Hokuto Shinken
is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and illustrated by Tetsuo Hara. It was serialized in Shueisha's "Weekly Shōnen Jump" for 245 issues published from 1983 to 1988 and initially collected in 27 "tankōbon" volumes under the Jump Comics imprint. Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth after a nuclear war, the story centers on a warrior named Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial art known as "Hokuto Shinken", which gives him the ability to kill his opponents by striking their secret vital points, which often results in them dying in an exceptionally violent and gory manner. Kenshiro dedicates his life to fighting against the various gangs, bandits, and warlords who threaten the lives of the defenseless and innocent, as well as rival martial artists, including his own "brothers" from the same school.