false 2423151 1 <i>Dororo</i> is Tezuka's classic thriller manga featuring a youth who has been robbed of 48 body parts by devils, and his epic struggle against a host of demons to get them back.<br><br>Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 devils in exchange for complete domination of the country. Knowing the child to be deficient, Kagemitsu orders the newborn thrown into the river.<br><br>The baby survives. Callling himself Hyakkimaru, ge searches the world for the 48 demons. Each time he eliminates one, he retrieves one of his missing parts. Hyakkimaru meets a boy thief named Dororo, and together they travel the countryside, confronting mosters and ghosts again and again. This the last in a 3 - volume series. <br><br>Tezuka's manga and animated films had a tremendous impact on the shaping of the psychology of Japan's postwar youth. His work changed the concept of Japanese comics, transforming it into an art form and incorporating a variety of new styles in creating "story comics." 2430331 26 8 2008 Dororo, Volume 3 total:41|5:8|4:13|3:17|2:3|1:0| 41 149 58 9 5 0 false true Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 16:11:58 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 13:49:26 -0800 2008 1

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p 79, we find out that Dororo is female and was raised as a boy.
p 246 Hyakkimaru states that he won't kill Dororo because "I don't kill women."...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:31:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 18:41:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 08:35:18 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 08:39:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 11:21:05 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 11:37:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 17:30:04 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 18:09:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 07:28:48 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 08:23:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu May 15 10:05:39 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:29:57 -0700 2008 Seems like maybe Tezuka lost interest, or perhaps was forced to wrap it up because of some outside force...

I wish there was more. ]]> 2 0 false true Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 13:50:02 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 22:10:47 -0700 2008 1
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