竹光侍 四

竹光侍 [Takemitsu-zamurai] #4

by Taiyo Matsumoto (Comic), 松本 大洋 (Comic), Issei Eifuku (Original Story)

信濃国立石領多岐家では当主が病に倒れ、当主に子がないため甥御を跡を継がせることになっていた。だが、実はお手つきになった女中の静が、秘かに嫡子を生んでいるということを筆頭家老の武部が明かす。その静は、かつてこの藩で剣術指南をしていた男と共に山里に在り…。

Genres: Manga, Japan

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 28, 2008

About the author

See also: 松本大洋 and 松本 大洋

Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.

In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan.

Source: Lambiek website bio .

Reviews

[Jokoloyo · Rating 4 out of 5]

At last... an important background story. And the background reveals a big plot.
Previous 3 volumes are just for character introductions and establish setting.

[MIL · Rating 5 out of 5]

20191106 2nd read
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20190113 1st read

時代小說套路：
藩主年老或年幼，總之大權旁落
A家老集團與B家老集團互相計畫扳倒對方
藩主急病，政爭白熱化~
主角沉淪下僚劍術高強，學識豐厚
被某集團找上，過關斬將政變之後繼續屈居下僚
結束
還是說這是藤澤周平套路呢~
畢竟司馬遼太郎那種的我沒看過哈哈
竹光侍前四本感覺也是走這種套路~
不過主角更威猛是藩主嫡子XD

今年才會出完八本，等圖書館買進來又是年底了吧Orz

[Matty Dub · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those that you just can’t put a until you finish. A rare work in a classic genre for the artist, it’s nonetheless full of abstracts in how he illustrates the story. Through 3 volumes there was a thick veil of mystery surrounding the protagonist Soichiro but this volume does away with the veil by dedicating itself to telling the origin of the fox-like character. I devoured it, it was so awesome to discover more about him and that didn’t stop the creative team from moving the story forward at a nice pace.

[BaiLing · Rating 2 out of 5]

書名的意思是，帶著竹劍(竹光)的武士(侍)。

瀨能宗一郎是個來自信濃的浪人，住到江戶的長屋後，一開始由於長相奇特(狐狸臉)和奇特的舉止(躺在屋頂上看雲、山、發呆)受眾人注目，但久而久之，大家，尤其是小孩子們，都喜歡這個舉止怪異但性情溫和的浪人。

受邀到私塾裡教授孩子們識字的宗一郎，每天的優閒生活卻無法持久，因為信濃的大名身體衰老，府邸裡出現擁立十歲姪子或者是還不知道自己身世的私生子瀨能宗一郎兩派，反對私生子繼承的這方人馬即刻出手，先到宗一郎和父母親一起窩居的深山裡想要來個斬草除根，沒想到師承父親劍術的宗一郎在逃跑後又折返，一舉將入侵者除了詐死者外全數殲滅，之後遵照父親遺言前往江戶，卻始終擺脫不了接二連三的追殺。

宗一郎的母親是信濃大名侍妾，在懷有身孕的情況下，賜給了在府邸裡擔任劍道教練的父親，劍術高明的父親並不諳官場奸險，在得罪當權者後攜妻遠避深山。宗一郎並不清楚自己的身世，故對連番追殺感到十分困惑，即使父母慘死眼前，仍無法理解心中蠢動的殺意，為了不成為噬血的鬼怪，甚至將父親給的寶劍典當。直到殺手濫殺無辜，宗一郎終於下定決心要正面迎擊，好讓他喜愛的升斗小民們，可以不再因為他而惴惴難安。

故事就到此為止

當初預約的時候以為全套只有六集，正高興全都到手，一口氣可以看到結局，沒想到最後兩本還在新書準備階段，根本不能上線預約。

故事就先到這這裡為止。何時上網預約成功，何時書能夠到手，何時就知道最後結尾。

另外的心得，就留到全部看完再說吧！

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not the greatest manga... The story was quite dull and really didn’t like the crappy art 👌😤❤️

[a ☕︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

here the character of ronin-turned-schoolteacher senou souichirou is finally established. previous to this, he functioned as a conduit to dreams; he opened up the snowy vistas of shinano, brought river dragons to life, appeared before lords with a fox-head. he was kind and learned, but a stranger. all that is now explained and the tragedy that propels the rest of the series comes to light.

[Anne Mey · Rating 4 out of 5]

On retourne un peu en arrière pour apprendre un peu plus l'histoire de ce mystérieux samouraï bambou. On retrouve des thèmes assez classique du roman de samouraï et les enjeux sont enfin bien révélés. Le tout continue sur le changement sérieux qu'opère le manga.