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子連れ狼 [Kozure Ookami] #26
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 26: Struggle in the Dark
One could believe the old adage about the grass being greener on the other side. But, if you're referring to the "other side" of the Sanzu, the river between life and death, chances are it will be white, the color of a samurai's death robes. And a lot of that "grass" was probably dispatched by the hand of Itto Ogami. The Yagyu "grass," spies planted for years in local citizenry, has been on the move, gathering in Edo for a final battle. The ronin Itto Ogami has walked a path of demons with Daigoro at his side, on a quest of vengeance and death that has shaken the very foundations of the samurai caste and the shögunate. No one has been able to stop him, not even the crafty, Abeno Kaii and it looks like he's about see his final day, but he won't go out without a battle of wits! Only three more volumes until the long-awaited conclusion of Lone Wolf and Cub . And when it's over, you'll only want to read it again.This volume contains the following Tales of the Nindo UkonStruggle in the DarkSong of the SpiritGreat ReversalsScarlet Summer, Silver Fall
312 pages, Paperback
First published October 29, 2002
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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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September 12, 2022
A five star rating that is a sort of gruesome celebration for the final appearance of a character that has metaphorically ‘poisoned’ my rush to the finish line of this amazing saga of righteous vengeance. Abe Tanoshi, also known as Kaii, is the Shogun’s food taster and master poisoner, the impostor that has come between two formidable adversaries, Ogami Itto and Retsudo Yagyu, and has postponed the inevitable final battle between them for about five albums. His comeuppance was long in coming, but that will not make the resolution a walk in the part. Kaii will not go down quietly.
Tales of the Grass: Nindo Ukon
Before we get to the main storyline, we have another episode of the secret agents embedded by the Yagyu clan at the courts of the most powerful daimyo in the shogunate.
Nindo Ukon will mark his departure for Edo, at the summoning of Retsudo, with excessive amounts of blood and betrayals, in line with the previous spies who burned their bridges to the past in order to answer the urgent call of their master.
The story sets up the tone for the rest of the album nicely: Meifumado is indeed the road to hell!
Struggle in the Dark
Tanoshi and Retsudo have had a battle of wills for weeks, as the last of the Yagyu has been put under house arrest in the den of the poisoner. Kaii is trying to starve the old ‘tiger’, hoping to break his strength and his will, eventually opening a window of opportunity for the administration of poison that will remove his adversary.
Retsudo already has some support from his ‘grass’ that has arrived in Edo and is anyway an older hand at this game of deadly plotting. He feels so sure of himself that he even teases Abe Tanoshi with a preview of his reprisals:
I am saving my appetite, Kaii!
To drink your blood and gnaw your bones!
The poisoner is right to be scared out of his wits:
Sons of the Spirit
Meanwhile, the Lone Wolf and his son Daigoro are waiting in vain by the field where two samurai swords are buried point down into the ground. Something is preventing their adversary from honouring the promise to come back and finish their duel to the death.
So, Ogami Itto must go and investigate, leaving his young son in charge of the field of honour. But how can the most hunted man in the shogunate infiltrate the well guarded Edo palace grounds? Maybe use the upcoming religious festival as a diversion?
If you’re the greatest samurai that ever lived, and if the authors really like you, then all you have to do is be yourself and everybody else will bow down in awe of your spirit of ‘bushi’
Great Reversals
The wheel of fortune turns and turns, and the master gaoler finds himself condemned by the Shogun for trespassing on the palace rules during the holy time of pilgrimage. The punishment may seem excessive to our modern sensibilities, but in a society ruled wih an iron fist by an absolute tyrant, heads will usually fall.
The Lone Wolf roams the halls of the palace while outside the religious festival is in full sway. He meets both Tanoshi and Retsudo, who explain to Itto the finer points of the delay that we readers already know about. The poisoner begs for mercy, but the samurai simply tells him to be a man about it and accept his fate. Retsudo reveals his plan to use his ‘grass’, his very last skilled assassins, in order to hold on to power and fight even the Shogun for his privileges.
But the ‘tiger’ will honour the promise to meet with the ‘wolf’ and resume their duel.
Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall
Honourable death in the service of duty is, in the culture of the time, the highest achievement for the warrior class. Abe Tanoshi is offered the chance to perform the ceremony of ‘seppuku’ , but we all know that he isn’t really a ‘bushi’.
That traditional bucket prepared for receiving the blood and the head of the condemned will probably not be enough.
Fate will guide the steps of the Lone Wolf towards the place of death, to witness the final scene of Kaii, and to deliver one of his speeches about karma that frankly, sounds to me suspiciously like spoilers for the outcome of the final battle.
Time flows. Seasons turn.
Scarlet summer ... silver fall ... black winter.
Then after the winter, green spring.
People die, and are born again.
Don’t fight your fate ... your death.
If you’re Scarlett Summer, I’m the Silver Fall,
Retsudo the Black Winter.
We all die, one by one ...
No salvation.
At least, Ogami Itto is dressed for the job and gets to perform his duty as the Shogun’s executioner one last time.
January 29, 2019
With a seemingly uncountable number of moving parts clicking their gears against one another, it would seem a miracle that such a miracle that such an epic tale could ever have been pulled off. Not a problem it would seem for the stellar work of Koike and Co. Darning together as much the past as the foreseeable future, numerous open loops are finally writhing toward their deserving closedness unto a rapprochement deserving of a resounding finale.
Whether it’s the lurid undertaking of Tonoshi, the unseen work of a thousand blades of grass (Shinobi), or the recondite saintliness of Ogami Itto, every part shines with its internalized glares of gem encrusted excellence. Yet, truly as an exposition of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, the equation adds up unto something far more incredible than a simplistic rationalist analysis would entail. Deeply drenched in the storied history of the Japanese, the preparation for the end of all things has been laid down with torrents of uncoagulated blood and saturnine emotion.
Whether it’s the lurid undertaking of Tonoshi, the unseen work of a thousand blades of grass (Shinobi), or the recondite saintliness of Ogami Itto, every part shines with its internalized glares of gem encrusted excellence. Yet, truly as an exposition of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts, the equation adds up unto something far more incredible than a simplistic rationalist analysis would entail. Deeply drenched in the storied history of the Japanese, the preparation for the end of all things has been laid down with torrents of uncoagulated blood and saturnine emotion.
December 8, 2020
4-4.5 stars
We are finally approaching the end of the saga of Lone Wolf and Cub, there are only two volumes remaining! (Not that I’m anxious for it to end as such, but it has been a long tale.) After four years of exile and working towards his goal, it appears as though Itto may finally be near his final confrontation with Retsudo. This volume also sees the final resolution to the Abe Tanoshi storyline, leaving only Yagyu Retsudo standing against our intrepid assassin.
‘Tales of the Grass: Nindo Ukon’: The story of Nindo Ukon, a member of ‘the Grass’. It is a tale of betrayal, as well as loyalty, as we see how the life of a sleeper agent can be complicated not only by his current plans, but the fact that all of the Grass have been called in to help Retsudo in his final confrontation with Itto. Nindo comes across as a surprisingly sympathetic character, despite the often repugnant things he must do in the name of loyalty to the Yagyu.
‘Struggle in the Dark’: A battle of wills between Abe and Retsudo ensues as the former tries to push his program of starving the old samurai which thus far has had no apparent effect. We see that despite his cage Retsudo still has some tricks up his sleeve and it seems that he may drive Abe mad with fear and consternation as he thwarts the wily poisoner at every turn.
‘Sons of the Spirit’: Itto evades the surveillance of the Shogun’s police and hatches a brazen plan make use of a festival to walk directly into the lion’s den.
‘Great Reversals’: Faced with the order to commit seppuku due to the trap set for him by Retsudo, Abe panics and blindly struggles for a way out of his fate. Meanwhile, Itto walks calmly into the Shogun’s compound in order to have a chat with Retsudo.
‘Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall’: The day on which Abe is to commit seppuku has arrived and the samurai tasked with attending him are disgusted by the non-bushi gibbering and panic he exhibits. When they try to take matters into their own hands, however, Abe finds the courage he previously lacked and rampages against the samurai who hope to ‘help’ him in his suicide. Only the arrival of Itto, with a pithy statement about the wheel of life, resolves the situation and allows the poisoner to meet his fate at the hands of the kogi kaishakunin himself.
A few general thoughts: I am intrigued by how these stories seem to tread a line between glorifying and vilifying the fabled Way of the Samurai. Itto himself is generally held up as the paragon of all that a samurai ought to be, while many others fall short of this high standard. We seem to see in Abe Tanoshi the example of a non-bushi getting above himself, but I’m not sure if the issue with him is his class, or the way he approaches his upward mobility. Perhaps Abe’s error is in thinking that to be a bushi all that is required is power. Based on the example of Ogami Itto, the paragon bushi of the story, not only singleness of purpose, but also an overriding sense of honor are required…as well as the equanimity to accept his fate, whatever it may be. This still makes me wonder about Retsudo, the villain par excellence of the piece. He also appears to be a ‘true’ bushi in many respects, but he is not above sacrificing others to attain his goals…and ultimately it can be argued that his primary goal from the seems to have been solely the attainment of power. Is he really that different from Abe (aside from his lack of cowardice)? Is brazen bravery all it takes to make a ‘true bushi’? I’m not quite sure how to parse Retsudo, though the key likely lies in his apparent belief that without him the Tokugawa shogunate, and the entire society founded upon it, would fall into ruin. It could certainly be opined that Retsudo is the wall of order standing against the chaos unleashed upon Japan by the actions of Lone Wolf and Cub…but it is equally clear that this chaos was only unleashed when Retsudo decided to seize power by destroying Ogami Itto’s life. They are an intriguing pair.
We are finally approaching the end of the saga of Lone Wolf and Cub, there are only two volumes remaining! (Not that I’m anxious for it to end as such, but it has been a long tale.) After four years of exile and working towards his goal, it appears as though Itto may finally be near his final confrontation with Retsudo. This volume also sees the final resolution to the Abe Tanoshi storyline, leaving only Yagyu Retsudo standing against our intrepid assassin.
‘Tales of the Grass: Nindo Ukon’: The story of Nindo Ukon, a member of ‘the Grass’. It is a tale of betrayal, as well as loyalty, as we see how the life of a sleeper agent can be complicated not only by his current plans, but the fact that all of the Grass have been called in to help Retsudo in his final confrontation with Itto. Nindo comes across as a surprisingly sympathetic character, despite the often repugnant things he must do in the name of loyalty to the Yagyu.
‘Struggle in the Dark’: A battle of wills between Abe and Retsudo ensues as the former tries to push his program of starving the old samurai which thus far has had no apparent effect. We see that despite his cage Retsudo still has some tricks up his sleeve and it seems that he may drive Abe mad with fear and consternation as he thwarts the wily poisoner at every turn.
‘Sons of the Spirit’: Itto evades the surveillance of the Shogun’s police and hatches a brazen plan make use of a festival to walk directly into the lion’s den.
‘Great Reversals’: Faced with the order to commit seppuku due to the trap set for him by Retsudo, Abe panics and blindly struggles for a way out of his fate. Meanwhile, Itto walks calmly into the Shogun’s compound in order to have a chat with Retsudo.
‘Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall’: The day on which Abe is to commit seppuku has arrived and the samurai tasked with attending him are disgusted by the non-bushi gibbering and panic he exhibits. When they try to take matters into their own hands, however, Abe finds the courage he previously lacked and rampages against the samurai who hope to ‘help’ him in his suicide. Only the arrival of Itto, with a pithy statement about the wheel of life, resolves the situation and allows the poisoner to meet his fate at the hands of the kogi kaishakunin himself.
A few general thoughts: I am intrigued by how these stories seem to tread a line between glorifying and vilifying the fabled Way of the Samurai. Itto himself is generally held up as the paragon of all that a samurai ought to be, while many others fall short of this high standard. We seem to see in Abe Tanoshi the example of a non-bushi getting above himself, but I’m not sure if the issue with him is his class, or the way he approaches his upward mobility. Perhaps Abe’s error is in thinking that to be a bushi all that is required is power. Based on the example of Ogami Itto, the paragon bushi of the story, not only singleness of purpose, but also an overriding sense of honor are required…as well as the equanimity to accept his fate, whatever it may be. This still makes me wonder about Retsudo, the villain par excellence of the piece. He also appears to be a ‘true’ bushi in many respects, but he is not above sacrificing others to attain his goals…and ultimately it can be argued that his primary goal from the seems to have been solely the attainment of power. Is he really that different from Abe (aside from his lack of cowardice)? Is brazen bravery all it takes to make a ‘true bushi’? I’m not quite sure how to parse Retsudo, though the key likely lies in his apparent belief that without him the Tokugawa shogunate, and the entire society founded upon it, would fall into ruin. It could certainly be opined that Retsudo is the wall of order standing against the chaos unleashed upon Japan by the actions of Lone Wolf and Cub…but it is equally clear that this chaos was only unleashed when Retsudo decided to seize power by destroying Ogami Itto’s life. They are an intriguing pair.
April 24, 2016
This doesn't top the list as my favorite volume so far, yet this gave me the most satisfying feeling ever in the series. Farewell Abe, you pathetic fool! You deserve such a fate, a painful, pitiful end for sych a character who does not know even a morsel of respect and bushi.
Ogami Itto is now inside the Edo castle, dressed as a true samurai, ready for the battle four years in the making. And Retsudo Yagyu, his clan forever shamed and tainted with his own doing, waiting for him, for killing the Wolf is the Tigers only hope for restoring the name of his clan, the Yagyu honor.
This is a manga where I felt it had really happened sometime in Japan's history. It is oozing with authenticity and bushi badassery that I personally wanted to see what happened there real time (and hope not to be killed, heh heh).
Two volumes left. I am ready. My sword is ready.
Ogami Itto is now inside the Edo castle, dressed as a true samurai, ready for the battle four years in the making. And Retsudo Yagyu, his clan forever shamed and tainted with his own doing, waiting for him, for killing the Wolf is the Tigers only hope for restoring the name of his clan, the Yagyu honor.
This is a manga where I felt it had really happened sometime in Japan's history. It is oozing with authenticity and bushi badassery that I personally wanted to see what happened there real time (and hope not to be killed, heh heh).
Two volumes left. I am ready. My sword is ready.
December 27, 2021
Lobo 26
Vemos otra historia más de los Kuza, sigue el duelo de Abe y Retsuko, donde el primero empieza a caer en la desesperación.
Este es un volumen estremecedor, y esa parte del final, me puso chinita la piel.
Y lo que hace Itto, como dicen un verdadero Samurai.
5 stars
SPOILERS
Vemos otra historia más de los Kuza, sigue el duelo de Abe y Retsuko, donde el primero empieza a caer en la desesperación.
Este es un volumen estremecedor, y esa parte del final, me puso chinita la piel.
Y lo que hace Itto, como dicen un verdadero Samurai.
5 stars
SPOILERS
March 8, 2024
Artık sondan üçüncü kitaba gelirken artık daha fazla Otlar olmamalıydı. Ancak yine her zamanki gibi tarihsel derinliği olan harika bir bölümdü.
O değil de 2 kitap sonra Ogami ve Daigoro'cuğumla vedalaşıyor muyuz? Yok yok ağlamıyorum gözüme bişey kaçtı. Hık ='(
O değil de 2 kitap sonra Ogami ve Daigoro'cuğumla vedalaşıyor muyuz? Yok yok ağlamıyorum gözüme bişey kaçtı. Hık ='(
August 26, 2023
Shouted a fuck yeah when that pest Abe no Kaii finally croaked.
February 6, 2021
I realise, like I said earlier, that there are toxic aspects to the culture of the Edo period of Japan/the Samurai/Bushi and it's not perfect, but at the same time, there are moments that have been written here, in this series, that are at once epic and completely grounded, not straining my WSD for a second and I can't help but feel those moments are an exclusive product of that culture.
Don't own the last two :/
Don't own the last two :/
July 20, 2023
4.5 stars. Brilliant stuff, especially Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall. Wonderful.
June 2, 2022
The antepenultimate volume of Lone Wolf and Cub. Abe has gotten one over on Retsudo and is starving him to death. Ogami realizes he must rescue his enemy for their duel. The curtain closes on a major character.
A major theme of this series has been what is honor and bushido. Abe the poisoner with the Shogun's ear is clearly held below Ogami and Retsudo up to this point. However, watching Retsudo's political maneuvers while claiming chief concern for his clan, it is hard to say he is honorable too. Ogami has kept his hands clean of duplicity for the entire series and is an assassin who announces himself to his targets. He is the only honorable character among these three.
A major theme of this series has been what is honor and bushido. Abe the poisoner with the Shogun's ear is clearly held below Ogami and Retsudo up to this point. However, watching Retsudo's political maneuvers while claiming chief concern for his clan, it is hard to say he is honorable too. Ogami has kept his hands clean of duplicity for the entire series and is an assassin who announces himself to his targets. He is the only honorable character among these three.
June 15, 2016
"Abe-no-kaii, as sinister as his poison. Yet, somehow, impossible to hate."
Neither were we meant to like him, but he was an impressively developed character. Consistent, brutally honest, tenacious to a fault, and reflective - he was a mirror examining the class system of Edo-period Japan.
Neither were we meant to like him, but he was an impressively developed character. Consistent, brutally honest, tenacious to a fault, and reflective - he was a mirror examining the class system of Edo-period Japan.
April 20, 2012
Finally the end of the probably greates enemy in the story. Incredible volume. The samurai path is truly something that is hard to understand, but easy to admire.
July 4, 2025
A great volume, honing in on while both Ogami and Retsudo are formidable beings, Ogami walks a path of honesty and respect (I.e. how he handles Abe) while Retsudo lives in trickery and deception (I.e. how he implicates Abe in the first place).
Additionally, the short essay at the end of this volume was a nice touch.
Additionally, the short essay at the end of this volume was a nice touch.
December 5, 2017
The greatest manga of all time.
November 18, 2018
Great final chapter in this volume.
April 16, 2020
Intense.
May 10, 2020
Shit is poppin’ off at a furious pace.
July 6, 2020
excelente entrega
August 22, 2021
Same as the first. Fantastic art, engaging action stories, not much to the characters.
August 29, 2021
The story comes closer and closer to it's end, and the one with the most tricks finally runs out.
November 3, 2021
A great ending for one of the main characters. 2 volumes left in the series.
April 3, 2022
Ogami artık sarayda.
July 19, 2023
4.5 stars
September 12, 2024
The series is fantastic and I'm so close to the end.
February 27, 2013
Bekämpfe nicht dein Schicksal... deinen Tod.
"Tales of the Grass: Nindo Ukon"
Der Wille zur Tarnung der Shinobi ist so groß, dass sie sogar Freunde betrügen, um in aussichtsreiche Positionen in einem auszuspionierenden Haushalt kommen. Doch das Wolfsfeuer macht alles zunichte - es gibt wichtigeres zu tun, als zu spionieren.
"Struggle in the Dark"
Abe kämpft im Dunkel; er kommt einfach nicht dahinter, wie Yagyu Retsudo so lange gegen Gift und Hunger aushält. Der alte, listige Fuchs kennt alle Schliche, und er hat geheime Helfer.
"Song of the Spirit"
Die Zeit des Versteckens ist vorbei. Itto kann sich einfach nicht in den Palast schleichen, ein Samurai würde das nicht tun. Also geht er offen vor aller Augen mit der größten Selbstverständlichkeit an den Wachen vorbei hinein. Seine Würde und die Authorität, die er ausstrahlt, lassen ihn ungehindert passieren - die Verkörperung des Samurai zieht alle, vom kleinsten Torsteher bis zum erfahrenen alten Priester in den Bann.
"Great Reversals"
Das Feuer, das den Palast verunreinigt, zieht mehr nach sich als nur den materiellen Schaden. Abes Stunden sind nun gezählt: Er ist verantwortlich und soll daher Seppuku begehen. Als er Itto nocheinmal begegnet, versucht er einen letzten Schachzug, um dem Unausweichlichen doch noch zu entkommen.
"Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall"
Ein ehrenvoller Tod - für Samurai war Seppuku vielleicht eine Möglichkeit, einen Fehler zu korrigieren. Für alle anderen normalen Menschen, und Abe gehört trotz seines Halbwahnsinns dazu, ist es einfach nur ein grausames, auferzwungenes Mordritual. Und so kommt es dann auch, dass sich der lebenshungrige Abe nicht einfach so selbst richtet, wie es für seine Vorgesetzten bequem wäre.
Tatsächlich spürt man nun, wie langsam die Musik zum Finale ansetzt. Die Protagonisten werden immer überlebensgrößer, ihre Schatten verdunkeln den Himmel. Sie nehmen die Leinwand komplett in Beschlag, und der grausame Tod Abes, der nur durch Ittos Anwesenheit noch erträglich wird, ist dabei nur ein Sinnbild für die monumentale Ausstrahlung, die die einzigen übriggebliebenen wahren Krieger auf die zu Zuschauerpositionen verdrängten anderen Personen haben.
"Tales of the Grass: Nindo Ukon"
Der Wille zur Tarnung der Shinobi ist so groß, dass sie sogar Freunde betrügen, um in aussichtsreiche Positionen in einem auszuspionierenden Haushalt kommen. Doch das Wolfsfeuer macht alles zunichte - es gibt wichtigeres zu tun, als zu spionieren.
"Struggle in the Dark"
Abe kämpft im Dunkel; er kommt einfach nicht dahinter, wie Yagyu Retsudo so lange gegen Gift und Hunger aushält. Der alte, listige Fuchs kennt alle Schliche, und er hat geheime Helfer.
"Song of the Spirit"
Die Zeit des Versteckens ist vorbei. Itto kann sich einfach nicht in den Palast schleichen, ein Samurai würde das nicht tun. Also geht er offen vor aller Augen mit der größten Selbstverständlichkeit an den Wachen vorbei hinein. Seine Würde und die Authorität, die er ausstrahlt, lassen ihn ungehindert passieren - die Verkörperung des Samurai zieht alle, vom kleinsten Torsteher bis zum erfahrenen alten Priester in den Bann.
"Great Reversals"
Das Feuer, das den Palast verunreinigt, zieht mehr nach sich als nur den materiellen Schaden. Abes Stunden sind nun gezählt: Er ist verantwortlich und soll daher Seppuku begehen. Als er Itto nocheinmal begegnet, versucht er einen letzten Schachzug, um dem Unausweichlichen doch noch zu entkommen.
"Scarlet Summer, Silver Fall"
Ein ehrenvoller Tod - für Samurai war Seppuku vielleicht eine Möglichkeit, einen Fehler zu korrigieren. Für alle anderen normalen Menschen, und Abe gehört trotz seines Halbwahnsinns dazu, ist es einfach nur ein grausames, auferzwungenes Mordritual. Und so kommt es dann auch, dass sich der lebenshungrige Abe nicht einfach so selbst richtet, wie es für seine Vorgesetzten bequem wäre.
Tatsächlich spürt man nun, wie langsam die Musik zum Finale ansetzt. Die Protagonisten werden immer überlebensgrößer, ihre Schatten verdunkeln den Himmel. Sie nehmen die Leinwand komplett in Beschlag, und der grausame Tod Abes, der nur durch Ittos Anwesenheit noch erträglich wird, ist dabei nur ein Sinnbild für die monumentale Ausstrahlung, die die einzigen übriggebliebenen wahren Krieger auf die zu Zuschauerpositionen verdrängten anderen Personen haben.
July 28, 2009
Though experts say that most graphic novels today contain manga elements, this felt to me more like a true manga than anything I've read in ages. I appreciated the metaphors throughout the storyline. I was impressed with the crisp artwork and the amount of shadow in what appeared to be pen or pencil drawing. But, all in all, I wasn't wowed by this as I expected myself to be.
May 3, 2013
26 down...2 to go. Bye bye Abe...
July 6, 2023
Wonderful!
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