5:38 I watched the Japanese dub first for episode 1 and then switched to English because I thought the Ken voice sounded really bored the whole time which is a shame considering it’s the same voice actor as dio in jojo which he’s great in but here he just sounded like he was just there for the paycheck Also the English voice actor for seiji in this also voiced kazuya in a tekken ova were he also just gave another “badass” voice
I feel like 90% of ancillary HNK media focusing on Ken is "Ken fights a guy with a martial art we haven't seen before but looks exactly like every other one" I get that the actual series is like that but I much prefer the gaidens that help us better understand characters (or in Jagi's case, rewrite history altogether)
My headcanon hara just drew Sara out of the blue one day and thought “she’s hot,I’ll put her in a story one day” without any plans on what she was actually gonna end up doing
I think there’s another thing that bothers me about this story is how redundant it feels. The fights that were clearly supposed to be finales in the original story made everything that came after them feel like the story was unnecessarily dragging on, and this OVA takes place even further than the original manga, thus making the feeling worse Also, I'm pretty sure that the writers forgot about the 10 year timeskip that happened. We see Tobi and Bista in a photo of them before the nuclear war, yet Bista doesn’t seem to be that much older despite it easily being over a decade after that
It’s a shame this ova is canonically the last thing that happens in the series considering how boring it is but I also feel like it shows that Ken is to OP for there to even be a compelling story with him since in this OVA he so strong that he has to basically be forced out of the plot for stuff to happen since everytime he is on screen he’s stomping anyone he comes across
I watched this like a year ago. I didn't complain because I, uh, "found" it on RUclips and I was broke at the time. It's worse than I remember. Cool ideas, a female character that, despite the sexual outfits, still at least tries to do SOMETHING. And that's about it.
I remember watching this OVA a couple years back I thought it was just ok nothing to special but man I didn't really know how rough this film compilation was like it really seems like filler and the folks making it don't seem like they really put much effort in to.
Yah this OVA is a little boring. Kenshiro is present for a combined total of maybe 25-35 mins. Maybe its because this is Ken after beating Raoh, and Kaioh. So he's basically in Musou Tensei 24/7 lol
The OVA is worth watching (only part 1 I'd say) if you wanna hear Kenshiro voiced by Takehito Koyasu, other than that I found it mad boring cause I didn't really care for most of the side characters lol. Also during the first part's gameplay footage you were going full on Jagi mode with that shotgun
the gif of him using the flame thrower while the jagi theme played had me rolling🤣
I really enjoyed the art style though!
@astonsolomon9833 probably it's most redeeming feature tbh.
5:38 I watched the Japanese dub first for episode 1 and then switched to English because I thought the Ken voice sounded really bored the whole time which is a shame considering it’s the same voice actor as dio in jojo which he’s great in but here he just sounded like he was just there for the paycheck
Also the English voice actor for seiji in this also voiced kazuya in a tekken ova were he also just gave another “badass” voice
I also find it strange how hnk side media almost always gets dubbed into English but the original series only got dubbed like 30 episodes in
I feel like 90% of ancillary HNK media focusing on Ken is "Ken fights a guy with a martial art we haven't seen before but looks exactly like every other one"
I get that the actual series is like that but I much prefer the gaidens that help us better understand characters (or in Jagi's case, rewrite history altogether)
My headcanon hara just drew Sara out of the blue one day and thought “she’s hot,I’ll put her in a story one day” without any plans on what she was actually gonna end up doing
I think there’s another thing that bothers me about this story is how redundant it feels. The fights that were clearly supposed to be finales in the original story made everything that came after them feel like the story was unnecessarily dragging on, and this OVA takes place even further than the original manga, thus making the feeling worse
Also, I'm pretty sure that the writers forgot about the 10 year timeskip that happened. We see Tobi and Bista in a photo of them before the nuclear war, yet Bista doesn’t seem to be that much older despite it easily being over a decade after that
You should do a video on how you would handle a sequel to the end of hnk. It would definitely be better than this mess of an OVA
🤔 not a bad idea...not bad at all.
I wonder the Novel is any better ( yeah this OVA is based on a Novel )
Oh yeah Kenshiro made the water unclean do to offing a dude bloody body into it
I've read the novel. It is, it's still not that great but it's nowhere near as bad as the OVA. Seiji is still terrible tho
It’s a shame this ova is canonically the last thing that happens in the series considering how boring it is but I also feel like it shows that Ken is to OP for there to even be a compelling story with him since in this OVA he so strong that he has to basically be forced out of the plot for stuff to happen since everytime he is on screen he’s stomping anyone he comes across
I watched this like a year ago.
I didn't complain because I, uh, "found" it on RUclips and I was broke at the time.
It's worse than I remember. Cool ideas, a female character that, despite the sexual outfits, still at least tries to do SOMETHING. And that's about it.
I remember watching this OVA a couple years back I thought it was just ok nothing to special but man I didn't really know how rough this film compilation was like it really seems like filler and the folks making it don't seem like they really put much effort in to.
Kenshiro is voiced by Takehito Koyasu (future voice of DIO) which I personally didn't like it
I think his voice doesn't fit with Kenshiro
Peacemaker in suicide Squad isekai
The novel and the OVA are vastly different
Yah this OVA is a little boring. Kenshiro is present for a combined total of maybe 25-35 mins. Maybe its because this is Ken after beating Raoh, and Kaioh. So he's basically in Musou Tensei 24/7 lol
I like how he turns off Musou Tensei for all the umportant fights because -the writers forgot- he's just a chill guy like that.
I like the intro song by gackt it sounds so raw
Wasn't Gackt the VA for Seiji?
@stephenpardue2052 yeah he was
The OVA is worth watching (only part 1 I'd say) if you wanna hear Kenshiro voiced by Takehito Koyasu, other than that I found it mad boring cause I didn't really care for most of the side characters lol.
Also during the first part's gameplay footage you were going full on Jagi mode with that shotgun
the best ova would be 'ruroni kenshin trust and betrayal'
just a recommendation
Glade I didn't watch this ova