Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 13 (2026)
北斗の拳 -FIST OF THE NORTH STAR- 13
Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-
SPOILER Abstract/Synopsis:
The shocked Ken calls out to his sister, Airi. She doesn’t acknowledge his voice and thinks he’s her new grasp. Ken tries to cease Rei, however he walks into Oyaji’s lure simply as Airi acknowledged her brother. Oyaji pulls the blind Airi as much as him. As such, he taunts Rei and Ken. Nevertheless, one of many Fang Clan’s “beast” members, Madara, goes nuts over Ken. Regardless of being the fieriest member of the clan, Ken simply kills him. He then tells Oyaji to kill the lady as Ken is simply there to kill him.
Mamiya pretends to be Ken’s fiancee to change herself for Airi. She kisses Ken for the advantage of the gang, then fingers herself over. Two of Oyaji’s minions try and take Mamiya, however she makes use of her deadly yo-yo’s to kill them. Oyaji tosses the unconscious Airi at Mamiya. She threatens him, so he invitations her to assault him. To her shock, the yo-yo’s bounce off his head. Oyaji grabs her, so she makes an attempt to stab him with two gabishi. Nevertheless, the pointed, metal rods don’t penetrate his pores and skin.
Oyaji throws Airi right down to a few of his minions. He throws Mamiya right down to a deformed midget, whom she knees exhausting within the face. As such, Oyaji disables her so she will now not use her arms. After tying the pair to stakes, his minions throw knives on the women whereas Ken and Rei watch. Oyaji notices Ken is unaffected by his tormenting makes an attempt. Ken reminds him that he’s there to kill Oyaji. To again the purpose, he kills one other Fang Clan member who challenges him.
Rei begs Oyaji to spare Airi’s life. In change, he’ll do something. Oyaji orders him to kill Ken, understanding the 2 will kill one another.
Ideas/Assessment:
We get a bit extra shounen parts in Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 13 on high of the gore and darkish humor.
Modifications from the Supply Materials
To make Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 13, the remainder of supply manga chapter 31 was used. Following this, all of manga chapters 32, 33, and 34 had been taken. Right here had been the modifications to the supply materials that I seen.
- Within the manga, Oyaji makes a for much longer lower on Airi as an alternative of only a nick within the anime.
- Oyaji’s preliminary remarks on how properly Ken is dealing with Madara are faraway from the anime.
- There’s some small quantity of padding through the confrontation with the Fang Clan.
- I’m unsure if it’s a translation downside or not, however the official manga translation has Ken saying he’s there to kill the whole clan whereas the anime factors to Ken killing Oyaji.
So the devoted adaptation continues. I’m suitably impressed with 7STUDIO for certain on this.
Shounen Posturing
Regardless of its gory nature, Fist of the North Star is a shounen collection. Nevertheless, it wasn’t till Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 13 that the collection began feeling like a shounen collection. That’s as a result of the whole episode centered across the Fang Clan chieftain (whom I name Oyaji, which is the title he’s addressed by as his clan) blustering on and on about making Ken and Rei endure. In the meantime, Rei often cries out however in any other case is impotent exterior of the preliminary moments the place he triggers Oyaji’s lure.
That minor pacing concern apart, I actually favored Ken’s plan right here. Clearly, Ken wouldn’t enable an harmless girl be killed so he may kill Oyaji. He did all the things he may to impress Oyaji. If he succeeded, Ken may have killed Oyaji, opening the door to he and Rei taking out everybody. I suppose Oyaji’s fixed threats and non-action lead Ken to imagine Oyaji wouldn’t truly kill the ladies.
I can sympathize with Rei although. He’s not pondering clearly since his sister’s life is on the road. Nevertheless, I feel Ken is attempting to relay a plan to Rei. My prediction is that Ken and Rei will so some flashy strikes on one another that don’t truly do hurt. Then whereas they “combat”, the pair shock and overwhelm Oyaji and his raiders. Nevertheless, Rei may study that Ken is the person he seeks. That shall be an attention-grabbing dialog, if I’m proper.
Mamiya could also be a powerful girl, however I like how she’s nonetheless no match for Oyaji. So I used to be proper that she’d be a legal responsibility. That apart, I’m glad Airi is alive, although she blinded herself. A minimum of Rei will get his sister again when all the things is alleged and achieved.
Lastly, the darkish humor got here from Ken’s second kill. It isn’t a humorous second within the manga. Nevertheless, the anime making the Fang raider explode like a firework made me chortle out loud.
Remaining Ideas and Conclusion
Ultimately, Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 13 has a little bit of a pacing concern with Oyaji always threatening Airi and Mamiya however not following by means of. However Ken the Shinigami will get to kill a few individuals, one in a hilarious approach. So all in all, a great episode however not nice.
