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“K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii dies, reincarnates as comatose schoolgirl Kei, rediscovers karate.”
Doll-Kara
どるから
6.5
17,944 rank · 3,873 readers · 7 favorites
Martial Arts
Reincarnation
Action
Comedy
Supernatural
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Synopsis
K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii dies, reincarnates as comatose schoolgirl Kei, rediscovers karate.
Kazuyoshi Ishii, the founder of the martial arts organization K-1, had been sent to prison for tax evasion. After serving his sentence, he exits Shizuoka Prison only to be immediately killed by a speeding truck and reincarnated in the body of Kei Ichinose—a comatose high school girl?! Twenty years since the genesis of K-1, the MMA world's problem solver now inhabits the body of a schoolgirl and comes to grips with the karate he left behind in this story of youthful spirit and determination. (Source: J-Novel Club)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 5
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 5.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Jun 2018 → Jun 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I came In with pessimistic about the chance of me liking this. I thought that this will probably just be some weird ecchi story without much going for It. I was pleasantly proven wrong. I will...”
- 5 “Why can't we just have a female MMA/martial art story like Teppuu. Why does it have to be a 60 year old man reincarnating into a highschool girl and becoming a fighter instead? Could've just had a...”
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Short · 50%
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Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 65 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 8h 40m approx
- Published Apr 2017 – Apr 2025
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M46823 catalog