As we all know the fact, Oda-san has mostly inspired by Dragon Ball series. But on the other hand, I'm here to prove that why did he also inspired by Hokutou no Ken in this little discovery!!
- SHIN SAGA
Spade was the 1st man in the series who's died in the beginning of the series. And his death was inspired Portgas D. Ace's death too, because Oda was actually planned his death from the beginning. And it's no surprising that Ace's 1st crew called the Spade Pirates. IRONIC.
And not to mention about that the commanders of Shin were also based on Cards like:
- King
- Club
- Diamond
- Heart
- Joker
- Balcom
- Dragon
- Patra
- Dante
- Zaria
- Wolf
- Gorath
- Garekki
- Mahari
- Hydra
- Toda
- Nariman
- And so forth!
Just the way like Kaidou's Calamities.
2.
KAIDOU & DEVIL REBIRTH
Kaidou was a pirate, who tasted the defeat 7 times. He was captured 18 times and survived tortures 10,000 times. He's sentenced to death 40 times. The rope was snapped on him, the guillotine blade was mysteriously broken into pieces and the spears were broken while he was stabbed. And he's destroyed 9 Prison ships and Man-o-Wars. And Devil Rebirth was inspired Oda to make Kaidou the world's strongest creature! Because:
Devil Rebirth, A giant, ogre-ish man who uses the ancient Indian martial art
Rakan Niō Ken (Fist of the Arhat Deva King), also known as the personification of Satan. He was convicted of killing 700 people with a single use of his fighting style, and was executed 13 times for his crimes. He survived all of his executions and was finally sentenced to 200 years (500 in the anime) in Villainy Prison. In order to defeat Kenshiro, Jackal tames him by using a picture of his mother (that he stole from him while serving time in the same prison) and convincing Devil that they're lost brothers. Kenshiro fights him, proclaiming that Hokuto Shinken is the Rebirth of Indra (闘神(インドラ)の化身(リバース)) and kills him by striking his vital points in the shape of the Big Dipper.
3.
IMPEL DOWN AND CASSANDRA
Known as the
City of Wailing Demons, this mighty prison belonged to Ken-Oh and was under the jurisdiction of the cruel warden, Uighur. Cassandra was used to imprison martial artists who had forfeited their ancient scrolls to Ken-Oh in his goal to create the ultimate martial art. It was also the prison for Raoh's brother, Toki, who Raoh incarcerated as a threat to his conquest.
Impel Down, also known as the
Underwater Prison (海底監獄
Kaitei Kangoku) or the
Great Prison (大監獄
Dai Kangoku), is a government-controlled stronghold in Paradise together with Marine Headquarters and Enies Lobby. It is the World Government's maximum-security prison for the most dangerous criminals and pirates. It is located underwater in the middle of the Calm Belt.
And both of these places were been the main point of freeing the brothers of the two protagonists.
4.
RAOH & BLACKBEARD
Raoh
Marshall D. Teach aka Blackbeard.
If you have seen the Hokutou no Ken you must know that Raoh was a passionate collector of other lethal Martial arts, the same way as Blackbeard is about other mysterious Devil Fruits. Not to mention about Both of them has "killed" the brother of the protagonists. While Toki has fought with Raoh, Blackbeard has captured and given Ace to the Marines and made him executed by them.
After Kenshirou has fought with Raoh, Raoh's death was the same as Whitebeard, where he was died while his corpse has still remained standing.
Raoh's death
Whitebeard's death
And about the timeskip, which will be 10 years after Raftel, because Kenshirou has suffered a bittersweet victory, such as the love of his life, Yuria has suffered in an incurable & mysterious fatal disease. So Raoh has given his blessings to them by giving 1 year to Yuria by pressing one of her power points. So that's a reference to Hancock's love disease and also for Roger's mysterious disease. But she's not going to die as we all know that, because she's going to have a huge role in the final. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
And in One Piece, Luffy's bittersweet victory will be, after he killed Blackbeard by Gear 5th, that he's released it for the very first time due to the fact, that Teach will have had the desire to kill Luffy's friends, Jinbei has sacrificed himself in front of Luffy, while he'll have been unable to fight due to the current gear forms that he will have used against Blackbeard on Raftel.
So after Luffy's beheaded Teach by Gear 5th, he will get into a 22-hour-coma and after he will wake up for a living nightmare: His friends are killing off each other, that Luffy doesn't really know the reason of it. And he's trying to stop them, but the others are just pushing him away, and in his final desperation, Luffy will have no choice, whereas to disband the crew forever.
5.
THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE HOKUTOU ARMY AND THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY AND A 10-YEAR-TIMESKIP
If there's anybody, who's watched Hokutou no Ken 2 anime series, or readen the manga, then it's pretty obvious that 10 years has passed, since Kenshirou left Rin & Bat.
And during the time, Rin & Bat have become "criminals" like Sabo and Koala.
Revolutionary Army
Hokutou Army
Both of these groups are fighting for one goal: Dominating over a tyrant superpower. And then when Rin & Bat met with Kenshirou, they have broken down into tears. So this is why I know that Luffy and the crew will meet again after 10 years but their meeting will be the most emotional, touching and heartbreakingly beautiful scene in the history of One Piece. BTW, One Piece is going to end in 2027 and NOT in 2024. just saying.
6.
TENTEI & WORLD GOVERNMENT:
Tentei is working the same way as the World Government does, because if you'd seen that scene, where normal people have moved those funiculars or those escalators. It was the same in Hokuto No Ken 2, where slaves needed to control the power service of the entire palace. So that means, it's going to be almost the same as it was in Hokuto no Ken, BUT NOT EXACTLY!!
So in conclusion:
OMAE WA MOU... SHINDEIRU.