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 - 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!
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#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 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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!?
#17 - Villains! Shall We Have a Countdown to Death?
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1984
The members of God's Army conduct a full-scale search of the oasis for Kenshiro. When the search team begins to execute random villagers to lure him, Ken allows himself to be captured in order to infiltrate their training facility. There, he faces against the army's drill instructor, the Mad Sarge.
#18 - Strike the Hidden Power Point! No Requiem for the Wicked!
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/29/1984
Ken penetrates the headquarters of God's Army and confronts their leader, the Colonel, a deluded follower of Shin who has mastered the art of Nanto Muonken.
#19 - Search Order From Satan. Find the Man With the Seven Scars!
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/15/1984
Ken and his friends arrive at an oasis under the surveillance of God's Army, a fanatical military group composed of former special forces members. Ken becomes a target for this group after Ken kills one of the security officers in battle.
#20 - 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.
#21 - The North Star's 2000 Years of Tragedy! I Can Hear Ken-Oh's Footsteps!
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/22/1985
While awaiting for Ken's return, Bat and Rin reminisce of their adventures with Ken and the people they met up until this point. Ken-Oh's Royal Guards arrive at Cassandra to regain their hold of the prisoners' morale.
#22 - Villains! Say Your Prayers Before You Die!
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1984
Ken and his friends visit a village where young men and women are offered as slaves to Madam Patra, a local sorceress who controls the village's water supply.
#23 - End of Part Two: Farewell, Rei! Your Heroic Legend Will Be Told Throughout the Ages!
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 12/26/1985
In his last moment of life, Rei secludes himself from his family and friends and reminisces his adventures with Ken and co. while awaiting death. After dying, Ken cremates his body by burning the cabin with his body still in it.
#24 - Love on the Battlefield! Must This Age Tear Love Apart!?
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/1986
When a young member of Shu's resistance is killed, Ken must protect the fallen rebel's fiancee from Garzus, one of Souther's men.
#25 - Battle Makes a Man! The Gates of Confrontation Have Opened!
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1985
Shin gathers his entire army for a meeting as he officially declares war against Kenshiro. Barcom, the General of King's army, tells his men how Ken defeated some of Shin's best fighters. Meanwhile, Yuria recounts to Saki how she came to be Shin's captive and his rise to power.