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Kuro no Shishi

Description

One of Go Nagai's first works, this violent period piece takes place in the 1500s and stars a talented low ranking ninja named Shishimaru. In it, Shishimaru fights against Ginnai Doma (an immortal samurai who, despite being butchered multiple times, doesn't die) because Ginnai murdered his comrades. Despite being set in historical times, it has machine guns/lasers/robots/atomic reactors with no real explaination.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

黒の獅士
黒の獅子
Black Lion

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Latest Release(s)

c.Part 3 (end) by HappyScans! (247d ago)
v.1 c.Part 2 by HappyScans! (274d ago)
v.1 c.Part 1 by HappyScans! (280d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin

4 Volumes (Complete) (Kodansha)
3 Volumes (Complete) (Chuokoron-sha)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 5.9 / 10.0 (7 votes)
Bayesian Average: 6.93 / 10.0

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4+	29% (2 votes)
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2+	14% (1 votes)
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Last Updated

May 26th 2013, 12:51am PST

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Genre

Adventure Historical Sci-fi Shounen
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Author(s)

NAGAI Go

Artist(s)

NAGAI Go

Year

1978

Original Publisher

Chuokoron-sha [Add]
Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Weekly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

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Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #1100 increased

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Monthly Pos #3282 increased

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3 Month Pos #5448 increased

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6 Month Pos #8406 decreased

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List Stats

On 9 reading lists
On 28 wish lists
On 25 completed lists
On 1 unfinished lists
On 28 custom lists

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	lolwut?
	Rating: 8.5 / 10.0 by p3pelepe October 22nd, 2012, 2:39am
Lol... why people rate this so low? Four and two, really? Considering this is one of Nagai's first work, this is very impressive. Not many new mangaka this day can achieve what Nagai did. He already had his style in this, and improved it in his later works. I think he blended the history and sci-fi part well. At first it looks like a common ninja story, but later it revealed there's 'other beings' involved in some conspiracy. And the sci-fi part doesn't feel forced at all. While it's not a masterpiece, it clearly deserves higher rating than 2 or 4 points. The old school drawings doesn't bother me, Nagai draws well, and anatomically correct. It's his style after all. Old-school doesn't mean bad drawings; it's just different style, people. There's not much character development, except for Shishimaru. I think the pacing is okay, not too slow but not too fast either. The ending maybe a bit open, but I'm satisfied with it. So, if you want a history mixed with sci-fi, try this. Nagai had interesting idea, and he executed it very well. Especially if you don't mind old-school drawings, you'll find more in the story.