Lone Wolf and Cub #1 - The Assassin's Road
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Written by Kazuo Koike and drawn by Goseki Kojima, this seminal series has influenced a generation of manga artist and animators.
Started in 1970 ran till 1976 and spanned an epic 8000 pages.
It combines extraordinary violence and tender tranquillity, contrasting the slashing swordsmanship of the "wolf", Itto Ogami, a former royal executioner bent on revenge for the murder of his wife, with the innocence of his surviving baby son Daigoro. Together they take to the road, the father wheeling the boy in a wooden carriage or strapping him onto his back. Itto stoic in his inner torment earns his living as a swordsman for hire. He is also driven by vengence that he can appear remote, strict towards his son but there is a power full bond between them.
Started in 1970 ran till 1976 and spanned an epic 8000 pages.
It combines extraordinary violence and tender tranquillity, contrasting the slashing swordsmanship of the "wolf", Itto Ogami, a former royal executioner bent on revenge for the murder of his wife, with the innocence of his surviving baby son Daigoro. Together they take to the road, the father wheeling the boy in a wooden carriage or strapping him onto his back. Itto stoic in his inner torment earns his living as a swordsman for hire. He is also driven by vengence that he can appear remote, strict towards his son but there is a power full bond between them.
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