Brother, this story begins in 199x, when the entire world is burned to ashes in the fire of nuclear war. The oceans have dried up and the land has flattened. It seems as if everything is destroyed, but humans are very brave; they still manage to survive. But brother, in this devastated world, only one thing prevails now—nakedness and power. People have been divided into two groups: one, those who kill and loot, and the other, those poor people whose blood is sucked. When all hopes of the weak are shattered, a man in pale clothes appears. This is our hero Kenshiro! He is no ordinary man, but the true inheritor of the "Hokuto Shinken" martial arts. He has seven scars on his chest that look exactly like the stars of the sky (the Big Dipper). From here begins Kenshiro's journey that makes him a legendary savior of this dark world. Brother, enemies are no longer feared!