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Path of the Assassin, Vol. 1: Serving in the Dark
by Goseki Kojima, Kazuo Koike
Excellent start to a series. The style is sparse enough to flow with the simple illustrations, and yet gives you enough detail to feel you really "know" the characters. Historical Fiction always helps me really remember events and dates, and this is a great example. Koike and Kojima stick with the facts for the bare bones of the plot, but the beauty is in the details. All the little things that happen in everyday life that the history books can't tell or show us.
Hattori Hanzo is the youngest apprentice suppa, something of a specialized ninja. Hanzo proves he is more worthy than the older boys and is given the responsibility of serving and protecting the future Shogun, Takugawa Ieyasu. Hanzo is younger than Ieyasu, his new lord, but much more able to figure things out. He can improvise to perform any task, and as so often happens with teenagers, this causes a bit of jealousy and envy on Ieyasu's part.
When we first meet Ieyasu, he is NOT impressive. He's soft, spoiled, has no knowledge of the outside world, and comes across as a bit of a brat. Because we know who he is to become, seeing him portrayed this way as a teen makes him feel more "real". I can't wait to see what Koike and Kojima write of his and Hanzo's future.
Hattori Hanzo is the youngest apprentice suppa, something of a specialized ninja. Hanzo proves he is more worthy than the older boys and is given the responsibility of serving and protecting the future Shogun, Takugawa Ieyasu. Hanzo is younger than Ieyasu, his new lord, but much more able to figure things out. He can improvise to perform any task, and as so often happens with teenagers, this causes a bit of jealousy and envy on Ieyasu's part.
When we first meet Ieyasu, he is NOT impressive. He's soft, spoiled, has no knowledge of the outside world, and comes across as a bit of a brat. Because we know who he is to become, seeing him portrayed this way as a teen makes him feel more "real". I can't wait to see what Koike and Kojima write of his and Hanzo's future.