History NightmareFuel / FistOfTheNorthStar

** Barcom, Shin's anime-exclusive general, is also a Taizanji Kenpo master, and not only can he harden his body like steel, just like Boss Fang, but he can do so effortlessly without anyone knowing. He can crush a fit man to death with essentially an armored bear hug, but his Secret Technique, Youki Grinyuu Ken (Phantom Illusion Fist), lets him move his fists so fast that the afterimages form a screen that disguises his arms and part of his chest from view, leaving him free to make any move undetected. His arts would have KILLED Shin if Barcom didn't take Shin's bait and draw in too close.

** And to complete the horror... To master these styles, the practitioners go through [[TrainingFromHell a terrifying training]] that makes them strong enough to tear through tank armor by sheer brute force or take hits with that kind of power-and that's ''the weak ones'' such as Jagi. Kenshiro once sent someone into orbit with a kick... And then there's Raoh, who is leagues above that.

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? ''[[TheManTheyCouldntHang They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK. HE SURVIVED ALL THIRTEEN EXECUTIONS]]''. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro. Thankfully, [[MusclesAreMeaningless his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks]], though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.

* [[AxCrazy Jagi]], the first major villain in the series to use ''Hokuto Shinken'', who showcases just how horrible the style can be when used for evil, even though he is not a true master of the style like Kenshiro and is the biggest coward of the series. Then he takes off his mask [[NightmareFace and]]... [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100917092255/hokuto/images/a/a8/Jagi_%28Jagi_Gaiden%29.jpg SWEET MERCY]]!

* There is a rather nasty moment in Kenshiro and Shin's second battle where Shin manages to administer a particularly painful attack where he [[ImpaledPalm stabs straight through Kenshiro's hand]]. Kenshiro then punches straight through one of Shin's own hands.

This classic has its share of Nightmare Fuel. Interestingly enough, at the time it was first released, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids it was aimed at kids]]. Nowadays, people would say that this work is meant for an older audience, and with all the {{gorn}} and brutality that abounds, it's easy to see why.

This classic has its share of Nightmare Fuel. Interestingly enough, at the time it was first released, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids it was aimed at kids]]. Nowadays, people would say that this work is meant for an older audience.

* Viceroy Jakou. He doesn't actually do that much in terms of fighting, but it doesn't make him less scary. First, he sports this big mad slasher grin almost all the time. The fact that it's based off of The Joker's grin from ''Batman'' really doesn't help. Second, he shamelessly uses his adoptive brother Falco to do all his dirty work. In fact, he had tried to have one of the twins [[spoiler: Lin and Lui]] killed off when they were only helpless infants. He claimed that a prophecy stated that twins would cause chaos, but it seems that he didn't really care about this prophecy so much as he just wanted to have an infant murdered for kicks. Finally, he tries to have his own adoptive brother murdered without a qualm. Even a NonActionBigBad in this story can be scary.

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? ''[[TheManTheyCouldntHang They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK. HE SURVIVED ALL THIRTEEN EXECUTIONS]]''. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. [[WhatAnIdiot Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro]]. Thankfully, [[MusclesAreMeaningless his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks]], though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.

* The fighting style ''Hokuto Ryuuken'' (can be translated as "Big Dipper Shining Stone Fist") may sound like a cool style...until you see it in action (basically, think Hokuto Shinken's [[EvilCounterpart eviler brother]]). One teacher of the style, Jukei, used it...[[SuperpoweredEvilSide and paid a terrible price]]. Apparently, it put him in a state [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil similar to being on drugs]]. While under the influence, he became [[MadnessMakeover demonic-looking]], with [[CrossPoppingVeins bulging veins all over his body]], [[UhOhEyes his eyes being covered with veins]], and emitting purple smoke breath. He also [[UnstoppableRage killed a lot of people]] and caused [[PersonOfMassDestruction a lot of destruction while under the influence]], and Ryuken had to hit him with pressure points on the neck to snap him out of it. [[IfYouThoughtThatWasBad Oh, and Jukei hadn't even surrendered himself completely to it by that point]]! Oh, and here's the kicker...Jukei [[WhatDidIDoLastNight didn't even remember what he did while he was on a rampage]], and Ryuken had to tell him that during his rampage, [[AdultFear he killed his own wife and child]]. This is the reason the plotline focused on killing off everyone who learned that style.

* The way Boss Fang dies at the hands of Raoh in the movie. To make it simple, his skin, which is turned into iron because of his Kazan Kogai Koho, begins to crack apart, which isn't too gruesome, but the real nasty part is how parts of his body start to burst out of him, not as in him literally exploding, but whole chunks of his form falling out of him like drawers, all while he yowls in agony. Thankfully it quickly cuts away to a far away shot of him exploding in a cloud of blood which manages to be infinitely less disturbing in comparison.

** The one technique that takes the grand prize out of Hokuto Shinken (And really, a lot of techniques we witness)? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1BZ0w3_-o Hokuto Ujou Hagan Ken]], which is translated roughly to "Big Dipper/North Star Humane Face-Destroying Fist." There's Toki, who's sitting there calmly while 2 of the prison guards were about to kill him, and then all of a sudden Toki raises his arms and a beam of energy is shot from each one of them towards the guards on both sides. At first, the guards are confused as to what just happened and on cue their bodies start to twist. Then Kenshiro explains that those who are on the receiving end of the technique will experience sheer heaven before they die. And lo, the guards' bodies start to twist and turn on every limb in a nightmarish way, but the worst part? The guards' faces are not contorted in pain, but rather in ''sheer pleasure and ecstasy'' while their bodies twist and turn further until they're ''completely disintegrated''. Even Mamiya, an ally to Kenshiro and Toki herself, has a ''terrified'' look on her face upon witnessing this technique. It's so ironic that the most illuminated, wise and gentle character in the series has mastered such a horrifying technique, which fans jokingly called it [[FanNickname "the Jesus Rainbow Beam"]].

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? ''[[TheManTheyCouldntHang They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK. HE SURVIVED ALL THIRTEEN EXECUTIONS]]''. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. [[WhatAnIdiot Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro]]. Thankfully, [[MusclesAreMeaningless his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks]], though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.

** And the reason that Toki had to do this to Rei? Because when Rei fought Raoh, Raoh used a Hokuto Shinken attack on him that ensured that Rei would die a very painful and agonizing death after three days.

* When Toki strikes a pressure point on Rei that could extend his lifespan and strength enough to allow him to fight Juda, what happens proves that it was never going to be easy. The procedure is incredibly painful, and lots of screaming results from it.
** In particular, all of Rei's [[{{Fingore}} fingernails burst out of his fingers, one by one]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide "I HAVE SEEN THE DARK WORLD!"]]]]

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? [[TheManTheyCouldntHang ''They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK. HE SURVIVED ALL THIRTEEN EXECUTIONS'']]. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. [[WhatAnIdiot Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro]]. Thankfully, [[MusclesAreMeaningless his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks]], though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.

* The fighting style of ''Taizan Tenrouken'' (can be translated as "Mount Tai Sirius Fist") is a terrible fighting style. Ryuga is the only practitioner of this style, and that's a good thing. With this style, he scoops the chunks of his victims' flesh while leaving them with a [[ImColdSoCold feeling of bitter coldness]]. They feel cold, not necessarily because he's freezing them, but because he scooped out their nerve endings. [[EveryoneHasStandards Kenshiro himself]] said that this is a terrible style. When the guy who can make your head explode just by touching a pressure point actually says this, that really tells you something.

** Taizanji Kempo (Mount Tai Temple Martial Arts) in general: it's a collection of strange yet powerful martial arts with nightmarish effects, with the first technique ever seen in the original two-shot pilot having the extremely descriptive name of ''Bear Claw Bisection Fist''. Worse still, most known practitioners are crazy and/or evil, and have no qualms using their strength to commit atrocities for kicks. One gets the impression [[WellIntentionedExtremist Raoh]] collected so many of them in his army specifically to make sure they would be kept in check until it was time to kill most of them (of the ones in his army, only Ryuga and Uighur weren't crazy and evil).

* The fighting style ''Hokuto Ryuuken'' (can be translated as "Big Dipper Shining Stone Fist") may sound like a cool style...until you see it in action. One teacher of the style, Jukei, used it...and paid a terrible price. Apparently, it put him in a state similar to being on drugs. While under the influence, he became demonic-looking, with bulging veins all over his body, his eyes being covered with veins, and emitting purple smoke breath. He also killed a lot of people and caused a lot of destruction while under the influence, and Ryuken had to hit him with pressure points on the neck to snap him out of it. Oh, and Jukei hadn't even surrendered himself completely to it by that point! Oh, and here's the kicker...Jukei [[WhatDidIDoLastNight didn't even remember what he did while he was on a rampage]], and Ryuken had to tell him that during his rampage, he killed his own wife and child. This is the reason the plotline focused on killing off everyone who learned that style.

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? ''They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK. ALL THIRTEEN EXECUTIONS''. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. [[WhatAnIdiot Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro]]. Thankfully, his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks, though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.

** Shin, despite being defeated soundly by Kenshiro in their second battle, manages to adminster a particularly painful attack where he stabs straight through Kenshiro's hand. Kenshiro then punches straight through one of Shin's own hands.

* The fighting style of ''Taizan Tenrouken'' (can be translated as "Mount Tai Sirius Fist") is a terrible fighting style. Ryuga is the only practitioner of this style, and that's a good thing. With this style, he scoops the chunks of his victims' flesh while leaving them with a feeling of bitter coldness. They feel cold, not necessarily because he's freezing them, but because he scooped out their nerve endings. Kenshiro himself said that this is a terrible style. When the guy who can make your head explode just by touching a pressure point actually says this, that really tells you something.

* The fighting style ''Hokuto Ryuuken'' (can be translated as "Big Dipper Shining Stone Fist") may sound like a cool style...until you see it in action. One teacher of the style, Jukei, used it...and paid a terrible price. Apparently, it put him in a state similar to being on drugs. While under the influence, he became demonic-looking, with bulging veins all over his body, his eyes being covered with veins, and emitting purple smoke breath. He also killed a lot of people and caused a lot of destruction while under the influence, and Ryuken had to hit him with pressure points on the neck to snap him out of it. Oh, and Jukei hadn't even surrendered himself completely to it by that point! Oh, and here's the kicker...Jukei didn't even remember what he did while he was on a rampage, and Ryuken had to tell him that during his rampage, he killed his own wife and child. This is the reason the plotline focused on killing off everyone who learned that style.

* Kaioh. He happens to be very good at ''Hokuto Ryuuken'', and has become so demonic that he has to wear armor not for protection, but to keep his evil BattleAura contained. It goes without saying that if the armor ever comes off, horrible things will happen. At one point, he murders his own little sister Sayaka, just to manipulate her fiance Hyoh. It makes you wonder what it must have been like for her to live with this guy. He also captures Rin and states straight out that she will bear him his son. He's at least seven feet tall and pretty wide due to his muscular body, so how Rin would be able to bear him a child, willing or otherwise, is a nightmarish question to think about. The fact that she was on a bed and he was slowly and menacingly approaching her at one point certainly did not help matters.

** The one technique that takes the grand prize out of Hokuto Shinken (And really, a lot of techniques we witness)? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1BZ0w3_-o Hokuto Ujou Hagan Ken]], which is translated roughly to "Big Dipper/North Star Humane Face-Destroying Fist." There's Toki, who's sitting there calmly while 2 of the prison guards were about to kill him, and then all of a sudden Toki raises his arms and a beam of energy is shot from each one of them towards the guards on both sides. At first, the guards are confused as to what just happened and on cue their bodies start to twist. Then Kenshiro explains that those who are on the receiving end of the technique will experience sheer heaven before they die. And lo, the guards' bodies start to twist and turn on every limb in a nightmarish way, but the worst part? The guards' faces are not contorted in pain, but rather in ''sheer pleasure and ecstasy'' while their bodies twist and turn further until they're ''completely disintegrated'''. Even Mamiya, an ally to Kenshiro and Toki herself, has a ''terrified'' look on her face upon witnessing this technique. It's so ironic that the most illuminated, wise and gentle character in the series has mastered such a horrifying technique, which fans jokingly called it [[FanNickname "the Jesus Rainbow Beam"]].

** The one technique that takes the grand prize out of Hokuto Shinken (And really, a lot of techniques we witness)? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1BZ0w3_-o Hokuto Ujou Hagan Ken]], which is translated roughly to "Big Dipper/North Star Humane Face-Destroying Fist." There's Toki, who's sitting there calmly while 2 of the prison guards were about to kill him, and then all of a sudden Toki raises his arms and a beam of energy is shot from each one of them towards the guards on both sides. At first, the guards are confused as to what just happened and on cue their bodies start to twist. Then Kenshiro explains that those who are on the receiving end of the technique will experience sheer heaven before they die. And lo, the guards' bodies start to twist and turn on every limb in a nightmarish way, but the worst part? ''The guards' faces are not contorted in pain, but rather in sheer pleasure and ecstasy while their bodies twist and turn further until their bodies are'' '''completely disintegrated'''. It's so ironic that the most illuminated, wise and gentle character in the series has mastered such a horrifying technique, which fans jokingly called it [[FanNickname "the Jesus Rainbow Beam"]].

* The fighting style of ''Hokuto Shinken'' (can be translated as "North Star God Fist" or "Big Dipper Divine Fist") is this. It consists of the practitioner hitting the pressure points of a person. It can be used for healing, which both Kenshiro and Toki demonstrate during the series, but when it is used to kill, it often results in various horrifying effects such as [[{{Fingore}} hands blowing up]], [[YourHeadASplode heads exploding]], [[StuffBlowingUp the whole]] [[LudicrousGibs body exploding]], causing someone to uncontrollably walk backwards off a skyscraper, separating a person's skeleton from his skin, causing a person's body to feel like it's covered with bare nerves, and the list goes on. Oh, and the person on the receiving end will often be in agonizing pain as he dies from one of these effects. The story itself acknowledges that this is a terrible fighting style that must ''never'' be misused on people, or else it would destroy the world. As events in the story show, it wasn't kidding.

** The one technique that takes the grand prize out of Hokuto Shinken (And really, a lot of techniques we witness)? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ1BZ0w3_-o Hokuto Ujou Hagan Ken]], which is translated roughly to "North Star Humanist Face Breaking Fist." There's Toki, who's sitting there calmly while 2 of the prison guards were about to kill him, and then all of a sudden Toki raises his arms and a beam of energy is shot from each one of them towards the guards on both sides. At first, the guards are confused as to what just happened and on cue their bodies start to twist. Then Kenshiro explains that those who are on the receiving end of the technique will experience sheer heaven before they die. And lo, the guards' bodies start to twist and turn on every limb in a nightmarish way, but the worst part? ''The guards' faces are not contorted in pain, but rather in sheer pleasure and ecstasy while their bodies twist and turn further until their bodies are'' '''completely disintegrated'''. It's so ironic that the most illuminated, wise and gentle character in the series has mastered such a horrifying technique, which fans jokingly called it [[FanNickname "the Jesus Rainbow Beam"]].

* Devil's Rebirth, a monstrous criminal from the pre-war world who was sentenced to a century-long prison sentence for a murder spree that racked up hundreds of victims. Why didn't they execute him? ''They DID. IT DIDN'T WORK''. To make matters worse, not only is Devil's Rebirth a literal giant standing several stories tall and has enormous strength, he is also a martial arts user, using a style that lets him control the wind. [[WhatAnIdiot Jackal releases him to take down Kenshiro]]. Thankfully, his size didn't make him immune to Kenshiro's attacks, though he survived just long enough to turn on Jackal when he tried to lie one last time to Kenshiro and hold him fast so Kenshiro could kill him with his own dynamite.