Marking the 25th anniversary of the manga series, the producers of Hokuto No Ken (aka Fist of the North Star) will be holding a wedding ceremony for lead characters Kenshiro and Yulia. Free invitations will be distributed through Weekly Comic Bunch magazine as well as the official Fist of the North Star site. Along with the invited fans, various artists and celebrities are expected to attend the ceremony.

All things considered, it’s pretty bad-ass that such an event can be organized for the anniversary for such an awesome series. Though if you ask me, it’s a bit on the corny side. Throughout comic book history, it’s been easy to accept when a hero finds romance, but that romance is typically short-lived. In order to give a hero his (or her) drive, there needs to be an element of tragedy. A content hero has no reason to keep going because he’s exactly where he wants to be. A common method of this is to deny or rob him of love, as was the case of Fist of the North Star’s original story arc when Kenshiro walked the earth to reclaim Yulia, whom had been stolen from him by his rival, Shin.

That’s not to say that the dude doesn’t deserve a break. Hell, even his mortal enemy, Rao, received a fake funeral service just last year. My only hope is that this means there’s a possibility that Ken and Yulia may bear the next successor to the Hokuto Shinken. To which I’m sure fans will be treated to a fake baby shower.

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