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半蔵の門 [Hanzou no Mon] #11
Path of the Assassin, Vol. 11: Hikuma Castle
Ninjas, samurai, hot lovin', political intrigue, and gold! Path of the Assassin has it all in spades!
Hanzo, the hero ninja for the future shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, has been in some tight situations before, but nothing like the trap set for him by a ninja from a competing warlord's clan! And to settle this trickery, a sexy battle of wits and weapns. Meanwhile, Tokugawa is moving across the battlefield on his way to Japan's future.
Path of the Assassin is a pinnacle in (Lone Wolf and Cub creators) Koike and Kojima's fantastic and seemingly unending stable of awesome samurai manga. And as usual, these works don't wane as they draw toward their final volumes!
320 pages, Paperback
First published June 11, 2008
About the author
Kazuo Koike
392 books304 followersKazuo Koike (小池一夫, Koike Kazuo) was a prolific Japanese manga writer, novelist and entrepreneur.
Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.
Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
Early in Koike's career, he studied under Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito and served as a writer on the series.
Koike, along with artist Goseki Kojima, made the manga Kozure Okami (Lone Wolf and Cub), and Koike also contributed to the scripts for the 1970s film adaptations of the series, which starred famous Japanese actor Tomisaburo Wakayama. Koike and Kojima became known as the "Golden Duo" because of the success of Lone Wolf and Cub.
Another series written by Koike, Crying Freeman, which was illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami, was adapted into a 1995 live-action film by French director Christophe Gans.
Kazuo Koike started the Gekika Sonjuku, a college course meant to teach people how to be mangaka.
In addition to his more violent, action-oriented manga, Koike, an avid golfer, has also written golf manga.
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April 17, 2024
Hanzo finishes his battle with the naked assassin in the bamboo forest. Huge battles take place and it really feels like things are coming together. Faster paced that earlier volumes too.
Goseki Kojima's artwork continues to impress me. I really need an artist's edition of some of his work. It'd be cool to watch him work - it seems like he can do these pages quickly. Some seem super sloppy with inks everywhere but it all works so well.
Goseki Kojima's artwork continues to impress me. I really need an artist's edition of some of his work. It'd be cool to watch him work - it seems like he can do these pages quickly. Some seem super sloppy with inks everywhere but it all works so well.
August 21, 2016
Kicking-off the last third of the series, we some great violent stuff from large-scale inavasion battles to suppa one-versus-one. In its quiet times, this volume offers insight on how politics and war strategy work together for a conquest plan to succeed.
Against the previous volume which is showered with so many names I cannot keep track of, volume 11 still has that but only fewer. I'm glad that I wasn't just able to keep up with the general flow of the story but also with the specific dramas each character tries to convey.
Koike also has this sort of episodic subplot of Hanzo's enemies. Under the great battles are these smaller ninja fights that keeps me interested. Hope this continues until the end.
Against the previous volume which is showered with so many names I cannot keep track of, volume 11 still has that but only fewer. I'm glad that I wasn't just able to keep up with the general flow of the story but also with the specific dramas each character tries to convey.
Koike also has this sort of episodic subplot of Hanzo's enemies. Under the great battles are these smaller ninja fights that keeps me interested. Hope this continues until the end.
December 26, 2019
Reviewed along with Volume 14 here: http://www.skjam.com/2019/12/26/manga...
June 15, 2014
Violence, sex and ninjas. What's not to like?
Seriously, this series has always presented a nitty-gritty history of an interesting period in Japanese history, but the way this volume handles the fighting and intrigue was fascinating. Characters, largely based on real historical figures, are faced with conflicts of honor and obligation which go far to explain that period of Japanese history.
The series is great, but very adult, due to the sex and violence.
Seriously, this series has always presented a nitty-gritty history of an interesting period in Japanese history, but the way this volume handles the fighting and intrigue was fascinating. Characters, largely based on real historical figures, are faced with conflicts of honor and obligation which go far to explain that period of Japanese history.
The series is great, but very adult, due to the sex and violence.
July 29, 2011
The epic sequence that started a couple books ago finally gets a resolution, but it doesn't seem like much is going to actually calm down. Great stuff.
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