A review by jmoravec
Lone Wolf and Cub, Omnibus 2 by Kazuo Koike
4.0
Fantastic manga! I don't read a lot of comics or manga anymore, but I really enjoyed this one. You can see how much influence this manga had on films, tv (Mandalorian for a modern example), other comics, etc and why it did so.
The actual individual stories are... fine? I guess. But what is really great is the setting and the art. You really feel transported to the Edo period or at least a jidaigeki representation of the period. Normally I speed through comics, but this one I slowed down a bit to really appreciate each panel, especially if it was establishing the setting for the story, as a good number of pages don't have words. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the actual printed volume here, as the pages that had panels cross both sections could be hard to get the fully picture due to the bend of the spine.
The actual individual stories are... fine? I guess. But what is really great is the setting and the art. You really feel transported to the Edo period or at least a jidaigeki representation of the period. Normally I speed through comics, but this one I slowed down a bit to really appreciate each panel, especially if it was establishing the setting for the story, as a good number of pages don't have words. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the actual printed volume here, as the pages that had panels cross both sections could be hard to get the fully picture due to the bend of the spine.