壬生義士伝 5 (ヤングジャンプコミックスDIGITAL)

漫画 壬生義士伝 #5

by Jirō Asada, ながやす巧

あの方こそ、私の「先生」でした──　国を捨て、武士道にも背を向けた──。新選組随一の「人斬り」の剣が護り抜こうとしたものとは!?　新たなる証言で語られる、吉村貫一郎のもうひとつの素顔……!!　孤高の作家ながやす巧が、浅田文学の最高峰に挑む大河時代劇　激動の第三章、ここに開幕!!

207 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 12, 2014

About the author

Jirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.

Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.

In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.

He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).