New Fist of the North Star Vol. 2: The Forbidden Fist
Synopsis
In the aftermath of Kenshiro’s attack on the citadel of Last Land, the boy known as Lord Doha falls deathly ill. Sara’s prognosis is dire. The serum to save his life is a two day drive each way. There is a shorter path… but it runs through Cliffland, a land haunted by demons that practice a mysterious killing technique.
Meanwhile, a new mysterious warrior arrives in Last Land, vowing to take all that Sanga has claimed. The balance of power is once again thrown into chaos as fist is pitted against fist in a struggle to see whose justice will prevail.
Review
Continuing from where we left off in volume one, volume two exercises my theory about how Fist of the North Star resembles Dragon Ball Z in a way in that it makes you wait a while for something to finally happen. I say this because when Seiji (Gackt’s character) is introduced, he takes over all of Sanga’s possessions. Of course he did this when our hero Kenshiro was away looking for a serum to cure Bista’s medical condition. To our surprise, it just so happens that a variety of things happen when Kenshiro goes away; things that make your blood boil. So basically, in volume two you are seeing the take over of Seiji and the fighting for a path to locate the serum from Kenshiro. This whole process seems to take years. As I was watching it, I was shouting to the screen, “Comon dude, get back to Lost Land and kick Seiji’s cocky rear end already!” And that is how I arrived to my theory of resemblance that Fist of the North Star has towards Dragon Ball Z.
Anyhoo, aside from what I have just stated above, this series continues on with a bang. In this volume, you find out that there are other forms of martial arts in this world that was derived from Hokuto Shinken (Fist of the North Star). This is the case, because of the battle for the rights to be the heir of the Fist of the North Star. Those who lost were not allowed to practice Hokuto Shinken again. In the Clifflander’s case, they modified the style and called it Hokumon ken. This side story is quite fascinating. These Clifflanders were thought as the bad guys, because they killed anyone who ventures on to their mountain. Little did those people know, that the reason to why they kill is that they are protecting the world from another disaster to arise.
Volume two is still impressive, but a bit under par with volume one as volume two was mainly a side story with the Clifflanders. There were still movements along the main story, but barely. The story really cannot advance when your main character is busy doing a side show ^_^;;. Right? Let us look forward to volume three; it will surely be electrifying as Kenshiro finally meets Seiji! I want to see blood and lots’ of it!
The Breakdown
I really hate when an anime ends on a climatic note :(. This volume does just that as, Kenshiro finally is returning to Lost Land to destroy Seiji hhahahaaha.