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The Worst Episodes of Fist of the North Star

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It's the year 199x, and Earth burns with the fires of a nuclear holocaust. On the charred remains of the planet's surface, humans struggle desperately to survive a fearful world. The young wanderer Kenshiro rises

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 17 - Battle Makes a Man! The Gates of Confrontation Have Finally Opened
    6.1/10(53 votes)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Atsunori Umezawa
    Writer:Hiroshi Toda

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  2. Fist of the North Star Season 3 Episode 22 - Rei of the South Star Waterfowl Fist! Was a Man Who Died For His Friends!!
    6.2/10(28 votes)

    S3:E22

    Ken reflects on the life of his ally Rei, the man who sacrificed his life to save Ken.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Fist of the North Star Season 3 Episode 24 - Shu of the South Star White Heron Fist! The Heaven Only Bestows Cruel Destinies!!
    6.2/10(28 votes)

    S3:E24

    Ken remembers Shu, a selfless man whose encounter with a young Kenshiro led him to his destiny.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Fist of the North Star Season 3 Episode 23 - Yuda of the South Star Crimson Crane Fist! His Beautiful Smile Calls For Tragedy!!
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    S3:E23

    Ken remembers Rei's battle against his rival Yuda, the man who once tormented Rei's beloved Mamiya.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 6 - Rei! I’ll Stop Your Tears with My Fist!!
    6.4/10(41 votes)

    S2:E6

    While pretending to be Ken's fiancee, Mamiya allows herself to be captured by Boss Fang under the condition that he releases Airi. However, Boss Fang does not keep his side of the bargain and forces Ken and Rei to fight each other for the safety of the women.

    Director:Shigenori Kageyama
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Fist of the North Star Season 3 Episode 25 - Holy Emperor Souther! Your Deep Affection Consumes You In Love!!
    6.4/10(28 votes)

    S3:E25

    Ken remembers Souther, the strongest of the Nanto Seiken masters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Fist of the North Star Season 3 Episode 21 - Shin of the South Star Sacred Fist! Risked Your Life For Love That Never Will!!
    6.6/10(30 votes)

    S3:E21

    While cremating Toki's and Ryuga's remains, Ken remembers where it all began - with his old nemesis Shin, the man who engraved the seven scars on his chest and once kidnapped his beloved Yuria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 19 - Villains! Ready Your One-Way Tickets to Death
    6.7/10(51 votes)

    S1:E19

    Ken is forced to return to Jeena village when Garekki of the Gold Wolf gang attempts to invade it, while Saki's elder brother, Temjina, escapes from Southern Cross, seeking to tell Ken of Yuria's whereabouts.

    Director:Umetaro Saitani
    Writer:Hiroshi Toda

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  9. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 19 - The North Star’s 2,000-year Tragedy! I Can Hear the Fist King’s Footsteps!!
    6.7/10(43 votes)

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Fist of the North Star Season 4 Episode 27 - Conclusion of the Final Chapter - Now Revealed!! The 2000 Year History of the North Star!!
    6.7/10(31 votes)

    S4:E27

    A recap of Kenshiro's history from the day he first met Yuria as a child at the North Star Mind and Body Training Ground to his final battle against his eldest brother Raoh.

    Director:Renji Kawabata
    Writer:Shikichi Ohashi

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  11. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 15 - Count to Three! You're the One Who'll Die!
    6.8/10(54 votes)

    S1:E15

    Ken and his friend must save a haunted village from Zaria, a witchdoctor who uses a strange hypnosis technique that turns villagers into mind-controlled slaves.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 4 - Tremble As You Sleep, Villains in the Valley of Night Fog!!
    6.8/10(41 votes)

    S2:E4

    Ken, along with Rei and Mamiya, venture into Night Fog Valley in order to confront Boss Fang, the leader of the Fang Clan. Boss Fang orders his right-hand man to do a background check on Ken and Rei.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 18 - Villains Need No Graves! This Is the Hellish Cassandra!!
    6.8/10(41 votes)

    S2:E18

    Ken challenges Uighur, the Warden of Cassandra, at the prison's courtyard.

    Director:Shigenori Kageyama
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Fist of the North Star Season 4 Episode 23 - Protect the Merciful Mother of the South Star! Even If It's the End of the Five Chariots!!
    6.8/10(28 votes)

    S4:E23

    At Fudo's funeral pyre, the sole surviving member of the Five Chariots, Rihaku, remembers the sacrifices of his comrades as they fought to protect Yuria from Raoh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 2 - The Deadly Fist of Lingering Regret! The Future is Sighted in the Barren Desert!
    6.9/10(103 votes)

    S1:E2

    Ken rescues an old man named Smith from Spade, a member of the Four Jacks working for the King organization. The old man seeks to deliver a bag of rice seeds to his village, hoping to harvest them for the future. Ken and Bato take Smith to his village, unaware that Spade and his men are following them. Spade, who lost his eye during his initial encounter with Ken, attacks the village and kills Smith in retaliation. Unable to rescue Smith, an angry Ken kills Spade with a technique that makes their victim feel remorse before dying. After the battle, Ken plants Smith's seed over his grave.

    Director:Iku Ishiguro
    Writer:Shozo Uehara

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  16. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 10 - Inverse Raging Fire Punch! There Are Too Many Who Must Die!
    6.9/10(63 votes)

    S1:E10

    Ken ventures into Patra's lair at Dragon God Mountain to save the young villagers. There he faces Patra's partner Dragon, a firebreather who attempts to coerce Ken to his side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 3 - Sinners! Thy Name Is Fang Clan!
    6.9/10(44 votes)

    S2:E3

    When Mamiya's younger brother Ko is captured by the Fangs and publicly executed, Ken and Rei sets out to punish the ones responsible. Rei reveals his motive for searching for the Man with Seven Scars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 16 - Sing For Me, Villains! The Counting Rhymes of Hell!
    7.0/10(54 votes)

    S1:E16

    Ken is caught at the middle of a gang war between the Scorpions and the Snakes, each seeking to recruit Ken to their side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 9 - Villains! - Say Your Prayers Before You Die!
    7.1/10(59 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 11 - Villains!! Listen to the Blues of Hell!!
    7.1/10(62 votes)

    S1:E11

    Ken and his companions meet Taki, an old friend of Bato. Taki takes them to his home village where Auntie Toyo, an elderly woman who takes care of orphaned and abandoned children, is trying to dig a well. Unaware to him, the Warriors biker gang led by Jackal have followed Ken, seeking to claim Toyo's village as their new hideout.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 20 - Nightmarish Full-Scale War! My Fists Pack One Million Volts!
    7.1/10(50 votes)

    S1:E20

    With Ken having learned the location of the city of Southern Cross from Temjina's dying words, Shin deploys a giant gunship as his last resource.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Fist of the North Star Season 2 Episode 16 - Crimson Fist of Lotus Mountain! A Tragic Woman Born of the Times!!
    7.1/10(37 votes)

    S2:E16

    Uighur, the Warden of Cassandra, blackmails a female prisoner named Bella, the successor of the Ranzan Kurenaiken (the Crimson Fist of Lotus Mountain) style, to kill Ken and his friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Fist of the North Star Season 4 Episode 16 - The Capital of the South Star Trembles! The Two Brothers of the North Star Finally Arrive!!
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    S4:E16

    While Kenshiro and Raoh are mutually approaching the Capital of the South Star, Rihaku tells his daughter Toh about Hokuto Shinken and the history between Kenshiro and Raoh.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 3 - In the City Without Light, a Lone Fist Burns! The Furious Death by the Five Exploding Fingers.
    7.2/10(90 votes)

    S1:E3

    Bato spots Rin in a truck full of captured villagers being taken to the village of Dorado, which is occupied by the King gang. On their way there, Ken encounters two of remaining Jacks, Diamond and Club, who are torturing the villagers of Dorado. With Bato's help, Ken is reunited with Rin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Fist of the North Star Season 1 Episode 4 - Attack the Bloody Cross! The Secret Technique, Death by Soft Strikes.
    7.2/10(83 votes)

    S1:E4

    Ken learns that the prisoners that were transported with Rin were taken to a prison camp in a nearby valley. Ken manages to break the imprisoned villagers free, but during their escape they're all slaughtered in an ambush led by Mr. Heart, the last of the Four Jacks. While Heart's excess flesh proves resistant to his attacks, Ken eventually uses a techniques which penetrates through his body. From his battle with Heart, Ken learns an important clue which reveals to him the identity of King.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Battle Makes a Man! The Gates of Confrontation Have Finally Opened" is the worst rated episode of "Fist of the North Star". It scored 6.1/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Atsunori Umezawa and written by Hiroshi Toda, it aired on 2/14/1985. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rei of the South Star Waterfowl Fist! Was a Man Who Died For His Friends!!".