Genres:Seinen(M),Action,Comedy,Martial Arts,School Life
🇬🇧English
Publication:Original Publication:Ongoing
< 300 votes
0 votes
5
00.0%4
00.0%3
00.0%2
00.0%1
00.0%The series began as a fairly humorous and lighthearted satire of Japan's teenage delinquent-gang subculture told from the perspective of Matsushita Tadashi (who also narrates these early Karate Bu stories), a 2nd year student at Kangokou High and a constant target of Kangokou's numerous bullies who beat him up routinely after school. He is almost always accompanied by his best friend Saitou Takaki, who is also constantly harassed.
As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.
Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.
Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.
As the pair grow increasingly tired of being victimized they decide to join the titular Karate Club, which is notorious throughout Osaka's youth gangs for training and producing the city's most hardened and toughest teenage thugs while maintaining the facade of a legit school sports club. But when they join the club, they find themselves picked on just as much if not worse by the club's current members. But as the story progresses they grow to be increasingly capable fighters.
Along with the manga's change in attitude and central character, the various teenage fighters throughout the series grew increasingly stronger and even began to tap into superhuman ki abilities, putting Osu!! Karate Bu in the company of other similar epic Shōnen fighting manga such as Yu Yu Hakusho, Dragon Ball, and Fist of the North Star.
Osu!! Karate Bu was wildly popular in its native Japan, but is otherwise almost completely unknown in most other countries. It spawned a four episode OVA mini-series released over a period of two years from 1990-1992, a 1990 live action movie, and a 1994 Super Famicom fighting game.
Views
Total: 26.8K/360 days: 15.6K/180 days: 13K/90 days: 6.5K/30 days: 2K/7 days: 572/24 hours: 31/12 hours: 9/6 hours: 3/60 minutes: 1
Readers
30 follows
Bato Page Creation
at GMT
Chapters(173)
Volume 17 Chapter 173: Breaking the Signboard
0
0+1K
0
0+806
Volume 17 Chapter 171: Point of Death
0
0+755
Volume 17 Chapter 170: The Karate Club's SOS!!
0
0+616
Volume 17 Chapter 169: No Exit
0
0+712
Volume 16 Chapter 168: Marimo in Danger+
0
0+692
Volume 16 Chapter 167: Trump Card
0
0+642
Volume 16 Chapter 166: The Pet Dog Strikes Back
0
0+602
0
0+598
0
0+590
0
0+622
0
0+587
Volume 16 Chapter 161: Conclusion of Negotiations!?
0
0+598
Volume 16 Chapter 160: Declaration of War!?
0
0+586
Volume 16 Chapter 159: Decision for the Moment
0
0+586
Volume 16 Chapter 158: A Painful Ceremony
0
0+568
Volume 16 Chapter 157: Coming to Tokyo
0
0+543
Volume 15 Chapter 156: Setting Out
0
0+591
Volume 15 Chapter 155: A Sorrowful Heart
0
0+562
Volume 15 Chapter 154: Wavering Days
0
0+601
Volume 15 Chapter 153: Judgment
0
0+609
Volume 15 Chapter 152: Finale
0
0+610
Volume 15 Chapter 151: Secret of the Fa Jin
0
0+628
Volume 15 Chapter 150: Recovery
0
0+578
Volume 15 Chapter 149: Takagi Defeated!?
0
0+565
Volume 15 Chapter 148: Like Fire...
0
0+579
Volume 15 Chapter 147: The Impending Storm
0
0+590
Volume 15 Chapter 146: Becoming a Wolf
0
0+624
Volume 14 Chapter 145: Fist of the Last Stand
0
0+623
Volume 14 Chapter 144: Fist of Darkness, Fist of Light
0
0+610
Volume 14 Chapter 143: The Power of God
0
0+575
Volume 14 Chapter 142: Kobe Stands!!
0
0+539
Volume 14 Chapter 141: The Army Moves to Kobe
0
0+619
Volume 14 Chapter 140: Phantom
0
0+611
Volume 14 Chapter 139: The Fourth Secret
0
0+589
Volume 14 Chapter 138: End of the Duel...
0
0+576
Volume 14 Chapter 137: Dance of Death
0
0+598
Volume 14 Chapter 136: Morigami vs. Jinrai
0
0+571
Volume 14 Chapter 135: Raid!!
0
0+555
Volume 13 Chapter 134: The Four Secrets of Captain!!
0
0+579
Volume 13 Chapter 133: Counterattack
0
0+557
Volume 13 Chapter 132: The Mysterious Old Man
0
0+595
Volume 13 Chapter 131: Headhunt
0
0+579
Volume 13 Chapter 130: The Wandering Takagi
0
0+557
Volume 13 Chapter 129: Secret of Two Years Ago
0
0+525
Volume 13 Chapter 128: A Mad Love
0
0+565
Volume 13 Chapter 127: The Legendary Soul of Osaka
0
0+580
Volume 13 Chapter 126: Meeting
0
0+541
Volume 13 Chapter 125: The Red Lightning
0
0+559
Volume 13 Chapter 124: Midnight Raid
0
0+524
Volume 13 Chapter 123: The Identity of I.G.
0
0+553
Volume 12 Chapter 122: Shikoku is Coming
0
0+539
Volume 12 Chapter 121: Cry of the Heart
0
0+490
Volume 12 Chapter 120: The Evil Wind
0
0+489
Volume 12 Chapter 119: Power and Heart
0
0+515
Volume 12 Chapter 118: Destiny
0
0+475
Volume 12 Chapter 117: The Conspiracy Exposed
0
0+502
Volume 12 Chapter 116: The True Soul of Osaka
0
0+508
Volume 12 Chapter 115: Rikizan's Past
0
0+466
Volume 12 Chapter 114: For the Sake of Osaka...
0
0+450
Volume 12 Chapter 113: Betrayal
0
0+496
Volume 12 Chapter 112: The Muay Thai Warrior
0
0+468
Volume 11 Chapter 111: The Weakness of Judo
0
0+510
Volume 11 Chapter 110: Sacrifice
0
0+416
Volume 11 Chapter 109: Mad Dog
0
0+443
Volume 11 Chapter 108: Play-Offs for the Fourth
0
0+469
Volume 11 Chapter 107: The Great War of Osaka
0
0+551
Volume 11 Chapter 106: Persuasion
0
0+500
Volume 11 Chapter 105: Decision
0
0+451
Volume 11 Chapter 104: The Great Conspiracy
0
0+464
Volume 11 Chapter 103: Flood of Candidates for the Fourth!!
0
0+473
Volume 11 Chapter 102: The Unseen Menace
0
0+520
Volume 11 Chapter 101: Invitation to Hell
0
0+495
Volume 10 Chapter 100: Forever and Ever
0
0+487
Volume 10 Chapter 99: Rampage with No Tomorrow
0
0+454
Volume 10 Chapter 98: Game Is Over!?
0
0+437
Volume 10 Chapter 97: The Police Are Coming! Oh, Shit!!
0
0+447
Volume 10 Chapter 96: Our Showdown's Just Starting!!
0
0+470
Volume 10 Chapter 95: The Race Begins!!
0
0+510
Volume 10 Chapter 94: Hanna on Fire!?
0
0+447
Volume 10 Chapter 93: Secret of the Bat
0
0+498
Volume 10 Chapter 92: Hanna Street of Hell
0
0+454
Volume 10 Chapter 91: The Mysterious New Seven
0
0+494
Volume 10 Chapter 90: Asuka's Tears
0
0+497
Volume 9 Chapter 89: Persuasion of Blood
0
0+515
Volume 9 Chapter 88: Osaka's High Waves!
0
0+510
Volume 9 Chapter 87: KFTH Splits Up!?
0
0+480
Volume 9 Chapter 86: The Immobile Takagi
0
0+484
Volume 9 Chapter 85: Promise
0
0+510
Volume 9 Chapter 84: The Cursed Gang
0
0+549
Volume 9 Chapter 83: A New Challenge
0
0+498
Volume 9 Chapter 82: As Fate Decrees
0
0+484
Volume 9 Chapter 81: Cliff
0
0+442
Volume 9 Chapter 80: Self-Sacrificial Counterattack
0
0+439
Volume 9 Chapter 79: We're Counting On You!!
0
0+460
Volume 8 Chapter 78: The Battle Begins!
0
0+482
Volume 8 Chapter 77: Attack on Kobe
0
0+472
Volume 8 Chapter 76: Take the Road to Hell!
0
0+463
Volume 8 Chapter 75: Get Mad, Morigama!!
0
0+462
Volume 8 Chapter 74: The Four Hands of Death Tiger Strike Explodes!
0
0+471
Volume 8 Chapter 73: KFTH on the Gallows
0
0+534
Volume 8 Chapter 72: The Secret Message
0
0+448
Volume 8 Chapter 71: Takagi Revived!!
0
0+498
Volume 8 Chapter 70: Osaka's Total Submission
0
0+480
Volume 8 Chapter 69: Days of Silence
0
0+477
Volume 7 Chapter 68: Moment of Determination
0
0+468
Volume 7 Chapter 67: KFTH Destroyed!!
0
0+497
Volume 7 Chapter 66: From the Grim Reaper with Love
0
0+501
Volume 7 Chapter 65: Night of the Attack on Osaka
0
0+468
Volume 7 Chapter 64: Takagi's Sinking SOS!!
0
0+500
Volume 7 Chapter 63: Danger On The Kobe Front!!
0
0+496
Volume 7 Chapter 62: Panic In Kobe
0
0+475
Volume 7 Chapter 61: The Two Assassins
0
0+424
Volume 7 Chapter 60: White Christmas
0
0+488
Volume 7 Chapter 59: Showdown On The Eve
0
0+476
Volume 7 Chapter 58: Rosary of Hell!!
0
0+465
Volume 6 Chapter 57: Christmas Time in Blue
0
0+494
Volume 6 Chapter 56: Finally Total War
0
0+453
Volume 6 Chapter 55: I'm Just A Loose Cannon
0
0+422
Volume 6 Chapter 54: A Very Dangerous Upperclassman
0
0+427
Volume 6 Chapter 53: The Three-Minute Legend
0
0+498
Volume 6 Chapter 52: Matsushita Expelled!?
0
0+452
Volume 6 Chapter 51: Justice Does Hurt!!
0
0+453
Volume 6 Chapter 50: The Final Goal Kick
0
0+456
Volume 6 Chapter 49: Takagi's Exploding Fight!!
0
0+508
Volume 6 Chapter 48: The Raid on Jnuaffiliated!!
0
0+461
Volume 6 Chapter 47: I'm a Rugger!?
0
0+430
Volume 5 Chapter 46: Takagi's Tenacity!!
0
0+461
Volume 5 Chapter 45: Takagi's Decision
0
0+473
Volume 5 Chapter 44: Takagi's Worry
0
0+484
Volume 5 Chapter 43: Momochiyo's Lover
0
0+460
Volume 5 Chapter 42: One Year Ago...
0
0+418
Volume 5 Chapter 41: The Secret of Takagi's Hair, Part 3
0
0+439
Volume 5 Chapter 40: The Secret of Takagi's Hair, Part 2
0
0+443
Volume 5 Chapter 39: The Secret of Takagi's Hair
0
1+494
Volume 4 Chapter 38: I Don't Like Long Daggers!
0
0+455
Volume 4 Chapter 37: Leave the School Festival to Us!!
0
0+490
Volume 4 Chapter 36: Chick in the Rain
0
0+485
Volume 4 Chapter 35: The 16-Year-Old Father
0
0+469
Volume 4 Chapter 34: Gutsy Pickup Technique
0
0+442
Volume 4 Chapter 33: At the End of Endless Duel
0
0+472
Volume 4 Chapter 32: Duel!! Takagi vs. Sagawa
0
0+450
Volume 4 Chapter 31: Fierce Battle!! Takagi vs. Sagawa
0
0+498
Volume 4 Chapter 30: Vivid! Takagi vs. Sagawa
0
0+476
Volume 4 Chapter 29: Takagi vs. Sagawa
0
0+432
Volume 4 Chapter 28: There's Something Wrong with Japanese Young Men!!
0
0+445
Volume 3 Chapter 27: The Osaka Biker Gang Resistance
0
0+505
Volume 3 Chapter 26: You Can't Apologize When You're Dead...!!
0
0+455
Volume 3 Chapter 25: You Can't Live With Guts Alone
0
0+448
Volume 3 Chapter 24: Grand Master of Fire
0
0+473
Volume 3 Chapter 23: Momochiyo is a Messenger of Justice!!
0
0+485
Volume 3 Chapter 22: Momochiyo Won't Lose
0
0+472
Volume 3 Chapter 21: Momochiyo is a Woman
0
0+489
Volume 3 Chapter 20: Takagi's Desperate Crisis
0
0+476
Volume 3 Chapter 19: Yakuza and Friends!?
0
0+486
Volume 3 Chapter 18: Saito Braces Himself!!
0
1+538
Volume 2 Chapter 17: Takagi The Devil's Revenge
0
0+491
Volume 2 Chapter 16: Keep Quiet, Transfer Student!!
0
0+433
Volume 2 Chapter 15: Stupid Dog's a Stupid Dog
0
0+418
Volume 2 Chapter 14: I'm Momochiyo
0
0+446
Volume 2 Chapter 13: Rook of Revenge
0
0+458
Volume 2 Chapter 12: Takagi's Disciplinary Action
0
0+479
Volume 2 Chapter 11: I Can't Quit
0
0+463
Volume 2 Chapter 10: We Don't Need the Spirit Rod
0
0+459
Volume 1 Chapter 9: My Underclassman
0
0+450
Volume 1 Chapter 8: It's Hard Being Captain
0
1+500
Volume 1 Chapter 7: The Legendary Race
0
0+444
Volume 1 Chapter 6: How's Your Youth!?
0
0+435
Volume 1 Chapter 5: Auntie Loves You
0
0+469
Volume 1 Chapter 4: Freshmen Party Pyeeeen
0
0+475
Volume 1 Chapter 3: Showdown with the Boxing Club
0
0+443
Volume 1 Chapter 2: Hero of the Class
0
0+475
Volume 1 Chapter 1: Osu! Registration
0
0+543
Reviews(0)
Comments(0/0)
BatoLists(0)