Hokuto no Ken 2 is a sequel series to Hokuto no Ken. Although, it is sometimes included with the first as episodes 110 - 152. Sadly, this and half of the first were not officially available outside of Asia. The only way to get them was through imports. Now you can get Toei Animation's official release of the whole series from IGN's Direct2Drive site and on crunchyroll.com. Anyways, the series is basically the same with a different, and weaker, plot that takes place after the first.
Taking place years after the first, Kenshiro returns to fight the Heavenly Emperor and his generals who practice an art called Gento Koken. After defeating the emperor, Lin is captured and taken the land of Shura, a land of assassins. Ken follows and must fight against the three leaders of the land, including Raoh's brother Kaoh. to get her back. The story goes on to reveal more details about Kenshiro's past, such as him actually being from Shura, but those details are dumb and make the story kind of bad. Besides, nobody is watching for the story, only Ken.
The action in Hokuto no Ken 2 is the same. Ken goes around fighting numerous enemies, defeating many with only a finger. The fights kick just as much ass as before. Though, towards the end, Ken obtains some lame and ridiculous powers.
One other problem is the ending. It suffers from the same problem as the first series did. Ken and Kaoh fight for a while, then talk, etc.; till Kaoh comes to a realization and kills himself.
Overall, if you have come this far in the series, you are probably going to continue. In fact, you probably got it with the first series. Most likely, anyone who is reading this has seen the first series, and wants to know about this one. I say watch it. It delivers exactly what drew people to the first: kickass fights and kenshiro being a badass, just with a weaker plot. Plus, you can get it with great subtitles.
Taking place years after the first, Kenshiro returns to fight the Heavenly Emperor and his generals who practice an art called Gento Koken. After defeating the emperor, Lin is captured and taken the land of Shura, a land of assassins. Ken follows and must fight against the three leaders of the land, including Raoh's brother Kaoh. to get her back. The story goes on to reveal more details about Kenshiro's past, such as him actually being from Shura, but those details are dumb and make the story kind of bad. Besides, nobody is watching for the story, only Ken.
The action in Hokuto no Ken 2 is the same. Ken goes around fighting numerous enemies, defeating many with only a finger. The fights kick just as much ass as before. Though, towards the end, Ken obtains some lame and ridiculous powers.
One other problem is the ending. It suffers from the same problem as the first series did. Ken and Kaoh fight for a while, then talk, etc.; till Kaoh comes to a realization and kills himself.
Overall, if you have come this far in the series, you are probably going to continue. In fact, you probably got it with the first series. Most likely, anyone who is reading this has seen the first series, and wants to know about this one. I say watch it. It delivers exactly what drew people to the first: kickass fights and kenshiro being a badass, just with a weaker plot. Plus, you can get it with great subtitles.