Series: Kick of the Gods — the daily-life manga of ANCHORAGE, a kickboxing gym with 4 locations in Fukuoka, Japan.

About this episode: Episode 18, first published in Japanese on August 3, 2014, under the title "⑱ 健太おまけの神通力" (Kenta's Bonus Supernatural Power). Continued from last time: Ganesha grants Kenta's wish from the previous episode — he can throw a Hadouken, but only once, as a one-time-only service. Thrilled, Kenta decides to save it for the right moment. Then a bald man rushes in shouting that a huge meteorite is headed for Earth — and Kenta throws his one Hadouken at it. In the fourth panel the twist lands: it was all a dream. There's a hole in the house, and his wife is furious. Ganesha, drinking with him, remarks that it sounds like a slogan. Note: this episode is an August 2014 archive; the "one-time-only service" and the Hadouken are a one-off joke from August 2014, not a current offer or feature.

Ep. 18 — A Man's Romance

Panel 1

  • Title card: "A Man's Romance"
  • Narration (top right, translated in the image): "This is a one-time-only service, mind you."
  • Ganesha: "I've made it so you can throw a Hadouken — just once."
  • Kenta: "Seriously!?"
  • Free text near Kenta (kept as in the original): (red "ム" mark — kept as in the original)

Panel 2

  • Kenta: "Gotta save it for the right moment…"
  • Bald man: "Disaster!! A huge meteorite is headed for Earth!!"
  • Kenta (speaker estimated from the bubble tail): "Huh?"
  • Free text near Kenta (kept as in the original): ("ん??" — kept as in the original)

Panel 3

  • Kenta (red bubble, white text): "HADOUKEEEN!!"
  • Kenta: "Waaah!! This is it!! It came out of nowhere!!"
  • Sound effects (kept as in the original): (red "ゴォッ!!" — meteor roar; blue "ボッ" — Hadouken energy ball)

Panel 4

  • Kenta: "It was a dream. There's a hole in the house, and my wife is furious."
  • Ganesha: "Sounds like a slogan, huh."

Notes

  • The title note "前回の続き" (Continued from last time) at the top right is kept as in the original in the image.
  • The free texts — the red "ム" mark (Panel 1), "ん??" (Panel 2), and the red SFX "ゴォッ!!" and blue SFX "ボッ" (Panel 3) — are kept as in the original in the image, following the practice of earlier episodes; their translations are given in the dialogue above.
  • The "え" in Panel 2 is in a yellow star bubble; its speaker (Kenta) is estimated from the direction of the bubble's tail.
  • The "波動拳ォォぁ〜!!" in Panel 3 is in a red bubble with white text; the translation "HADOUKEEEN!!" is rendered in white in the image.
  • "波動拳" (Hadouken) is the fireball technique from the Street Fighter games; "まじすか!!" is casual speech for "seriously!?".
  • The bald man in Panel 2 is a new, unnamed character.
  • Ryota does not appear in this episode.
  • This is an archive episode from August 3, 2014; the "one-time-only service" and the Hadouken are a one-off joke from August 2014, not a current offer or feature.

Original Japanese version: https://www.anchorage.asia/manga/1142/

Next episode: Ep. 19 — Lord Vishvakarma, God of Creation, Architecture & Crafts

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