Fist of the North Star is Way More One-Track Than I Expected

I found Fist of the North Star surprisingly one-track all round. Most of the characters are variations of the same lone, silent warrior type, and outside of the music and atmosphere I am struggling to find much that really stands out. I am also not convinced by the idea that it is a critique of hyper masculinity, it reeks of your typical Japanese right-wing romanticism of what makes a man. Also Ken is really boring.

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u/rootingsmurf — 11 days ago
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What exactly did Chiaki do?

I always see he said all sorts of qanon things, but never actually what besides the digimon cancel culture thing which was more embarassing than anything. But supposedly, he had blogs of crazy stuff, but what exactly? Or is it just all bs

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u/rootingsmurf — 3 months ago

Author facing controversy

So the author went full private after seeing some BL art of his work pop up on his feed. he expressed he wasn't fond of homo themed fan works and people are now labeling him homophobic...

Better summary than the below and not spreading false lies that people were spamming the author with BL. https://x.com/i/status/2080349690235887995 which leads into current events.

https://odaibako.net/odais/e8232d0c-673a-40c9-96bc-39e07ae41c5a

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u/rootingsmurf — 3 months ago

Japanese Otaku reacting to Youjo Senki

The thread comes from multiple trending viral hate tweets. Most people are lambasting the series as edgy and cringeworthy, accusing it of abusing the little-girl gimmick, mocking Tanya’s frog-like voice, saying it appeals to online nationalists, or arguing that people simply matured out of it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen such severe critique of the franchise even in the west

https://greta.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/poverty/1783992937/

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u/rootingsmurf — 3 months ago

Why is East Gorteau the most blatant real world reference Togashi has done?

I know of v5/g5 but haven't seen anything like East Gorteau, because it's not just vaguely inspired by North Korea, it's got the full package

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u/rootingsmurf — 3 months ago

Who rules Ostania?

Why do we know so little about the ruling government? Do they have a name? The only mention I remember is the SSS, and the PM view Donovan negatively, it's called a people's republic and they support reconciliation. I see a lot of people mistaking Donovans party as the main party, and I don't blame them cause I got that read also early on.

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u/rootingsmurf — 4 months ago