<p>Found it thanks to this: <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5467/what-are-these-three-references-from-episode-9">What are these three references from episode 9?</a></p>

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  <p><a href="http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Kenshiro" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kenshiro</a> is the main protagonist of <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fist of the North Star</a></strong> Manga/Anime series.</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Big Dipper</a> asterism in the background is a reference to the seven scars on his chest that look like it (where as the Big Dipper is also directly above the North Star in the sky):</p>

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  <p>Kenshiro is also known as the Man With Seven Scars (七つの傷の男 Nanatsu no kizu no otoko?), due to the seven scars engraved on his chest patterned after the shape of the Big Dipper (the symbol of the Hokuto school), as well as the Savior of Century's End </p>
  
  <p><em>Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenshiro" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a></em></p>
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<p>In <em>Watamote</em> Episode 9, Tomoko is angry at her little brother and says:</p>

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  <p>Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?
  Is he Kenshi***? That bastard!</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/VSmIc.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VSmIcm.png" alt="Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/XRJcX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/XRJcXm.png" alt="Is he Kenshi***?"></a></p>

<p>What does she mean by <em>Kenshi***</em>?</p>

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What does Tomoko mean by "Is he Kenshi***?"
# What does Tomoko mean by "Is he Kenshi***?"
Posted by: username_0 on 2014-12-23
In *Watamote* Episode 9, Tomoko is angry at her little brother and says:

> Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?
> Is he Kenshi\*\*\*? That bastard!

[![Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?](https://i.sstatic.net/VSmIcm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/VSmIc.png)
[![Is he Kenshi***?](https://i.sstatic.net/XRJcXm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/XRJcX.png)

What does she mean by *Kenshi\*\*\**?
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### Answer by username_0 on 2014-12-23. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
Found it thanks to this: [What are these three references from episode 9?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5467/what-are-these-three-references-from-episode-9)

> [Kenshiro](http://hokuto.wikia.com/wiki/Kenshiro) is the main protagonist of **[Fist of the North Star](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star)** Manga/Anime series.

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The [Big Dipper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dipper) asterism in the background is a reference to the seven scars on his chest that look like it (where as the Big Dipper is also directly above the North Star in the sky):

> Kenshiro is also known as the Man With Seven Scars (七つの傷の男 Nanatsu no kizu no otoko?), due to the seven scars engraved on his chest patterned after the shape of the Big Dipper (the symbol of the Hokuto school), as well as the Savior of Century's End
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> *Source: [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenshiro)*
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