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I wouldn't say Sandro gave up, more like he just shifted gears at some point and decided Kengan should be the Scream of martial arts manga with all the meta writing. At least by Shen's introduction, Sandro decided he was writing a parody. Sometimes I feel Sandro is hear lurking the threads with Google translate, I mean look at Waka's buff. We joke about how moves like Blast Core and God Glow just end up taking over the whole moveset and are needed to defeat enemies, then Waka improves himself by ditching the Blast Core for something more passive. Characters acknowledge in universe that some martial arts styles are most commonly used by jobbers. Luohan calls upon a shonen powerup in his match with Shen. Ramon loses because he summons an imaginary knife.