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バジリスク～甲賀忍法帖～ [Basilisk: Kōga Ninpōchō] #3-5

by Fūtarō Yamada, Masaki Segawa (Illustrator), Janine Wetherell (Übersetzerin)

Der fünfbändige Kult-Manga in zwei edlen Sammelbänden und neuer Übersetzung.

Im zweiten und letzten Band der beliebten Ninja-Saga spitzt sich die epische Auseinandersetzung der beiden Clans Kôga und Iga noch weiter zu. Gennosuke, das Oberhaupt der Kôga, schmiedet einen geheimen Plan, um dem sinnlosen Töten endlich ein Ende zu setzen. Gemeinsam mit dem Iga-Clan versucht er, die wahren Motive des Shoguns herauszufinden. Dabei gerät er jedoch in eine Falle ...

Genres: Manga

633 pages, Hardcover

Published December 13, 2017

About the author

Futaro Yamada (山田 風太郎 Yamada Fūtarō?, January 4, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was the pen name of Seiya Yamada (山田 誠也 Yamada Seiya?), a Japanese novel writer, famous for his ninja stories and mystery fiction based on japanese legends. He worked in genre of historical fiction, popularizing legendary characters, ninjas and supernatural abilities in his works. Thanks to him many historical characters weren't forgotten in our days.

In 1947, he wrote a mystery novel Daruma-tōge no Jiken (達磨峠の事件?, lit. "The Incident on Dharma Pass") and was awarded a prize by a novel magazine Houseki (宝石?). He was discovered by Edogawa Rampo and became a novelist. He wrote many ninja (忍法帖 Ninpōchō series) and mystery stories. Many of his works have been adapted for film, TV, manga, and anime.