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mrsatan
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 Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:40 pm
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So happy to see FOTNS finally getting its proper accolades.
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R. Kasahara
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:16 pm
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I nearly dropped the series after vol. 8 (what happens to a certain character towards the end was both abrupt and upsetting), but vol. 9... wow. The plot developments in that drew me back in. We'll see how it goes from here.
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FireballDragon
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:29 pm
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No matter how many prepubescents try to trivialize this series by thinking that parroting a common Japanese interjection is a shortcut to a sense of humor (I remember when they thought imitating Dave Chappelle imitating Rick James made them funny, get off my lawn), it cannot be stressed enough how much works like Fist of the North Star laid out the framework for so many other modern shonen manga. A masterpiece of manga, plain and simple.
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Lord Geo
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: North Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 2:52 pm
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| FireballDragon wrote: | | it cannot be stressed enough how much works like Fist of the North Star laid out the framework for so many other modern shonen manga. A masterpiece of manga, plain and simple. |
"Laid out the framework", not so much, since Fist was very much going off of what titles like Team Astro, Ring ni Kakero, Fuma no Kojirou, & Kinnikuman had done (& were still doing, in the last one's case) before it. However, Fist definitely refined it all into an "unrelated to sports" form that would allow shonen action manga to expand out into its own unique style & form, that's for sure.
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Beatdigga
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:53 pm
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Why can you say about this? A classic series at the height of its power and storytelling, still able to sell these classic villains as credible threats to Kenshiro, and creating an intense catharsis at the end of the arc. It’s a classic for a reason.
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dabanbo
Joined: 22 Apr 2022
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:21 pm
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| Lord Geo wrote: | | However, Fist definitely refined it all into an "unrelated to sports" form that would allow shonen action manga to expand out into its own unique style & form, that's for sure. |
The irony of this being that the groundwork for Hokuto no Ken can easily be found in Tetsuo Hara's short-lived motocross manga Iron Don Quixote, which is what he worked on right before. The protagonist might only look somewhat like Kenshiro, but his older brother is practically 1:1 with how Hara drew Ken at the start of the manga, and the rival character may as well just be Shin.
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Lord Geo
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:48 am
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| dabanbo wrote: | | The irony of this being that the groundwork for Hokuto no Ken can easily be found in Tetsuo Hara's short-lived motocross manga Iron Don Quixote, which is what he worked on right before. The protagonist might only look somewhat like Kenshiro, but his older brother is practically 1:1 with how Hara drew Ken at the start of the manga, and the rival character may as well just be Shin. |
Hara is a follower of the Osamu Tezuka Star System, as he's known for reusing character designs (& sometimes just fusing some together), so that's not surprising.
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Rai The Noblesse
Joined: 22 Aug 2013
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Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:18 pm
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FOTNS is the 2nd most influential manga of the 80's, right after DB/Z..., but not many really know it
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