I said, you must win So You Think You Can Dance!

Summary:

Making sure that Kiri and Elle understand that they’re going up against the people who crushed the strongest warriors of the Sisters, he decides to accept Kiri’s request. Elle reacts less enthusiastically, having heard nothing about this before, and Sui says that she’s already taught Kiri how to fight, though Kiri says that’s impossible since she can’t teach anybody anything (probably true). Elle reluctantly agrees that she’ll do her best, but before they go any further, Fallan lays some ground rules. He pretty much says they’re completely under his control for the time they’re training, and that they also…

There you have it. The best way to get cash is to train for years, become a master martial artist and demand students hand over their money. For “training purposes”.

He orders them out of the room to get ready, while Theressa teases him about the meaningless conditions and the fact that he must like the kids. The two get ready (along with Sui) and make their way to a forest within the town. They meet Fallan, who tells Kiri to never call him “Sensei” again, which he proceeds to do, says that questions he asked them previously (though I have no idea when) led him to gauge their abilities and create a basic plan for them.

They each come up with good answers (experience, knowledge, power, weaponry, heck, even Sui chips in with “keeping calm”) but Fallan says that though that’s important, it’s not what’s most important; they need to be in perfect synchronization and move as one as that’ll be the lifeline of their technique. And so, he sets them the most effective teaching method for this.

EPIC!!!

Well, of course all Kiri and Elle can say is “Wha?” and Sui just laughs her ass off. So, we move on to seeing them dance like crap, and the two of them get sick of it quickly. Fallan just tells them that it’s the best method to get them to move together smoothly. Kiri’s still skeptical, so Fallan explains that he’s gone all over the world, learning and mastering multiple martial arts, and has even taught others before; so it’s up to Kiri what he wants to believe about the method. He also tells Elle that she has the talent to become strong too (and Kiri has to stop Sui from doing anything rash). Meanwhile, Fallan wonders about the nature of Kiri’s “Flare” power, which is essentially an inexhaustible, risk-free strength that’s equivalent to “trumping the laws of creation”. He realises that any bad person with even a little bit of imagination could endanger the world with that strength.

He talks to Kiri and Elle, saying that the task of this whole endeavour is to create a martial art only they two can use, which will be known as:

Thoughts:

First off, apologies for the late post (as relatives + 3 hour drive = tired and will not blog) and I must concede to FFVIIKnight, manga blogger extordinaire, who I’ve secretly been trying to beat to the punch for this series ^_^.

I’m not much of a fan of training arcs, but this manga is so hilarious it glazes over most of my problems with them. I knew that it was going to be something stupid, but also made complete sense (like the whole “painting fences and washing cars teaches you martial arts” shtick) but it was still entertaining to watch. Fallan’s thoughts on Kiri’s powers make me think that something bad will eventually show up concerning Kiri; it’s impossible to have such hax a power without some sort of disadvantage and also previously, when fighting Kiri and Elle, Zezu mentioned something about recognizing his power. Fallan seems to have finally given up on that “will not help, only protect self” thing and decided to just help the two as he LOVES has taken a liking to them. And is there any time where Theressa isn’t wasted?

Anyway, if we can blitz through the training, then we may get to more awesome fighting (and I think that at least part of the training will be them two against Sui, which could be fun to watch).

Obligatory Sui end.