Hokuto No ken (Series)
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AKA Fist of the North Star or Hokuto Shinken. The story takes place in a post-nuclear war setting. Everything is destroyed and the world is ruled by the powerful. The main character is Kenshiro (Ken for short.) Ken is the master of an ancient Chinese martial art known as Hokuto Shinken. Hokuto Shinken is so dangerous that it is past down to only one person. This martial art allows you to send your energy into your targets body and tear them apart from within. The series starts off with Ken having his girlfriend Julia taken from him by his friend Shin who is the master of Nanto Seiken which like Hokuto Shinken but they have their differences. Shin nearly kills Ken and gives him these 7 scars in the shape of the big dipper. The entire first chapter is Ken going after Shin and getting Julia back. Ken kills Shin and finds out Julia comitted suicide. The second chapter starts off with Ken sad and lonely. Ken meets Mamiya the leader of a village that looks a lot like Julia. You also meet Rei, the wicked master of Nanto Suichoken who is looking for his kidnapped sister (yes, in this case Rei is a guy) Together Ken and Rei take out a gang of bandits called the Fang Clan. After that you learn about Kenshiro's brothers Jagi, Toki, and Raoh (family from youngest to oldest: Ken, Jagi, Toki, Raoh) Ken goes after jagi who is ruinning Ken's name as a savior. Ken kills him and learns where Toki is. Toki has gone insane, he once had a dream to use Hokuto Shinken to heal everyone but now he is using it for its original purpose to kill. Ken goes after Toki. Ken discovers it isnt really Toki its this guy named Ameba (yeah, I like the name too) Toki is actually in a prison somewhere suffering from radiation sickness. Ken and Rei free Toki. The rest of the series is Ken going after the evil Nanto Masters and killing them as well as going after Raoh who is the most wicked and most powerful conqueror in the world. I dont want to spoil the ending though so I wont say much more. I will explain a few things though. Shin went after Ken because Jagi persuaded him into doing it and Shin liked Julia. Jagi hates Ken because Ken broke his face. Ken, Jagi, Toki and Raoh are all adopted (Raoh and Toki are real brothers though.) Raoh kills his adoptive father, the person that trainned them all to be successors, because Ken is chosen as successor and since there can be only one Raoh, along with Toki and Jagi would have to do something crazy like cut their own arms off or get their memories earaced because there is only one who gets to have the secrets of Hokuto Shinken. This is a long series (152 episodes,) its the 3rd longest anime I have ever seen. 2nd is Dragonball (which I have never actually watched) and 1st is Dragonball Z (which I stopped watching after they killed Cell and I should have stopped before that.)
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