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Wajo-dono
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lone wolf and cub just so happens to be my personal favorite. It is well done, has a very accurate depiction of the edo (Tokugawa ) period ( i researched it myself!
 ) ,has a fabulous art style (unless you tend to lean towards the less realistic styles), and contains enough action and character development to get me to buy all 30-odd volumes. I think its entirely worth the money and time.
please post your thoughts on it, what you've heard about it, etc. |
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JackBassV
 Posts: 241 Location: Coventry, England |
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The only thing that I would change is the flipped formatting.
Unflipped is best. Love it anyway (all 28 volumes) |
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The Pro Golgo 13
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Lone Wolf and Cub rocks !
Theres a new series coming soon, related to Ogami Itto... Its a prelude to the whole Lone Wolf and Cub story... its about one of Ogami Itto's rivals...its entitled SAMURAI EXECUTIONER. heres the site address. http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=13-290 Lone Wolf and Cub is SOLID ! later homies... |
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darkhunter
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How would you compare Lone Wolf and Cub to Blade of the Immortal, also by Darkhorse. Which one do you feel is better.
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The Pro Golgo 13
Posts: 38 Location: This is Classified Material . |
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Lone Wolf and Cub and Blade of the Immortal are both Superb.
But, if someone were to say, "You only get to choose one..." then hands down i'd read/collect/buy/recommend...Lone Wolf and Cub. 
Simply because if you look at from a historical point of view, Lone Wolf is like the Citizen Kane of Samurai Manga/Comics. I mean, check out who backs up Lone Wolf and Cub...Frank Miller & Matt Wagner. Its like reading the Seven Samurai, or any of the Great Kurosawa's movies...in the art form! But Blade of the Immortal is still awesome. Its more of a neo-samurai/ninja classic. I mean, lets face it...for the story line alone...("he's cursed with immortality until he kills 1000 evil men" + he has blades, swords, kitanas, stars, knifes (badd*ss weapons) to rival Punisher)...its well worth the read. Plus the blitz of artwork is sweeet. 
But again, if I could only pick one...Ogami Itto and Daigoro get my vote. 
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Kagemusha
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Lone Wolf and Cub is awesome. as for LWaC vs. BotI, id say i liked Blade better, but Lone Wolf is probobly more important because it got so many people into manga.
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JackBassV
Posts: 241 Location: Coventry, England |
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Not a big fan of BotI.
Did you know that Samurai Executioner was completed before Lone Wolf & cub? |
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The Pro Golgo 13
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Cool huh. I think I read that on DH.com. JBV, or Anyone else, know what story/book # he was in ?? DH mentioned Ogami and he had a duel. later. -13 ps. I wonder how many volumes were completed... |
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JackBassV
Posts: 241 Location: Coventry, England |
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You've just given me an excuse to read all 28 volumn again 
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The Pro Golgo 13
Posts: 38 Location: This is Classified Material . |
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COOL JBV. lol. You know, ALL 28 were on Ebay for about $150 ! ! ! Being at $10 + tax at retail...that was a big steal. later, -13 ps. Hey, heres a link to the covers though...if you or whoever is interested. 
peace. 
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JackBassV
Posts: 241 Location: Coventry, England |
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Thanks, but the complete set is sitting on my desk right now
Along with: Some Dragonball/DBZ 3x3 eyes Nadesico, Excel saga Azumanga Ahhh....It's a good job my desk's really thick, because those are my current reading list
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jfrog
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I'm a huge fan of the classic samurai films, and Road to Perdition, which is (loosely) based on Lone Wolf and Cub, is one of my favorite comics. So I'd really love to read it. That is, if Dark Horse re-released it in a new, larger format that didn't require a magnifying glass to read.
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Kisaki
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I agree with you. I refuse to read manga that has been flipped. (some people might say I'm stubborn, but manga was intended to be read from right to left, and I won't read it any other way!) |
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JackBassV
Posts: 241 Location: Coventry, England |
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Okay, The duel mentioned is in volume 5 - Black Wind. The chapter is Decapitator Asaemon, Pg 158. Finished Vol 6. Just 22 to go
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The Pro Golgo 13
Posts: 38 Location: This is Classified Material . |
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Yo JBV, Cool, I thought it sounded familiar... can you refresh my memory... spoiler[Is that the one where Ogami fights the Samurai who lives near the River who is waiting for "the samurai/second (Ogami of course) who decapitated his master?"] Peace dude, -13 ps. 2 All, I just noticed the count of the topic/reply of the Manga vs Anime... HOLY COW! Though it is anime news network, the #'s of anime, to manga DWARF's it... lol.  Man!
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