Hokuto no Ken

北斗の拳

BattleAction

Volumes: 📚 27 vols
Publication: 📅 1983–1988
Reading time: ⏱ about 11–16 hr

Status: Completed / Published in: Weekly Shonen Jump / Shueisha

Overview (spoiler-free)

Synopsis

In 199X, after nuclear war has destroyed civilization and violence rules the world, Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken, travels while fighting evil.

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Reading-time estimate

⏱ about 11–16 hr

About 3 weeks at 5 hours per week

Basis: Volumes × 30 minutes per volume. This is an estimate, not an official figure.

Series profile

Action
Adventure
Comedy
Romance
Mystery
Dark

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Series information

Original title: 北斗の拳
Volumes: 27
Publication: 1983–1988
Creators: Buronson (Story), Hara Tetsuo (Art)
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Publication family: Jump titles
Magazine / platform: Weekly Shonen Jump
Publisher: Shueisha
English title source: MangaDex (international)
Cover metadata: MangaDex

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#Battle #Action #Revenge #Dark #High-energy #Shonen #Long series

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