Samurai Executioner Volume 5: Ten Fingers, One Life
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Samurai Executioner Volume 5: Ten Fingers, One Life Creators:. Review by Ian Keogh The number of stories per volume of Samurai Executioner continues to grow, with seven presented in this collection, the longest of them clocking in at just over ninety pages, with the opening title story a positively miserly fifteen.
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Rather than spinning one gargantuan epic of family, honor and revenge, Samurai Executioner essentially limits itself to a continuing series of nearly unrelated short stories. The focus, thus, becomes less on Asaemon's journey and more on the political, social and criminal strata of Edo-period Japanese history. The depth of research that Koike has done is truly astounding, reflecting in the impeccable detail of Kojimas illustrations and the intriguing scenarios that continually face Asaemon.
Samurai Executioner Volume 5: Ten Fingers, One Life
Short tales focus on the sense of honor that even the lowest criminal can feel. Longer stories, such as Volume 6's Gobari Sandosu, examine the political make-up of Edo by putting Asaemon in conflict with what are effectively the unions that run the city's daily functions. Through it all, Asaemon behaves with total honor and responsibility for his duties as decapitator. Asaemon is often just a bit player in many stories, as Koike prefers to tell stories about the history and culture of his homeland.
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However, Koike still takes some time to prevent Asaemon from becoming a complete cipher, delving into the manner by which citizens avoid contact with the dreaded executioner and his cursed status in Edo. When Asaemon steps to the side usually to show up at the tales end with a final sword stroke or to offer words of wisdom , one of his few friends, Jitte man in modern English, cop Sakane Kasajiro, steps to the front to showcase the police methods of ancient Japan. Kasajiro offers a different view of the time period, that of a younger man finding his place in a regimented world.
Among other things, he learns the limits of his favored fighting technique, marries a most unlikely bride whom he doesnt treat very well, which may be a signifier of the times or perhaps just an unsavory character trait and solves mind-scrambling crimes. Artist Goseki Kojima has his limitations.
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He only has 4 or 5 stock people, and everybody starts to look a like after a while, but nobody I mean nobody lays out a scene more cinematically or creates more believable backgrounds. Each building has a physical weight on the page, and the reader can feel the wind blowing out of the book when Kojimas landscapes come to the fore.
Books by Kazuo Koike. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Each building has a physical weight on the page, and the reader can feel the wind blowing out of the book when Kojimas landscapes come to the fore. Artist Goseki Kojima has his limitations. Samurai Executioner Volume 9:
His brushstrokes perfectly capture the organic feel of Edo. Plus, let's be honest, his action scenes kick ass. Samurai Executioner is a violent, sexual series. Whether that is a negative or a positive, I leave up the reader, but it should be noted that Koike and Kojima pulls absolutely no punches when showing the depth to which some criminals will sink. Some criminals inspire sympathy due to their circumstances, and some are amoral monsters.
In any case, Decapitator Asaemon is waiting at the end of the line, and I strongly encourage any curious reader to be there as well.
Editorial Reviews. From Booklist. There are seven stories in this Samurai Executioner collection. Striking similarities between Lone Wolf and Cub and Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's parallel story line Samurai Executioner (known as.
Sep 13, Vittorio Rainone rated it it was amazing. A dispetto di un protagonista impettito, quasi pietrificato nella gabbia della morale e del proprio luogo. In questo numero ho letto la versione italiana i due racconti mettono il saggiatore di spade a confronto con due suoi "simili": Il tratto viscerale e veemente Kojima, con i suoi primi piani su occhi appassionati, accompagna al meglio la narrazione.
Jun 06, Angel rated it it was amazing Shelves: The quality in this series continues to be consistent and excellent, with the art doing a good job of conveying the story.
Samurai Executioner, Vol. 5: Ten Fingers, One Life by Kazuo Koike
I think the best story in the collection was the one about the old constable. However, the last one had a very good twist, which I will not reveal or spoil.
Overall, this was a very good reading experience. Penneym rated it it was amazing Nov 24, Neon Snake rated it liked it Feb 23, Charles rated it it was amazing Apr 02, Felicia rated it liked it Aug 25,