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* [[Anvilicious]]: The most subtle thing to happen in this series is the movement of Ken's eyebrows, and even those look like caterpillars.

* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Bolge, the final villain of the manga, although cool, is nowhere nearly as memorable as Raoh or even Kaioh.

* [[Ass Pull]]: Quite a few due to the fact that Buronson and Hara wrote the story as they went along. The most obvious being the "UD" mark on Mamiya's shoulder. How come nobody noticed it when she was undressed in front of everyone by Rei? Or how about Raoh and Toki coming to Japan along with an infant Kenshiro as refugees from Shura in ''Hokuto no Ken 2''. Didn't we see the ruins of Raoh and Toki's home village in the original series?

** Another interesting confliction of this is when Leia is talking to Kenshiro about how Shachi's style is the cruelest martial arts and he must be stopped...when Kenshiro's is all about literally blowing people up. In fact the Rasho Kaioh's reason for excitement is that men of Hokuto Shinken have been considered saviors despite it being "the exact same as Hokuto Ryuken" according to him, giving him a chance to balance this inequality by ending Kenshiro's savior status. Of course, in the next episode the Hokuto Ryuken master Jukei explains that the style is evil, which "possesses the user with an evil power," the users of which are made to wear armor to restrict their evil "touki," so the difference between evil and good is whether or not you are fully cognizant of how many guys you are blowing up, not the fact you are blowing guys up.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Juza of the Clouds, definitely. The [[Humiliation Conga]] he delivers to Raoh and repeatedly shaming the [[Charles Atlas Superpower|crazy thousands-year old martial arts schools]] with a [[Good Old Fisticuffs|style he just made up]] is just the tip of the iceberg.

* [[Draco in Leather Pants]]: Even if Shin ''was'' Kenshiro's closest friend and greatest rival, there's no excusing the atrocities he committed as an overlord trying to win Yuria's love.

** Raoh. A lot of fans play up the "noble" aspect of this [[Noble Demon]], conveniently ignoring all of the sympathetic and likable characters that he kills, some for no rational reason (like Fudoh).

** Souther's still thought to be a appealing character, especially by women, despite all the atrocities he has committed. Most famously [[Yuko Goto]] , the voice of [[Moe|Mikuru-chan]] from the ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'' franchise (and recently, the producer of ''[[Dynasty Warriors|Hokuto Musou]]'').

*** This also becomes a [[Casting Gag]] when she ended up voicing [[Queens Blade|Menace]], who uses many of Souther's moves in her repertory.

** Rei, so, SO much. If a fan's favorite hero is not Kenshiro, it's Rei, with practically no exceptions.

** Amiba, despite his relatively minor role in the overall scheme of things, he gets a bit of added exposure in the ''Gaiden'' spin-offs, particularly in the manga version of ''Raoh Gaiden'', as well as in ''Toki Gaiden'' and ''Rei Gaiden''. He even becomes Jagi's best buddy in the Dream Mode of ''Hokuto Musou''

* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: The over-the-top violence and gore can go from [[Nightmare Fuel]] to absolutely hilarious. In the manga, Kenshiro looks ''exactly'' like Mel Gibson in ''Mad Max 2: Road Warrior.'' In the anime, he resembles Bruce Lee (at least for the early episodes of the first series).

* [[The Problem With Licensed Games]]: There has been a fair share of rather mediocre ''Hokuto no Ken'' video games throughout the years, most notably the very first Famicom game, a ''Kung-Fu Master''-style side-scroller. Entering a door to proceed requires the player to press up and both buttons simultaneously, but anyone who doesn't know this will get stuck walking in an infinite loop on the very first level. It was also quite a difficult game, with knives and enemies flying into the screen all the time and no full life recovery between stages. Despite the fact that it was quite a rubbish game by any objective standard, it managed to sell quite a lot of copies in Japan due to its timing (it came out at the height of the manga's popularity and during the Famicom boom). More recent games, like the 2D fighting game by [[Arc System Works]] and ''[[Dynasty Warriors|Hokuto Musou]]'' are decent games in their own right. Even the 3D action game that was published by Bandai for the PS1 in 2000 was well made.

* [[Squick]]: Not for the weak of stomach, this franchise is.

* [[That One Boss]]: Despite his status as a relatively minor villain in the manga and anime, Alf is a notorious among players of the Mega Drive ''Hokuto no Ken'' as a sub-boss who can pin down Kenshiro with his ability to surround Ken from behind with a clone of himself.

* [[Too Cool to Live]]: Rei, Toki, Raoh, Shuh, Juza, Fudoh, Ein, Falco.

* [[The Woobie]]: Yuria spends most of her time being kidnapped and dragged around the wasteland. And by the time Kenshiro catches up to her she's dying of radiation poisoning, although she does get a few years of happiness with him.

** Airi.