is a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series authored by Yasuyuki Nekoi that was serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch

Weekly Comic Bunch

is a defunct Japanese manga anthology marketed to young adults that was edited by Coamix and published weekly by Shinchosha from 2001 throughout 2010...

from 2007 throughout 2009, lasting six collected editions. It is a spinoff of Fist of the North Star

Fist of the North Star

is a Japanese manga series written by Buronson and drawn by Tetsuo Hara that was serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1983 to 1988, spanning 245 chapters, which were initially collected in a 27-volume tankōbon edition by Shueisha...

by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara

Tetsuo Hara

is a Japanese manga artist famous for drawing the series Fist of the North Star , which he co-authored with Buronson...

 and the second one published in Comic Bunch following Legends of the Dark King. The title centers around Rei, a master of the martial art of Nanto Seiken

Nanto Seiken

is a fictional martial arts style featured prominently in the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star. It is the opposite style of Hokuto Shinken, the main fighting style of the series. While Hokuto Shinken focuses on pressure points to destroy an enemy from within, Nanto Seiken teaches how...

, and his activities prior to meeting Kenshiro

Kenshiro

is the main protagonist of the manga franchise Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. According to Buronson, Kenshiro's character design was inspired by the character of Max Rockatansky from the Mad Max film series and martial artist Bruce Lee.In the story, Kenshiro is the rightful...

 in the original series.

Prior to the publication of the main serial, Nekoi authored two different one-shot stories starring Rei under the title of , which were published in the April 5, 2006 and January 8, 2007 issues of Comic Bunch. Neither one-shots were included in the collected editions.

Plot

Rei, the master of the elegant assassination art of Nanto Suichōken, returns to his home village after the Nuclear War, only to find his parents mortally wounded and his sister Aili missing. With his dying breath, Rei's father tells him that a man with seven scars on his chest was the one who attacked them and kidnapped Aili. Now Rei wanders the wasteland as he encounters numerous bandits and warlords, including acquaintances from his training days at the Nanto Seiken

Nanto Seiken

is a fictional martial arts style featured prominently in the manga and anime series Fist of the North Star. It is the opposite style of Hokuto Shinken, the main fighting style of the series. While Hokuto Shinken focuses on pressure points to destroy an enemy from within, Nanto Seiken teaches how...

school.

Characters

List of volumes

• Volume 1: ISBN 978-4-10-771359-9
• Volume 2: ISBN 978-4-10-771379-7
• Volume 3: ISBN 978-4-10-771414-5
• Volume 4: ISBN 978-4-10-771459-6
• Volume 5: ISBN 978-4-10-771481-7
• Volume 6: ISBN 978-4-10-771502-9

External links

• Sōkoku no Garō at Comic Bunch