RikiOh is certainly a strange piece. Its starts off as the basic Tough guy vs obviously horrible people with a lot of gore added on and with a few honorable opponents here and there that either make our protagonist sad or become his temporary allies. But then it devolves into a big bunch of different themes such as the negative side effects of nuclear power world war 2 religions politics armageddon and whether ones life is worth more than the others. I will only be talking spoilery about the first chapter or so and will just talk about the next ones without mentioning anything specific This tale follows a man named RikiOh who is in jail for murder in a world where prisons have become private establishments and the goverment is mostly corrupt. Which allows the creator to completely mistreat the prisoners and other characters without having us the reader wonder why its even allowed. The general history behind the character will originally be barely explained and then slowly built upon as the story progresses. The story itself is cut into 5 different arcs and they all have their own set main antagonist who RikiOh will aim to defeat. All 5 of the arcs reveal more about RikiOh and reveal to him what he must do next. During each arc he will amass one or two allies which usually will not follow him into the next one and usually are pretty forgettable and used mostly to get RikiOh into trouble or to attempt to hit the reader with an emotional scene or two. The story suffers from rushing characters other than RikiOh. If youre not RikiOh then youre just kinda there. Theyre rarely expanded upon and looked at in any other light other than This guy follows the protagonist now. Characters are also hard to connect to because the series just treats everyone but the main character like the most expendable piece of dirt. 400https://i.ur.com/6ZRDSIj.png Pic 1: RikiOh showcases his Jewish power alongside his tagline The story itself is somewhat held back by RikiOh himself a few times as he despite being a man that is heroic and strong and eats his greens and all that good protagonist stuff is very very gullible. There is a lot of times where there is an absolutely obvious trap yet he will walk right into it. Or hell just play right into the hand of a villain. Villains themselves comment on how easy he is to figure out as he only follows 2 basic principles in his life: Be nice and punch the bad. Until theyre good or until theyre dead. Another problematic part of the story is that it...kinda forgets certain plot points. These are mostly a few small plot points introduced early in the story in the first 2 arcswhen I feel the author himself hasnt fully realised what he wants to do with the series. If people took breaks instead of marathoning the series they would have probably forgotten about them by the time the story finishes so it wouldnt be such a big deal but I went throught the entire story in 2 days and everything was really fresh when it ended. 300https://i.ur.com/QNF2HJM.png Pic 2: The storys rather unexpected focus on hebrew tales suprises the man The story is heavily influenced by the Old Testament the hebrew religion and the treatment of Jews during WW2.It speaks of SolomonDavidIsaacAbraham and others. I cant attest to how correct the retellings of these tales are as I am not Jewish myself but I will warn you that the writer confused AustriaHungary with Africa once so he may not have the best knowledge of history. The battles themselves remind me of both JoJo and Fist of the North Star where you KNOW the main character will win and completely destroy his opponent but you just have no idea how. Unfortunately for RikiOh there is a LOT of Filler battlesthat are basically just the enemy showcasing his abilities and then RikiOh destroying them with one or two hits. The Non filler fights are a joy to read through however as they usually end with RikiOh barely leaving the fight alive because he probably got smacked through several walls and trees in his attempt to find a weakness in the enemy and do manage to keep you on the edge of your seats. RikiOh also contains 2 side stories that are in no way related to the main story. I recommend skipping the first then coming back to it lateras the first one is positioned right between 2 very intense chapters. The second one is nicely positioned at the end. If youre from Hong Kong then your manga version will not have these sorry. Dont ask me why I dont know. In short RikiOh is a strange piece that attempts to tackle a large variety of themes in a series thats meant to be mostly just people punching each other till they explode. Its a very interesting read that suffers from the writer abandoning plot points not really focusing at all on characters other than the protagonist and going into incredibly strange directions that sometimes make it a bit hard to take fully seriously.