Ahh... The Fist of North Star. A manga by Buronson and illustrated by Hara Tetsuo. But wait, this isn`t the original manga, it`s a gaiden a.k.a side story. A side story for Jagi, so called 3rd student of Ryuken (well technically 4rd, but Kenshiro was always been considered as the youngest) illustrated by Shinichi Hiromoto.
So, what does Jagi Gaiden brings onto the table? Well 1st you need to know who is Jagi and how he was portray in the original manga. Nothing more then a pathetic character whose suppose to be one of the student of Hokuto Shinken. But why is he so pathetic since all of his brothers had such charisma in the story? Well, Jagi Gaiden would put it all in perspective.
While staying true to the original plot, some new character were added to give depth to Jagi Gaiden story. How Jagi fallen in deep despair was explain by the death of Anna, Jagi love interest. And of course, Jagi would blame everyone and everthing that happens around him. Rather then turn out to be a pathetic person, Jagi turns out to be a rather sad, misunderstood delinquent. Honestly, make me felt sympathy for him.
Now for the art, Shinichi Hiromoto has a very powerful strokes and seen to be all over the place. But all is good. Emotions are portray in a very strong way. New readers might be turn off by the drawing, but the story will get u hook, provided that u know abit of the Fist of North Star lore.
For those who are interested, you may find the manga on www.mangatraders.com
Cool thanks so much Junk goat. Awesome review.
ReplyDeletei loved this manga, it make me feel simpathy for him and many emotions that i never though i could find in a manga of this tipe, that relation of him with anna was the best part i really understand that, the best part was when he saw anna when he was diying, in his last moment he saw the only good thing that he got and also lost, anna.
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