Just purchased and read 10 volumes of HNK and so far; here are my thoughts.

Hey, newcomer here.

I first purchased the first volume at the Barnes and noble section of the mall on a hangout with my friend and so far, I was invested. I tried to watch the anime last year, but I stopped on the 3rd episode because I felt it drags on too long. It took reading the manga to keep me interested, now I’m on Vol. 10, 11 and 12 are coming tomorrow, but for now I will speak my mind on my progress so far.

I can barely express how much I love reading this manga, it’s been a rollercoaster of emotions. For better and for worse I always looked forward to more. Enough of chitchat, now onto the commentary:

This story is definitely a product of the 80s and I mean that in the best and worst way possible. Kenshiro will never be boring in my eyes due to how much he changes and in turn, changes the people around him. The onomatopoeia never gets too stale and never makes me bored. And so far; the best character in my eye is Jagi.

The Villains are a hit or miss, some excel the writing to high heights(Raoh and Jagi) while others sometimes reveal the story’s weaknesses(Souther and Shin). Argue that I don’t understand the point, but I’ll laugh at the “My master taught me to be ruthless, so in turn; I must enslave and abuse children”.

Then we have the characters. When read the chapters, I couldn’t tell if some of this was an asspull or if it was planned despite being a weekly manga. For example: Yuria…… no explanation needed.

Outside of the manga, I watched the infamous live action and some of the legends movies(the worst one for me is the character previously mentioned). I would take or leave some of them. Then there’s supposedly a prequel manga, but that’s another story for another post.

All in all, as I mentioned; reading this manga has changed my life, and I can’t wait for more.