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Buronson
Fist of the North Star, Doberman Cop, Sanctuary, Heat. Kenshiro, successor of Hokuto Shinken in a wasteland after nuclear war; Raoh, the King of Fists; and two men climbing to the summit of Japan from the light and from the shadows. Writing as Buronson for boys' magazines and as Sho Fumimura for adult ones, Buronson (Yoshiyuki Okamura) wrote stories that set readers alight. He joined the Air Self-Defense Force at fifteen, and his way as a manga writer opened when he went to work in the studio of Hiroshi Motomiya, a former fellow serviceman. On 13 September 1983, Fist of the North Star began serialisation. He was thirty-six; it was a year in a blank period of fortune, and also a year in which the force missing from his destiny entered from two layers of time, the decade and the year. Why was a national story born in a blank year? What was this vessel promised at birth? We read the vessel he was born with against the phases of destiny and time.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Buronson (武論尊 / Yoshiyuki Okamura) — Manga writer
- Period analysed
- 1947–2026
- Three pillars
- Day 丙寅 / Month 丙午 / Year 丁亥
- Void branches
- 戌亥 (Dog–Boar)
- Destiny area
- 1.29 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 14 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- His destiny holds a hidden combination that binds unseen and gives rise to fervour.
- His vessel binds his own place and the place of society on the largest scale.
- A friend made the opening, and his way led from the Self-Defense Force to manga writing.
- Fist of the North Star began in a year when the force missing from his destiny entered from the side of time.
- He carries the type that builds turbulent worlds into stories and works until he burns himself out.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did Buronson's stories keep setting readers alight?
- What overlapped in the year serialisation began, 13 September 1983?
- What does his turn from serviceman to manga writer mean within his destiny?
- Why was the stage of his stories a world in turmoil rather than peace?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1962 | 壬寅 | Joins the Air Self-Defense Force at fifteen |
| 1972 | 壬子 | Debuts as a manga writer |
| 1975 | 乙卯 | Doberman Cop begins serialisation |
| 1982 | 壬戌 (天) | Chuhai Lemon (as Sho Fumimura) |
| 1983 | 癸亥 (天) | 13 Sep — Fist of the North Star begins serialisation |
| 1984 | 甲子 | 11 Oct — The TV anime begins |
| 1990 | 庚午 | Sanctuary begins serialisation |
| 2002 | 壬午 | Shogakukan Manga Award for Heat |
| 2020 | 庚子 (天) | 10 Dec — Takao Saito Award, special prize |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade. (天天) = void year within a void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- Axis and type of destiny
- Ten-year phases
- Composite numerical table
- The hidden combination
- The great combination
- The decade of 壬寅
- The chart of the hurt officer
- Twenty years of 戌亥
- The four layers of 13 September 1983
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii