The tournament never stops moving, and neither do you. Kengan part 2 treats every fight like a chess match between different systems of violence, where knowing one technique means nothing if you don't know the person throwing it. You watch fighters figure each other out in real time, and the show rewards that attention with payoffs that land because they were earned three episodes earlier.

The Annihilation Tournament continues in the second half of Kengan Ashura, a 12-episode action and sports ONA. The franchise is set in a world where gladiator arenas have existed in parts of Japan since the Edo period, and wealthy business owners and merchants hire fighters for unarmed bouts in which the winner takes everything. Toki Taouma, known as Ashura, earned a reputation in these arenas by overwhelming his opponents, drawing the notice of powerful figures such as Nogi Group chairman Nogi Hideki.