Episode 2 of God of High School introduces the motivation of the three main characters, the mysterious head of the tournament administration Park Mujin, and the villain Kang Manseok. Jin wants to fight and get stronger, Han wants money but doesn’t specify why, however, we see someone he loves is in the hospital. Mira’s dream is to revive her “family sword dojo.” Jin accidentally drops the sword into the river. This creates an opportunity for the three characters to bond as they work together to find it. The rest of the episode takes place at the tournament.
The Seoul Preliminaries Tournament is just one location in many. The winner will be granted a chance to participate in the National God of High School Tournament. Most of the matches are quickly over, as the cannon fodder is easily dispatched. The main match is between Go Gamdo and Kang Manseok. Once the fight starts Go takes the lead. Dominating with his Tai Chi techniques, he manages to knock Kang into the audience. Flustered, Kang is forced to use one of his arms. With his speed and fists, Kang switches the dynamic with Go.
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Jin breaks the rules
Seemingly unsatisfied with a victory, Kang attempts to force Go to say “Please forgive me.” In flashbacks, we witness Kang at a moment of desperation, tearfully begging for his life. Regardless, Go refuses to beg and Kang becomes more sadistic. He breaks both of Go’s arms. Fed up, Jin interferes and strikes Kang with a devastating kick. In doing so he violates the rules of the tournament. Despite this, they continue to clash with Jin finally knocking Kang out. He’s then knocked down by the power of Park Mujin. Jin will be punished but the tournament will continue.
We don’t get much on Park Mujin, but for some reason, he was at the Pentagon in America. He seems to have harmed the President, but that wasn’t confirmed. At least we know what he looks like now. The God of High School made an explicit point of showing us that the nanomachines can heal a broken neck, so Go and Kang will be fine. With all the cannon fodder gone the next matches will feature all the important fighters. I expect that they will focus on one or two of the matches for now on. As for Jin punishment disqualification seems appropriate but the wouldn’t make sense for this series to continue right?
It is possible that since he only wants to fight strong fighters being kicked out wouldn’t be that bad. Han and Mira need to win the tournament more. That said if Jin wins the tournament he could give Han the money and help promote Mira’s dojo.
