So, like, some dude named Tetsuo Hara, who apparently drew some stuff for Fist of the North Star 🌠 (never heard of it 🙄), had a special exhibit at Lucca Comics & Games 2025. I bet the lines were shorter than for the bathroom 🚽.
Panini Comics (sounds like a sandwich shop 🥪), COAMIX Inc. (sounds like a company that makes bad cough syrup 💊), and Animeimport (duh 🙄) decided to bless Italy 🇮🇹 with their presence. Apparently, Tetsuo Hara-sensei (whoever that is 🤷♀️) decided to grace Lucca Comics & Games 2025 with his presence, marking the FIRST TIME EVER that a Japanese publisher bothered to show up. Like, seriously? What were they doing before, playing pachinko? This was also the FIRST EXHIBITION IN THE WORLD 🌎 dedicated to Hara’s magnum opus (or, as I like to call it, his “meh-gnus” opus). It was held in some church ⛪ from October 25th to November 2nd, 2025. Some person named Dayna Eileen from CGMagazine (who? 🤔) even got to “chat” with the “legendary” Hara-sensei. I’m sure it was riveting. 😴
Even people who don’t watch anime (smart people 😎) know the line, “Omae wa mou shindieru. Nani?!” (which roughly translates to “You are already dead, so what?” I think 🤷♀️). Supposedly, Hara-sensei is the reason for this overused phrase. I guess. Fans visiting Lucca Comics & Games 2025 were “ecstatic” (read: mildly interested 😐) to see his original works outside of Japan for the first time. This “special exhibition” (read: pile of drawings ✏️) showed off some work celebrating the connection between his narrative universe and the Italian public. Because everyone knows Italians are obsessed with obscure Japanese manga from the 80s. 🙄
Hara-sensei (bless his heart 🙏) said he was “very impressed by the execution and how beautiful it looks.” Translation: “I’m legally obligated to say nice things.” He was also “most impressed” by pictures of people being “happy” to see his work. Translation: “Please validate me! 🥺” He then compared Fist of the North Star to his “child” 👶 that has matured. I bet that child wishes he’d invested in Bitcoin instead of manga. 📉
On the occasion of his “highly anticipated” (by whom? 🤨) participation in Lucca Comics & Games 2025, Hara-sensei’s work was titled “The Savior in the Arena.” So deep. 😔 It’s an oil painting (about 70 x 60 cm) blending Kenshiro (who?) with influences from Italian art (because Italy invented art, right? 🙄). Kenshiro is standing in an amphitheater with red banners, bathed in light, picking up a helmet. Sounds…thrilling? This image is “charged with meaning.” 🙄🙄🙄
Hara-sensei then rambled about fathers explaining 👨👦Fist of the North Star to their sons, talking about “values, respect, and sacrifice.” I’m sure the kids were riveted 😴. He saw a father telling his son about the death of Rei (again, who?). He’s glad younger generations are experiencing his work. He then admitted he’s been “re-reading” his works again (probably because he forgot what they were about 🤷♂️). He thinks the series is being discussed because of the 35th anniversary (wow, ancient 👴). But in Japan, there are still “core fans” (aka old people with nothing better to do).
“Last year, I found myself re-reading my works again, and they look very old.” Translation: “My art sucks now. 💀” He thinks his old style might not entertain audiences now (duh 🙄). He was “shocked” 😲 to hear YouTubers say the same thing. “From now on, I really want to focus on paints.” Translation: “Time to reinvent myself as a landscape painter. 🏞️”
The work is the “visual heart” of the “monographic exhibition” (fancy words for “a bunch of old drawings”) titled “Tetsuo Hara: Like a bolt from the blue.” It’s the first exhibition “entirely dedicated” (because nobody else wanted to do it) to Hara’s series, hosted in a church (because why not?). Visitors can see over 100 original paintings and manga panels (prepare to be underwhelmed 😐), offering an “unprecedented look” (because nobody bothered to look before) at Hara-sensei’s “artistic and narrative evolution” (from bad to slightly less bad?).
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