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Lone Wolf & Cub #7
Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 7
Yagyu Retsudo will stop at nothing to kill Itto Ogami--even sending his last child and only daughter to kill the Lone Wolf while keeping the vendetta quiet. And if his daughter can't finish the job quietly, Retsudo is prepared to take his feud public and offer a reward for Itto that should have every bounty hunter, ronin, and peasant out for Itto's head!
Created by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub has sold over a million copies of its first Dark Horse English-language editions, and this acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction is now available in larger format, value-priced editions.
Created by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub has sold over a million copies of its first Dark Horse English-language editions, and this acclaimed masterpiece of graphic fiction is now available in larger format, value-priced editions.
676 pages, Paperback
First published January 20, 2015
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About the author
Kazuo Koike
562 books296 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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November 25, 2024
The Yagyu continue to up the ante, throwing their bastard children into the fight.
July 28, 2025
Începe să scârțâie, cu prea multe momente moarte și mai ales tărăgănează nenecesar confruntarea cu Yagiu...
July 7, 2016
The plot continues to thicken as the showdown with the Yagyu looms closer. Now, however, a huge bounty has been placed on Lone Wolf and Cub and wanted posters are showing up all over Japan. Some of the deadliest bounty hunters in the world are coming out of the woodwork to claim the bounty. Also, Lone Wolf finally figures out the secret of the Yagyu letter, but readers have to wait a little longer before it's revealed to us. Lot of action in this volume.
August 12, 2017
The more I read "Lone Wolf and Cub", the more I love it. I'm very fond of the art, especially as far as the scenery is concerned. It's beautiful in its way and it helps create an atmosphere I keep coming back to whenever I want to read something special.
I've been reading this series for 2 years now, picking up another one of the omnibus volumes whenever I came across them (and ordering them online when I stopped running across them), and the only reason I haven't ordered everything at once and gone through them at breakneck speed is that I enjoy knowing it's there, waiting for me to go have coffee somewhere nice and read and disconnect from the real world for a while.
In the 7th omnibus volume, Ogami Itto breaks away from his usual "take the money - do the job" pattern, as his enemies, the Yagyu clan, close in around him and pursue him. Ninjas with odd and nearly mystical techniques get involved, a secret message is finally revealed and the story feels less episodic than ever before.
The drawings and some of the plots are really graphic at times (as they've occasionally been before), but somehow it's part of the charm.
I've been reading this series for 2 years now, picking up another one of the omnibus volumes whenever I came across them (and ordering them online when I stopped running across them), and the only reason I haven't ordered everything at once and gone through them at breakneck speed is that I enjoy knowing it's there, waiting for me to go have coffee somewhere nice and read and disconnect from the real world for a while.
In the 7th omnibus volume, Ogami Itto breaks away from his usual "take the money - do the job" pattern, as his enemies, the Yagyu clan, close in around him and pursue him. Ninjas with odd and nearly mystical techniques get involved, a secret message is finally revealed and the story feels less episodic than ever before.
The drawings and some of the plots are really graphic at times (as they've occasionally been before), but somehow it's part of the charm.
May 8, 2015
Each time I start one of these I question why I have continued with the series, but once I am about halfway through, I remember why I enjoy them. Often cheesy and full of unrealistic, pulpy action, they are a pleasure, non-the-less, with incredible art and a cinematic quality that eventually builds into a hypnotic cadence while reading.
February 17, 2025
Oppressive. And the plot has become overwhelming. And Daigoro really needs to be older than 3 at this point.
The Women of Sodeshi - Ogami Itto tracks down the ninja women. And does what he always does. This adds to the world-building, but I don't expect we'll get back to it.
Brothers of the Grass - Who's left to kill Ogami Itto? A bit more on the ninjas and how they acquired there information. This sets up the next story and the closest Ogami Itto gets to being run to ground.
Five Wheels of the Yagyu - This would have been a stronger story if there had been recurring supporting cast that we cared about. Still good though.
Incense for the Living - More on the extent of how far the secret groups will go. And how it doesn't matter if they go up against Ogami Itto.
Umbrella - A Daigoro story, and a good one as pretty much is always true. More on the ugliness of the lives especially of the girls.
Sayaka - Another last person who can take on Ogami Itto. Normal result.
Clouds of Silk - Finally the secret message is figured out. Kind of?
Demon Hide, Demon Seek - And now everyone is after Ogami Itto. Which pretty much means everyone dies.
Gateway into Winter - Even woodcutters are after Ogami Itto. Some people don't die in this one
To a Tomorrow That Never Comes - Lone Wolf and Cub are protected by someone from their past. This would have had more of an impact of that person was side cast and recognizable.
Bounty Demons - Everyone is after Lone World and Cub. At some point I hope we get past this.
The Women of Sodeshi - Ogami Itto tracks down the ninja women. And does what he always does. This adds to the world-building, but I don't expect we'll get back to it.
Brothers of the Grass - Who's left to kill Ogami Itto? A bit more on the ninjas and how they acquired there information. This sets up the next story and the closest Ogami Itto gets to being run to ground.
Five Wheels of the Yagyu - This would have been a stronger story if there had been recurring supporting cast that we cared about. Still good though.
Incense for the Living - More on the extent of how far the secret groups will go. And how it doesn't matter if they go up against Ogami Itto.
Umbrella - A Daigoro story, and a good one as pretty much is always true. More on the ugliness of the lives especially of the girls.
Sayaka - Another last person who can take on Ogami Itto. Normal result.
Clouds of Silk - Finally the secret message is figured out. Kind of?
Demon Hide, Demon Seek - And now everyone is after Ogami Itto. Which pretty much means everyone dies.
Gateway into Winter - Even woodcutters are after Ogami Itto. Some people don't die in this one
To a Tomorrow That Never Comes - Lone Wolf and Cub are protected by someone from their past. This would have had more of an impact of that person was side cast and recognizable.
Bounty Demons - Everyone is after Lone World and Cub. At some point I hope we get past this.
October 13, 2023
A specialist Yagyu assassin murders everyone who has even the barest contact with Ogami Ittō, denying him food and drink, news, human contact. Ittō retreats to a mountain grotto where he can live off the land but the Yagyu cannot do the same. Some of the best illustration of the series, gorgeous forestscapes in which the ninja can be detected but just barely. It's almost tragic that these exist as single panels in a 700 page book.
A heartbreaking Daigoro story in which he befriends an umbrella-carrying slave girl and tries to feed her.
Ittō tracks down the source of the Yagyu "grass," the ninja sleeper agents that have penetrated every han in Japan.
Retsuo sends his last living child against Ittō--with a gimmick specifically targeted at him--and vows to launch all out war (even though it will stain the Yagyu name forever) against Ittō if she fails. It's hardly a spoiler to say that she fails. How does this series go another five and a half omnibi from here??
The final remnants of the decimated Kurokuwa clan attempt to assassinate Ittō,
A heartbreaking Daigoro story in which he befriends an umbrella-carrying slave girl and tries to feed her.
Ittō tracks down the source of the Yagyu "grass," the ninja sleeper agents that have penetrated every han in Japan.
Retsuo sends his last living child against Ittō--with a gimmick specifically targeted at him--and vows to launch all out war (even though it will stain the Yagyu name forever) against Ittō if she fails. It's hardly a spoiler to say that she fails. How does this series go another five and a half omnibi from here??
The final remnants of the decimated Kurokuwa clan attempt to assassinate Ittō,
December 26, 2017
Another great volume. The story is really heating up and feels like it's really coming to an end soon. Which, you know, we're over 4,000 pages into it so it probably should. (There series goes to volume 12, so this is actually just a bit over the half-way point.)
Some of the art is terrific, and some of it still makes me go "Huh?" There is one particular picture of Ogami that looks rather rough to me, because he's showing an emotion (surprise) and he mostly doesn't do that. So I wonder if maybe the artist struggled a bit with how he should look. Or if he was just making it rough because it was so out-of-character.
Looking forward to finishing the series in 2018.
Some of the art is terrific, and some of it still makes me go "Huh?" There is one particular picture of Ogami that looks rather rough to me, because he's showing an emotion (surprise) and he mostly doesn't do that. So I wonder if maybe the artist struggled a bit with how he should look. Or if he was just making it rough because it was so out-of-character.
Looking forward to finishing the series in 2018.
October 11, 2025
This is now my new addiction!!!
A beautifully told story with hand drawn animation!
Where you learn about Japanese historical culture and lots of martial arts and political intrigue.
This is perfect for me and I am devouring them!
It's based on a samurai who is politically outplayed and loses his station and family. Just him and his boy are out to seek revenge!
I don't throw 5 stars around much. but this is totally a 10 stars!!! a 100 stars!!!!! a 1000 stars...... it's just great! Don't consider it, just read it!!!!
ENJOY!!!
A beautifully told story with hand drawn animation!
Where you learn about Japanese historical culture and lots of martial arts and political intrigue.
This is perfect for me and I am devouring them!
It's based on a samurai who is politically outplayed and loses his station and family. Just him and his boy are out to seek revenge!
I don't throw 5 stars around much. but this is totally a 10 stars!!! a 100 stars!!!!! a 1000 stars...... it's just great! Don't consider it, just read it!!!!
ENJOY!!!
February 6, 2020
If you're wondering what a comic book is doing on a Daoist monk's reading list, that's fine. But just know that this is no mere graphic novel; this is a work of high Japanese literature. The storytelling is stunning, the graphics are powerful, and the message and compelling feel of this masterpiece of graphic fiction will keep you turning the pages and earn the whole omnibus an honored spot in your library, too.
July 28, 2025
Stakes are raised in this volume as the Yagyu become yet more desperate to stop Itto and retrieve the Yagyu letter. Lots of cool showdowns in this volume, including a completely emotionless shinobi, Yagyu Retsudo's bastard daughter, and a horde of sleazy bounty hunters.
Some might complain that fights follow a familiar pattern at this point, but the artwork remains absolutelt stunning and it's always fun to see how Itto tackles each successive challenge.
Some might complain that fights follow a familiar pattern at this point, but the artwork remains absolutelt stunning and it's always fun to see how Itto tackles each successive challenge.
October 9, 2020
Itto and Diagoro are getting even closer to the end of their quest. Itto faces off with more of his enemies assassins and has defeated all. The bounty on his head has in increased to the point that even children are chasing him. So they need to find seclusion in order to avoid killing innocent fools.
December 6, 2023
4.7/5
Beautiful landscapes, intriguing stories, clever tactics, vicious battles, moral dilemmas, and rising tension as the result of a final duel with a Yagyu heir leads to all of Japan beginning its greed-fueled descent upon Itto and Daigoro. This series just keeps getting better the further along I go.
Beautiful landscapes, intriguing stories, clever tactics, vicious battles, moral dilemmas, and rising tension as the result of a final duel with a Yagyu heir leads to all of Japan beginning its greed-fueled descent upon Itto and Daigoro. This series just keeps getting better the further along I go.
January 4, 2025
Even more than previous editions, the visual storytelling stood out on the volume. The expression of time, distance, and action in just a panel or two is truly exquisite. And the stories of the Grass Ninja at the hand of Yagyu is particularly sad, as is the fate of his daughter, and Umbrella is a stand-out chapter.
February 2, 2025
The story is becoming all plot. We get development on the grass ninja, the sleeper agents of the Yagyu clan. Yagyu sends his last few agents after Ogami Itto. Will he ever run out? Turns out, the answer is yes.
The art is mostly good. Except for the last story in the volume, which is terrible.
The art is mostly good. Except for the last story in the volume, which is terrible.
October 16, 2018
A masterpiece. Well, part 7 of a masterpiece, anyway.
January 9, 2020
The plot is thickening with more about the Yagyu letter being revealed. Lots of intense action and samurai stuff so far if that’s at all your bag, this is near to heaven.
August 20, 2021
Finally the plot is going somewhere.
December 20, 2025
Emotions!
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