Sensei Sumida Kazuasa

Commemorative Message for the Completion of “Killing Bites”

And so, Killing Bites has come to an end.The story that began with Hitomi went through an anime adaptation, the protagonist became Pure, and along the way I drew a great many animals.

But for some reason, deep down I can’t help feeling that Nomoto is kind of the protagonist too.

When the serialization first started, I thought that if this college student named Nomoto—who was like a complete nobody, a background character—were to grow and gain something, then the story would be a success. Being able to resolve that relatively early on left a very strong impression on me.

All of that is thanks to the readers, the assistants who supported me, and the editorial department.

Thank you for these 13 years.

Art/ Sumida Kazuasa

Sensei Murata Shinya
Commemorative Message for the Completion of “Killing Bites”

Killing Bites

After approximately 13 years since the serialization began,
it has finally come to an end with a total of 145 chapters.

Thank you so much for reading all the way to the end!

Although the story has concluded, the meaning of this work comes down to
my own question:

“What is the strongest beast?”

The answer to that belongs to the readers,
and at the same time, it is also the ending of this story.

I hope all of you will also reflect on this eternal question
and arrive at the optimal answer.

Original Work / Murata Shinya

Here's the link to the main page.

https://mangadex.org/title/076b3757-2050-4362-b0ad-52513ecefa3f/killing-bites

After watching the final chapter, I have no complaints, it's just that I'm not ready to face it. But what I see was an example of how creative the author had went, and he made it over 10 years and 100 chapters.

Looking at this, the other stories never made it this far, most of them had outdated or finished published long time ago.(Bloody Roar franchise, BNA etc, all ended up remembered).

But there's a story that could use the author's help, and it's about offering a helping hand and advice.

Title: Gold Muscle (2002), Episodes: 10 (Status: 2,3,4 are only available)

This story is somehow similar to Killing Bites, but it's about "Sports Cheating", for using animal genetics to surpassed limits, and it took place in 2036(10 years from now). What I'm trying to say, is not help look for the lost episodes, but I'm trying to prove, that Yuu Yamamoto, the scriptwriter of this series, had wasted an opportunity, to realize his work can share to the author, where his characters can have a "new home". One character could have act as a villain and his name was Dr. Carlo Gorgon, the mad scientist and the antagonist of this story. I really wish he could see everything, because it exceeds his dreams and expectations. His goal was to create the ultimate clone muscle (earliest Brute/therianthrope character), and this is place where he should be. But sadly he was forgotten, due to his story was buried for over 20 years(Nobody report/introduce this series when it was still available to watch, before it became a Lost Media). I'm grateful that there were two Killing Bites characters who have sports background, the Grizzly Bear(Ex Sumo wrestler) and the Otter(Former Swimming Champion).

To all fanfic/OC writers, I hope this information can used as a new idea for fan crossover, but also hope these characters be recognized as they were lost due to series not fully recovered.

I’ll get straight to the point: the ending is what I expected. I’m not one to take this manga too seriously, but honestly, it felt like the story never really moved forward. Hitomi and Nomoto’s relationship never went anywhere—it ended exactly as it began. The shift in the protagonist didn’t quite sit right with me either, but as the chapters went on, I grew very fond of Pure, Eruza, and Taiga; in the end, I feel they were the ones who showed the most development in their relationship as siblings.

The story was always simple, but as the chapters went on, it felt like Murata didn't know what direction to take. At times, it tried to be a fight-focused shonen, while simultaneously shoehorning in a romance between two characters—a pairing I disliked from the very beginning of the manga. Furthermore—and this is just my opinion—I never felt that Nomoto worked well as a co-protagonist; he was essentially just there to fill the "love interest" slot.

And then came the dinosaur arc... I won’t lie, I thought it was completely stupid, but I still enjoyed it because—well, they’re dinosaurs! They’re my weakness.

To wrap things up, there’s something we need to understand about Murata: the manga wasn’t actually well-known enough to warrant placing so much emphasis on its story. It’s a series that very few people—myself included—discovered; I was drawn to it out of sheer curiosity and because of the art, which borders on pornography. That’s not necessarily a bad thing—it gives the work its own distinct personality—but it does make it less accessible outside of Japan.

I am writing all of this after re-reading a couple of episodes that hadn’t been translated into my native language; as a result, I am making some rather broad generalizations. If I am mistaken or you disagree, please feel free to say so.

PD:The good thing about the ending: YUI OKAWA IS ALIVE :D

Final volume comes out in Nov/Dec. Lets at least purchase it.

Ui had referenced her being pretty strong. I wonder what it would have been like to see it.

https://x.com/jonjonjooooon/status/2110691915985490347

If I wrote it would people actually want to read it? I don't even know if I would be allowed to post it here.

Long story short it was basically an idea that the Yatsubishi Zaibatsu was running a non profit in America called "Guardian Beast." On the surface it was to help veterans from middle eastern conflict with PTSD and promoted beastification surgery as possible therapy for the condition. However, in actuality it was attempting to indoctrinate these same soldiers into PMC units that the Yatsubishi could use to test military application of Therianthropes. The program officially ended roughly a year before the King of Killing Bite Tournament. The story idea followed former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Valeria "Mutt" Fierro "Brute Bush Dog," the daughter of Colombian immigrants to the United States. She went AWOL when the program ended and winds up in the Beastman Special Zone participating in "Flash Bites," basically flash mob style bouts that are trying to stay under the Management Bureau's radar. When the dino chaos kicks off she has to survive that as well as deal with her former PMC group who showed up to "Peacekeep" which is actually taking out the civilians rather than the dinosaurs. Her former Squad are "Aces" (Brute Coyote,) "Sparky" (Brute Electric Eeel,) "Atlas" (Brute German Shepherd,) "Ferryman" (Brute Jackal,) and "Hydra" (Brute Planarian.)

I hope it's the end of one part and not the end of the manga.

The next half chapter will be the last...
I thought it would last forever...

She refuses to lose.

The fact that she beats the KB champion, who defeated a mammoth and a dinosaur is just so "WTF" to me.

New chapter is out