 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Yuria Gaiden: Jibo no Hoshi, Fist of the North Star: Yuria's Story - The Merciful Mother Star, Fist of the North Star: The Merciful Mother Star - Yuria's Story Japanese: 北斗の拳 ユリア外伝 慈母の星 InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 9
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 10, 2006 to Jun 8, 2007
Genre:
Action
Theme:
Martial Arts
Demographic:
Seinen
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Comic Bunch Authors:
Kasai, Ayumi (Art) Statistics Ranked: #169632 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #12028
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May 14, 2016
This is set before the apocalypse happened, which you would think it would give more insight on the characters: it doesn't. The art style feels like a cheap shojou and doesn't do any justice for the original material. While it is funny to see Shin riding a motorcycle or Juuza just being himself, there's not enough substance to make it worthwhile. It's mostly about how perfect Yuria is and it continues to elaborate on it with some more bland stories of how she's sacrificed herself for others, with little to no cost to her in the end. It reads almost like a short work
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Nov 14, 2020
Funnily enough, Yuria Gaiden does not revolve so much around Yuria than it does around Juuza and Shin. In fact it even serves as a better Juuza Gaiden than the original Juuza Gaiden.
Hokuto no Ken is masterful in the way Hara and Buronson are able to walk this very thin line between asinine and emotionally engaging. Characters, dialogues and plot in the orignal manga are among the stupidest I've seen in any work of fiction... but the art, the scenography and the overall narration manages to make most of the scenes strangely poignant. The presentation is so unapologetic, so casual in its ridiculousness, so serious ... |
