The Second Piercing Lancer

Shugeki Lancer, Chapter 1, Volume 1

**The Second Piercing Lancer** (二代目襲撃ランサー *Nidaime Shugeki Lancer*) is the first chapter of the webmanga Shugeki Lancer. It is the debut chapter of main characters: Kyoya Yarizaki, Kiichi Tamuro, Yota Daimon and Kagayaki Nijino.

## Synopsis

The news reports a traffic accident, which involved Touma Yarizaki, the Piercing Lancer, a prodigious table tennis player. Kyoya, his younger brother, learns about this, and after a heartfelt scene of mourning he vows to inherit his brother’s title. Three years later, Kyoya transfers to Touran academy’s 2nd year class 3, seated next to friendly classmate Kiichi Tamuro. Meanwhile, Yota Daimon the captain of the table tennis club is told by the headmaster that the club will be disbanded if there aren't five members by the end of the week. After class, Kyoya witnesses school thug Ichiro Onimura threatening Tamuro, leading him to step in and stop Onimura using his racket and a ball. They engage in a brief quarrel, and then all three enter the club room to continue their battle over a match of table tennis. After a back and forth, Onimura uses his special technique the Eagle Ambush, which Kyoya easily parries. He then remembers of the time when his brother Touma taught him the ultimate technique, Kouraisou, using it against Onimura to win the match. He is the splitting image of his brother; the Second Piercing Lancer.

## Major Events

* Touma Yarizaki the Piercing Lancer dies along with his father in a car accident.
* Kyoya vows to follow his brother's dreams.
* Kyoya transfers to Touran Academy 3 years after the incident.
* Kyoya meets Kiichi Tamuro in class.
* Kyoya saves Tamuro from Ichiro Onimura.
* Kyoya and Onimura play a match to decide who has the right to stay in the club.
* Kyoya finishes Onimura with the technique inherited from his brother, the Kouraisou.

## VOMIC Cast

**Major Roles**

Kyoya Yarizaki - OfficialRyu

Kiichi Tamuro - Huarbolo

Yota Daimon - Blanedrew

Kagayaki Nijino - Jersie

Ichiro Onimura - OfficialRyu

Mari Andou - Ashleafity

Touma Yarizaki - OfficialRyu

**Minor Roles**

Chisa Yarizaki (Credited as "Kyoya's Mother") - Ashleafity

Gensuke Tamagoro (Credited as "Headmaster") - OfficialRyu

Medic - Blanedrew

Reporter - Ashleafity

Kenta Oyanagi (Credited as "Classmate (Boy)") - Blanedrew

Satomi Sena (Credited as "Classmate (Girl)") - Ashleafity

## Special Techniques Used

* Eagle Ambush - Ichiro Onimura
* Kouraisou - Kyoya Yarizaki

## Trivia

* This initial chapter was originally only meant for the creator to use in order to see progression in his artwork, and was not intended to be an online series. The decision was made to make it public after a few friends showed interest in the storyline.
* Many characters look different in the initial stages of the story, such as Kyoya, Tamuro and Kagayaki due to there being very few examples of character reference sheets.
* Sound Effects (In Japanese Katakana) are used in this chapter, but was later dropped in order to make more room for the action and bubbles and not clash with the boldness of the artstyle.
* In the initial uploaded version of the chapter, character names such as Kyoya are written as "Kyouya" to make for a more literal translation. All chapters were re-edited later to look more natural.
* Special attack names tend to be based on Japanese words, as seen with Kouraisou and Onimura's Shuengeki, in comparison to techniques revealed later on such as "Silent Snipe" or "Petal Killer". This change was made after a VOMIC English Dub version was decided to be worked on to make the actors sound more natural shouting English words.
* The creator admits that this chapter feels cliche and weaker as opposed to the later parts of the story, however this can link back to the idea that the series was not meant to be public to begin with.