sharon_sf Review of Fist of the North Star 2

Fist of the North Star 2 (1987–1988)

Only for avid fans of the first series

[6/10 · 18 February 2021]

This series act as a sequel to the first series, and take about 10 years in the future. ken is back after living in exile, and save the world again. the plot is very similar to the first series. ken need to beat a line of bosses from the easy weaker ones, to the stronger ones. like the first series, he gain more and more powers on the way, that allow him to defeat even the strongest foe. there is basically nothing new here - you got those supporting characters who starting as foe, continue as friends, and ended up dead as before. the downside of this series that characters are not interesting, and you don't care about them. lin is just princess lea character/sleeping beauty clone , and bart has only small and almost meaningless role at the first act. as i mention they do try this time to copy some starwars return of the jedi elements, including the villain who look like darth vader, and story about the evil part of the north star versus the good part of the north star, and they even had some guys look like yoda. as i mention the story was not very thrilling, since they didn't manage to build reliable and human characters. there was no humor, and almost no romance, not a boob, and all the family story sub plot at the end seemed very forced. even the violence became more like starwars jedi style, instead of the karate. for conclusion - this series is more for avid fans. i found myself skipping the last chapters, because they were basically just prolonging the end , when it was clear what the end is going to be.