Fist of the North Star

**Fist of the North Star** is a 2018 anime film. It is a sequel to Jump Force: Age of Fatherand Tales of Zestiria the X: Civil War*,* and is the eighteenth installment in the Anime Cinematic Universe as well as the sixth installment of Phase Three.

## Synopsis

After the events of Tales of Zestiria the X: Civil War, King Kenshiro returns home to the xenophobic, technologically advanced nation of Shura to serve as his country's new leader. However, Kenshiro soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Shura, the hero known as Kenshiro must team up with Anbu Black Ops agent Sasuke Uchiha and members of the Shura special forces, to prevent Shura from being dragged into a world war.

## Plot

Centuries ago, as five Shuran tribes war over a meteorite made up of an alien metal, a warrior shaman ingests a "heart-shaped herb" affected by the metal and gains superhuman abilities. Becoming the first "Fist of the North Star", he unites all tribes except one, and forms the nation of Shura. As time passes, the Shurans use the metal to develop highly-advanced technology while simultaneously isolating themselves from the rest of the world and posing as a third world country.

In 1992, the king visits his brother, who is working undercover in Amestria. The king accuses his brother of assisting black-market arms dealer Azazel in stealing Quinke Metal from Shura. The brother's partner reveals himself, another undercover Shuran, and confirms the king's suspicions.

In the present day, following the king's death at the hands of General Esdeath, his son Kenshiro returns to Shura to assume the throne. After working with Lin, a young girl, to extract his ex-lover from an undercover assignment in Africa, he reunites with his mother and sister, only to learn that Raoh, the leader of the mountain-dwelling tribe is becoming the new King.

At the same time, Azazel and his associate Vali Lucifer steal a Quinke Metal artifact from the Museum of West City. When Shura hears of Azazel's actions, Kenshiro's friend and Lin's friend Bat, who lost his parents as a result of the dealer's actions, urges the young monarch to bring him to justice. Kenshiro, Lin, and Kenshiro's lover plan to intercept Azazel at an underground casino in Westopolis, where he will be selling a stolen artifact to an unknown buyer. The plan, however, goes wrong when Kenshiro discovers the buyer is Anbu Black Ops agent Sasuke Uchiha. As a result, the group are forced to sabotage the operation, inciting a shootout.

When Azazel attempts to escape, Kenshiro, Sasuke, Kenshiro's sister, his lover and Lin intercept him in a car chase across the city. Azazel ultimately crashes, and Kenshiro comes close to killing him. But after watching civilians filming him, he is force to decide against it and hands him into the custody of the Anbu Black Ops. The next day, while being interrogated, Azazel is rescued by Vali. Rather than pursue Azazel, Kenshiro decides to take Sasuke, who has been severely injured while protecting Kenshiro's lover, to Shura where his sister can use the nation's advanced technology to save him.

While Ken's sister heals Sasuke, Kenshiro confronts his uncle about N'Jobu. His uncle explains that N'Jobu planned to share Shura's technology with people of African descent around the world to help them conquer their oppressors. As Tthe king arrested N'Jobu, N'Jobu attacked Ken's uncle, forcing the king to kill him. The king ordered his brother to lie that N'Jobu had disappeared and left behind N'Jobu's Amestrian son, Vali, in order to maintain the lie. Vali became a demon, adopting the name "White Dragon Emperor".

Meanwhile, Vali kills Azazel and takes his body to Shura, revealing his identity before the tribal elders and challenging Kenshiro for the throne in ritual combat. After killing Ken's uncle, he defeats Kenshiro and hurls him over a waterfall, where he is presumed dead. After ingesting the heart-shaped herb to gain the powers of the The Fist Of the North Star, Vali orders the rest incinerated, but Ken's lover manages to steal one. Vali, supported by W'Kabi and his army, enacts his father's plan, preparing shipments of Shuran weapons to be distributed to Shuran operatives around the world, that of which includes Amestria, West City and Japan.

Ken's lover, his sister, Sasuke, and Kenshiro's mother flee to seek the aid of the other tribes and learn Raoh's men are caring for the comatose Kenshiro, whom they had rescued in repayment for sparing Raoh's life. Healed by the heart-shaped herb brought by his lover, Kenshiro returns to Shura to stop Vali's plan. Kenshiro returns to challenge Vali for the throne, who is now wearing the full body, full powered White Dragon Armor.

While Ken's sister, lover, and Lin join the Anbu Black Ops and the tribes in battling W'Kabi and the Shuran army, Sasuke shoots down the planes carrying the weapons before they can leave the country. Confronted by Lin, W'Kabi and his army stand down. Vali overpowers the Anbu Black Ops and comes close to murdering Ken's sister, but Kenshiro saves her, and tackles Vali. Raoh and his tribe arrive, and they defeat W'Kabi, forcing the Border Tribe to surrender.

While Kenshiro and Vali vie for supremacy, sonic disruptors used in the transport of the metal in the mine incapacitates Vali's White Dragon Armor. Kenshiro uses this to his advantage, and overpowers Vali, destroying his limbs using the Hundred Crack Fist. Kenshiro, victorious shows mercy to Vali and fulfills his childhood wish to witness the sunset of Shura. Vali refuses Kenshiro's offer to be healed and uses Divine Dividing on his own life force, choosing to die a free demon rather than be incarcerated.

Rejecting the isolationism of past Shuran kings, Kenshiro establishes an embassy in Amestria, purchasing the apartment complex where his uncle was murdered. Kenshiro appoints his sister and lover to run the embassy. Soon after, Kenshiro appears before the United Nations in the rebuilt International Centre to reveal Shura's resources to the world, and to come out of isolation. Later, Mikleo who was granted asylum by Kenshiro wakes up in Shura, and is met by Ken's sister, who begins to help him with his recuperation from his mental programming.