Samurai Executioner Volume 8: The Death Sign of Spring

by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima

Spring is a season of rebirth and delight, but not for Kubikiri Asa, the Shogun's executioner. And for those condemned to lose their heads to Asa's sword, this spring will be their final season. Samurai Executioner, the Edo-era samurai crime drama by Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, continues down its path of heinous crime and diligent, bloody justice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593072775
• ISBN13: 9781593072773
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Dark Horse Manga
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

It simply gets better and better....

First, I thought SAMURAI EXECUTIONER would just be a beginners work, the first time Koike and Gojima worked together...but very early i saw that this was simply not the case. Samurai Executioner is at least as fleshed out as LONE WOLF AND CUB...and with volume eight (i read it immediately after volume seven) i almost think it's better than LONE WOLF AND CUB. For instance you have a really strong supporting cast, something Lone Wolf and Cub lacked (to balance this out LONE WOLF had a very good roster of antagonists and villians, notably Retsudo Yagyu and the Shogun himself) The supporting consists of Kasajiro and Shinko the Kappa who are demanding more and more space for themselves and Koike isn't refusing them. It almost has a touch of a good TV Series, like ROME or DEADWOOD, NIP TUCK or PRACTICE. It simply is completely different from LONE WOLF AND CUB but it's equal in the quality to this epic series...and then some...