Seven Shakespeares, Vol. 2

Seven Shakespeares (English) #2

by Harold Sakuishi

Volume 2 of the manga mystery about the writer you only thought you knew! Harold Sakuishi, creator of the all-time-classic rock 'n' roll manga BECK, tackles a different kind of legend in his latest William Shakespeare. The secrets of the world's great playwright are further revealed in this volume, as history takes a definitive turn. What will Li's poetry bring to Lance and Worth, who have ambitions for great wealth? This volume comes in a special, 520-page 2-in-1 edition.

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Genres: Manga, Historical Fiction, Historical, Graphic Novels, Ebooks, Fiction

539 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2018

About the author

Associated names :
哈罗德作石
HAROLD作石

Name (in native language) : ハロルド 作石

Birth Name : Sakuishi (作石) Takahiro (貴浩)

Blood type : AB

Sakuishi has a wide variety of interests which include baseball (he is a huge Chunichi Dragons fan), martial arts, MMA, and music (he is a huge Red Hot Chili Peppers fan).
Each of these has become the basis for his most popular series (baseball in Stopper Busujima, fighting in Bakaichi, and music in Beck).
His series also often include character cameos from his past works; one of the newspaper reporters in Beck is actually from Stopper Busujima and so on. Additionally, he's a big fan of Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms) with an altered version of that story appearing in Beck written by "Christy Sakuishi".
In Beck he included many famous people in background crowds. These included many popular musicians, characters from Happy Sangokushi and MMA legends Royce Gracie and Kazushi Sakuraba.

Reviews

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series has become really addicting. Just because I am one of those people that embraces history and though I am not a prolific Shakespeare reader there are still a ton of references that are made that I can understand. In addition this volume talked a lot more about the early/childhood of Shakespeare and John Combe which was really interesting. Again this is fiction so not quite sure what is accurate and what is not but  still quite entertaining. Because of these points I have to give this a 4 out of 5 stars once again. The only reason it isn't a 5 is only because there are times where it drags but otherwise I enjoy it greatly.

[kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume contained a lot of religious background on the persecution of Catholics. For that reason I found it to be a bit of a slog, while I did enjoy it, it took me longer to finish because I wasn’t too interested in the subject material. I did enjoy learning more about Worth and found the last portion of the book on him enthralling.

[Graziano · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hearts
of men will
change with
the passage
of time.

In order to
find light
within this
darkness,
cutting ties is
paramount.

(44)

[scarlettraces · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Gotta love Sakuishi's attention to detail