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“ | IT HURTS! | „ |
~ Mr. Heart's famous quote when he catches sight of his own blood. |
Heart is a minor antagonist in Fist of the North Star. A huge, fat, and hemophobic guard, he loyally serves Shin as one of his generals.
In Japanese, he was voiced by the late Shōzō Iizuka in the anime, the late Junpei Takiguchi in the movie, Takahiro Fujimoto in the Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage series, Masahito Yabe in DD Fist of the North Star, and Hirotaka Shimazawa/Chafurin in Fist of the North Star: Legends ReVIVE. In English, he was voiced by Joe Romersa in the anime, Dave Mallow in the movie, and Travis Willingham in Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage.
Personality[]
Mr. Heart is surprisingly polite and affable compared to the other generals of Shin's elite army, KING, as demonstrated when he was first introduced scolding his men for being rude to a bartender, as well as his calm conversation with Kenshiro before the two fought. From his interactions with Kenshiro, Mr. Heart is shown to be very self-assured and confident of his own strength, and is shocked when Kenshiro kicks his fat out of the way to get within range of one of his pressure points. Mr. Heart's most defining personality characteristic is his fear of blood; however, rather than this impacting his fighting skill, it actually enhances it, as he flies into a rage upon the sight of his own blood, increasing his strength to an even higher level for a short period of time.
Biography[]
Heart of Meet[]
In the prequel manga Heart of Meet, it is learned that Heart was once a sickly teenager named Alfred who was abducted from his wealthy home for ransom. When his elder sister Sarah tried to save him, she was killed by the kidnappers, splattering Alfred with blood, and sending him in a blood-crazed frenzy, instilling his strength-enhancing fear of blood which he retains to this day. A teenage Shin then rescues Alfred from the kidnappers.
Alfred then swears loyalty to Shin, deciding to become a big and strong man, over the years building up a massive body and taking the identity of Mr. Heart.
Fist of the North Star[]
Heart as introduced along with Diamond and Club when they watch Shin execute two of his henchmen for being cowards.
Later, Heart attends a bar somewhere in Southern Cross, stopping his goons from harassing the barkeeper. As he tells the barman to get him a drink, he spots that broken glass just cut his hand. Heart then melts down over his injury, bashing the barman's face and running around bar in a panic. The goons try to knock him out with clubs, but they get stuck inside Heart, who bursts them, deflecting them back. After killing the punks, he reminds them of his abilities, then leaves calmly.
Heart then appears before Kenshiro in Shin's chambers feeling insulted over being called a pig. Kenshiro attempts to punch the morbidly obese man, but finds his fist stuck. Heart then points out no matter how hard he tries, he will always beat Kenshiro and reminds him only Nanto Seiken could take him down.
After Kenshiro recovers, Shin throws a knife at Heart's cheek, sending him on a rampage yet again. This time however, Kenshiro kicks at Heart's layer, making an opening for him to finish with the Hokuto Juha Zan. Seconds later, Heart bursts open and dies.
Heart's final dying thoughts were "Sis... Have I become... stronger?".
Anime[]
In the anime, whilst visiting a bar, Heart goes on his blood-crazed rampage first by crushing the barkeep's skull then finishes by crushing two of Shin's henchmen into a wall.
Later, Heart leads a group of soldiers to where Kenshiro had just rescued a group of 30 villagers. He then orders his men to kill them all, but fails to murder Lin and Bat. After killing the henchmen in a rage, Kenshiro fights Heart and is at his usual disadvantage. Joker then arrives and throws a card at Heart's cheek, melting him down at the sight of his blood. Kenshiro then finishes him with the Hokuto Juha Zan as usual, avenging the villagers.
Movie[]
In the movie, Heart serves Jagi instead of Shin, guarding his hideout. When Kenshiro and Rei enter, Heart challenges Kenshiro to a battle to the death. Though Heart gives Kenshiro trouble, he is ultimately defeated and killed him after Kenshiro learns the technique to knock away Heart's fat.
Powers and Abilities[]
“ | By all means, give it a try. My body is like rubber, it cushions me from any attack. So, no matter what silly martial arts attacks you try... before you can reach a pressure point... [He slaps Kenshiro to the floor] you'll end up like this! Only Lord King's Nanto Seiken style can defeat me. | „ |
~ Mr. Heart |
Heart uses physical strength combined with his Kenpo Goroshi (Destroyer of Martial Arts) style. As his body his soft and like rubber, physical blows will not work on him as his stomach will absorb the attacks, with Nanto Seiken being one of his few weaknesses. Due to his incredible size, what appear to be extremely subdued techniques used by Mr. Heart turn out to be devastating towards those who are caught off-guard by them; a single swipe with one of his massive hands was enough to slam Kenshiro into the ground and leave him coughing up blood.
Trivia[]
- Despite his small role the in scheme of things, Heart is one of the most recognizable and commonly appearing villains in the Fist of the North Star franchise as a whole. His fame is partly due to his presence is his outlandish appearance - even by FOTNS standards - and being the first adversary to not be so easily defeated by then-invicible seeming protagonist Kenshiro. He is also known for his death cry "HIDEBU!", which is often misattributed to being a common death cry amongst all FOTNS mooks.
- The scars on his forehead are likely a nod to professional wrestler Abdullah the Butcher.
- In 2018, Mr. Heart was introduced as a V-Tuber.[1]