2014

Monji Kengo, who was the editor from June 2014 to December 2017

Yoritomi Ryosuke, who was editor from December 2017 to September 2020

and most recently Taguchi Hikaru, who took over as editor in September 2020 and is the current editor today

moving on to the actual ask now at last, so when you say “lately I’ve been hearing people talking about BnHA’s editor”, I assume you’re referring to the fact that parts of the fandom aren’t entirely happy with Taguchi’s job as editor thus far. so those complaints mostly seem to be centered around three things:

the pacing (although to be fair I’ve seen complaints about the pacing being both too fast and too slow, so I don’t necessarily put a lot of stock in this one)

the increased focus on action/fighting

and lastly and most specifically, an increase in sensationalized storytelling in the form of each chapter having some new big flashy draw (sexy new characters, dramatic plot twists, fancy new quirks, etc.), and a marked increase in cliffhangers, whether they fit in naturally with the story or not

these are all things that editors have a lot of influence over, so there’s definitely some validity to these complaints. although to be fair, a lot of these are also very subjective, and we also have no way of knowing which decisions have come from Taguchi and which have come from Horikoshi. for a lot of people though, Horikoshi has obviously earned more benefit of the doubt than Taguchi has, especially since the previous series Taguchi edited, Samurai 8, was a pretty big flop. (though from what I’ve heard, I’m inclined to put most of the blame for that elsewhere; Jump was basically hoping lightning would strike twice and that the series would succeed just from having Kishimoto Masashi’s name on the cover, but the reality was that it really just wasn’t a very good manga lol.) there’s just not a lot there to inspire confidence, basically, and so he’s an easy target on top of everything else. and apparently one of his comments in an interview (specifically, that the story was going to get even more exciting from here on out) further reinforced those impressions of him putting too much focus on making the series more dramatic and action-y to attract new readers.

all that said, my opinion on the newer chapters isn’t really that negative, and for each chapter that I have disliked (which is mainly 307 lol), there’s been a 284 and a 285 and a 290 and a 299, 301, 302, 306, 310, 312, etc. etc. etc. which I have very much enjoyed (with several of those actually ranking among my favorite chapters ever). so I would say that overall he’s actually been doing a fairly decent job. and I mean, if we’re going to start rating all of the editors based on the worst chapters they’ve ever overseen, then the same editor who was in charge during my two favorite stretches of the manga (83 through 95, and 116 through 121) would be ranked at the bottom of my list because he also happened to be the guy running things during the worst stretches of the Basement arc. or what about Yoritomi, who oversaw the Pro Hero, MVA, and Endeavor Agency arcs, but also permitted Horikoshi to torture us with that one mushroom chapter?? all I’m saying is that all of these guys have had their various low points, lol.

anyways though, that’s basically the short (or my version of “short”) version of the editor stuff as far as I know. all in all, just like with everything else that’s controversial in this fandom, some of the points are reasonable and some are less so imo. the cliffhanger thing is a bit annoying because it’s hard to unsee once you start paying attention to it. but for the most part I think he’s done a decent job thus far, especially given the huge momentum shifts he’s had to preside over, not to mention the fact that the transition happened in the midst of a pandemic.

all said and done, I’m pretty satisfied, and especially given how long of a tenure the previous two editors had, I think he deserves more time to prove himself before we start making final judgments. I mean, not that our opinions make an iota of difference anyway lol, but still.

[leenaevilin]

[Announcement] MANKAI STAGE『A3!』Troupe LIVE ～SPRING 2021～

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B-PROJECT on STAGE (OVER the WAVE!) REMiX - MooNs Character visual

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A3! Mankai Stage Cast

🌸 harugumi 🌸

Ryugi Yokota as Sakuya Sakuma

Birthday: 9 Sep 1994

Instagram: @ryugi0909

Twitter: @0909Ryugi

Fun fact(s): Going home buddies with Itaru’s actor (Toshiki Tateishi) during S&S 2018!

Hikaru Makishima as Masumi Usui

Birthday: 3 Aug 1995

Instagram: @maximumhikaru

Twitter: @maximum083

Fun fact(s): Draws well and frequently posts them on his twitter! Used to play basketball and has a motorcycle licence

Yukki Maekawa as Tsuzuru Minagi

Birthday: 17 Dec 1997

Instagram: @yuyuyukikimaru1217

Twitter: @yuyukiki535

Fun fact(s): Loves photography and is really good friends with Matsukawa’s actor (Ryo Taguchi) in real life! Ryo even bought a PS4 for his birthday last year ö Part of TFG, a J-pop group with Taichi’s actor (Ryotaro Akazawa)

Toshiki Tateishi as Itaru Chigasaki

Birthday: 19 Dec 1993

Instagram: @toshiki_tateishi

Twitter: @ivvy_toshiki

Fun fact(s): Used to be a firefighter in Tokyo before changing his career to the entertainment industry. 1/5 of J-pop group IVVY before launching into the stage industry. Still buys Duel Master cards and creates decks. Also my best boi

Yamato Furuya as Citron

Birthday: 4 May 1991

Instagram: @furuyamato

Twitter: @ya_ma_to_hiro

Fun fact(s): Itaru’s actor (Toshiki Tateishi) looks up to him and Hisoka’s actor (Keisuke Ueda) as his guidance while acting in Mankai Stage!

Do check them out and give them a follow!

🌸 harugumi cast 🌸 / 🌻 natsugumi cast 🌻 / 🍁 akigumi cast 🍁 / ❄️ fuyugumi cast ❄️

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New Japan Cup 2022 Night 3 - 3/7/2022; NJPW Strong Taping in Philly 5/15/2022; AJPW Dream Power Series 2022 Night 1 - 3/7/2022; Full Card for TJPW Grand Princess ‘22 3/19/2022

Happy International Women’s Day. The full card for Tokyo Joshi’s Grand Princess ‘22 show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan will be down at the bottom part of the post.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

The final batch of 1st Round matches for the New Japan Cup 2022 took place yesterday, in a show you can see now on NJPWWorld.

- 3/7/2022, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryohei Oiwa (Henare > Oiwa, Rampage Tackle, 9:48)

Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (ELP > BUSHI, CRII, 10:10)

El Desperado, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG] d. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] (Sabre > YOH, Cross Armbreaker, 12:01)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Chase Owens [Bullet Club] d. Jado [Bullet Club] (C-Trigger, 7:13)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: EVIL [Bullet Club] d. Ryusuke Taguchi EVIL STO, 7:26)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] d. SHO [Bullet Club] (Inside Cradle, 15:45)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] (Last Of The Dragon, 23:32)

I do recommend the main and semi-main from this show. Some good stuff on here. So now the last of the 2nd Round matches have been determined:

- 3/13/2022, Hyogo Baycom Gymnasium

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] v. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tama Tonga [Bullet Club] v. EVIL [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tiger Mask IV v. Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tanga Loa [Bullet Club] v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

More TBA

Hiromu v. Suzuki will be something.

Another NJPW Strong taping has been announced, at the good ol’ ECW (2300) Arena in Philly for 5/15/2022. Tickets go on sale for that on Friday at 10am EST.

The 2nd Round begins tomorrow, which will be live streamed. Only three Cup matches due to Hiroyoshi Tenzan’s withdrawal, with Taichi advancing to the 3rd Round on a bye.

- 3/9/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask IV v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Gedo & SHO [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire] v. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. MInoru Suzuki, Taichi & DOUKI [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] v. CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Master Wato

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan began the Dream Power Series 2022 tour yesterday, with a lot of prelude tag matches to coming title matches.

Dream Power Series 2022 Night 1 - 3/7/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Hodogaya Public Hall (AJPW.tv)

Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue (HAYATO > Inoue, Boston Crab, 9:04)

Shu & Kei Brahman [FREE] d. Izanagi & Black Menso-re (Kei > Izanagi, Acai DDT, 8:14)

Yoshitatsu d. Seigo Tachibana (10:01)

TAJIRI & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura [Evolution] (TAJIRI > Tamura, La Magistral, 10:38)

Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Suwama & Hikaru Sato [Evolution] (Omori > Sato, 12:48)

Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato (Miyahara > Ishikawa, 22:39)

Wrestling logic says Miyahara is not retaining the Triple Crown but it is but the first show of the tour. Hikaru Sato took a direct loss to his World Juniorheavyweight title challenger too.

The tour resumes Saturday at Korakuen Hall, with an All Asia Tag Team Championship title match main event between champions Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama v. Dan Tamura & Abdullah Kobayashi.

Tokyo Joshi

As promised, here is the now-revealed full card for Grand Princess ‘22, Tokyo Joshi’s big show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan on 3/19/2022. It will be shown live on Wrestle Universe. Juria Nagano’s debut is now a tag match, and another interpromotional match has been added, an 8-person match between TJPW & the other DDT sub-brand that I don’t report on, Ganbare Pro Wrestling.

Grand Princess ‘22 - 3/19/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Wrestle Universe)

Juria Nagano Debut Match: Suzume & Arisa Endo v. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling v. Ganbare Pro Wrestling: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami v. Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & YuuRI [Ganbare Pro]

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[haleigh-sloth]

No offense but I think you overrating how much the editor has a role in how the story has been, shonen jump editors have been known to be not as hands on as they were before and let the author have more control. the problem is more on his health, his editor should offer him a nice break like the jjk editor did..

also tidbit, mangaka usually don’t stay with one editor Especially since MHA is kind of a big story

I’m really aware that editors change. I was wondering why this person was chosen, when he has no previous successes to show for himself, especially for an extremely popular series like this.

Also, I think you’re overestimating how much I am willing to argue about this. And here’s the thing, none of us really know how much impact the editor has. We know that they DO have input though.

But what have we seen? We’ve seen a massive decline in the quality of the story telling since he took over.

The editor has made comments that do NOT sit well with me, or other people who follow BNHA.

The editor also only had one public credential, which is for a manga that was cancelled early. Which, the manga may not have been great. But that does not fare well for this editor.

I’m really not interested in defending the editor here because I really don’t care.

Hori’s health is definitely a factor. I never said it wasn’t. But he’s still producing fucking stellar art, extremely detailed panels, and the same amount of pages each week. And also, he is capable of telling a story. He has shown us that he can. The issue is the dialogue, the narrative content, and the PACING. Which, yes, health. But also, click-and-bait story telling for the sake of getting a reaction, and coming at the expense of the story.

Read this post here to see a little more of what I’m talking about.

If you’re hellbent on defending Hikaru Taguchi, that is perfectly fine. There are probably other blogs talking shit who would be more willing to carry this conversation further. I am not and I’m going to bitch to my heart’s desire because I’m frustrated with the shit quality of the story right now.

[wolfcrunch]

One thing that i've never saw talked about is the editor, until i stumble across your blog, what are the major diferences between the first one and the second one? Also, how do you think this new editor can affect the work of Horikoshi?

i honestly don’t know a ton about the editors - however, editors 2 and 3 (Monji and Yoritomi) have had probably the biggest influx on the story, and you can tell how the story shifted under both their editing.

the first editor Koike, was only editor for the conception of MHA as well as chapters 1-3, and i believe also helped a bit with chapter 4 in conjunction with the second editor, so his presence with the story isn’t that visible.

Monji was the second editor, volume 1 to volume 19, and from the looks of it he never wanted MHA it chart into very serious territory - a story that others could pick up even if they didn’t keep up with the story. I guess he intended for it to be more lighthearted? and you can tell this especially when it comes to the Overhaul arc, which suffered many things like pacing, characters themselves and the overall feel of the arc, not to mention Horikoshi’s own health. he seemed to be more hands-on in what went into the story and limited Horikoshi when it came to darker themes and gore. he didn’t want the series to be too graphic.

you can read an interview here that was had with Koike and Monji, concerning the series!

Yoritomi, who was the third editor...you can tell the pacing just changed. the Cultural Festival arc is fun but doesn’t feel like a drag, and it leads directly into the Pro Hero arc. several of the arcs under Yoritomi’s work are considered to be some of the best of the series (Pro Hero, MVA, Endeavor Agency and including the current one), and he on the other hand seems to let Horikoshi do what he wants - or rather, they work together and had similar ideas for where the series should go and how it should be handled. he previously worked as an editor on “The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.”

the newest editor is Hikaru Taguchi! he seems to be either a newer editor, or hasn’t worked with many notable works, and here you can read an interview he had concerning the series he was last editor for, Samurai 8!

I guess there could be a bit of concern with this information...Samurai 8 was a very average story that never lived up to the hype surrounding it (coming from Kishimoto, who’s known for Naruto), and it got axed after about 40+ chapters? However, based off the interview he seems to be more like Yoritomi - he might be more willing to let Horikoshi run with his own thing, considering MHA is a pretty popular series. if anything, the pacing might feel different. (it might fall into a faster/slower pace), but until we see how the series feels with his editing, we won’t know for sure! he seems pretty laid back and tries not to sugarcoat his thoughts, so I trust the series will still be as good with him as the editor.

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