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"Water Margin" is referred to in numerous Japanese manga, such as Tetsuo Hara and Buronson's "Fist of the North Star", and Masami Kurumada's "Fūma no Kojirō", "Otokozaka" and "Saint Seiya". In both works of fiction, characters bearing the same stars of the "Water Margin" characters as personal emblems of destiny are featured prominently. A Japanese manga called "", based on the story of "Water Margin", was serialised in "Weekly Shonen Jump".