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The two ''Hokuto no Ken'' one-shots were well-received in ''Fresh Jump'''s reader's survey and when Tetsuo Hara was commissioned to turn ''Hokuto no Ken'' into a weekly series, the task was reportedly too much for Hara to handle alone and manga writer [[Yoshiyuki Okamura]] (who worked on the series under the pen name of [[Buronson]]) was assigned to work with him. The storyline was completely revamped, with the present-day setting being discarded in favor of a ''[[Mad Max]]''-inspired post apocalyptic future. The Taizanji Kenpo school were no longer the main antagonists and Kenshiro, originally a teenager, was now an adult with seven scars on his chest whose design was partly inspired by [[Bruce Lee]].<ref name=ADVBuronson>{{cite web |url=http://www.advfilms.com/titles/fistofthenorthstar/interview.html|title=Interview with Buronson|accessdate=2007-07-21 |format=html |work=ADV Films Presents: New Fist of the North Star }}</ref> | The two ''Hokuto no Ken'' one-shots were well-received in ''Fresh Jump'''s reader's survey and when Tetsuo Hara was commissioned to turn ''Hokuto no Ken'' into a weekly series, the task was reportedly too much for Hara to handle alone and manga writer [[Yoshiyuki Okamura]] (who worked on the series under the pen name of [[Buronson]]) was assigned to work with him. The storyline was completely revamped, with the present-day setting being discarded in favor of a ''[[Mad Max]]''-inspired post apocalyptic future. The Taizanji Kenpo school were no longer the main antagonists and Kenshiro, originally a teenager, was now an adult with seven scars on his chest whose design was partly inspired by [[Bruce Lee]].<ref name=ADVBuronson>{{cite web |url=http://www.advfilms.com/titles/fistofthenorthstar/interview.html|title=Interview with Buronson|accessdate=2007-07-21 |format=html |work=ADV Films Presents: New Fist of the North Star }}</ref> | ||
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* {{nihongo|''Fist of the North Star Yuria's Story: The Merciful Mother Star''|北斗の拳 ユリア外伝 慈母の星|Hokuto no Ken Yuria Gaiden - Jibo no Hoshi}} by [[Ayumi Kasai|Akimi Kasai]]. Serialized at ''Big Comics Superior'' in three parts that ran from [[March 10]] to [[April 14]], [[2006]] and six subsequent chapters from [[March 9]] to [[June 8]], [[2007]]. A single tankobon volume was released.<ref name=yuriagaiden>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4091814786/hokuto1-22/ref=nosim|title=Amazon.com: 北斗の拳ユリア外伝慈母の星 (ビッグコミックススペシャル)|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-07-29 |format=html |work= }}</ref> | * {{nihongo|''Fist of the North Star Yuria's Story: The Merciful Mother Star''|北斗の拳 ユリア外伝 慈母の星|Hokuto no Ken Yuria Gaiden - Jibo no Hoshi}} by [[Ayumi Kasai|Akimi Kasai]]. Serialized at ''Big Comics Superior'' in three parts that ran from [[March 10]] to [[April 14]], [[2006]] and six subsequent chapters from [[March 9]] to [[June 8]], [[2007]]. A single tankobon volume was released.<ref name=yuriagaiden>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4091814786/hokuto1-22/ref=nosim|title=Amazon.com: 北斗の拳ユリア外伝慈母の星 (ビッグコミックススペシャル)|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-07-29 |format=html |work= }}</ref> | ||
* {{nihongo|''Fist of the North Star: Rei Side Story''|北斗の拳 レイ外伝|Hokuto no Ken Rei Gaiden}} by [[Mie Nekoi|Yasuyuki Nekoi]] - ''Rei Gaiden'' originally began as two separate one-shot stories that were published in the [[March 22]] and [[December 8]], [[2006]] issues of ''Weekly Comic Bunch''. The one-shot version of the manga is subtitled {{nihongo|''The Magnificent Avenger''|華麗なる復讐者|Kareinaru Fukushūsha}}. ''Rei Gaiden'' was picked up as an ongoing series, which began in the [[April 27]], [[2007]] issue of ''Weekly Comic Bunch''.<ref name=reigaiden>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbunch.com/magazine_info/index.html|title=週刊コミックバンチ★コアミックス：最新号情報と予告|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-07-29 |format=html |work= }}</ref> The ongoing series was originally subtitled {{nihongo|''The Hungry Wolf Saga''|餓狼編|Garō Hen}}, but has since been retitled {{nihongo|''Bloody Wolf's Darkness Blue''|[[w:ja:蒼黒の餓狼 -北斗の拳 レイ外伝-|蒼黒の餓狼]]|Sōkoku no Garō|The Dark Blue Hungry Wolf}}. | * {{nihongo|''Fist of the North Star: Rei Side Story''|北斗の拳 レイ外伝|Hokuto no Ken Rei Gaiden}} by [[Mie Nekoi|Yasuyuki Nekoi]] - ''Rei Gaiden'' originally began as two separate one-shot stories that were published in the [[March 22]] and [[December 8]], [[2006]] issues of ''Weekly Comic Bunch''. The one-shot version of the manga is subtitled {{nihongo|''The Magnificent Avenger''|華麗なる復讐者|Kareinaru Fukushūsha}}. ''Rei Gaiden'' was picked up as an ongoing series, which began in the [[April 27]], [[2007]] issue of ''Weekly Comic Bunch''.<ref name=reigaiden>{{cite web |url=http://www.comicbunch.com/magazine_info/index.html|title=週刊コミックバンチ★コアミックス：最新号情報と予告|language=Japanese|accessdate=2007-07-29 |format=html |work= }}</ref> The ongoing series was originally subtitled {{nihongo|''The Hungry Wolf Saga''|餓狼編|Garō Hen}}, but has since been retitled {{nihongo|''Bloody Wolf's Darkness Blue''|[[w:ja:蒼黒の餓狼 -北斗の拳 レイ外伝-|蒼黒の餓狼]]|Sōkoku no Garō|The Dark Blue Hungry Wolf}}. | ||