Hokuto no Ken
Fist of the North Star
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Japanese: 北斗の拳
English: Fist of the North Star
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 27
Chapters: 245
Status: Finished
Published: Sep 13, 1983 to Jul 26, 1988
Genres: Action Action, Drama Drama, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Martial Arts Martial Arts
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Hara, Tetsuo (Art), Buronson (Story)

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Score: 8.131 (scored by 1899318,993 users)
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Ranked: #6572
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #374
Members: 52,221
Favorites: 2,198

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Synopsis

One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people—a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star!

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Background

Hokuto no Ken was published in English as Fist of the North Star by VIZ Media for 44 chapters from 1989 to 1997 in monthly comic book format, later collected into 4 graphic novels. After gaining rights to the series, Gutsoon! Entertainment later republished the series under the Raijin Comics imprint in full-color, original right-to-left format as Fist of the North Star: Master Edition from January 28, 2003 to May 19, 2004; only covering the first 9 volumes due to Gutsoon! becoming defunct in North America. The series was published by VIZ Media under the VIZ Signature imprint from June 15, 2021, to September 23, 2025.
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11 Recommended
3 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Jul 31, 2025
Kinglink
Recommended
I really like a lot of this manga. It's a overly strong powerful character who doesn't constantly have training montages to fight. He's a silent hero, with power who... now get this.. KILLS people? I know wow crazy right?

Yes this was written before the "no murder" idea came to shonen, but still this feels so refreshing.

I would have given this series a 9 if it was the first and second arc... However... there's 245 chapters in there. I'd say this book reaches the peek around chapter 130... Maybe even is still good enough around 160. ...
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Aug 24, 2023
JorgJohnson
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (122/245 eps)
As you can see I have not finished the manga and have only read up to what volume 9 of the viz releases. I hope to inform you on the shortcomings and strong points of this manga. This review does not contain any major spoilers such as deaths how ever it will reveal how the story unfolds to some extent.

Story: 5
What hooked me was the first fight with Raoh.The story has some great moments however some feel forced ranging from somewhat to very much so. Over and over again we see the most evil of evil characters which only really bothered me when they were ...
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Dec 2, 2020
ThanosCh5
Not Recommended
Preliminary (98/245 eps)
My review is up to vol. 11 ch.98


Story: 3

Even though the concept is interesting, the story is poor. After 98 chapters I can sum up for you the whole story. Thugs appear, kill some fodder, Kenshiro appears, omae wa mou shindeirou-nani, man explodes, blonde man who is the thugs' boss appears, Kenshiro does some Hokuto no ken, lots of blood, blonde man is dead. Add some family/brother issues and that's it. The only aspect which led me not to drop the anime immediately, but in the end proved to be insufficient, was the emotional deaths.

Art: 6

The art is detailed, but at some parts confusing. ...
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