Fist of the North Star 2

- Season 1

(1987)

An innocent woman is mistaken for Lin and is sentenced for public execution by General Bask in an attempt to demoralize the Hokuto Army.

With Kenshiro finally joining forces with the North Star Army, everyone in the army feels strongly reassured. In the meantime, reports of Kenshiro reach the area commander Geira. Ein, a bounty hunter coming to claim a bounty, hears from Geira that the price on Kenshiro's head is staggering, boasts loudly that he'll defeat him.

Kenshiro's comrade-in-arms, Rei of the South Star Waterfowl Fist, is buried in a prospering town. But that town, home to Mamiya and Airi, comes under attack by Solia of the Purple Light, a general of the Celestial Emperor Army. At the same time, the North Star Army is in the final stages of an operation to capture another area. Spotting the town in peril, Kenshiro runs to save it!

Awaiting the North Star Army is a general of the Celestial Emperor Army, the strongest practitioner of the Imperial Fist of the Source Star, Golden Falco. He singlehandedly routs the entire North Star Army. In exchange for sparing all of their lives, he demands the death of their leader. Bat tries to protect Lin by claiming he is their leader, but Falco sees right through it and identifies Lin as the true leader. What is the tie that binds Falco and Lin!?

Going on the justification that if Ken spared his life, he couldn't be that bad of a guy, Bat accepts Ein's invitation to join forces, and the two capture an area by themselves. But that would lead to tragedy, as the commander of the area they captured, Beron, abducts Ein's girl, Asuka, in vengeance. Ein's "lady love" turns out to be a little girl! What is their relation? And what is Ein's reason for fighting?

Having lost his trump card, the Celestial Emperor, Jakoh is left naked and alone. Abandoned by his henchmen, he gets obliterated by a furious Falco. The joy of peace returning is short-lived, though. It is found out that Taiga of the Green Light has taken Lin and is trying to cross the Sea of Death. Ein's life leaves a powerful impression on Kenshiro, and Kenshiro grows determined to pursue Taiga. A new battle is just beginning to unfold...

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.

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!?

Shachi takes Lin to general of Aura Han's castle, seeking to use Kenshiro to wear down Han for an easy defeat. In the guise of a rag, Shachi offers Lin up to Han as a pretense to get close to him. Han already sees through Shachi's disguise, and the two quickly resort to battle, though Shachi opts to make a hasty retreat after confirming Han's strength for himself. Meanwhile, Kenshiro is already inside Han's castle...

While watching Kenshiro and Han's fight from the sidelines, Shachi reflects upon how in this land, one must be strong to survive. After apprenticing himself to an old master of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, Shachi decided to become a devil, in direct opposition to his lover Leia, who preached the value of love. He refined his skill under Jukei, who claimed that one day a savior would bring change to this land. But the name of the savior Jukei spoke of turns out to be Raoh!

Due to Shachi's scheming, Kenshiro's presence becomes known all across the land as "Raoh's invasion." The Asuras cower, and the people eagerly await liberation. Relieved to hear this, Jukei tells of his past... He taught the three generals of Asura the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, and led to the creation of the Land of Asura. Furthermore, this Land of Asura was Raoh and Kenshiro's birthplace...

With Raoh's legend in shambles, tyranny and brutal suppression of revolts has grown worse than ever. Kosem's son Rock, believing Raoh would come, returned to his village with the intent of joining the uprising, but is horror-stricken upon finding out about the death of his father and the collapse of Raoh's legend. Rock decides to carry on Raoh's legend himself, and gathers fellow soldiers to form Raoh's Army. They boldly dare to challenge the Asuras, but...

With the death of the third general of Asura, Han, the second general of Asura Hyoh departs in person, at the head of his army, to suppress Kenshiro. Learning of the situation, the master of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, Jukei, shockingly claims that Kenshiro cannot win against Hyoh. Kenshiro is Hyoh's younger brother by blood, and furthermore, Hyoh has a hidden secret...!!

Jukei, master of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, awaits Hyoh, who is still in search of Kenshiro. Jukei, believing Kenshiro cannot win against Hyoh, risks his life to try and restore Hyoh's memories. Meanwhile, Shachi, in pursuit of his own ambition, hands Lin over to the first general, Kaioh. But Kaioh, after taking Lin to his castle, gives off an evil fighting spiritual energy, and declares himself the creator of the new century.

Shachi is determined to protect Kenshiro, whom he believes to be the savior. He continues his journey, disguising himself as a rag and hiding Kenshiro in a coffin. Kaioh is consumed with fear of Kenshiro's limitless potential, and instructs his henchmen to search for Lin. For her part, after getting swallowed by underground currents, Lin is rescued by Kaioh's younger sister, Sayaka. Meanwhile, heavily scarred by the killing of Jukei, Hyoh seeks out Sayaka to mend his wounds, but...

Shachi finally brings Kenshiro to a safe haven. Around that time, Commander of Asura Kain, having received instructions to search for Shachi and Kenshiro, sets about his search in hopes of attaining the coveted position of third general. The cabin where Shachi arrived finally gets searched, but due to poor timing, the only one there is the cabin's elderly caretaker. Asura henchmen intrude inside... Meanwhile, in order to draw Hyoh to the dark world, Kaioh takes his own younger sister by blood, Sayaka.

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...

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.

In the midst of Kenshiro and Hyoh's back-and-forth battle, when Kenshiro hits a pressure point, Hyoh uses an evil art to gouge out his own flesh where the pressure point is located. With the battle between Kenshiro and Hyoh, Kaioh is more confident than ever in the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist's new century. When he has Lin brought before him, Kaioh's real face surfaces amidst his evil fighting spiritual energy. His face bears an eerie resemblance to Raoh's... Of course it would - Kaioh is Raoh's older brother!

Hyoh's evil fighting spiritual energy has vanished! But his memories haven't completely returned. His mind clouded with memories of his childhood departure from Kenshiro, Hyoh turns his fist upon Kenshiro once more. Shachi senses danger and finally acts. As Kenshiro catches a glimpse of tears in Hyoh's eyes, his fist slackens, and to save him, he rushes Hyoh from behind! Then the defeated Hyoh says something unexpected...

Shachi is believed to have already died fighting Kaioh to protect Leia. But the female visages in the Holy Temple of Asura create a mysterious resonance, and with tears in his eyes, Shachi rises again. Even as heavily overwhelmed as he had been, he launches a counterattack so ferocious that it even shocks Kaioh. It all comes from the power of love... Kaioh, now convinced that the main family's ultimate technique is love, seeks to prove the superiority of the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist that he uses for his evil ultimate art.

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...!?

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!?

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...

Kaioh's fist no longer has any effect on Kenshiro. In contrast to the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, whose style has already been perfected and has no further progress, the Divine Fist of the North Star is a style which continues to constantly evolve on the battlefield. Thus, by using the hidden technique Kenshiro acquired, the art to deflect the North Star Lapis Lazuli Fist, it is rendered completely ineffective. Seeing his chances of winning slipping away, Kaioh casts off the armor he wears to contain his evil fighting spiritual energy, and goes all-out in a last ...

After saving Lin and Hyoh, the North Star Army rushes towards the place where the ferocious battle between Kenshiro and Kaioh is unfolding. Kaioh has cast off his armor and fights desperately using his evil fighting spiritual energy, while Kenshiro shows that he has the advantage by far. But Kaioh, who can't even hurt him with his evil fighting spiritual energy now, borrows his mother's strength for one final blow! Kaioh gets sent flying into the sky by a geyser erupting from beneath the grave, and when he swoops down upon Kenshiro, Kenshiro's fist slams into him! Can...