This is the Edo-era samurai guts. Controversial, tough, angry, highly skilled and lost in a time of peace, the characters of "Satsuma Gishiden" tell a quasi-historical tale of social caste and brutal reprisal. Readers with a taste for Kazuo Koike's gritty "Lone Wolf & Cub" will go nuts for master ge[...]

Water is a force to be reckoned with. It can break metal in an instant, or over time. And it surely can shatter a society crippled by politics and fear. This is the story of Edo-era Japan, of a nation divided by social strata and infighting. A few bold samurai must force many disparate and poor regi[...]