Kubikiri Asa

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In a prison world, there are few good stories, and this is the world of Kubikiri Asa, the beheader and master samurai under the Shogun. It's a world full of vengeance, greed, and violence. A world of depravity and sin. One man can set things straight if he can keep his wits. This is a story of extreme proportions, of sword study thick in tradition and with grim purpose, of blood rivers, agonizing screams, bondage, torture, and the evil prevalent in human failure. Drafted by the confirmed masters of the international medium of manga, Samurai Executioner is a shocking combination of darkness and fire, fine lines, and a fine man in the face of human decline.

(Source: Dark Horse) Kubikiri Asawas first published in English as Samurai Executioner by Dark Horse from July 28, 2004 to May 31, 2006, with the digital edition released May 18, 2011 to May 9, 2012. The series was re-published in omnibus format, with four volumes, by the same publisher, from May 14, 2014 to February 11, 2015.

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Japanese: 首斬り朝
English: Samurai Executioner

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  • Asaemon Yamada (山田 浅右衞門)

    Yamada Asaemon

    Supporting

    A young ronin who assumes the post of sword-tester. Asaemons reputation is fearsome among the populace because he killed both his father and his first love. He performed the former at his fathers insistence, as the terminally-ill man wanted to test his su...

  • Kasajiro Sakane (坂根 傘次郎)

    Sakane Kasajiro

    Supporting

    One of Edos best policemen, who often uses a hook and rope to capture those he arrests. A lower-caste samurai, he looks up to Asaemon as a teacher and colleague and is the person closest to Asaemon. Asaemon adopted Kasajiros wife Shinko and acted in the p...

  • Shinko Yaheiji (弥兵次 新子 / 坂根 新子)

    Yaheiji Shinko

    Supporting

    Kasajiros wife, named for the kappa tattooed on her back. Daughter of an executed yakuza, she is a reformed criminal who joined her husband on the Edo police force.She adopts Kasajiros surname Sakane (坂根) after marriage.(Source: Wikipedia)...