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Crying Freeman #1

Crying Freeman, Vol. 1: Shades of Death

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Un potier japonais est kidnappé, drogué, puis utilisé comme tueur par une organisation mafieuse chinoise. Après avoir mené sa première mission avec succès, à la surprise de ses commanditaires, il devient leur tueur attitré. Il est alors soumis à un rude entrainement au terme duquel un dragon est tatoué sur l'ensemble de son corps.

Tueur au sang-froid hors pair, il refuse pourtant d'abattre une jeune femme ayant vu son visage et qui pourrait le compromettre en témoignant auprès de la police ou des yakuzas, tous à la recherche du "Freeman". Après l'avoir aidée à fuir, il décide d'en faire sa femme.

Le Freeman est nommé chef des 108 Dragons, une branche fictionnelle des Triades chinoises et son épouse est acceptée par l'organisation. Un immense tigre est alors tatoué sur son corps.

À chaque meurtre, le Crying Freeman ne peut s'empêcher de verser des larmes, d'où son surnom.

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Published January 1, 1992

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Ryōichi Ikegami

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Ryōichi Ikegami (池上遼一) is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005.

Ikegami has worked on several popular series, such as Mai, the Psychic Girl with writer Kazuya Kudo, Crying Freeman, with writer Kazuo Koike, as well as Sanctuary and Heat with writer Sho Fumimura. He also wrote and drew Spider-Man: The Manga, a manga version of Spider-Man and collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga BOX (BOX 暗い箱). His most recent work is Lord currently serialized in Big Comic Superior.

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September 12, 2012
Another interesting series with artwork by Ryoichi Ikegami. Once again he delivers realistic renderings of his characters and backdrops. Story revolves around the assassin "Crying Freeman" and the Chinese mafia "108 Dragons". NOT for kids!!
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