軍鶏 6 失意と決意

Shamo #6

by Izô Hashimoto

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.

Genres: Manga, Martial Arts, Comics

Comic

First published April 28, 2000

About the author

Izô Hashimoto (橋本 以蔵)

Reviews

[Miguel · Rating 3 out of 5]

In a way, as Shamo settles into its rhythm, it can be read as a perverse version of Hajime no Ippo. In every way Ippo represents wholesomeness, familial loyalty, and sociality, Ryo represents destitution, familial hatred, and isolation. Still, Ippo and Ryo have interestingly analogous fates as Ryo becomes the product for a capitalist enterprise of the Lethal Fight, managed, aided, and regulated by trainers, nutritionists, sensei, and even a sex worker. One wonders whether Ippo's "guts" could match Ryo's "killer instinct." The logic of each individual narrative from which the two characters are respectively drawn suggests one's superiority over the other.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story actually progressing quite simple. Training and conduct in an official fight.

[Frey · Rating 3 out of 5]

[hayat largo]

I ain’t into that bs instinct driven, power/ women pursuing, proving masculinity through violence all that is cliche/shallow and surface level
If the manga continues like this it’s not for me I hope it doesn’t tho and hope there’s some deep self navigating .

[محمد سعيد · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it