ogreart 's review for:

Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1: Serving in the Dark by Goseki Kojima, Kazuo Koike

3.0

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I'm on the fence about this one. I see a lot of potential for character growth over the course of the series. And they also made one of my favorite series, Lone Wolf and Cub, but there is a rape scene perpetrated by one of the main characters. Worse, it is the kind of story where the rape victim falls in love with her rapist and it is the beginning of their love story. I just don't find it realistic or particularly enjoyable to read about. And it is a major scene and plot point. Now, I get the main character is a ninja assassin type and so is not a good guy, but damn. There had to be a better way to portray that. I enjoyed a lot of the rest of the book, and I will give the next book in the series a read. If there is more of the same there, I will stop though.