History Headscratchers / FistOfTheNorthStar

** It's basically that a tearful apology means a lot more in Asian cultures taken UpToEleven.

** As he's dying, he realizes that he was wrong in the horrible things he did. Kenshiro seems to forgive him, which suggests that he must be worthy of forgiveness to some degree (although it does seem like severe MoralDissonance. This troper's read that in Japan, a big part in what kind of sentence is given to convicted criminals is whether or not they seem to be sorry for their actions; maybe Souther comes across as more sympathetic to the original Japanese audience).

** [[Film/SinCity "That is one damn fine coat you're wearing!"]].

* What makes Mr.Heart so popular? The guy keeps turning up in a lot of the spin-offs that were made in the series, he even got a place in the arcade game as a playable character.

----->'''Souther:''' "I see. Now I've lost my protection and my wings. But... I'm the Saint Emperor, Souther! Emperor of the Six Stars of Nanto! No retreating! No begging! No quitting! The Emperor will never flee!" *vaults off of a step... either punching along the way (anime), or just straight leaping into Hyakuretsuken-Ujoumoushouha (2006 OVA/''Hokuto Musou'')*

** RuleOfDrama, it doesnt make sense in any logical world, but this is a world with magical kung fu and everyone not being dead after years in a nuclear hellscape, you kinda have to take their word for it.

** I think it's a Japanese thing; martial arts schools (at least traditional ones, not "modern" arts like judo or karate) are often treated as heiritable property, and while the "successor" isn't the only one to practice the art, they are responsible for developing the curriculum and licensing others to teach, and have discretion to expel students. In the manga, Kenshiro and Falco (possibly others as well), occasionally use techniques called "ougi" (translated to "succession technique"), presumably these are secrets taught *only* to the successor of the art in question.
* Ok. It makes sense as to why Shin told Kenshiro Yuria was dead. He gets to spite Kenshiro by keeping him away from Yuria, perhaps for the rest of Kenshiro or Yuria's life, and it'll make it that much less likely that Raoh will ever find Yuria if Kenshiro isn't searching for her or with her. Fine. However, why did Yuria not ever send Kenshiro a message through someone in the Nanto Goshasei? It's not as if they were keeping her prisoner. Furthermore, why did she not tell Juza that she was alive either? Her death is specifically what caused him to go down the hedonistic road he did and made it that much easier for Roah to eventually find her. Even if she didn't tell him right away, once Roah was actually on the way to her and Juza was ignoring the pleas of others to step in, she easily could have told him then. What sense does it make to wait to the last minute, when Roah has already passed by Juza to then tell Juza?

*** Its also not unthinkable that some faction has set up shop in a salvaged oil rig somewhere ala MadMax 2. You just dont get to see it because its not something Kenshiro would care about.

** [[SinCity "That is one damn fine coat you're wearing!"]].

* Something about Kenshiro's first fight with Souther confuses me. When Kenshiro firsts tries to kill Souther, he uses the Hokuto Hyakuretsuken on him. And when that doesn't work tries ''again''. My question is, how was Souther able to just laugh that off? Even if he is "immune" (and by that I mean has a trick to defeat him) to Hokuto Shinken, shouldn't he have been somewhat injured by being punch 50+ times in the chest with enough force to ''wreck a tank''?
** You forget that Souther is one of the inheritors of the South Dipper styles, and thus posseses the same kind of MadeOfIron abilities as Ken. Without being able to use Southers pressure points against him, Souther can just weather the blows, because his reverse biology means that he's basically brought Ken down to normal in regards to their fight.

* Does anybdoy know the name of the track that plays when Kenshiro destroys the tank or when he fights Mr. Heart?

* Is there some cultural reason to why a villain is apparently redeemed just by crying a little before he dies? Souther is the most blatant example, even if hes not forgiven per se they try to tack on some vaguely sympathetic Freudian Excuse, even though the monstrous things he's done would make his master shun him, but damn near EVERY major villain seems to have one of these. Doesnt matter if theyve genocided thousands, just cry a little, and Kenshiro will be sad that youre dead.

** At one point in said flashback with the Goshasei (And not his own army men BTW) Shin reckons that if Raoh thinks Yuria is dead he won't go looking for her. He's also pretty sad over her unconsciously saying Ken's name and not his own proving she loves Ken instead of him, which hastens Shin's decision. Raoh was on his way there too apparently. Shin decided that if Ken believed Yuria to be dead, Raoh would most likely believe it too, especially if he found Shin's beaten body in a grave Ken dug for him, wherein Raoh would come to the obvious conclusion, So it was partly spite for Ken but also hiding Yuria from Raoh. Of course there's also that Yuria doll...

** As he's dying, he realizes that he was wrong in the horrible things he did. Kenshiro seems to forgive him, which suggests that he must be worthy of forgiveness to some degree (although it does seem like severe MoralDissonance. This troper's read that in Japan, a big part in what kind of sentence is given to convicted criminals is whether or not they seem to be sorry for their actions; maybe Souther comes across as more sympathetic to the original Japanese audience.

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