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The new manga from "Blade of the Immortal" creator Hiroaki Samura! Warning: Contains adult content. Not recommended for anyone under the age of 18. A PRICE TO BE PAID IN PAIN AND BLOOD Wergelder: In Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim’s family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal. A group of misfit yakuza gets caught in the crossfire while trying to get in on the deal, or at least find out what’s being dealt. At the center of it all is a woman who has been wronged in the worst imaginable ways. She will have her revenge. The Eisner award-winning creator of Blade of the Immortal, Hiroaki Samura, presents a new badass thriller with some very bad ladies!
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ベアゲルター [Die Wergelder] is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Hiroaki Samura.
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So. I love ‘Blade of the Immortal.' It is a thing of beauty, and it is one of my all-time favorite graphic novel series. It is, to my mind, Samura-sensei's best work. I have the other things released in America, but none of them compare to BotI.
And neither does this. There are things that I like. But there are things that are awkward and offensive. And I really just want to finish reading the series, so I know how to contextualize everything. There is some weird violence against women that made me uncomfortable. And the plot is super yakuza-heavy, not my favorite element in manga (I might make an exception for ‘Black Lagoon'). The characters aren't as strong as in BotI, nor is the story. But there is some weird sci-fi stuff going on that I kinda like, and the lady characters have more compelling personalities than any of the men. So I'm not sure what I think, or even what I want to think. But it's Samura-sensei, so I will continue reading it to figure out what I think.