First things first. My "reviews" system is explained on a blog entry. Which can be found through my profile.
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✦Story
Well, the usual battle shounen with ecchi jam and "wimpy" main guy. We get his growth, he will meet lot of new people as well his love interest. A lot of absolutely cool battles and superb fanservice. And all of that has also quite a satisfying humor.

I mean I seriously cannot complain much about this Manga. I felt story was absolutely blissful and straightforward with reasonable development and plot points. Our MC did grow up under hands of his overpowered masters with quirky traits. But for someone that had no talent, was simply non stop training/grinding to become stronger in order to protect those who he cares about and especially the woman he loves. Also way of martial arts is also one of his interests.

Basically, this is really well done battle shounen. Not overly complex, nor utterly simple. There is growth, new abilities, characters and so on. What else you want from battle shounen.

Now to complaints, I found some arcs, especially around the end oddly "fillerish" they felt simply out of place. Which is probably reason I lowered the score a bit. Well second issue is as always for me regarding manga. It's text and pictures, meaning I don't get that much of emotion deliverance out of it.

Oh and probably purpose of some villains confused me. For example one "final bosses" plot-line or purpose still confuses me.

✦Art
Cool characters, hot chicks, some nice fanservice and some really cool fight moments. I cannot complain.

I mean fanservice was both sides. Though obviously this is shounen Anime, which means male were pleased here more. Women with hot dresses and bodytight outfits and some other niche characters with their service'ish choice of clothing. Also some suggestive angles and awkward moments were another great fanservice points. Whilst on the other side men were also quite fanservice'y. I mean constant no shirt men, really buffed and muscular bodies, different kind of muscular or powerful bodies. Lot of alpha male stereotypes and traits in general. So I a sense lot of "sexyness" going on for the both sides.

To sum up. This Manga art was superb. Cool battles, hot characters, great fanservice moments. And since this Manga as well had great humor to it. Then some reactions/moments had as well simply priceless facial expressions and other gag moments.

✦Character

Unreal amount of characters, and so many quirky/odd ones. That part I absolutely loved. And as mentioned, for the main cast the character growth was also quite satisfying. Even bunch of side-characters got a little bit attention (some more than another). Which means even they got some backstory or flashbacks or presence even after their arc.

Probably biggest minus would be that some characters did confuse me a bit. Specifically their reasons and backstories.

✦Enjoyment & Overall
Seen anime 2 or 3 times. So now after long time finally read this manga. And it was worth a read. It's pretty straight forward battle shounen with thematic of martial arts. Also it had great humor and comedy touch to it. As well the visual appeal was superb, really cool and I did love the fanservice in this Manga. It was pretty well done and fitting and hot. But it was type of hot that was appealing or pleasing to see, but nothing too rousing. Without fan-service this Manga would been simply a bit more duller if not ruin it. (cannot comment how good was "male fanservice".. as I don't really notice or target my eyes to such stuff aside what I mentioned previously. Probably mentioned typical things. But as mentioned, it is "shounen" Manga, meaning, targeted to male)

Also some great gag moments/facial expression will have to go into my "funny stuff" folder.

And to sum it all up.
"Great straightforward battle shounen with thematic of martial arts and touch of a good fanserviice."