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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2036654" data-attributes="member: 151">Hey, CZ!  Haven't seen you since Nothingland imploded. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Correct Shin Hokuto no Ken or New Fist of the NorthStar is a self-contained series, adapted from a novel from 1996.  It did rather well, afaik, so one can only guess if that means there will be more attempts to adapt material.The TV series ran 152 episodes, and had plenty of filler episodes to allow the manga time to get ahead (just like DBZ, for example).   And how many shows have episode titles like this:"STRIKE THE HIDDEN POWER POINT! No Requiem For The Wicked!" I mean, you can't make stuff like that up.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Ken's catchphrase, for those so interested was "Omai wa mo, Shin deyu" (Rackhir, correct me if I've got that wrong), which is commonly translated as "As for you, you're ALREADY DEAD."  This is usually uttered a few seconds after Ken has dealt his deathblow, and a few seconds before the hapless mook has discovered his body's about to explode.  Usually followed by suddenly butch bad guys crying like little babies and yelling "Tasukete!" or "Help me!".  Overused in the filler episodes, regreatably, and becomes much less prevalent as the series progresses, as Ken ends up fighting epic enemies like Sauzer (the Southern Emperor), Raoh, Kaioh, Falco, the Gento Stars and others.Lest you think Ken is invulnerable, he gets his butt handed to him, BADLY, several times after the arcs you've seen.  And by badly, I mean left for dead or spirited away at the sacrifice of a friend, who dies to protect him badly.Most attacks are things like Ken's trademark "Hokuto Hundred Crack Fist", where he does his Bruce Lee impersonation, striking one hundred times in a few seconds.  At the conclusion of a super-move, the screen freezes, the chinese characters for the move appear, and the move is uttered.  Classic, to me, although it can be pretty silly, too. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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