Hokuto no Ken

>be me
>32 years late
>doing my nightly Kenshiro watch
>episode_22.mkv
>mfw

Why is this show so good and why isn't there anymore great characters like Kenshiro after all those years, Sup Forums?

Image related, me.

Because after the early 90's the world experienced a mass cuckening, and men like Kenshiro went out of vogue for lead characters, to be replaced by scabs like Shinji

It's really sad man, the whole anime industry would've been 10 times better if they sticked with firm and manly characters like Ken, even though the show is old as fuck and there's a shitload of re-used frames with a really bad audio quality compared to all the newer shit animus in the past decade or two, it still gave an extremely amazing output. :(

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Watching this as a kid was quite entertaining.

Rewatching this as an adult made me realize how important Lynn is as a character when as a kid I just thought she was annoying.

oh yeah, some people told me how annoying she will be but I don't really see how is that possible, I've watched a fuckton of modern and in-between shows to handle the barely-done-anything Lin so yeah this is so true

His endless red shirts tho :V

It is entertaining, but continue and you will see in there the beginning of every retarded shounen cliche, especially in the last arc.

How though? While she did take the stage with some of her shining moments in some arc, her insisting on following Ken is still annoying af

I'd expected that already though, being good doesn't mean not being a typical shōnen, well at least it's one of the first to use what we call cliche nowadays. To be honest I like it better than most shōnen shows, not exactly sure what's sucking me into it this much, is it the manly characters or the least moe in generic shōnen shows. I just like it. also question user, is the manga ahead of the anime after it ends or should I just watch the anime and be done with it ?

I think that anime covers everything, maybe except the few chapters of the short epilogue story. I wouldn't know if they have skipped anything as I only read it.

You might enjoy Riki-Oh.
It's deliciously retarded.

OP here, I only watched the first chapter and can already tell that although Lin's currently a burden she also added a refreshing part and without her and Bat you wouldn't really know what foolish acts Ken could've done, he's taking it slowly and safely cause he's with them. apart from that I haven't seen much to really tell.

I see thanks for the valuable info bro

looked it up and the main character looks exactly like Kenshiro lol. alright i'll give it a try user thanks

>main character looks exactly like Kenshiro
HnK was a massive hit on the level that no modern shounen came close, everyone was ripping off this artstyle for years due to how popular it was.

My favorite series of this time is Sakigake!! Otokojuku since it's an action comedy that plays all the cliches with straight face.

Well shit, never knew about that up until now. I have to admit though the artstyle is so smoked I love it. and the main character not being a stupid school kid or a """highschooler""" is also a huge turn on for me. That anime you mentioned looks cool and it's short too, wonder if I should check the manga as well. I'll do that after I'm done with HnK

I can't find source for shit now, but from what I remember it's to this day the WSJ series with the longest streak of chapters ranked first in their weekly popularity polls, something around 50 for a full year in the first place, but I may be wrong on the number.

It's an anime from the 80s, what did you expect

>the longest streak of chapters ranked first in their weekly popularity polls
did you mean HnK or SO by that ?

yeah lol, the manga looks fucking nice too, probably even more enjoyable due to poor old shows execution

I remember people used to shit on Ken for being a moralfag. Funny how Sup Forums's done a 180.

Tetsuo Hara is legitimately a fantastic artist. The anime had a lot of QUALITY moments so that aspect of HnK didn't come through (the music made up for it though), but the details of the character's clothing and some of the environments, like the temples and stuff, looked amazing in the manga.

SAY MY NAME

>moralfag
What's wrong with being one, also I've only started the show recently so never really cared to check HnK threads on Sup Forums, tell me more, user.

Yeah well I tried the english dub and utterly hated the soundtracks on there (plus the VAs are a joke), love the japanese seiyuu/soundtracks. read some of the manga few moments ago and yeah fuck it looks absolutely fantastic bruh, I'm already hooked up with the anime though so don't wanna switch now. have to give it a read sometime after I'm done with the show deffo.

I actually watched about third to half the series as a kid and still remember that FAKE KEN huehue. good shit.

Nah there's nothing wrong with Ken. It was just Sup Forums being Sup Forums wanting an excuse to hate him.

>Otokojuku
Nice, i think its a really great series and im glad to see someone else who appreciates it

TOKI

Fuck haters Ken is amazing he's my man.

Well, you see, user. most people these days watch airing shows and simply ditch old ones for being "old", not so much can appreciate true gems :(

HnK is filled with feels. I originally started watching it for the "omae wa mou shindeiru" meme, stayed for the fun.