Flame of Recca, Vol. 06

烈火の炎 [Recca no Honoo] #6

by Nobuyuki Anzai

Recca Hanabishi and Team Hokage must square off against a group of assassins answering to Recca's older half-brother, Kurei. For 400 years, Kurei's been jealous of his brother's privileged status in the ancient and secret Hokage Ninja Clan. With genetically altered bodies containing the DNA of wild animals, Kurei is hoping his assassins will do what he's never been able to do: kill Recca.

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Shonen, Indonesian Literature, Komik, Ebooks

200 pages, Paperback

First published September 18, 1996

About the author

Nobuyuki Anzai (安西 信行 Anzai Nobuyuki?, born August 19, 1972) is a Japanese manga artist. He was an assistant of Kazuhiro Fujita.

Reviews

[Glen]

A fighting tournament that takes the whole book, but doesn't really explain the characters. Some of the action sequences are well done.

[Harumichi Mizuki]

Pertarungan Recca dengan Saichou berlangsung sengit. Mungkin Saichou sebenarnya bisa mengalahkan Recca karena itulah dibuat plot device, Saichou punya penyakit jantung sehingga tak bisa bertarung lebih dari 15 menit.

Meskipun sudah menang, Recca tetap ingin melawan Kukai sang warrior monk.

Menarik. Shihan Dai (Guru Besar) Kukai sengaja membiarkan Recca memukul dirinya lebih dari tiga kali untuk mengaktifkan mode demonnya. Bukan untuk membunuh Recca, tapi untuk mengajarinya esensi bertarung demi melindungi orang lain.

"Kalau kamu rela mati demi tuanmu, apa kamu rela membunuh orang lain untuk melindungi tuanmu?"

Deep.

Namun, Recca memilih melakukan metodenya sendiri (tidak mau membunuh Kukai) dan hal itu menarik simpati naga ketiga untuk memberikan kekuatannya.

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Keesokan harinya, tim Recca harus melawan Uruha Maboroshi yang salah satu anggotanya adalah humanoid chimera pemakan daging manusia! Saat pertandingan akan dimulai, Fuuko malah nggak dateng karena sebelumnya memutuskan untuk menyelidiki Kastil Mouri, bertemu Raiha dan malah tak sengaja kejeblos masuk pintu perangkap yang membawanya ke ruang tertutup tanpa jalan keluar.

Di saat yang gawat, Koganei muncul dan menawarkan diri untuk melawan si monster pemakan manusia.

[Chris]

It's kind of dull now.

[Nanang Stiawan]

Emg paling jijay liat si mokuren. Udh rambutnya lepek trus akar2 gitu hahah tp ni orang gak mati2 emang.

Tokiya otw

[Kevin Findley]

A lot of good fight scenes.

Recommended for fans of this series or manga action in general

Find it. Buy it. Read it.

[Sam C]

50 - Saicho and Recca fight using paper and fire.

51 - Saicho uses a thousand paper cranes to attack Recca all at once, but Recca summons Nadare's fireballs from the ground, incinerating all the cranes. Saicho loses; he has a heart condition and cannot fight for more than 15 minutes. Even though Team Hokage wins, Recca challenges Kukai to one final round.

52 - Kukai the Buddha seems calm and unaffected by two of Recca's hits. On the third, his demon side comes out.

53 - Kukai is beating Recca. However, Recca summons a third dragon, Homura. This creates rings of fire around his arm.

54 - Team Hokage advances to the second match for the next day. Kurei greets them after the match and the two brothers have an icy confrontation. Recca, Yanagi, and Fuuko learn that tomorrow, they will be fighting Uruha Maboroshi.

55 - Because of Recca's antics yesterday, the arena is being reconstructed so the fight is pushed back. Fuuko tours the castle with Raiha, one of Kurei's mild-mannered Uruha member. However, she disobeys him and gets trapped. The fight against Uruho Maboroshi is starting but Fuuko hasn't shown up yet. The first opponent is Shiju, a monster who defeated and then ate all five opponents yesterday. Recca, Domon, and Mikagami are the only fighters in Team Hokage, but at the last second, Kaoru Koganei volunteers to join the team in place of Fuuko.

56 - Team Hokage accepts Koganei and he fights Shiju first, partly because the rest are scared of Shiju and because Recca doesn't want to be betrayed at the last minute.

57 - Genjuro uses psychic surgery to level up Shiju, who has lion DNA mixed into him. Koganei beats Shiju by transforming his Kougun Anki into a bow and arrow.

58 - Genjuro suggests that the winner of the first round continue on to the second. That means Koganei has to fight again. Team Hokage accepts. However, it is revealed that the second opponent is none other than Nagai himself, Koganei's former partner. Koganei mistakenly turns his back on Nagai, who uses that opportunity to transform into a tree and engulf Koganei.

59 - Koganei, now swallowed by Nagai, lost the second round. Mikagami goes on to battle Nagai on the third, switching with Recca. Perhaps that instead of attacking Nagai with fire, Mikagami's sword will have a better chance of rescuing Koganei.