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Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Volume 2

2 reviews
Masaki Segawa, Futaro Yamada

Del Rey, 2006

Possibly the best volume of this excellent series
I had the pleasure of reading Basilisk in its original language version a while back, and while I immensely enjoyed every instalment in the story, this volume was one of the ones I kept returning to to flick through and reread its fantastic ending. The story carries on from the build-up established in the first volume, with the two rival ninja clans of Iga and Kouga engaged in a 10 on 10 feud ...

The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls 4: Revenge of the Hori Clan

1 review
Masaki Segawa, Futaro Yamada

Del Rey, 2008

Great series
Fans of Basilisk would be wise to check out this series. Where Basilisk had a strong love story, this one is all about revenge. This series features hideous bad guys who are truly wicked, crazy ninja powers, and a group of women willing to do anything to avenge their husbands and fallen city. This is a very mature series, even moreso than Basilisk, so be warned there is a lot of blood and ...

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Novel - Paperback): After The Long Goodbye (Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence)

1 review
Masaki Yamada

VIZ Media LLC, 2007

Enjoyable journey into the solace of solitude
An excellent story of Batou, his dog, and the understanding of consciousness and a solitary lifestyle. I think I won't be the only one that this book really strikes a chord with.

Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Volume 1

3 reviews
Masaki Segawa, Futaro Yamada

Del Rey, 2006

Love and War, Ninja Style
Basilisk is another one of those unforgiving manga. It has plenty of bloody action, nudity, and other mature themes that have yet to arise so early in this manga series. It goes about telling its story as graphically as it can and doesn't try to win over readers but rather scare them off. Manga like this, I think, deserve far more credit than the more mainstream stuff. They want to present as ...

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Volume 1: After the Long Goodbye (Ghost in the Shell)

11 reviews
Masaki Yamada

VIZ Media LLC, 2005

Souls, friends and dogs.
This book is all about Batou - and the many questions he has. Does he have a soul? Why did Gabriel go? Fighting tanks, the yakuza, fast food, racing hounds, homeless guys and the question of where love comes from. This is set before the second Ghost In The Shell movie, Innocence, and also has a bonus discussion between the director, Mamoru Oshii, and the author, Masaki Yamada. There's gun ...

Aphrodite
Masaki Yamada

Kurodahan Press, 2004

This important work of Japanese science fiction presents the story of Yuichi, a youth who escapes the regimented world of Japanese society for the beauty and freedom of Aphrodite, a floating island city built by the visionary Mr. Caan. Excited by the seemingly limitless potential of Aphrodite and confident of his own future, Yuichi encounters a new world: friendship, responsibility, love, and growing up. Seen through the pattern of Yuichi's ...

Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Volume 3
Masaki Segawa, Futaro Yamada

Del Rey, 2006

Thanks to the machinations of the Ieyasu Tokugawa, the age-old truce between the Kouga and the Iga clans is no more?and now a fight to the death will decide which clan reigns supreme. Oboro has blinded herself in order to avoid having to kill Gennosuke, her lover and her rival. Meanwhile, Gennosuke has urged the Iga clan to join him on a journey to Sunpu to find out the real motives behind Ieyasu Tokugawa?s orders to fight. But the Iga has other ...