Fist of the Blue Sky (Japanese: ????, Hepburn: S?ten no Ken) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, with plot supervision by Buronson. It was serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch from 2001 to 2010, with the chapters collected into 22 tank?bon volumes by Shinchosha. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s manga Fist of the North Star, which Hara originally illustrated with Buronson writing. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers on the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken martial arts style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star. The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired on TV Asahi from 2006 to 2007.
A continuation of the manga, titled S?ten no Ken: Re:Genesis (???? RE:GENESIS), has begun serialization in the December 2017 issue of Comic Zenon. A new anime adaptation of the same title is scheduled to air on Tokyo MX starting sometime in April 2018.
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Plot overview
The main protagonist of this story is Kasumi Kenshiro, better known as "Yan Wang" or "The King of Hell" (derived from the myth Yan Luo Wang). Kasumi is a laid back and chain-smoking Tokyo professor who is secretly the successor of the deadly Chinese assassin martial art Hokuto Shinken that travels to Shanghai, China after hearing that his Triad friend Pan Guang-Lin and Pan's sister Yu-Ling are in trouble.
In Shanghai, Kasumi fights the three Hokuto families, the Hokuto Sankaken (based on the royal families of Romance of the Three Kingdoms). At the same time he helps Pan's Q?ng B?ng triad against their rivals, the immoral Hóng Huá Huì, in gaining territory and influence in Shanghai.
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Characters
Hokuto Shinken
North Dipper Divine Fist" (Japanese: ????, Hepburn: Hokuto Shinken, Pinyin: B?id?u Shénquán). Called "God Fist of the North Star" in the Gutsoon! Entertainment English translation.
Hokuto Sankaken
The North Dipper Three Family Fists (Japanese: ?????, Hepburn: Hokuto Sankaken, Pinyin:B?id?u S?nji?quán) are three martial arts styles that branched off from Hokuto Shinken during the Three Kingdoms period and went on to develop their styles independently after the main Hokuto Shinken school was relocated to Japan. They are named after the Cao, Sun and Liu families, which they were each sworn to protect and serve. The Liu Family Fist would later branched off from the other school and become the Hokuto Ry?ken school from Fist of the North Star.
Kyokuj?ji Seiken
"Pole Cross Sacred Fist" (?????, Pinyin: Jíshízì Shèngquán), an offshoot of Hokuto Ry?kaken. A relatively new style compared to the Hokuto styles, its astrological symbol is the constellation of the Southern Cross and uses stabbing techniques that destroys the body externally. It's assumed to be the precursor to the Nanto Seiken styles.
Seito Gekken
"West Dipper Lunar Fist" (????, Pinyin: X?d?u Yuèquán). A martial art of the Yuezhi people. Shuken studied this martial art and blended it with his Hokuto S?ke no Ken (??????, lit. "North Dipper Lineage's Fist") to create Hokuto Shinken. Seito Gekken uses the Keiraku Hik?, the same vital points used by Hokuto Shinken, to cause destruction, but does so through hitting multiple points through the course of a fight rather than hitting a single point.
Q?ng B?ng
Q?ng B?ng (??, Chinpan) is the Shanghai "Green Gang".
Hóng Huá Huì
Shanghai's evil "Red Flower Gang" (???, K?kakai). Most of them were maimed in some way by Kenshiro during a previous visit to Shanghai prior to the start of the series. Based on the real life Red Gang (?? Hóng B?ng) in Shanghai.
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Production
Many of the plot points mentioned in the comic contain real historical facts, such as how Shanghai was controlled by the foreign concessions (the story focus mainly on the French settlement) during the 1930s. Also seen are Jewish refugees who escaped from Nazi persecution in Europe, and the invasion of China by the Japanese Army. Chiang Kai-shek and some historical Kuomintang figures appear in the story as well.
Tetsuo Hara wanted the fights in the manga to look more like traditional Chinese martial arts, so the action is somewhat faster and more detailed than those in Fist of the North Star. Hara went to Shanghai in person to get his inspiration. Tetsuo Hara describes the protagonist Kenshiro Kasumi as a combination of the strength of Kenshiro, the good nature of Keiji Maeda from Hana no Keiji and the sarcastic attitude of the title character of Nakabo Rintaro.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara, Fist of the Blue Sky was serialized in Weekly Comic Bunch throughout the magazine's entire history. Beginning in its first issue with the cover date of May 29, 2001, the chapters were published irregularly until the final issue in August 2010. Publisher Shinchosha collected the chapters into 22 tank?bon volumes.
An English version of Fist of the Blue Sky was serialized in the now-defunct manga anthology Raijin Comics published by Gutsoon! Entertainment from 2002 to 2004. Four collected volumes were published by Gutsoon under their Raijin Graphic Novels imprint before the company went out of business and ceased publication of all their titles.
Anime
A weekly anime series based on S?ten no Ken aired on Japan's TV Asahi on Thursdays at 2:40am from October 4, 2006 to March 14, 2007. The series lasted only 26 episodes, but four of the episodes (16-18, and 21) did not air during the original run. The complete series has been released on DVD in Region 2 format by Universal Entertainment Japan, including unaired episodes and uncensored content. The series adapts the storyline from the beginning and up to vol. 8.
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