サムライ8 八丸伝 4

Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru #4

by Masashi Kishimoto, Akira Okubo (Illustrator)

Hachimaru conclude la battle royale sul pianeta Kenka, aggiudicandosi il diritto di duellare con l'organizzatore e vincere un miliardo. È atteso da una sfida durissima, da cui dipende la sua missione. Quel torneo, tuttavia, nasconde molte altre insidie.

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels, Shonen, Science Fiction, Action, Young Adult

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2020

About the author

Masashi Kishimoto (岸本斉史 Kishimoto Masashi) is a Japanese manga artist, well known for creating the manga series Naruto. His younger twin brother, Seishi Kishimoto, is also a manga artist and creator of the manga series O-Parts Hunter (666 Satan) and Blazer Drive. Two of his former assistants, Osamu Kajisa (Tattoo Hearts) and Yuuichi Itakura (Hand's), have also gone on to moderate success following their work on Naruto.

Kishimoto's first work as a manga artist was Karakuri (カラクリ?), which he submitted to Shueisha in 1995. This earned him the Weekly Shōnen Jump's monthly "Hop Step Award" in 1996, granted to promising new manga artists. This was followed in 1997 by a pilot version of Naruto (NARUTO－ナルト－), published in Akamaru Jump Summer. In 1998, Kishimoto premiered as a Weekly Shōnen Jump artist with a serialized version of Karakuri in Weekly Shōnen Jump, but it proved unpopular and was canceled soon after. In 1999, a serialized version of Naruto began publication in Weekly Shōnen Jump and quickly became a hit.

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Daruma pulls out his sick moves, Hachimaru does GAMER things, and the tournament arc ends as soon as it begins as we get some generic villain things and betrayal/redemption stuff. Wooo. At least this series will be over soon. I don't think this volume is as bad as some of the others... because there's less to it. It's playing tropes straight which is boring and not creative at all but we don't get stupid underwear jokes, or as many EPIC GAMER moments, so I count that as an improvement.

[Ruthsic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hachimaru and his group find out that they have walked into a tap when Daruma's analysis AI points out that the key holder samurai that they had come searching for is only a con--man who traps samurai for their keys. As they lay into an offensive strategy, they are supported by the samurai from before, who reveals himself to be basically space police. Daruma also dips into the secret weapon held up his sleeve, and we get to see his past as well as his true form. Also, we dive into Kotsuga's past and why he holds so much contempt for samurai. While there were still a lot of new names being thrown around, the plot at least made some sense in this book. The battle scenes are, unfortunately, still a chaotic mess.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's time for the tournament to wrap up and it's Hachimaru vs. uh...this one dude who started the whole thing. But just fighting it out would be boring, so let's throw in some treachery, lies, backstabbing, actual stabbing, cool transformations, and a planet destroying super missile.

Who authorized the Death Star?! This series is intense and kinda all over the place.

This series has 5 volumes.

[Jimmie Hua · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found it really hard to feel attached to this storyline, it was cool seeing Daruma in human form but other than that the story was meh, don’t know how the series is gonna conclude in just this next last volume

[Dagautier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Très chouette tome. Pas mal d’action bien rendue. Jolie histoire des personnages secondaires. Vivement le 5

[ReadingFrog · Rating 1 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

[Kathleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

When in doubt, go with a tournament arc and/or villain redemption, right?

[Buchstabenschloss · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hachimaru kann das Battle Royal für sich entscheiden. Doch als Sieger ist er noch nicht am Ziel, denn der finale Endgegner ist der Veranstalter selber, der nichts Gutes im Schilde führt. Dieser möchte nämlich den Planeten vernichten und sich die Schlüssel aneignen. Der Wettkampf gegen die Zeit beginnt.

Die Geschichte rund um Kotsuga finde ich sehr emotional. Er tut einem richtig leid. Vor allem hat er die volle Ladung Gehirnwäsche abbekommen. Zum Glück kann sich jeder Mensch ändern und kann auch selbst entscheiden, was richtig und was falsch ist.

Ich liebe den Zeichenstil von Akira und hoffe, dass dieser irgendwann seine eigene Serie bzw. Reihe schreibt bzw. zeichnet.