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Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 25: Perhaps in Death

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47 Ronin

Mike Richardson · 152 pages

Japan's enduring national legend comes to comics! This epic mission of loyal Japanese warriors to avenge their wronged master epitomizes the samurai code of honor, and 47 Ronin recounts the sweeping saga of duty and duress in all its violent grandeur. Opening with the tragic incident that sealed the fate of young Lord Asano, this graphic novel follows a dedicated group of Asano's vassals on their

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The Deep-Seated Grudge, Part 1

Kazuo Koike, Kazuo Kamimura · 288 pages

Yuki works as a master assassin, living out an old tradition of vengeance for crimes committed against a family she never met.

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Samurai Executioner, Vol. 1: When the Demon Knife Weeps

Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima · 328 pages

Relates the adventures of Kubikiri Asa, known as the Decapitator Asaemon, who was responsible for testing the swords for the shogun.

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5 Ronin

Peter Milligan, Tom Coker, Dalibor Talajic, Laurence Campbell, Goran Parlov, Leandro Fernandez

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Child of Vengeance

David Kirk · 384 pages

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Vagabond, Volume 2

Takehiko Inoue, Eiji Yoshikawa · 224 pages

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Vagabond, Volume 10

Takehiko Inoue · 208 pages

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Samurai Deeper Kyo, Volume 02

Akimine Kamijyo · 192 pages

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The Way of Fire

Chris Bradford

Young Samurai: The Way Of Fire: Japan, 1612 Shipwrecked and his father murdered by ninjas, Jack Fletcher is rescued by the legendary swordmaster Masamoto Takeshi and taken to his samurai school in Kyoto. Hunted by the ninja Dragon Eye, Jack's only hope is to become a samurai warrior. And so his training begins ... In order to perfect his fighting skills, Jack hoes on a gasshuku. But nothing can pr

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Kaze Hikaru, Vol. 1

Taeko Watanabe · 200 pages

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The Godfather

Mario Puzo · 447 pages

The Godfather is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone. Puzo's dedication for The Godfather is "For Anthony Cleri". The novel's epigraph is by the French author Honoré de Balzac: "Behind every great fortune there is

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Journey Through Fire

Maya Snow, Helen Hart

Recovering from injuries sustained while escaping a fire, Kimi, Hana, along with their mother and little brother take refuge in a monastery where their mother petitions the Shogun for gaining help against evil Uncle Hidehira.

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The 47 Ronin Story

John Allyn · 224 pages

_47 Ronin Story_ is the classic Japanese story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In a shocking clash between the warriors and the merchant class of seventeenth century Japan, there emerged the most unlikely set of heroes--the forty-seven ronin, or ex-samurai, of Ako.

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Shōgun

James Clavell · 979 pages

After Englishman John Blackthorne is lost at sea, he awakens in a place few Europeans know of and even fewer have seen--Nippon. Thrust into the closed society that is seventeenth-century Japan, a land where the line between life and death is razor-thin, Blackthorne must negotiate not only a foreign people, with unknown customs and language, but also his own definitions of morality, truth, and free

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Blood Ninja

Nick Lake · 379 pages

After his father is murdered and a ninja saves his life, Taro discovers the connection between ninjas and vampires and finds himself being dragged into a bitter conflict between the rival lords ruling Japan.

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Okko: The Cycle of Water

Hub · 300 pages

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Bundori

Laura Joh Rowland · 385 pages

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Road to Perdition

Max Allan Collins · 296 pages

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