TheKing of Fighters: A New Beginning (ザキングオブファイターズ/アニュービギニング) is an official manga adaptation of The King of Fighters XIV released by SNK and is published bi-weekly on Pocket Shonen Magazine online starting on January 1, 2018 with its conclusion in August 24, 2020. A printed version is also published on Monthly Shonen Sirius Magazine. The series is illustrated by Kyoutarou Azuma and marks the first Japanese KOF manga done in more than 20 years.
Two young men, one in a cloak imitating a cape and always wears a headset, and the other holding a pillow, accompanied by an old man, is on top of a skyscraper, watching the Antonov Super Arena. The young man in the cloak reflects on the extent of his powers and the decision to participate in the KOF. He concludes that it is time to face "that man". The old man then shows an envelope, whose contents lead to that arena. Soon after, they jump from the skyscraper, toward the arena.
In the arena, an euphoric crowd greets Antonov, a self-proclaimed champion. He declares open the new KOF tournament and announces a Antonov-Girl. She explains the tourney rules: the famous 3 VS. 3 combat and a challenge to anyone who wins him, besides the participating teams.
The first team to enter is the Japan Team, formed by Kyo Kusanagi, Benimaru Nikaido and Goro Daimon. Kyo shows his flames to the audience, an ancestral family heritage, Benimaru shows off his electric powers and Daimon comes in with his massive strength.
A red metal glove comes into play. His owner also shows a crucifix and a distant look, covered by sunglasses. It's K'. He is accompanied by his partner half human, half machine, known as Maxima, and a child with ice powers, Kula Diamond. The three are the K' Team.
The Fatal Fury Team is announced with convinced shouts from a young man. He is Joe Higashi, the Muay Thai world champion and accompanied by his teammates, the legendary brothers Terry and Andy Bogard.
The representatives of Kyokugenryu Karate enter the arena. Ryo Sakazaki, new leader of the style, and Robert Garcia, Ryo's best friend and a bussinessman, shows the public the awe of the Dragon and the Tiger. But a certain and rebel girl, with her inexperience and conviction, takes the microphone for herself and boasts of her strength, as a student who still needs a lot of training, but doesn't hesitate to embarrass her teacher, also his elder brother. She is Yuri Sakazaki. And so, the Art of Fighting Team is presented, with boos, laughter and encouragement.
The audience goes into exile with the leader of the next team, a Japanese pop star. We are talking about Athena Asamiya, from the Psycho Soldier Team, who was accompanied by her friend Sie Kensou and her martial arts teacher Chin Gentsai, the master of the style "Drunken Fist".
Always vigilant. Always alert. Always watch out for any suspicious activity hanging over the KOF tournament. It's the Ikari Warriors Team, which has the Frontline soldier Leona Heidern, the Colonel Ralf Jones and the Lieutenant Clark Still.
A red carpet is spread out in the middle of the arena. Around it, there are many security guards. These men are decorative figures near the shadows that enter the tournament. One of them is Billy Kane, a British who does everything to protect his boss. The other is Hein, a newly hired German butler. The two are lackeys of an ambitious man who does everything for power: Geese Howard, the criminal most feared of South Town. They form the South Town Team.
The strength of the iron ball. The agility of the metal claws. Chang Koehan and Choi Bounge want to go back to their old life of crime, and for this they have the help of a man whose words, costumes and attitudes cause strangeness to the common eyes and ears. He is Xanadu, the king of the underworld. The Villains Team comes on the scene and, soon after, a man in a gi appears and picks up the microphone for himself.
This man is nothing more, no less than Kim Kaphwan, a Taekwondo master who was trying back again to his side the two fugitive disciples. There is no other word that Kim loves more than justice, and his inflamed speech was full of it, shouting out against evil in all his forms. Until interrupted by a very fiery and intimate couple in front of an incredulous audience. Kim's master and president of the International Taekwondo Federation, Gang-il, and his newest lover, the mysterious Luong, form the rest of the Kim Team.
A prehistoric wrestling fighter, whose skills in the ring were unshakable. He is King of Dinosaurs. A man who is known in his country for his fantastic skills in the ring, his tiger spirit and his eye patch. He is Ramon, the wrestling champion. A woman with an angelic name and a assassin past. She has only one thing in common with her teammates: the nationality. Angel, the sexy nymphet of teasing costumes, along with the two other wrestlers, form the Mexico Team.
A female figure enters the arena, wearing geisha clothes and a kitsune mask, as well as holding a bouquet of flowers. It may be a mysterious person in the eyes of the public, but when she strips off all her outfits, her identity is revealed. She's Mai Shiranui, heiress of the legendary family of Japanese Ninjas. Another girl appears soon after, the proof of her fanaticism is in her black cap and her star-studded tank top. Alice comes as a new promise in the tournament. The Women Fighters Team is completed by a woman in masculine costumes, but with techniques with legs very effective. She's King, the owner of Illusion Bar.
A girl whose personality and clothes are too bizarre for the ordinary eyes. She is accompanied of a man whose hood hides his face and secrets, and a young woman who hides her face in a mask that belongs to an ancient art from her country. They are Sylvie Paula Paula, Kukri and Mian, members of the Official Invitation Team, guests of Antonov.
Fast fists, whose strength has already dethroned a well-known fighter, even if they have marks of a tragic accident that occurred years ago. Nelson shows the one that came when he enters the arena. A known bird in a tropical country. His owner has an exemplary gingado in her moves, but she really wants to protect her feathered friend of extinction. She is Zarina, a solar girl. But the third member of the South America Team doesn't appear right away, because he's using his ninja art to hide. Bandeiras Hattori, the precursor of Brazilian Ninjustu, comes on the scene.
The last team appears. He is composed of an elder, whose wisdom helped two brothers and his greatest enemy, as well as several other fighters. The leader of China Team, who is the grandmaster of Hakkyokuseinken master himself, Tung Fu Rue, and his two last disciples, the sleepy master of Hakkyoku-Minminken with a pillow named Meitenkun, and the last but not least, the cape-like jacket and headset wearing master of the illusionary Hakkyoku-Gen'Eiken, Shun'ei. With all 15 official listed team has gathered, the tournament is finally begin.
Cut to The King of Fighters tournament rules in Super Antonov Arena:1. If a team wins 2-0, will be automatically a winner.2. Ring out also occured in certain selected stages.3. 10 counts of the fighters unable to get up also occured.The first match will be... none other than the fated battle between Japan and Yagami Teams.
Kyo felt something suspicious on his teammates punctuality. Iori on the other hand, was not interested in his teammates, his only concern is defeating his rival. Both are focused on their unstoppable fated battle, which begins now in Maximum Tension and Burn to Fight !!
Daimon also have a struggle on trying to hold back his full power while fighting against Vice for the sake of the endangered civilians.Just as Vice knocks Daimon with Catastrophe feet grapple, the civilians from front train manage to get out safely before the train where Vice and Daimon crashes along with the civilians in this. As Mature manage to overpower Benimaru, she tells Benimaru that "you know who" is coming back.
As the resurrection of the master whom Mature and Vice use to serve is finally near, Daimon finally caught her off-guard, by taking her away from the top of the train and finally use his full power against her, knocking with Konten Otoshi after weakening with Jiraishin. Once Vice is knocked out, Daimon attempt to stop the train, giving the civilians a great opportunity to brake the train and saving them at last.As Mature is about to kill Benimaru, when he realize she is indeed planning on resurrect none other than Orochi, Benimaru also realize since he is binded above the ground by her, and Mature still have the strings on her fingers, which binds Benimaru, he use his Elecollider to knock her out, telling her that Team Japan will never lose to someone like Orochi.
The real name of a shrine maiden in samurai era is revealed to be none other than Nakoruru, an actual shrine maiden from the Samurai Shodown era (the end of the 18th century), who is indeed travelled to the future of present day due to its source of phenomenal timeline interference appearing in her home timeline, leading her to the future of present day of King of Fighters. She and her pet hawk, who is named Mamahaha began to fly towards to the tournament stadium to save Iori from being controlled a malevolent hand which kept his Orochi blood berserk.
Within his own conscious Iori wakes up to see himself immobilized by snakes, before he could process the situation Orochi's marking appears on his chest along with his hair slowly turning white. Once Iori became aware of Orochi's presence the snakes turned into hands. The hands grabbed Iori while chanting the word "power".
Iori realizes that the hands are absorbing Orochi's power from within him. On the outside world, the strings that Nakoruru severed began to regenerate. Kyo tells Iori that he can't escape and unleashes his 524 Shiki: Kamukura technique, he then tells Iori that he can't remain asleep forever and those words allowed Iori to resist the Riot of the Blood and begin to use his own flames to burn the mysterious hands and its strings which surprises Nakoruru.
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