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Fist of the North Star - Strawberry Flavor 42 01-30 20:16
In this *very* zany take on the dramatic series by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara, the end of the century… wasn\'t so bad, actually. A *very* special and brave Holy Emperor, Souther, wants to become more \"involved\" and to be on \"friendly terms\" with the noble Kenshiro & his posse. *Especially* Kenshiro. Due to his very outgoing nature, he also crashes the homes of his other buddies, often when they *especially* don\'t want him to show up!
Join Souther as he releases his feelings in heart-throbbing, mind-bending confessions, settles complex and engrossing territorial disputes with deep and intricate consequences, enjoys the simple and introspective pleasures of a quiet dinner, and climbs the top of the rough and brutal pyramid that is the idol world - with the help of his best buddies, of course! Maybe even Kenshiro will be there - who knows!
By the time it got its anime in 2015, *Strawberry Flavor* had sold over 1 million copies in Japan. The anime was composed of 2-minute long, abridged adaptations of select chapters from the first three volumes. They were placed after the main episodes of *DD Fist of the North Star* season 2.
Every volume also contains at least one *gaiden* (side story). These gaiden are drawn in Yukito\'s (the elder sister of Yukito Imouto) normal artstyle, and expand on characters who did not receive gaiden during the Hokuto Gaiden period in the late 2000\'s.
Gaiden List:
Volume 1: Spade, Club & Diamond, Heart
Volume 2: Souther
Volume 3: Shuren & Huey
Volume 4: Fudo
Volume 5: Yuda
Volume 6: Shin
Volume 7: Falco & friends, Ein
Volume 8: Ogai
Volume 9: Devil Rebirth
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Gekiga Yose: Fallen Words 8.1 01-29 01:06
*Currently Out-of-Print with no digital edition from Drawn & Quarterly*
In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing.
These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy.
Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature.
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Chapter 26 11-26 23:32
Yeon Hwicheon from the Yeon Clan is deceived by the Dam Clan, who is after his Sect’s Divine Treasures, into an arranged marriage.
Despite the unsightly scar on his face, he meets his kind-hearted wife, Dam Hwayeon, and they live a trouble-free life. However, the Dam Clan, revealing their true intentions, causes the downfall of the Yeon Clan.
Hwicheon then barely escapes and finds refuge in a cave. Here, he has a fateful encounter, through which he acquires advanced martial arts skills. Suddenly he finds himself traveling back in time to the moment right after his marriage 15 years prior.
Knowing in advance the wicked acts the Dam Clan will commit, Yeon Hwicheon preemptively exacts a fierce revenge, finally causing its extinction.
With his incredible martial arts skills, Yeon Hwicheon and the now stronger Yeon Clan quickly become the targets of the martial arts world and Hwicheon, already anticipating this, further elevates the martial arts of the his Clan and boldly throws down a challenge to the entire martial arts community under his name!
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