@beregorn I guess so the manga can exist in a nebulous time period that happens some point after the Bulls did their three-peats and Kobe, Shaq and Vince Carter played while also being able to somewhat reference current events. Like only two years have past in the manga but the series had been...
So like what Japanese word lead to the translation for f**. Genuinely curious. Is it like a direct translation, a gay slur of the same effect of just the choice of the editor to try to convey the meaning of a Japanese word that’s not easily translated to English?
The Musketeers being a reference to NJPW’s top three guys. I believe it was last really used for Tanahashi Hiroshi, Nakamura Shinsuke and Shibata Katsuyori.
Damn this guy was in NJPW (hence King of Sports) before he got in his accident. Sad that it wasn’t that popular at the time around 2004-2006 (based on the Matsui being on the Yankees like 20 chapters ago).
Basically looks like a Japanese Brock Lesnar (former IWGP Champ) so makes sense