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13th Manga Division Jury Selections

Samurai Kid

Story manga [Japan]

SEKIYA Hisashi

Outline

HATTORI Tonbei, a wandering middle-aged, masterless samurai, unexpectedly starts travelling with a genius boy swordsman who is hunting his parentsÅf enemies. Along the way a real wolf and a beautiful swordswoman also join them, and a great turmoil develops. This could be called the author’s posthumous work, that is fitting for the author’s final years.