[align=center][b]Alternative Name: Fist of the Blue Sky[/b] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/FistoftheBlueSky1.jpg/230px-FistoftheBlueSky1.jpg[/img] Age rating: Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence) [/align] Fist of the Blue Sky is a manga series by Tetsuo Hara with plot supervision by Buronson, serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since 2001. It is a prequel to the popular 1980s series Fist of the North Star, which Hara originally co-wrote with Buronson. Set primarily in Shanghai during the 1930s, the series centers around the 62nd successor of the Hokuto Shinken style, Kenshiro Kasumi, the namesake and predecessor of Fist of the North Star's own Kenshiro. It has been adapted into a 26-episode anime series that aired from 2006 to 2007 [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_Blue_Sky]Wiki info[/url] crunchyroll only has 6 of 26 episodes [url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/series-697/Souten-no-Ken.html]crunchyroll eps[/url] [align=center][b]Souten no Ken - Episode 1[/b] [flash=425x253]http://cdstatic.crunchyroll.com/flash/vidplayer.swf?file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fgetitem%3Fih%3D50q88s1ro578989p871%26videoid%3D275745%26mediaid%3D142339%26hash%3D50q88s1ro578989p871&autoStart=false&delay=3&hash=50q88s1ro578989p871&mid=142339&fmt=&AllowScriptAccess=always&cbinterval=30000&cburl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fajax%3Freq%3Dvideo_view%26media_id%3D142339%26video_id%3D275745&cbcount=1&initwidth=425&initheight=253[/flash][/align] when they start mentioning pengyou, penyou is Mandarin for "friend" [img]http://cdimg1.crunchyroll.com/i/thumbs1/7/1/6/8/7168e844f66c50_thumb.jpg[/img] [b] * Kenshirō Kasumi[/b] The main character and 62nd successor to Hokuto Shinken. Known in Shanghai as "Yán Wáng." Loves smoking cigarettes, reading, and has a good smelling instinct. His fighting technique is similar to Toki, in which he fight in a fluid and smooth fighting style. In Japan, he's a lecturer at the Tōwa Women's University. Depicted as somewhat easy going, as well as comical; compared to his namesake and nephew, Tetsuo Hara describes 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. However, remains the stoic persona which would be eventually seen in his nephew. He uses the same catch-phrase as his nephew, "[b]You're already dead[/b]" (Omae wa mō shindeiru?), but pronounces it in Chinese, "Nǐ yǐ jīng sǐ le." Despite the fact that his father Tesshin is the successor of Hokuto Shinken, Kenshiro is revealed to be descended from the Hokuto Sōke bloodline from his mother's side of the family

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