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One day, a wanderer appears out of the wasteland to bring justice to the guilty and hope to the people - a warrior named Ken, a man who bears seven scars upon his chest and holds the secret of a mysterious martial art known as Hokuto Shinken, the Divine Fist of the North Star.
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