Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 14 (2026)
北斗の拳 -FIST OF THE NORTH STAR- 14
Hokuto no Ken -Fist of the North Star-
SPOILER Abstract/Synopsis:
So as to save his sister, Rei goes on the offensive towards Ken. Nonetheless, Ken solely makes defensive strikes. As Oyaji gloats inside himself, Ken tells his story about Yuria as to why he isn’t combating Rei. Oyaji once more threatens Airi. Mamiya decides to kill herself to forestall Ken and Rei from combating. Airi already got here to the identical conclusion. Oyaji prevents each from this and binds them.
As such, Ken takes a stand that Rei acknowledges. The Fangs assume the pair are stalling, however Oyaji sees the reality. He tosses a sword between them, inflicting each to strike. Ken and Rei then land killing blows on one another. The Fang dwarves timidly strategy the our bodies and report the pair lifeless. He orders they be reduce up and the ladies killed. Nonetheless, in the course of apparently getting stabbed, the Fang Clan members close to the our bodies begin dying.
Rei and Ken stand up, slaughtering all together with these making an attempt to flee. Ken challenges Oyaji, who transforms his pores and skin to turn out to be like metal. Ken wacks him with a metal beam, bending it. As such, Ken beats on Oyaji, who laughs it off. Nonetheless, Ken will get one other metal beam and breaks Oyaji’s protection. With that, he kills Oyaji whereas Rei finishes off the remainder of the Fang Clan.
Again within the village, Ken makes use of a method to revive Airi’s eyesight. Outdoors on a ridge, he reveals to Rei that he’s the person with the seven scars on his chest. Nonetheless, when Airi exhibits up together with her eyesight principally again, Rei says he doesn’t consider Ken is the one who stole Airi. For her half, she will be able to solely establish her abductor by the black helmet-mask he wore. Ken thinks he would possibly know who that is.
Ideas/Evaluation:
And so we come to the ultimate episode of season 1 of Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken (2026). On prime of being a enjoyable episode, we arrange season 2 in 2027.
Modifications from the Supply Materials
For Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 14, the ultimate episode of the primary season of the 2026 adaptation, supply manga chapters 35, 36, 37, first nearly 13 pages of chapter 38 have been used. Right here have been the variations I observed between the anime and the manga.
- The battle between Ken and Rei is prolonged considerably within the anime. It isn’t lots, however there are some padding seconds and moments.
- After Rei beheads fleeing dwarves, he slices others great distance within the manga. I suppose padding the Rei x Ken battle was extra dramatic, thus the necessity to reduce the one second when Rei slaughters a pair extra Fang Clan dwarves.
Once more, I’m very impressed with how trustworthy the anime is to the supply manga materials. That’s the way it ought to all the time be!
Conflict of the Titans!
And so we get the showdown battle between Rei and Ken in Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 14. Not like the earlier episode, this time the delays and such didn’t come off as cliched shounen posturing and the like. Sure, there’s the melodramatic components of Oyaji threatening Airi’s life. However she known as that bluff when Oyaji prevented her from from dying. As soon as she’s lifeless, Ken and Rei are unleashed.
That apart, I do respect how Ken communicated his plan to Rei proper underneath Oyaji’s nostril. The pair pretending to be lifeless and stopping their pulse labored as nicely. At that second, I believed that may be it. BUT, Oyaji did the one factor I didn’t count on. He has his minions begin stabbing Kei and Ken’s our bodies. What the smeg the place these idiots stabbing? Even with supernatural talents, Ken and Rei solely survived because of plot armor trumping a villain with good sense.
Regardless, it was enjoyable seeing all of those ankle biters getting slaughters. Then there was Ken taking down Oyaji, which was additionally a gory pleasure. And Ken and Rei finish issues as buddies even after Ken reveals his seven scars to Rei. So there’s that.
Remaining Ideas and Conclusion
Let me wrap up my assessment with some last ideas.
- I by no means thought-about Ken therapeutic Airi’s eyes, however I suppose I ought to have. In any case, any method that may trigger extraordinary, supernatural harm to a physique or mind might do the identical as a therapeutic method. I ponder what turns into of Rei and Airi after this story.
- Mayama wears a gown on the finish of the episode, however who’s she attempting to impress? A case may very well be made for both Rei or Ken. If Ken strikes on, I suppose that is the final we’ll see of her.
- Plainly Ken is aware of “Bane”, who’s apparently going to be the antagonist of the following arc. Why he has seven scars on his chest is one thing I can not fathom. He’s must know Ken’s historical past to imitate that. That apart, if that is Airi’s abductor, then why’s he serving to a woman getting chased by an enormous bandit? I suppose to have one other woman to promote.
In the long run, Fist of the North Star: Hokuto no Ken 14 contained plenty of gory, violent enjoyable the place evil bandits get their comeuppance.
