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    <body><![CDATA[Kazuo Koike has mastered the art of historical manga with this series, based in Japan of the mid 1600's and very accurate in lifestyles and landmarks.<br/>This is a graphic story of a Ronin, Ogami Itto and his son, Daigoro as they travel the path of assasination to reach their goal of the annihilat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78663203">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jun 12 19:54:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Volume 1 of Assasin's Road. - Whew. Powerful. The artist is as powerful as the writer. Takes place in 17th century Japan - a time of ronin and yazuki taking over villages and killing as many people as they can. The Lone Wolf has a child of 3 he carries around with him in a squeaky cart as he goes fr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59469632">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There are over 25 books in the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= Lone Wolf and Cub" title=" Lone Wolf and Cub"> Lone Wolf and Cub</a> series. A Japanese student told me that the series was still going on. Considering I have read over 8 over these books, with almost no major plot development, I do not think I will be buying the <em>entire</em> series for a long time, and until Goodreads come...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33855180">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions -- over 7000 pages -- Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. Don`t miss  this monumental monthly release, twenty-eight volumes, with each collection approximately 300 pages!]]>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[historical fiction buffs, those interested in knighthood beyond the British Isles, romantics]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Jeff Derose]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Please, please, try the Lone Wolf and Cub series.<br/><br/>The art of &quot;comic book&quot; storytelling, while not exactly a lost art in the States, is nevertheless not something particularly prized here; comic book readers seem to be objects of scorn and ridicule to mainstream folk, lumped in w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32696838">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions -- over 7000 pages -- Lone Wolf and Cub (Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. Don`t miss  this monumental monthly release, twenty-eight volumes, with each collection approximately 300 pages!]]>
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVE Lone Wolf &amp; Cub.  Such a great concept, excellent execution and amazing story telling.  The sense of dread that hangs over Koike and Kojima's feudal Japan, the grey skies, battle scarred towns and country sides and colorful cast of characters are incredible.<br/><br/>This nifty little volum...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19041714">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really satisfying morsel of a book. It's a graphic novel--not quite manga--small in dimensions but big in themes and explosive in action. (Though as I write it's not manga, I'm not sure what I'm talking about. It's not like I'm an expert on the stuff. Maybe it is.) <br/><br/>The main gis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48603874">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm only going to put one book for the whole series instead of listing every graphic novel, this one will represent the whole.....this is also probably the only comic I will review on this site. This is an amazing comic....AMAZING!! Written in the 70's by the brilliant creator of the series Kazuo Ko...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8387963">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read all 28 of them.  Twice.  Aside from the repeats on the rape revenge theme, the stories are good and the ongoing saga is epic.  Nothing else like it.  They're the only manga series that I've read (or have wanted to read).  I tried &quot;Path of the Assassin&quot;, but it wasn't the same.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[(06/2008)<br/>Finished the full series! (28 vols) It waned a bit in vols 18-22, but held together remarkably well.  Quite exceptional, really transcending the manga genre with deep pathos and dramatic substance that far exceeds what is customary for the form.  I'm struggling to find other manga/gra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18022062">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's an ok read, though I felt like a toddler following a cartoon show on Sunday mornings of a badass samurai wiping people off the face of earth, which isn't bad but I was expecting more story development. Though in all fairness I lost track of the different clans in the story :D]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[amazing series.  if one is looking to get a feel for where today's manga/anime craze originated, one ought look no further than this epic tale.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book taught me the value of merciless, single minded revenge.  Much like Princess Bride, but for an entirely different reason.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read all 28? books in this series, epic in its vision of 16th century Japan.  Great artwork, compelling labyrinthine story]]></body>
    
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