Teppu, with commentary! (It's good, I'm just snarky)

[Empyrean]

http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/teppu-r499

Teppu is a women's Mixed Martial Arts manga that gets points for its realistic portrayal of MMA techniques. I'd read it before, but decided to binge all 19 translated chapters and add some commentary to select scenes. Fanservice is nonexistent, and it's notable for having a protagonist who is by any reasonable measure a villain.

Look at all of this stuff she does.

She lies to ditch her teammates during training because she's bored: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7765/teppu_v1_ch1_by_animexis/20
She's motivated by jealousy: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7765/teppu_v1_ch1_by_animexis/49
She gets a thrill from crushing other people's confidence: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7765/teppu_v1_ch1_by_animexis/24
She rages at well-meaning strangers over basically nothing: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7766/teppu_v1_ch2_by_animexis/32
She's cheerfully desparaging of other people's abilities: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7766/teppu_v1_ch2_by_animexis/38
Who throws a shoe? Honestly: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7768/teppu_v1_ch4_by_animexis/43
Look at how freaking crazy this girl is: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7769/teppu_v2_ch5_by_animexis/10
She hates other people for having fun: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7771/teppu_v2_ch7_by_animexis/53
This is the most disingenuous bullshit ever: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7772/teppu_v2_ch8_by_animexis/15
FINISH HER: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7767/teppu_v1_ch3_by_animexis/15
FATALITY: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7767/teppu_v1_ch3_by_animexis/16

The random acts of villainy continue until she realizes that she gets horny at the prospect of fighting tough opponents. Having a violence fetish is worth loads of villain cred, about on par with dressing exclusively in red and black with spiked shoulder pads, or having a secret underground lair. When the prospect of fighting a tough opponent comes up, she's all smiles, blushing, and being furtive with the eye contact. When an opponent can't give her the fight she wants, she looks at them like an underperforming lover.

Maybe it's because she's a masochist: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7773/teppu_v3_ch9_by_animexis/18
Natsuo is not satisfied with your feeble performance: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7773/teppu_v3_ch9_by_animexis/39
When she hears a speech about how really talented professionals could utterly destroy her, she looks like this: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7774/teppu_v3_ch10_by_animexis/38
She thinks about destroying her rival: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7774/teppu_v3_ch10_by_animexis/40
Holy crap she is violence-gay for this other girl: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7775/teppu_v3_ch11_by_animexis/7
And it's reciprocated: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7775/teppu_v3_ch11_by_animexis/10
But she reacts to pretty much any girl who threatens her like this, so she's sort of a fight-slut: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7775/teppu_v3_ch11_by_animexis/36
Stupid sexy round-girls: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/7776/teppu_v3_ch12_by_animexis/9
Villains love taunting their opponents: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/65206/teppu_v4_ch14_by_animexis/59
Oh look, more threats provoking an inappropriate response: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/83742/teppu_v4_ch15_by_animexis/46
She's somewhere between a Disney villain and a Sith (I guess they're the same thing now, though): http://www.batoto.net/read/_/83742/teppu_v4_ch15_by_animexis/47

On an unrelated note, her brother is a huge bag of dicks, and if this series doesn't have her kick his ass at least once, I'll be tremendously disappointed: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/83742/teppu_v4_ch15_by_animexis/54

Back to violent fantasies: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/111253/teppu_v4_ch16_by_animexis/47
Uh, you want some alone time, Natsuo?: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/164145/teppu_v5_ch17_by_animexis/50
Oh my gosh ladies, just punch each other for a while and then make out already: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/165372/teppu_v5_ch18_by_animexis/10
See this? This 'shy maiden' crap she's doing? Natsuo has the personality of Skeletor, but she gets like this in front of her violent hatecrush: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/165372/teppu_v5_ch18_by_animexis/13
This series has more lesbian overtones than Nanoha, I swear: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/165372/teppu_v5_ch18_by_animexis/14
I bet this is what her "I just found out my boyfriend has erectile dysfunction" face looks like: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/165372/teppu_v5_ch18_by_animexis/50
Natsuo, what about your hatecrush with Yuzuko? Was it all just a lie?: http://www.batoto.net/read/_/183340/teppu_v5_ch19_by_animexis/37

In future chapters, I predict more girls beating each other up while Natsuo gets off on it. Can I remind everyone that Yuzuko hasn't done anything bad to Natsuo this entire time? She is guilty of enjoying MMA, giving Natsuo a flyer to join her club, and taking her up on an offer of a spar. Yuzuko has been nothing but friendly toward Natsuo this entire time, but Natsuo has said that she hates her even though she realizes that she's just jealous. For all Yuzuko knows, Natsuo is just an MMA buddy and not a jealousy-crazed, sexually deviant hatemonster. It should be fun to watch that little misunderstanding come to light.

[Anastasia]

Nice writeup, I may read this just to see all the craziness. If nothing else it looks like a breath of fresh air compared to typical manga.