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子連れ狼 [Kozure Ookami] #10
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 10: Hostage Child
The six paths and four lives are split asunder, as Itto Ogami and Daigoro become separated in one of this series' most powerful stories to date! The Lone Wolf's arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, pursues Ogami to retrieve the secret letter stolen from him, only to watch dozens of his men fall victim to the Lone Wolf's hungry sword! But Yagyu drives father and son apart as they tumble down a cliff and must survive on their own! Little Daigoro must begin his honorable search for his father. But with Yagyu's henchmen hunting high and low for the Lone Wolf and his cub, the net drags closer and the danger wraps tighter, but the blood flows ever freely...
This volume contains the following
The Yagyu Letter
The Tears of Daigoro
The Fisherwoman's Love
Drifting Shadows
Straw Boy
This volume contains the following
The Yagyu Letter
The Tears of Daigoro
The Fisherwoman's Love
Drifting Shadows
Straw Boy
320 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 1990
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About the author
Kazuo Koike
562 books292 followersKazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.
Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.
Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.
Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
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December 11, 2020
[9/10]
Hostage Child is probably the bloodiest installment so far with the ongoing conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan moving into full time carnage after the Lone Wolf steals a compromising letter from the imperial post [see volume nine finale]
Rensudo Yagyu, the archenemy of Itto, takes to the field of battle personally, leading a whole army against the lone samurai and his three year old child, Daigoro. Itto is following the uncompromising road to Hell known as Meifumado, choosing death over dishonor. Unfortunately, the heavy price will be paid by his son, who is lost after a fall from a cliff while his father raises his battle sword against Retsudo’s iron-cored staff.
Unlike many of the previous episodes, this time the whole story collection is focused on the main plot and not on various side quests that explore the customs and secret societies of Japan in the Edo period. The artwork still has its flashes of greatness, but some of the action panels are a bit messy / sloppy / rushed: not a big problem on a first read-through when one is fully engaged with the story, yet for me not up to the usual high standards.
The Yagyu Letter describes the gathering of the Yagyu army that is chasing Ogami Itto, with several intense battles of one man against impossible odds, culminating in a one on one duel with Retsudo.
The Tears of Daigoro puts the lost boy in the care of a lone woodsman who picks him up half drowned in a river, then pays with his life for the act of mercy after being tracked by a band of Yagyu assassins chasing Daigoro.
The Fisherwoman’s Love is the best story in the collection, focused on the struggle of Daigoro to survive extreme hunger without compromising his integrity or his own commitment to Meifumado. The most incredible achievement of the creators of the series is to say so much without any words uttered by the boy. It is all in the eyes, in the body language, in the things left unsaid: the pain, the resolution, the yearning for the soft touch of a mother, the despair.
Drifting Shadows has Ogami Itto following the trail of bodies left by the hunt for his missing son, crossing once more the path of Retsudo and his cohort of assassins. Once again, the two unbeatable warriors fight each other to a bloody draw, too exhausted for now to continue the direct battle. It’s a time to recoup their strength and resume the secret plots and counter-plots that led them here. But the little boy is still missing ...
Straw Boy ... and choosing to die rather than beg for food by the roadside. Again, no words cross Daigoro’s mouth, but his eyes see the world in its true brutal, unforgiving light. When a highwayman and his goons pick him up as a sort of decoy for getting into roadhouses safely or for evading the police, Daigoro sees a chance to continue the fight alone, but this road also ends up in a bloodbath.
The future looks grim for the Lone Wolf and for his missing Cub, and for myself I’m keen to jump into the next episode and to find out how the issue is resolved.
Hostage Child is probably the bloodiest installment so far with the ongoing conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan moving into full time carnage after the Lone Wolf steals a compromising letter from the imperial post [see volume nine finale]
Rensudo Yagyu, the archenemy of Itto, takes to the field of battle personally, leading a whole army against the lone samurai and his three year old child, Daigoro. Itto is following the uncompromising road to Hell known as Meifumado, choosing death over dishonor. Unfortunately, the heavy price will be paid by his son, who is lost after a fall from a cliff while his father raises his battle sword against Retsudo’s iron-cored staff.
Unlike many of the previous episodes, this time the whole story collection is focused on the main plot and not on various side quests that explore the customs and secret societies of Japan in the Edo period. The artwork still has its flashes of greatness, but some of the action panels are a bit messy / sloppy / rushed: not a big problem on a first read-through when one is fully engaged with the story, yet for me not up to the usual high standards.
The Yagyu Letter describes the gathering of the Yagyu army that is chasing Ogami Itto, with several intense battles of one man against impossible odds, culminating in a one on one duel with Retsudo.
The Tears of Daigoro puts the lost boy in the care of a lone woodsman who picks him up half drowned in a river, then pays with his life for the act of mercy after being tracked by a band of Yagyu assassins chasing Daigoro.
The Fisherwoman’s Love is the best story in the collection, focused on the struggle of Daigoro to survive extreme hunger without compromising his integrity or his own commitment to Meifumado. The most incredible achievement of the creators of the series is to say so much without any words uttered by the boy. It is all in the eyes, in the body language, in the things left unsaid: the pain, the resolution, the yearning for the soft touch of a mother, the despair.
Drifting Shadows has Ogami Itto following the trail of bodies left by the hunt for his missing son, crossing once more the path of Retsudo and his cohort of assassins. Once again, the two unbeatable warriors fight each other to a bloody draw, too exhausted for now to continue the direct battle. It’s a time to recoup their strength and resume the secret plots and counter-plots that led them here. But the little boy is still missing ...
Straw Boy ... and choosing to die rather than beg for food by the roadside. Again, no words cross Daigoro’s mouth, but his eyes see the world in its true brutal, unforgiving light. When a highwayman and his goons pick him up as a sort of decoy for getting into roadhouses safely or for evading the police, Daigoro sees a chance to continue the fight alone, but this road also ends up in a bloodbath.
The future looks grim for the Lone Wolf and for his missing Cub, and for myself I’m keen to jump into the next episode and to find out how the issue is resolved.
May 20, 2017
4 – 4.5 stars
If you thought things had started heating up last issue, then you’re gonna be pleased with the next installment of Lone Wolf and Cub! Itto’s theft of the mysterious Yagyu letter has sent his enemies into an uproar and even the normally stoic Yagyu Retsudo finds himself driven to pushing his clan to their limits in an attempt to stop Itto before he can discover what secrets the letter holds and expose the Yagyu clan to disgrace and utter ruin. This volume also separates Lone Wolf from his Cub, allowing the creators to examine both how father and son live when apart (especially in their interactions with others), and the bond, even greater than that of blood, which unifies them and always draws them together. It also gives us a chance to see the compassion others can show even in the midst of the violent and often harsh world that Koike and Kojima depict.
‘The Yagyu Letter’: As Itto prepares himself for the imminent attack of his enemies, Retsudo mobilizes the full force of the Yagyu. In the hopes of side-stepping any direct implications in the death of the wandering assassin and his son, Retsudo first sends out lackeys from the Kurokuwa ninja clan as well as bow and riflemen from local allied clans. What tricks can Itto have up his sleeve that could possibly save him from such overwhelming numbers attacking him en masse?
‘The Tears of Daigoro’: In the wake of the Yagyu’s previous attack Itto and Daigoro must now face the swords of the fabled Yagyu assassins themselves, leading to a duel between Itto and Retsudo himself. Even Itto’s great skill with the blade may have finally met its match in the old assassin, and in the midst of the fight of their lives father and son become separated. Daigoro is found by a ronin and his disabled son who put their lives on the line to defend the small child. In the end we see that Daigoro has not lost all empathy despite the harsh life that has given him ‘shishogan’ or the cold and dauntless spirit of the killer.
‘The Fisherwoman’s Love’: There is no doubt that Daigoro is an uncanny child, inured to scenes of death and bloodshed and living under the strictures of the samurai code even in the face of loss and hunger. Despite his un-childlike behaviour this tale lets us see once more the compassion Daigoro has for others, even in the face of his strange ways. When a fisherwoman takes him in and cares for him, despite the warnings of a local priestess who is horrified at the child’s ‘shishogan’ that she says marks him as evil, Daigoro proves that even those who follow the path of ‘life in death’ can be compassionate to others.
‘Drifting Shadows’ is perhaps the most exciting tale in this volume, and also shows us that even Itto has a compassionate side. Searching for his lost son, Itto comes upon the home of the ronin and his child from ‘The Tears of Daigoro’. Deducing the tragedy that had taken place the assassin honours the dead in the only way he can even though it brings Yagyu assassins led by Retsudo himself upon him. The spectacular battle that follows shows that Itto is truly a swordsman without peer and gives Retsudo a tangible reminder of just how relentless and masterful the Lone Wolf can be even when all the tricks of the Yagyu are arrayed against him.
‘Straw Boy’ is something of an inverted good Samaritan tale in which Daigoro, once again on the road alone searching for his father, is near death due to starvation. As the boy lies down under the shade of a tree by the roadside, we see that indifference is just as common (if not moreso) than compassion in Tokugawa era Japan. Many travelers ignore the child they see nearly expiring as they pass, or worse yet sit next to as they consume their lunch-time treats before moving on. Not until a violent and daring escape occurs, and the criminals in question decide that the small child will make the perfect ‘straw man’ to draw off suspicion as they travel on the road, is Daigoro given the aid he needs. In the end Daigoro’s strange manner impresses the leader of the fugitives who, in a last desperate stand, makes an unexpected decision.
This is an excellent volume in the series and showcases the creators at their best. Scenes of action and bloodshed are intermingled with stories and characters that exhibit the full range of human experience from compassion and love to indifference and hatred. It’s also interesting to see Lone Wolf and Cub interact with the world as separate entities, though they are always in search of each other in the hopes of eventual reunion.
If you thought things had started heating up last issue, then you’re gonna be pleased with the next installment of Lone Wolf and Cub! Itto’s theft of the mysterious Yagyu letter has sent his enemies into an uproar and even the normally stoic Yagyu Retsudo finds himself driven to pushing his clan to their limits in an attempt to stop Itto before he can discover what secrets the letter holds and expose the Yagyu clan to disgrace and utter ruin. This volume also separates Lone Wolf from his Cub, allowing the creators to examine both how father and son live when apart (especially in their interactions with others), and the bond, even greater than that of blood, which unifies them and always draws them together. It also gives us a chance to see the compassion others can show even in the midst of the violent and often harsh world that Koike and Kojima depict.
‘The Yagyu Letter’: As Itto prepares himself for the imminent attack of his enemies, Retsudo mobilizes the full force of the Yagyu. In the hopes of side-stepping any direct implications in the death of the wandering assassin and his son, Retsudo first sends out lackeys from the Kurokuwa ninja clan as well as bow and riflemen from local allied clans. What tricks can Itto have up his sleeve that could possibly save him from such overwhelming numbers attacking him en masse?
‘The Tears of Daigoro’: In the wake of the Yagyu’s previous attack Itto and Daigoro must now face the swords of the fabled Yagyu assassins themselves, leading to a duel between Itto and Retsudo himself. Even Itto’s great skill with the blade may have finally met its match in the old assassin, and in the midst of the fight of their lives father and son become separated. Daigoro is found by a ronin and his disabled son who put their lives on the line to defend the small child. In the end we see that Daigoro has not lost all empathy despite the harsh life that has given him ‘shishogan’ or the cold and dauntless spirit of the killer.
‘The Fisherwoman’s Love’: There is no doubt that Daigoro is an uncanny child, inured to scenes of death and bloodshed and living under the strictures of the samurai code even in the face of loss and hunger. Despite his un-childlike behaviour this tale lets us see once more the compassion Daigoro has for others, even in the face of his strange ways. When a fisherwoman takes him in and cares for him, despite the warnings of a local priestess who is horrified at the child’s ‘shishogan’ that she says marks him as evil, Daigoro proves that even those who follow the path of ‘life in death’ can be compassionate to others.
‘Drifting Shadows’ is perhaps the most exciting tale in this volume, and also shows us that even Itto has a compassionate side. Searching for his lost son, Itto comes upon the home of the ronin and his child from ‘The Tears of Daigoro’. Deducing the tragedy that had taken place the assassin honours the dead in the only way he can even though it brings Yagyu assassins led by Retsudo himself upon him. The spectacular battle that follows shows that Itto is truly a swordsman without peer and gives Retsudo a tangible reminder of just how relentless and masterful the Lone Wolf can be even when all the tricks of the Yagyu are arrayed against him.
‘Straw Boy’ is something of an inverted good Samaritan tale in which Daigoro, once again on the road alone searching for his father, is near death due to starvation. As the boy lies down under the shade of a tree by the roadside, we see that indifference is just as common (if not moreso) than compassion in Tokugawa era Japan. Many travelers ignore the child they see nearly expiring as they pass, or worse yet sit next to as they consume their lunch-time treats before moving on. Not until a violent and daring escape occurs, and the criminals in question decide that the small child will make the perfect ‘straw man’ to draw off suspicion as they travel on the road, is Daigoro given the aid he needs. In the end Daigoro’s strange manner impresses the leader of the fugitives who, in a last desperate stand, makes an unexpected decision.
This is an excellent volume in the series and showcases the creators at their best. Scenes of action and bloodshed are intermingled with stories and characters that exhibit the full range of human experience from compassion and love to indifference and hatred. It’s also interesting to see Lone Wolf and Cub interact with the world as separate entities, though they are always in search of each other in the hopes of eventual reunion.
November 17, 2017
After Ogami Itto stole the secret letters from the Yagyu, the clan, led by Retsudo himself has waged an all-out war with the Wolf! This volume has an explosive start and a poetic end. Unlike the past ones, I didn't stop until I read the whole book. If the next volumes 11 to 14 will not be as explosive as this one, then I consider the tenth book as a mid-season finale for The Lone Wolf and Cub.
The volume is not all bloodshed though. Daigoro stole the show with his own quiet chapters that further flesh out the emotions and personality of the innocent yet tragically broken child of the wolf. He may have a heart as strong as his father, but Daigoro's soul has been tainted by blood, violence and death that it has led him to trouble; yet as if fate and death plays with him, the cub manages to find love and compassion in his direst moments.
Itto Ogami on the other hand may have reached his limit, that even though he may have god-like skills of a samurai (damn he is so good) the sheer number of enemies and the continuous wave of attacks have exhausted all of his power.
But the true loser here is Retsudo (haha, shame on you bastard!), who has suffered heavy casualties. There's even one clan which I think was annihilated in this volume.
Lone Wolf and Cub keeps on getting better and better. And yes, I don't know how the golden duo Koike and Kojima would top this one. Great work. Manga masterpiece.
The volume is not all bloodshed though. Daigoro stole the show with his own quiet chapters that further flesh out the emotions and personality of the innocent yet tragically broken child of the wolf. He may have a heart as strong as his father, but Daigoro's soul has been tainted by blood, violence and death that it has led him to trouble; yet as if fate and death plays with him, the cub manages to find love and compassion in his direst moments.
Itto Ogami on the other hand may have reached his limit, that even though he may have god-like skills of a samurai (damn he is so good) the sheer number of enemies and the continuous wave of attacks have exhausted all of his power.
But the true loser here is Retsudo (haha, shame on you bastard!), who has suffered heavy casualties. There's even one clan which I think was annihilated in this volume.
Lone Wolf and Cub keeps on getting better and better. And yes, I don't know how the golden duo Koike and Kojima would top this one. Great work. Manga masterpiece.
August 15, 2020
No kidding does the plot ramp up! The previous book's end teased on this, and this book delivers, and we're not even done by the time it finishes. Very tense stuff, with much more room for build-up and bloody payoffs than in the one-shot stories up until now.
I look forward to see how it ends.
I look forward to see how it ends.
January 20, 2014
Easily the best, most dramatically integrated volume of the series. A return to form - strong female characters who are not subjected to abuse, Yagyu Retsudo finally dropping his thoughtful villain guise to reveal his ferocity and cruelty, Ogami Itto using every weapon and strategem in his arsenal to keep himself and his son alive, and a real sense of tension. Moreover, there are no standalone stories here, as in past volumes. This is basically one continuous story, straight through, illustrated in a highly stylized, cinematic manner. At volume's end, Itto has partially blinded Retsudo, but Itto is badly battered from the all-out assault the Yagyus launched against him. And Itto has been separated from his son, Daigoro, who is now left to wander through the forests of interior Japan. I don't know where the series will go from here, but I have great anticipation for the next 18 (!) volumes.
April 21, 2021
Lobo Solitario 10
Con lo del rio, lo Yagyu finalmente pasan a la ofensiva contra Ito. Ahora si habrá un poco, bueno mínimo avance de la historia central.
Buenas escenas, dibujo.
Que si hay varias de “aja si”, tantos oponentes y como si nada, pero bueno lo pasamos.
La pelea con el jefe clan Yagyu, muy bien, me gusto.
Separados
Hay una escena donde Daigoro ve unos pescadores recolectando pescados, y de repente para el cambia los peces por espadas, la captura por pelea, bien por el manga en mostrar el daño que tiene en Daigoro.
Interesante lo del delincuente Matsugoro.
4.5 star
Con lo del rio, lo Yagyu finalmente pasan a la ofensiva contra Ito. Ahora si habrá un poco, bueno mínimo avance de la historia central.
Buenas escenas, dibujo.
Que si hay varias de “aja si”, tantos oponentes y como si nada, pero bueno lo pasamos.
La pelea con el jefe clan Yagyu, muy bien, me gusto.
Separados
Hay una escena donde Daigoro ve unos pescadores recolectando pescados, y de repente para el cambia los peces por espadas, la captura por pelea, bien por el manga en mostrar el daño que tiene en Daigoro.
Interesante lo del delincuente Matsugoro.
4.5 star
January 20, 2019
Sorrowful!
October 18, 2021
Yalnız Kurt ve Yavrusu serisi sığınılacak bir liman gibi.
Yagyu Mektubu'nda artık Daigoro ağaç dalıyla da olsa kılıç duruşuna geçti. Eee böyle bir babayla Japonya'yı turlarken başka ne beklersin? Daigoro'nun arabasına bayılıyorum. Zaten şu an adını hatırlayamadığım gizli silahlar yeterince havalı değilmiş gibi iki cilt önceki upgrade Ogami Itto ve tatlı oğlunun bir kez daha hayatını kurtarıyor. Ve sanki az önce onlarca insanı biçmemişler gibi her olaydan sonra Gara Gara diye arabayı sürmesine de ayrıca hastayım :)
Zaten artık Yagyu'yla burun buruna geldiler ve tahmin ettiğimiz gibi siyah beyaz da olsa kan gövdeyi götürdü. Ogami kendi ve oğlu için korkmuyor ama her bölüm başlarına birşey gelecek diye ödüm kopuyor. Zaten Daigoro'cuğumun Meifumado'yla olan imtihanı ne olacak artık?
Daigoro'nun Gözyaşları'na bayıldım ama Sürüklenen Gölgeler hikayesi inanılmazdı. Engelli bir evlada sahip samuray mı? Sözünden dönmeyen bir baba mı? Engelli olmasına rağmen Daigoro'yu korumak için canını feda eden bir çocuk mu? Gözyaşı, pıt.
Bu seriyle ilgili tek tesellim hala 11. Ciltte olmam, şu an 26. Ciltte olması ve serinin hala da basılıyor oluşu.
Gerçekten bu seriyi inanılmaz bir istikrarla devam ettirdikleri için Marmara Çizgi'ye ve çevirmen Emre Yavuz'a ne kadar teşekkür etsek az.
Herkese keyifli okumalar!
Yagyu Mektubu'nda artık Daigoro ağaç dalıyla da olsa kılıç duruşuna geçti. Eee böyle bir babayla Japonya'yı turlarken başka ne beklersin? Daigoro'nun arabasına bayılıyorum. Zaten şu an adını hatırlayamadığım gizli silahlar yeterince havalı değilmiş gibi iki cilt önceki upgrade Ogami Itto ve tatlı oğlunun bir kez daha hayatını kurtarıyor. Ve sanki az önce onlarca insanı biçmemişler gibi her olaydan sonra Gara Gara diye arabayı sürmesine de ayrıca hastayım :)
Zaten artık Yagyu'yla burun buruna geldiler ve tahmin ettiğimiz gibi siyah beyaz da olsa kan gövdeyi götürdü. Ogami kendi ve oğlu için korkmuyor ama her bölüm başlarına birşey gelecek diye ödüm kopuyor. Zaten Daigoro'cuğumun Meifumado'yla olan imtihanı ne olacak artık?
Daigoro'nun Gözyaşları'na bayıldım ama Sürüklenen Gölgeler hikayesi inanılmazdı. Engelli bir evlada sahip samuray mı? Sözünden dönmeyen bir baba mı? Engelli olmasına rağmen Daigoro'yu korumak için canını feda eden bir çocuk mu? Gözyaşı, pıt.
Bu seriyle ilgili tek tesellim hala 11. Ciltte olmam, şu an 26. Ciltte olması ve serinin hala da basılıyor oluşu.
Gerçekten bu seriyi inanılmaz bir istikrarla devam ettirdikleri için Marmara Çizgi'ye ve çevirmen Emre Yavuz'a ne kadar teşekkür etsek az.
Herkese keyifli okumalar!
October 13, 2019
La manera en la que el autor mide el ritmo de su historia es impresionante. Cuando se estaba volviendo repetitiva y un poco cansada la historia, mueve hacia adelante la trama general de la historia y nos da un momento increíble.
El duelo entre Retsudo Yagyu y Ogami Itto. En el volumen anterior Itto robó una de las cartas de Yagyu, con eso obliga a Retsudo a movilizar sus fuerzas. En este tomo aprendemos un poco más sobre esas cartas y lo que está intentando hacer Itto. El objetivo del protagonista, que aunque de cierta manera lo sabíamos, evoluciona más y se vuelve mucho más interesante.
Este tomo me desgarró el corazón en varios momentos. Hay dos capítulos centrados en Daigoro que es imposible que no te hieran profundamente.
También me gustó mucho ver a un rival, finalmente, a la altura de Itto. Retsuo Yagyu es un peleador impresionante y pone en jaque las habilidades de Itto en varias ocasiones. En todos los tomos anteriores, a excepción de un par de capítulos quizá, vimos a Itto despachar a sus enemigos con gran facilidad. Esto no sucede en este tomo y eso es bastante bueno porque cambia un poco la dinámica de la historia.
Este volumen me dejó ansioso por el siguiente. La historia de Koike no deja de mejorar.
El duelo entre Retsudo Yagyu y Ogami Itto. En el volumen anterior Itto robó una de las cartas de Yagyu, con eso obliga a Retsudo a movilizar sus fuerzas. En este tomo aprendemos un poco más sobre esas cartas y lo que está intentando hacer Itto. El objetivo del protagonista, que aunque de cierta manera lo sabíamos, evoluciona más y se vuelve mucho más interesante.
Este tomo me desgarró el corazón en varios momentos. Hay dos capítulos centrados en Daigoro que es imposible que no te hieran profundamente.
También me gustó mucho ver a un rival, finalmente, a la altura de Itto. Retsuo Yagyu es un peleador impresionante y pone en jaque las habilidades de Itto en varias ocasiones. En todos los tomos anteriores, a excepción de un par de capítulos quizá, vimos a Itto despachar a sus enemigos con gran facilidad. Esto no sucede en este tomo y eso es bastante bueno porque cambia un poco la dinámica de la historia.
Este volumen me dejó ansioso por el siguiente. La historia de Koike no deja de mejorar.
December 8, 2024
I read this one in omnibus form. But these stories were some of the best. And much of that is that these were in continuity. And as Lone Wolf and Cub get separated, we get to see what they are like apart.
The Yagyu Letter - Lots of combat in this one. And a big body count. But it moves the story along.
The Tears of Daigoro - Directly continues and more of the same. So lots of combat and a body count. This ends with a Cub only story.
The Fisherwoman's Love - Just cub in this one. A good standalone - but really absolutely continues from the previous.
Drifting Shadows - long and without cub and with a lot of plot movement and death and violence. but kind of awesome.
Straw Boy - a long cub story. We get to see daigoru's moral code, what he will or won't do. It's a pretty strong story in addition to that. Not any plot movement. If only Cub would get older.
The Yagyu Letter - Lots of combat in this one. And a big body count. But it moves the story along.
The Tears of Daigoro - Directly continues and more of the same. So lots of combat and a body count. This ends with a Cub only story.
The Fisherwoman's Love - Just cub in this one. A good standalone - but really absolutely continues from the previous.
Drifting Shadows - long and without cub and with a lot of plot movement and death and violence. but kind of awesome.
Straw Boy - a long cub story. We get to see daigoru's moral code, what he will or won't do. It's a pretty strong story in addition to that. Not any plot movement. If only Cub would get older.
July 6, 2023
4.5 stars. New favorite volume so far. Not an ounce of fat on this. Plus it features an incredibly moving story in which we witness Daigoro having a (rare) human moment. (I may have cried a little myself when I read that one.) Wow.
March 3, 2013
Nichts für Zartbesaitete
...ist dieser zehnte Band der "Lone Wolf and Cub"-Reihe. Der meiner Meinung nach mit Abstand brutalste und blutigste Band bisher sticht sogar aus der sonst nicht zimperlichen Reihe in dieser Beziehung hervor. Gerade "The Yagyu Letter", die erste Geschichte des Bandes, ist dafür ein Beispiel.
Neben der in praktisch allen Kapiteln zur Schau gestellten Brutalität ist aber noch etwas neu, was den Leser, der bis hierher einen stoischen, mönchsartigen Ogami Itto erlebt hat, sehr überrascht: Der Vater beginnt, Emotionen zu zeigen, die man in ihm gar nicht vermutet hätte, und man hat den Eindruck, dass sogar dem im Meifumado wandernden Auftragsmörder das ganze Blutvergießen in diesem Band etwas am Verstand kratzt.
Brilliant charakterisiert, extrem sowohl in Skript als auch Zeichnungen, ist dies ein neuer Meilenstein in der eh schon dahingehend reichen Historie von "Lone Wolf and Cub".
...ist dieser zehnte Band der "Lone Wolf and Cub"-Reihe. Der meiner Meinung nach mit Abstand brutalste und blutigste Band bisher sticht sogar aus der sonst nicht zimperlichen Reihe in dieser Beziehung hervor. Gerade "The Yagyu Letter", die erste Geschichte des Bandes, ist dafür ein Beispiel.
Neben der in praktisch allen Kapiteln zur Schau gestellten Brutalität ist aber noch etwas neu, was den Leser, der bis hierher einen stoischen, mönchsartigen Ogami Itto erlebt hat, sehr überrascht: Der Vater beginnt, Emotionen zu zeigen, die man in ihm gar nicht vermutet hätte, und man hat den Eindruck, dass sogar dem im Meifumado wandernden Auftragsmörder das ganze Blutvergießen in diesem Band etwas am Verstand kratzt.
Brilliant charakterisiert, extrem sowohl in Skript als auch Zeichnungen, ist dies ein neuer Meilenstein in der eh schon dahingehend reichen Historie von "Lone Wolf and Cub".
April 17, 2009
I started reading LW&C a few years ago, and read the first nine volumes in a very short period of time. As a result, I ended up getting bored with the series, and found it kind of repetitive and lacking any larger story.
Thankfully, having read volume 10 in isolation, I found myself enjoying this volume a lot more. Yes, it's still ultraviolent, and yes, it's still overflowing with machismo, but there's still a fairly interesting story contained within.
Thankfully, having read volume 10 in isolation, I found myself enjoying this volume a lot more. Yes, it's still ultraviolent, and yes, it's still overflowing with machismo, but there's still a fairly interesting story contained within.
April 3, 2012
Intense volume. The plot went to a level that's almost hard to believe that I still had 18 more volumes to go! Itto Ogami and Daigoro on their limit as the Yagyu shows all of it strenght to kill a one-man army like Ogami.
The Daigoro character is more deeply explored, now we're sure that the main character of the story may be Daigoro itself more than the lone wolf.
The Daigoro character is more deeply explored, now we're sure that the main character of the story may be Daigoro itself more than the lone wolf.
June 21, 2014
The Tears of Daigoro - my favorite story in this series so far. What a great and tragic lesson. I rarely become attached to fictional characters. But this story almost made me cry. :) I feel deeply for Daigoro.
August 7, 2014
This movies the plot forward in a big way. It was also nice to see some different types of stories because I was starting to worry this series was becoming repetitive. I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next!
December 31, 2009
This volume brings Itto and Retsudo together in battle, but drives Ogami apart (Daigoro and Itto). This is uplifting, heartbreaking, but always thrilling. Best volume in the series, so far.
March 1, 2013
10 down...18 to go.
April 25, 2014
I love Daigoro stories, so this volume is naturally one of my favourites.
July 28, 2015
The plot takes a gigantic leap forward in this volume. This was unexpected for me, so I was sitting with mouth agape. Be prepared to want to snatch the next volume right away!
May 18, 2016
Very possibly one of the best so far. After a confrontation with the Kurokuwa and Yagyu, Diagoro is separated from his father, and makes his own way.
February 1, 2017
Muy bueno.
February 13, 2022
The 10th volume of Lone Wolf and Sun. While the narrative before has been discontinuous, every story in this collection weaves together where I finished it in one sitting. Ogami's actions in the last volume bring out the Yagyu directly and there is a bloodbath.
The Yagyu Letter is the first story and mostly action. Thrilling if narratively sparse. But in the fighting, Ogami and Daigoro are split up which sets up the rest of these stories.
The Tears of Daigoro was my favorite story because it features a samurai and his son living peacefully in the mountains. It is a deliberate mirror to the life Ogami and Daigoro could have lived.
The Fisherwoman's Love and Straw Boy are also strong stories featuring Daigoro alone and trying to fend for himself. We see the moral code Daigoro has learned from his father.
Drifting Shadows is focused on Ogami while tying together the events of The Tears of Daigoro. I found these smaller action pieces more interesting than the carnage from the first story because at this point, Ogami is running out of tools. Retsudo and Ogami also come face to face. This story feels like the climax of the arc started 10 volumes ago.
5/5 because I would read this again and keep a physical copy on my bookshelf.
The Yagyu Letter is the first story and mostly action. Thrilling if narratively sparse. But in the fighting, Ogami and Daigoro are split up which sets up the rest of these stories.
The Tears of Daigoro was my favorite story because it features a samurai and his son living peacefully in the mountains. It is a deliberate mirror to the life Ogami and Daigoro could have lived.
The Fisherwoman's Love and Straw Boy are also strong stories featuring Daigoro alone and trying to fend for himself. We see the moral code Daigoro has learned from his father.
Drifting Shadows is focused on Ogami while tying together the events of The Tears of Daigoro. I found these smaller action pieces more interesting than the carnage from the first story because at this point, Ogami is running out of tools. Retsudo and Ogami also come face to face. This story feels like the climax of the arc started 10 volumes ago.
5/5 because I would read this again and keep a physical copy on my bookshelf.
May 6, 2023
Lone Wolf and Cub vol 10 is something special. I love the entire series, thats why i am rereading it again and again but this 10th pocket is crazy. Lone Wolf and Cub consists of short stories, kinda connecting but also alot of standalone stories, this one contains the 50th of those short stories and its epic in every way, this volume also has every story being a follow up to the one before, standard for most comics but not for this one. Full on war is here as Retsudo Yagyu pursues The Lone Wolf, as Ogami Itto tries to unveal a secret of the Yagyu clain to bring Retsudo down. This is everything a samurai fan wishes and this is really a mix of all the great ones. This remains a spectacular book.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.
July 26, 2018
If you’ve made it this far into the series you are already so emotionally invested in Daigoro and Ogami Itto that you know what’s up. You’ve read over 3,000 pages of these dudes straight murdering their way across feudal Japan with their crazy gun stroller and secret spears poking out everywhere and blowing shit up. This one was pretty intense. I need a minute, because little Daigoro went through some drama in this one. I want to start a LW&C book club because nobody has read trade 11 of this comic book from a thousand years ago recently, so I’ll just have to talk AT somebody about it again.
January 20, 2021
The narration can be slightly more dramatic than necessary at times but it's no big thing.
I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel for things to criticise here.
Oh, I did mean to mention - whoever put the volumes together seems to have picked the title of one story to serve as the title of the volume? I get that it's tricky but surely it's better to leave it title-less and just call it Volume 10 or something. Even a half-baked title like "Cub Among Dogs" would have been more satisfactory, to me.
I'm really scraping the bottom of the barrel for things to criticise here.
Oh, I did mean to mention - whoever put the volumes together seems to have picked the title of one story to serve as the title of the volume? I get that it's tricky but surely it's better to leave it title-less and just call it Volume 10 or something. Even a half-baked title like "Cub Among Dogs" would have been more satisfactory, to me.
February 26, 2019
Se não o melhor entre os volumes da saga que li até aqui (estou lendo descontinuado), certamente o mais repleto de ação, com o enfrentamento direto de Ogami e Ratsudo, e a perda do paradeiro de Daigoro que vai gerar um ótimo arco do personagem, em sua peregrinação solitária. É talvez o primeiro que leio, também, em que as histórias funcionam de forma mais contínua, sem atuarem isoladamente, como episódios.
August 22, 2020
This series continues to impress! Diagoro (The Cub) a 3 year old boy with a Heart of Stone but loves his father killed a man to help save his father and himself. To see Diagoro starve when lost because he doesn't want to steal food or have food given to him that he didn't earn was amazing. Even on the brink of death he did not eat until he was given opportunity to earn it. Cant wait for the next volume, and for the Wolf and Cub to reunite.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 25, 2022
Epic volume that sees a turning point in the war between Ogami Itto and the Yaygu clan as their fragile truce is broken, leading to an all out war. Koike delivers another epic story demonstrating the wrath between Itto & Yaygu, along with the consequences of their constant war (neither walks away unscathed). It is matched by Goseki Kojima's gorgeous art, which really gets to show off during the epic samurai battles. Easily one of the best mangas ever produced.
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