Alkan thought is essentially "This guy got a protagonist's power". True that. Although the point of this fight is simply for him to flex I don't think it matter much who win or lose.
So that's how they deal with Shin being from the same clan as Riboku.
@Carmichael Shin (Li Xin) actually existed, though by all accounts he wasn't that famous or legendary. Hata probably chose him precisely because we didn't know much about him. Hell, Ouhon and Mouten were probably more...
That's a bit short. I guess Smith asked to photograph them?
@KairenX
Talas is from Karakalpak (Now western Uzbekistan). The twins are mentioned to be Tajiks so they are now in Tajikistan part of Aral sea coast.
@miyako19
I know that some rice is stickier than others, though I doubt that they can maintain their cohesiveness when being thrown by a catapult. The fried rice here also contains plenty of chopped vegetables and they are not exactly sticky either. Compared to catapult's usual ammo (namely...
Since childhood I always wondered how the hell could they throw something like fried rice. Wouldn't the thing simply be scattered all over the place? That they could hit a target as small as that plate with a goddamn catapult was already ridiculous in itself too.
I just chalked it up to shonen...