The WORST episodes of Fist of the North Star
Every episode of Fist of the North Star ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Fist of the North Star!
Kenshiro is the sole heir of the deadly 2000 year old martial art, Hokuto Shinken. He is on a quest for vengeance after being betrayed by a former friend, Shin, who mutilates Ken's body and steals his girlfriend Julia. Bandits and rival martial artists await him in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Known as 北斗の拳 (Hokuto No Ken) in Japan, Ken le Survivant in France and Quebec and Ken il Guerriero in Italy. First Opening song: Ai o Torimodose Second Opening song: Tough Boy Closing song: Love Song
#1 - The Mysterious Bounty Hunter, Ein! Kenshiro's Head is Mine!!
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/2/1987
After being reunited with Bat and Lin, Kenshiro decides to join their cause, giving the North Star Army a needed boost in morale. A bounty is placed on Kenshiro's head and a man named Ein decides to take the offer.
#2 - Tragic Victim of Love! Kaioh's Foundation of Evil!!
Season 6 - Episode 26 - Aired 1/21/1988
The place Kaioh chooses for a showdown is the Swamp of Demon, a place teeming with evil fighting spiritual energy, and the place where his evil began. Leia gives Kenshiro Shachi's protector as a memento, and Kenshiro sets foot into the swamp alone. There, the tragic past of Kaioh and Raoh's mother, and Kenshiro and Hyoh's mother, is revealed! Then, right before the battle, Kaioh hits a destructive point on Lin! What terrifying effect will it have...!?
#3 - Rage of the Celestial Emperor! Falco, Obliterate the North Star from Earth!!
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/23/1987
While attempting to catch up with Bat and Lin, Kenshiro is confronted by Shoki of the Red Light, a man who once helped Kenshiro in the past, while Bat and Lin lead a desperate battle against the Golden General Falco, the strongest of the Gento warriors.
#4 - The Emperor's Cries Echoes Through the Imperial Capital. Falco, Where Have You Gone?
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/1987
Kenshiro confronts the renegade Gento warrior Boltz of the Blue Light, while Falco hands out a detonator to his lover Myu, which is triggered to destroy the foundation of the Imperial Capital, in case he loses to Kenshiro.
#5 - Falco, the Brave General of the Source Star! There Lies the Shadow of Raoh...
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/1987
As Kenshiro and the North Star Army approaches the Imperial Capital, Shoki of the Red Light decides to revolt against the Viceroy Jakoh, who is holding the Celestial Emperor hostage and forcing Falco to do his evil bidding.
#6 - Ein in Danger! Hands of Evil Reach for His Love!!
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/1987
After Ein decides to switch sides and join the North Star Army, his former recruiter Beron decides to take revenge by kidnapping his "little lady", Asuka.
#7 - The Past is Gone. The Dawn of the New Age!!
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/12/1987
Years has passed since Kenshiro disappeared following his final battle with Raoh and in the years since he's been gone, the Army of the Celestial Emperor has began to expand their territory through threat and oppression. Bat and Lin, Kenshiro's former companions, are now grown up and are leading a resistance movement known as the North Star Army.
#8 - The Celestial Emperor is Finally Revealed!
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/1987
Lin enters the Imperial Capital along with Bat and Lin, sensing that the Celestial Emperor is calling out for her, while Kenshiro and Falco begins their battle.
#9 - Good or Evil? The Mysterious North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist Appears!!
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/30/1987
Alph of the Hourglass, an Asura permitted to bear a name, won a battle between Asuras, and in doing so won the right to take Lin. He is charged with eliminating Kenshiro, and uses his poison cape to paralyze Kenshiro and pummel him with attacks. However, the one who lost when two minutes pass turns out to be Alph. Meanwhile, Lin is taken away by Shachi, a wielder of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist.
#10 - An Elegy for Ein! Die Bravely Than Live Without Honor!
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/1987
Kenshiro and Falco, both much worse for wear, are put in dire peril by Jakoh's cowardly schemes. Having already sustained heavy damage all over, both men come under fire from Jakoh's gigantic spears! Lin's group desperately seeks to escape from their cave quickly in order to tell Falco and Kenshiro that they have no more reason to fight. Ein hammers into an iron stake with his fist until breaking through to a water vein, and the underground water pressure lets them escape. The punch he stakes his life on finally creates a miracle!
#11 - When Will He Awaken?!
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/19/1987
A mysterious drifter wanders into a town where the remnants of the Red Dragon Party, a resistance movement that once opposed the Celestial Emperor's army in the past.
#12 - The Ordeal Never Ends! Kenshiro Crosses the Ocean!!
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/16/1987
Lin is taken to a land beyond the Sea of Dead, "The Land of the Asura." In this land where might determines everything, there exists a style called the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist. Kenshiro, crossing the sea in a pirate ship, learns that the ship's captain, the one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged Akashachi, once raided the Land of Asura, but was forced to flee and left his son behind. Upon arriving at the Land of the Asura, the first thing he sees is Falco, collapsed and gravely wounded by an Asura.
#13 - Love is Preached in the Century's End! Her Name is Leia!!
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/13/1987
Shachi is a wielder of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist. His goal is to overthrow the three generals of Asura who rule the Land of Asura. Meanwhile, Kenshiro meets Shachi's former lover, Leia, who tells him to kill Shachi, now steeped in evil. Shachi is stopped during his pursuit. In a fight between Kaizel, who can steal a man's insides without damaging his exterior, and Shachi, what will the outcome be!?
#14 - Another Art of Assassination! The Imperial Fist of the Source Star is the Name!!
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/9/1987
As the North Star Army begins to liberate another one of the Celestial Emperor's areas, Kenshiro is forced to return to Mamiya's village to confront Solia of the Purple Light, a master of Gento Kōken who has been ordered to annihilate anyone associated with the Hokuto and Nanto schools.
#15 - The Wrath of the South Star! The Illustrious Harn Brothers!
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/1987
Just when Falco is about to execute Lin in front of her supporters, Falco is challenged to combat by the Harn Brothers, Haz and Gil, who are seeking revenge against Falco for killing most of the Nanto Seiken masters, while Ein tries to lure Kenshiro to his traps.
#16 - The Fall of the Imperial Capital! Jakoh, You Can Dream in Hell!!
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/1987
Lin and her group manage to escape from Jakoh's underground dungeon, but at the expense of Ein's life. With the Celestial Empress Lui now free, Jakoh loses his hold on Falco and begins to flee for his life.
#17 - The Savior Comes From the North!!
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/26/1987
An innocent woman is mistaken for Lin and is sentenced for public execution by General Bask in an attempt to demoralize the North Star Army. The real Bat and Lin attempt to risk their lives until a familiar face arrives to intervene.
#18 - Kaioh's Disgraceful Past! The Heaven Recreates Lin's Destiny!!
Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 1/28/1988
Because of the destructive point that Kaioh hit, when Lin wakes up, she may very well fall in love with the first person she sees, regardless of whom it may be. Kenshiro, shaking with rage, fights with Kaioh. Realizing Lin's peril, Hyoh once more overstrains his heavily injured body to save Lin... What is the disgrace Hyoh speaks of, that twisted Kaioh as a child!? And what of the feelings Raoh told Kenshiro that he had towards Kaioh!?
#19 - The Final Chapter: The Last Three Episodes! Here is the 2,000 Year-old History of the Main Family of the North Star!!
Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 2/4/1988
Kenshiro and Kaioh's deadly struggle continues. But Kenshiro is put in dire peril when his body becomes paralyzed by gas in a cave beneath the Swamp of Demon. Meanwhile, learning of the destructive point hit on Lin, the Asuras go after her. Danger draws closer and closer to Lin as she begins to regain consciousness. Will Hyoh make it in time!? In the midst of battle, Kenshiro learns that Kaioh also bears the blood of the main family of the North Star. There is a story behind that, a tragic tale about the main family of the North Star from before the Divine Fist of the North Star was founded...
#20 - Men Beyond Reasons! The Band of Seven Attacks Kenshiro!!
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/24/1987
Seeking to become the third general of Asura, Gammon, Asura of Sasori, takes Rock's group hostage in order to ambush Kenshiro. Kenshiro sees the suffering in Rock's eyes, and springs the trap deliberately in order to draw the real culprit, Gammon, out.
#21 - A Cruel Prophecy! Kenshiro, You Cannot Be the Savior!
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/10/1987
Kenshiro is perplexed by Han's dying words, that he can never become a savior. But the Land of Asura remains unaware of the fact that the news of Raoh's coming is wrong, and chaos persists. In the midst of this, a villager named Kosem who eagerly awaits Raoh's coming decides to start an all-out revolt. But the Asuras realize that Raoh will not come, and the villagers are massacred at their hands. Arriving during this, Kenshiro hears someone demanding to know why he is here and not Raoh...
#22 - Kenshiro's Challenge! I'll Never Be Defeated Twice!!
Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/26/1987
Kaioh kills his own younger sister, Sayaka, and spreads word that Kenshiro is the one behind it. Hyoh is consumed by powerful hatred. Kaioh schemes to bring the main family of the North Star to an end. Right in the middle of the funeral for Sayaka being held in Kaioh's castle, an Asura named Gyoko's battle train crashes in. Gyoko, rolling in front of Kaioh, bears a message from Kenshiro: I am never defeated twice! Hyoh, believing that Kenshiro killed Sayaka, is consumed in powerful hatred upon hearing that, and takes his first step towards the dark world...
#23 - Kenshiro on the Execution Stand! The Heavens Unleash the God of the Sea!!
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/29/1987
Having lost to Kaioh, Kenshiro is cruelly crucified. Shachi watches protectively from the shadows, but then challenges Kaioh, who wields a superior North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, to a direct confrontation. However, Shachi doesn't stand a chance against him. Just as Kaioh is about to deliver the finishing blow to Shachi, Akashachi showers him in concentrated sulfuric acid, stalling him long enough to rescue Kenshiro and Shachi. Lin gets swept out of sight in the current... And Akashachi, while trying to finish Kaioh off, meets his end at Kaioh's hands.
#24 - The Tyrant Hyoh and His Sorrowful Aide! Who Will Stop Him Now?!
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/3/1987
Having ventured into the dark world, Hyoh's personality becomes evil and twisted. Upon seeing how he had changed, his adoring, devoted Vice General Nagato is stricken with unbearable grief. Nagato encounters Shachi and Kenshiro, both heavily injured from fighting Kaioh. Despite their positions as enemies, Nagato senses something heart-stirring in Kenshiro's eyes, and hides the two of them in his house...
#25 - The Battle of the Blood Brothers! Tears Will Never Return to Hyoh!!
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/10/1987
Kenshiro's group hears that Hyoh is exploiting villagers to bring back the birthplace of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, the Holy Temple of Asura, from the bottom of a swamp. Kenshiro faces off with Hyoh, who has gone there and turned into a demon. While Kenshiro senses that Hyoh is his elder brother, Hyoh's memories remain sealed and lost, and Hyoh, seeing Kenshiro only as Sayaka's murderer, is consumed anew with vengeance. When Kaioh hears reports of the fighting, he lets out resounding laughter at how smoothly things are going for him.