You fight off an army. You beat back the hammer and the anvil. You steal a warship and you slip into Edo. You make a fool of a man that would be a god. Yes, every action has a reaction and the reaction to this is not a pretty one. It is instead one that brings out the guns that work in silence - the tasters of food and the people who can poison you if you make any mistakes.
The world is not a safe place for a man and his child.
This book and the next few editions are dedicated to the chase that takes a dfferent route than before. Instead of seeing flashing swords and noting bodies flowing like rivers as they lose pieces of their heart, soul, and varied appendages, Lone Wolf and Cub are now chased by marketers. They are also chased by a woman that seems harmless at first, but that brings a weapon with her that can kill or cause addiction just by allowing yourself one little slip-up. Add to that the power behind these people - the food-tasters are held in the highest regards because of the service they provide - and you can see how much they can harm you.
The way the story evolves here is a continual tribute to the talents that both write and illustrate this book. The story knew it needed to change or grow stagnate, so it found a new way to continue the saga. It also knew that targeting the father was not the only way to play, and that many readers would wonder if the boy would be caught in the crosshairs. to answer this they brought in something everyone fears, something tampering with their food, and they go after the fleeing in yet another route. combine to that more ecclectic characters with derrangements that include strange forms of sexual contact, a spider tattoo that seems to rip from the owner's back, nighthawks that pimp anyone that gets in the way, and a man that needs his fears removed by having two women play with his nipples and you have the opposite side of the spectrum. i like the way this is done, too, showing us the meager living that empowers the samurai versus the things it takes to move the other side of the spectrum. It creates the yin and the yang, and it shows us what type of trickle down impact that was noticed by one sword and his son.
It is powerful on many levels.
If you haven't seen this series, go to the beginning and read it. It won many awards because of what it is, and deserves praise for what it accomplished. It is very time-oriented, too, and comes with something to tell the readers about the many menaings that a single word could have or about a specific tool or weapon that is seen in the book. It doesn't leave you in the dark, doesn't disappoint you by not finishing up, and doesn't make our characters forces of nature. They all have flaws, even if it is love, and they all have something that drives them.
Exploring that is exploring humanity and thereby exploring the self.
I really love this series.
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