Fist of the North Star

- Season 1

(1984)

It is the year 199X and nuclear war has ravaged the world. Society has collapsed, leaving the weak to fight for their lives while the strong take what they please. The Zeed gang is looting villages and killing anyone that they find, not even women and children are safe. But, from the wasteland a mysterious stranger appears, to protect those that cannot protect themselves.

The Fist of Lingering Regret and Certain Death!! The Future is sighted in the Barren Wasteland!!The rice seeds which an old man had been traveling with for half a year to bring back to his village are stolen from him. The seeds are returned and the old man is escorted back to his village. However, after Kenshiro's departure, Spade, from the King Clan, returns to attack the village once again. Will Kenshiro be able to save the village!?

In the City Without Light, a Lone Fist Burns! The Furious Death by the Five Exploding Fingers. Kenshiro's arch nemesis Shin who calls himself King Clan has captured Lin who was following Kenshiro. Kenshiro heads to a town called Dorado to confront Diamond and Club, and to rescue Lin.

Kenshiro has killed Shin's subordinates. Shin orders Heart to exterminate Kenshiro.

Can the Flames of Love Burn in Hell? You Don't Even Know You're Already Dead!!Shin is a user of the Divine Fist of the South Star, the Assassin's Fist which contests the Divine Fist of the North Star.A year ago, Shin betrayed his master's orders and fought Kenshiro, stealing Kenshiro's lover Yuria. However, since then she has never showed her smile again. Yuria still had Kenshiro in her mind. Kenshiro goes alone to the fortress to look for Yuria, but no one is there.

Kenshiro, Lin, and Bat arrive at a desert oasis. It's a small but lively town, but it's ruled by the "Divine Military," God's Army, who on the surface protects the town while actually plundering its resources over and over again. Their leader, The Colonel, is a powerful user of the Southern Fist style who also has supernatural powersKenshiro challenges God's Army to battle!!

The new leader of God's Army takes the people of the town hostage to lure Kenshiro. After witnessing a child see her own parents murdered in front of her eyes, Kenshiro flies into a rage at the inhuman act, and he pummels the perpetrators to a pulp.

In his search for the leader of God's Army (The Colonel) Kenshiro enters the soaring tower within the base. The Colonel uses his extraordinary abilities to read Kenshiro's movements and attacks with his lethal boomerang!

In exchange for access to the lake, a witch named Patora demands village people work as slaves. Kenshiro heads to Headwater Lake and finds Dragon's fortress.

Pastora and Dragon are controlling the lake's water and afflict the village people.

Kenshiro returns water to the well, as Toyo who is Bat's foster parent, wishes.

In order to avenge Toyo, who dies protecting the children of the village, Kenshiro chases Jackal while defeating members of the Warriors one after another.

Joker takes away Jackal and orders to restrain Devil's Rebirth. Devil's Rebirth is insanely violent. Kenshiro has trouble with Devil's Rebirth who masters the Indian assassination technique, the Arhat Deva Fist.

Duran gains the trust of the villagers and is living among them, he actually held a candle to the devil with Dante before. However, the Dante Army discovers Duran's hiding place, and the gang blackmails him to assassinate Kenshiro in exchange for the villagers' safety.

Kenshiro and his gang arrive in a town with a haunting sound of an ominous bell. The town is dominated by Zaria with Dark Bell Fist.In the middle of the night, the bell rings, and the townspeople under hypnosis by Zaria attack Kenshiro.

The new leader of God's Army takes the people of the town hostage to lure Kenshiro. After witnessing a child see her own parents murdered in front of her eyes, Kenshiro flies into a rage at the inhuman act, and he pummels the perpetrators to a pulp.

Shin gathers his entire elite King Army in order to consolidate his power to defeat Kenshiro. Meanwhile, Yuria proclaims that she lives on only because that was Ken's wish.

The fully assembled King Army assaults a village Ken was visiting.

Garekki and Goldwolf attack Jennifer's village. Meanwhile, Temjina, who was about to be executed for letting Yuria escape, is set free. He sets out to tell Kenshiro the location of Southern Cross.

With the information Temjina sacrificed his life to give, Kenshiro and the others head for Southern Cross. However, an attack from General Balcom's helicopter squad puts Kenshiro on death's door.

Shin's creation, Southern Cross, is thrust into chaos by Balcom's rebellion. Plus, Kenshiro, whom he thought dead, has revived! Is their fated battle finally here?!

Kenshiro finally confronts his old nemesis, Shin. But he is shocked to hear that Yuria has already committed suicide and left this world. What's more, Shin plans to follow her!

Kenshiro and the others leave Southern Cross behind. They run afoul of Kemda and the Fang Clan, but defeat them easily. Arriving at the next town, they find that its leader, Mamiya, looks just like Yuria.

Rei is hired by the Fang Clan to infiltrate Mamiya's village as a spy, where he meets Kenshiro and his friends.

Mamiya's brother Kou is attacked by the Fang Clan and publicly executed. A strawberry for Mamiya's birthday cake is found on his remains.

Kenshiro and Rei, North Star and South Star, set out to exterminate the Fang Clan.

The Boss Fang shows his trump card: he has hunted down and captured Rei's sister, Airi. Rei loses himself and goes berserk. Airi realizes her brother is near, and tries to reunite with him, but...

To rescue Airi, Mamiya heads to meet the Boss Fang and declares herself Kenshiro's fiance, but is kidnapped. Then, Boss Fang orders Rei to kill Kenshiro.

Kenshiro tells Rei about the seven scars on his chest, and Rei believes him.

One man has been calling himself Kenshiro and perpetuating acts of cruelty.

The feeble Mako and his younger brother Aki live in a town under Jagi's control.

Jagi chooses the roof of a 200 meter-tall building for the site of his showdown.

Word has it that Toki is a demon, who repeatedly performs fearsome human experiments. Kenshiro hears that the monsters born from those experiments are running rampant, and goes to see if this is truly Toki, his older brother...

Kenshiro enters the village of miracles, defeats a man modified by Toki, and heads towards Toki himself. Hearing of this, Toki gloats that he's about to gain the greatest possible marionette.

Yu, part of the caravan that picked Lin up, has fallen ill.