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Bushido
VAMPIRES IN FEUDAL JAPAN! Kichiro is an outsider in feudal Japan. Lacking the Japanese blood that would allow him to become a samurai, Kichiro must fulfill his dreams of serving the shogun in a less traditional manner... by eliminating every foreign supernatural threat that rears its fangs!
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 11, 2014
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March 18, 2019
I think my favourite graphic novel of all time, just my personal opinion, great, the art work is amazing, love it. cannot find any faults, great story line. The kind of horror I live (Vampires).
February 16, 2015
One star for the art... and no stars for everything else.
Western hero gone native? Check.
Forced romance? Check.
Incomplete research, giving us an erroneous view of Japanese customs? Check.
And then we have the characters -- personality shifts just because, no development, a damsel in distress...
Art like this deserved a far better story.
Western hero gone native? Check.
Forced romance? Check.
Incomplete research, giving us an erroneous view of Japanese customs? Check.
And then we have the characters -- personality shifts just because, no development, a damsel in distress...
Art like this deserved a far better story.
March 14, 2015
This one is right up there with Hagakure! It shows lessons on how to exist living The Way aka Bushido; hence the name. But it has action, suspense, betrayal, & love all rolled together along with vampires. It's definitely worth the read! The artwork is superb along with the tactile feel of the page paper!
March 4, 2020
In recent years the stories of Westerners adopting Japan as their own country have become very popular, there is the case of The Last Samurai, 47 ronin, the classic "Shogun" by James Clavell, among many other cases.
But today We are talking about Bushido, this bowminding-art comic about a young European shipwreck adopted by a samurai family in feudal Japan. The story is full of cliches, the young western (Kichiro) wishes to become a samurai, but he cannot because his blood is foreign, on the other hand his stepbrother (Orochi) is jealous due to the attention that his father (Isamu) puts on Kichiro.
The Japanese princess is in love with Kichiro, but she is forced to marry Orochi. To make matters worse, a vampire woman who comes out of nowhere, murders Isamu, right in front of Kichiro, incriminating him and making him the most wanted man.
Then everything turns out to be a vampiric conspiracy to invade Japan and have abundant food in a country where vampires are a novelty.
All this is accompanied by a wonderful art made by a concept designer named Jessada Sutti, who in my opinion takes all the credit in this book where the script is very poorly executed making it seem like a school work.
When I first read this story about 5 years ago, I loved it, but now that I had the task of rereading it, I felt that I am reading something totally different :(
But today We are talking about Bushido, this bowminding-art comic about a young European shipwreck adopted by a samurai family in feudal Japan. The story is full of cliches, the young western (Kichiro) wishes to become a samurai, but he cannot because his blood is foreign, on the other hand his stepbrother (Orochi) is jealous due to the attention that his father (Isamu) puts on Kichiro.
The Japanese princess is in love with Kichiro, but she is forced to marry Orochi. To make matters worse, a vampire woman who comes out of nowhere, murders Isamu, right in front of Kichiro, incriminating him and making him the most wanted man.
Then everything turns out to be a vampiric conspiracy to invade Japan and have abundant food in a country where vampires are a novelty.
All this is accompanied by a wonderful art made by a concept designer named Jessada Sutti, who in my opinion takes all the credit in this book where the script is very poorly executed making it seem like a school work.
When I first read this story about 5 years ago, I loved it, but now that I had the task of rereading it, I felt that I am reading something totally different :(
March 7, 2022
(3,8 for this samurai romantic fantasy with vampires)
I'm a sucker for feudal Japan and of course samurais, so when something like this comes around, I surely give it a try.
This one has very nice art, rich and colourful and it works nicely. Even more, the art helps sell the story a bit, because it's really simple. There is little gaijin adopted by one daimyo. And his destiny is both fight vampire invasion to Japan and his brother's rivalry. It's simple as it goes, five issues long miniseries with samurais and vampires.
I'm a sucker for feudal Japan and of course samurais, so when something like this comes around, I surely give it a try.
This one has very nice art, rich and colourful and it works nicely. Even more, the art helps sell the story a bit, because it's really simple. There is little gaijin adopted by one daimyo. And his destiny is both fight vampire invasion to Japan and his brother's rivalry. It's simple as it goes, five issues long miniseries with samurais and vampires.
March 30, 2021
Honestly, for a book about samurai fighting vampires I don’t know why I expected more than I got.
It has Samurai cliché, vampire tropes out the wazoo, pacing issues that make climactic moments feel entirely unimportant and just a sprinkling of “white saviour” and forced romance in there too.
The 2 stars are almost entirely for this books fantastic art style
It has Samurai cliché, vampire tropes out the wazoo, pacing issues that make climactic moments feel entirely unimportant and just a sprinkling of “white saviour” and forced romance in there too.
The 2 stars are almost entirely for this books fantastic art style
March 7, 2021
I was sold with the premise of vampires in feudal Japan. The story took place through a Western lens, though. Everything reflects it, from the western features of the Japanese characters to the western place of family over country and honor.
July 2, 2020
Really disappointed in this, such a disjointed comic the story line was all over the place.
May 17, 2024
Not particularly good, but so goofy that it's veryfun
April 22, 2016
Boring, Nothing new.
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