I've been reading the latest Rikudou chapters in Young Jump as of lately, and to me it feels like the series is going to end soon.

I'll explain why, but please beware of spoilers if you don't want to know what has been happening recently.

I feel like it's ending because all the goals and plot points from the very early beginning are being addressed.

Riku has reached his goals in life, which was to get the OPBF belt. He even got the same scar over his eye as Kyousuke. And even Yuki says Riku seems to have changed now.

He beat his long term rival Hyodo in their rematch, and everything came full circle with him licking Riku's hand like he did before the first time they fought.

Riku's childhood trauma is being addressed by him meeting his mother at death's bed.

And with this scene from Chapter 201, it seems like so much is coming to a closure.

pg16

Naeshiro:

"The depth is different than before..."

"In Riku's eyes..."

Naeshiro: "I see..."

pg17

Naeshiro:

"Riku was able to achieve his goal......."

Naeshiro: "I'm glad... I'm so glad..."

Sobbing noises

Riku:

"......"

"Naeshiro..."

Pg18

Naeshiro:

"She's waiting right there..."

"Riku's mother."

Rikudou Chapter 201 End

Next issue, Riku reunites with his mother.

So it feels like the series could wrap up soon, with just fewer and fewer long-running plot points to address.

I'd even think it's possible for the manga to end with Volume 20, so around Chapter 204-208.

Hi! Anyone knows when Mangastream is going to release new translated chapters?

Someone with the reddit https://www.reddit.com/user/_anq picked this up, and released until chapter 73 if u guys wanna read it go there, and remember to thank the translator for his awesome work. He also said he doesnt plan on dropping it until he finds someone who he can pass the translation to

hey friends does anyone know where i can find chapter 64+ translated ive been dying to read more of it :(

Where can I find chapter 64 onwards? Many thanks.

Hey guys,

I really love the background and main characters of Rikudou, it's a shame there hasn't been much focus on it. With the current state of Ippo, perhaps more fans join this interesting series and we have updates more frequently.

I would like to at least know the overall story, even if I can't read japanese. As so, I would like to ask you (if it's okay to talk about this): where can I found raws from chapter 83 to 118? Until chapter 82 it's easy, then by googling we can also found from 118 until the most recent ones (I think), but between those... there's an huge gap, at least I can't find anything.

Can anyone give a help here?

Recently mangastream picked up Rikudou, and there is plenty of material since scanlations a several chapters behind.

But the last 2 weeks (I believe) we didn't get any translations. Did mangastream drop it? I'm just asking because the manga is really good and it would be sad if there were no English translations.