“But Chocho. Don’t you think that all these stances – are a waste of time? Having to take position whenever something happens can only slow you down. Plus, like you are right now, you end up giving away whatever you’re planning to do next.”
“…!”
“I hate to say it, but I can see right through your mysterious Maniwa Kenpo – just from the way you’re standing.”
Freeform.
In every martial art, the ultimate and ideal state – is a natural posture.
And Nanami – embodied this ideal.
She was truly, absolutely natural.
Then saying she had yet to take position would be nonsense. Could it be that from the instant that she noticed Chocho and stopped moving, she’d been continually prepared for battle?
“If I had to give this stance a name, it would be Kyotoryu Form Zero: the Ichijikju –“

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