Hokuto no Ken, Volume 1

Synopsis In 199X, the world was engulfed by nuclear flames. On a destroyed Earth, turned into a desert, the survivors fell back under the domination of violence. The time came when people fought over every last drop of water, when the weak had no other destiny than to be oppressed. Then, one day, a young man walked through the desert in search of water. He was Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken, that assassination art transmitted to a single disciple per generation, which strikes the pressure points located throughout the body and destroys the opponent from within. In the village where he arrives, Kenshiro is thrown in prison. A boy named Bat is already there. Rin, the little girl who guards the cell, touched by Kenshiro's gentleness, hands him the key. At that same moment, the village is attacked by Z, a gang of raiders drawn by its reserves of water and food... Also appearing are Shin, Kenshiro's first rival, and Yuria, the woman he loves.