>>279856713>HnKIt was the swansong to macho leads in battle shonen. The 80's were full of manga exactly like it, it's just when HnK came out none of them could stand against it and it basically became the pinnacle other series would copy for decades when doing a "serious" battle manga.
It was the refined work of the previous decade of battle manga.
Dragon ball got popular because it was the antithesis of HnK.