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“Kenshiro battles Gentou Kouken, rescues Lynn from Shura's three Rasho after defeating tyrant Jacko.”
Fist of the North Star 2
北斗の拳2
7.58
1,764 rank · 34,863 viewers · 161 favorites
Action
Drama
Sci-Fi
Gore
Martial Arts
Shounen
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Synopsis
Kenshiro battles Gentou Kouken, rescues Lynn from Shura's three Rasho after defeating tyrant Jacko.
In the second series after Raoh has been defeated by Kenshiro a new rival appears. The Gentou Kouken warriors. Falco the successor of the Gentou Kouken takes orders from an evil ruler by the name of Jacko. He claims to be the man chosen by the Tentei and issues orders to his subordinates to capture anyone living in order to build up his Imperial Capital. Kenshiro once again rises out of the shadows and puts an end to his tyrannical ways. Amidst the mayhem Lynn gets captured and gets taken to the land of the Shura where only ruthless fighters exist. Now Kenshiro must pursue the captor and defeat the 3 Rasho of the land in order to escape with his life and with Lynn.
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Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 10 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 5
σ 2.36
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.36 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.7
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Score over time
↑ 0.20
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “An worthy continuation of one of japan´s most populair anime franchise since 1983, so soon its HAPPY HAPPY BRITHDAY hokuto no ken, to survive all these decades!!! After the intense 1st serie´s wich...”
- 10 “I loved my time with HNK, so of course I had to check HNK2 out! I was a bit concerned at first due to almost all post-timeskip content being ignored in merch and discussions, but my worries were...”
- 9 “"Hokuto no Ken 2" is basically more of the same, but a bit better. Animation is better, fights are better and the music is glorious as ever. There is a reason why this manga/seres is considered a...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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A Tv Production · Spring 1987
Toei Animation.- Format 43 × 25′ eps × min
- Total runtime 17h 55m all episodes
- Aired Mar 1987 – Feb 1988 Spring 1987
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1226 catalog
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- Discotek Media Licensor