Satsuma Gishiden Volume 2
Adding to its library ofmangain English, Dark Horse continues Hirata's saga of eighteenth-century Satsuma warriors. Here the spotlight falls on the assorted affronts to honor that the samurai caste must endure when it reluctantly acquiesces to the ruling shogun's order to help shore up a flooding river basin. As in the previous volume, Hirata's bold pen-and-ink drawings are the real attraction here, as his occasionally elaborate historical references can be befuddling. Truemangafans, however, will delight in Hirata's dynamic, battle-laden visuals._Carl HaysCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved