Crying Freeman, Vol. 4: The Killing Ring

Ｃｒｙｉｎｇフリーマン [Crying Freeman] #4

by Ryōichi Ikegami (Illustrator), Kazuo Koike

Crying Freeman sold a total of 10 million copies around the world. The latest English translation is now released in ebook (all in nine volumes). In 1996, it was made into a Hollywood movie. After becoming the wife of Freeman who was now the chief of the 108 dragons, Emu Hino suffers from many misfortunes such as being assaulted by a thug and imprisoned. However, this was just a test conducted by the 108 dragons whether she was apt for being the wife of Freeman.

Genres: Manga, Graphic Novels

168 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 1987

About the author

Ryōichi Ikegami (池上遼一) is a manga artist. He was assistant to manga artist Shigeru Mizuki in 1966. In 2001, he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga as the artist of Heat. He became a professor at Osaka University of Arts in 2005.

Ikegami has worked on several popular series, such as Mai, the Psychic Girl with writer Kazuya Kudo, Crying Freeman, with writer Kazuo Koike, as well as Sanctuary and Heat with writer Sho Fumimura. He also wrote and drew Spider-Man: The Manga, a manga version of Spider-Man and collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga BOX (BOX 暗い箱). His most recent work is Lord currently serialized in Big Comic Superior.

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[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3 stars.