Ronin Island #10

Ronin Island #10

by Greg Pak, Giannis Milonogiannis (Artist), Irma Kniivila (Colorist)

With enemies on all sides, Hana and Kenichi struggle to protect the island and themselves. But the Shogun has a more sinister plan brewing, and for anyone to survive this fight, Kenichi will need to rally the island's forces, and Hana will have to prove to those loyal to the Shogun that his way of life is not worth fighting for.

Genres: Japan

28 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 26, 2020

About the author

Greg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."

Reviews

[Ming Wei · Rating 4 out of 5]

This issue takes place within a coloured background that is dominated by orange/yellow in the last few hours before the sun sets for the day, and varying shades of purple once the story moves into the early hours of the night. The colour choices is clever and works extremely well, actually making the reader feel like the story is passing through the latter hours of the day. Each character in the story as their own individual distinctive features that are constant throughout the story. In this story Elder Jin who had blocked entry to the island for Hana and the rest of the group, actually surprises all, she travels across to the mainland, in order to conduct a rescue mission on the shores of the mainland. The cost to Elder Jin is great, she damages her leg, but herself and the group manage to escape and return to the island, taking with them some refugees and captured enemy soldiers of the shoguns. Hana believed that these soldiers would change sides and help stop the shogun, thus three of these return with a captured ship back to the mainland, a ship that will for surely in forthcoming issues be the transportation which the Shogun uses to transport his army onto the Island, the Islanders have been busy, fortifying the Islands beaches. In conclusion this is a good issue, providing a twist as Elder Jin shows a concern for her fellow Islanders, really interesting, and well produced. The front cover is attractive, the page quality is good, the only negative 7 pages of advertisements to the rear of the issue, which I feel is a bit too much.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Issue #10 offers a painful turn. As the conflict escalates, not all consequences are avoidable. “I... I TOLD them not to fight us,” one character pleads, caught between regret and responsibility. It's one of the most humanizing lines in the series, hinting at the cost of miscommunication and the futility of trying to control war once it starts.