Path of the Assassin
English
322 pages
Volume 1
Path of the Assassin Volume 1: Serving in the Dark
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27.1K views • Sep 10, 2024
Path of the Assassin (Hanzō no mon in Japan) is the story of Hattori Hanzō, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. As the secret caretaker of such an influential future leader, not only does Hanzō use vast and varied ninja talents, but in living closely with Ieyasu, he forms a strong friendship with the young shogun. • Presented in original Japanese format and unretouched, which keeps the art intact. • This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hattori Hanzō. • For mature readers.
314 pages
Volume 2
Path of the Assassin Volume 2: Sand and Flower
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4.7K views • Sep 10, 2024
It's not easy being Hattori Hanzō. If he's not teaching Ieyasu—the young, future shogun—how to love, then he's teaching Ieyasu how not to die in the event of a momentary lapse of protection. If you thought you had a tough job, try taking a pudgy, sheltered youngster and making him into the leader who will unite Japan under his rule. From the creators of Lone Wolf and Cub comes a series about two young men bound to a nation's potential future at a time when Japan was in transition from a warlike feudal state into an era of bureacracy and infighting. Another quasi-historical tale from the masters of Japanese samurai culture, Path of the Assassin shows a side of feudal Japan that entertains with action as well as political drama. • For mature readers.
314 pages
Volume 3
Path of the Assassin Volume 3: Comparison of a Man
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3.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's story of the famed ninja Hattori Hanzō and his trials and tribulations while protecting the shogun-to-be, Tokugawa Ieyasu, continues. Each page builds upon the relationship between the two warriors and the women they love. Path of the Assassin is a wonderful addition to the Koike and Kojima samurai collection. • Published in the original Japanese format and unretouched, which keeps the art intact. • This is a fifteen-volume story starring the legendary ninja and Kill Bill reference Hattori Hanzō. • There are over one million copies of Koike-penned titles currently in print in English. • For mature readers.
301 pages
Volume 4
Path of the Assassin Volume 4: The Man Who Altered the River's Flow
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2.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
War! Ninja! Love! Political intrigue! It's all packed into Path of the Assassin. Crafted by classic samurai manga creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima of Lone Wolf and Cub fame, Path of the Assassin is the story of a young shogun on his way to unite Japan, and the trusty ninja assigned to protect him. Whether he's involved in crafty maneuverings of war, political push and pull, or bedroom adventures, young Hattori Hanzō will not be kept from his duties. Path of the Assassin packs historical fiction and fine art in yet another classic samurai series from Dark Horse. • For mature readers.
316 pages
Volume 5
Path of the Assassin Volume 5: Battle of One Hundred and Eight Days
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2.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
It's a battle of ninja vs. ninja, with all the stops pulled out and every trick in the book. Well, almost every trick. Our protagonist, Tsukumo—Hanzō Hattori's young ninja wife—must avenge her father's death at the hands of another shadow warrior, but he's as crafty as they come. This mystical, imaginative face-off consumes all three-hundred-plus pages of this action-stuffed volume. • Penned by legendary Lone Wolf and Cub creator Kazuo Koike, Path of the Assassin packs historical fiction and fine art in yet another classic samurai series from Dark Horse. • For mature readers.
322 pages
Volume 6
Path of the Assassin Volume 6: Life's Greatest Difficulty
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2.3K views • Sep 10, 2024
If The Art of War's tactics and ninjutsu arts pique your interest, Path of the Assassin is the quasi-historical samurai manga you've been waiting for! From the legendary comics creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima of Lone Wolf and Cub fame comes the story of Japan's greatest shogun and his rise to power through the battles and intrigues of his late teens. Central to the story is a young ninja who must go to great lengths in order to secure victory for the boy who would become the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Based loosely on fabled tales of the age, Path of the Assassin is an exciting and sexy series. A must-have for collectors of the influential creators' works, these popular books are packed thick with action, bushido, and super-complex strategy!
304 pages
Volume 7
Path of the Assassin Volume 7: Center of the World
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2.1K views • Sep 10, 2024
Future shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, now in his late teens, battles and politics his way to the leadership of Edo-era Japan. To do so, he must survive all manner of threats, whether from rival warlords or from conspiracies within his castle walls. And he does this with the help of his friend and vassal, the unstoppable ninja Hattori Hanzō. When a plot against the Ieyasu comes to light, Hanzō must do whatever is necessary to protect his lord, but what if he must shield his master from his own wife? • From the legendary creators of Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin blends martial action, courtly intrigue, and bold eroticism within the historical context of sixteenth-century feudal Japan. • Presented in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • For mature readers.
304 pages
Volume 8
Path of the Assassin Volume 8: Shinobi with Extending Fists
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1.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
An impregnable fortress must be breached, the land's best samurai swayed, and competing warlords beguiled into alliance. Tokugawa Ieyesu's confidant and master ninja, Hattori Hanzo, is always in the midst of any battle or covenant, whether as covert operative or savvy negotiator. But as the game pieces of power move over the board, even a trusted friend may become a sacrificed pawn to protect the king! From the legendary creators of Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin blends martial action, courtly intrigue, and bold eroticism within the historical context of sixteenth-century feudal Japan. • Presented in its original right-to-left reading format. • For mature readers
302 pages
Volume 9
Path of the Assassin Volume 9: Battle for Power Part 1
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1.6K views • Sep 10, 2024
The martial world of feudal 16th Century Japan is not only a tapestry of honor, politics, intrigue, and violence. It is also an intricate fabric woven with family, spirit, love . . . and sex. And while not defined by strength of arm or keenness of blade, the realm of the flesh can be as intriguing, political, and deadly as any armed conflict. Created by legendary Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Path of the Assassin is adult manga at its most challenging—violent, complex, and boldly erotic. • For mature readers.
293 pages
Volume 10
Path of the Assassin Volume 10: Battle for Power Part 2
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1.3K views • Sep 10, 2024
The warring clans of 16th century Japan are are on the march. Young warlord Ieyasu Togugawa must prepare for the battle of all battles in the present while keeping an eye on the future, a future destined to be ruled by one man. But Ieyasu also needs eyes in the back of his head as hidden assassins target him for death, with only his friend the ninja Hattori Hanzō capable of giving his lord any future at all! Created by acclaimed Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Path of the Assassin is adult manga rooted in Japanese history, and this volume completes the epic-length Battle for Power, begun in volume 9. • For mature readers.
316 pages
Volume 11
Path of the Assassin Volume 11: Hikuma Castle
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1.4K views • Sep 10, 2024
While warlord Ieyasu Tokugawa moves across the final battlefields of Japan's warring clans toward a nation's future under one ruler, his faithful ninja retainer Hattori Hanzō, steps into a trap set by a female ninja from a competing warlord's clan. But this is no ordinary trap. What will ensue is a battle of wits and weapons, of pain and pleasure, of sex and death. And should Hanzō fall, his master's future could die with him! Created by legendary Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Path of the Assassin is adult manga at its most challenging—violent, complex, and boldly erotic. • Authentic right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan.
320 pages
Volume 12
Path of the Assassin Volume 12: Three Foot Battle
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1.5K views • Sep 10, 2024
As the clans of sixteenth century Japan battle for supremacy, the allied forces of warlords Oda Nobunaga and Togugawa Ieyasu close in on the Asakura clan's main fortress. But awaiting Oda is an assassins's bullet that could shatter the Oda-Tokugawa alliance and shift the tide of war. Ieyasu's loyal ninja, Hattori Hanzō will kill the hidden gunman if he can, but even Hanzō may not be able to stop a shooting from beyond the grave! From the legendary creators of Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin blends martial action, courtly intrigue, and bold eroticism within the historical context of sixteenth-century feudal Japan. • Presented in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • For mature readers.
299 pages
Volume 13
Path of the Assassin Volume 13: Hateful Burden
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1.3K views • Sep 10, 2024
In the politics, struggles, and battles that lead to the birth of a nation, sometimes even good people must die at the hands of allies. And now it's down to only a few warlords of Edo-era Japan. History already tells the story of the victor, but the real guts of Path of the Assassin lie in the characters behind the scenes—the ninja warriors doing the dirty work. Theirs is a story of families and war and intrigue, only far more mysterious and untold. From the legendary creators of Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin blends martial action, courtly intrigue, and bold eroticism within the historical context of sixteenth-century feudal Japan. Presented in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • For mature readers.
307 pages
Volume 14
Path of the Assassin Volume 14: Bad Blood
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1.8K views • Sep 10, 2024
While the war to consolidate power in feudal Japan rages on, one of Togugawa Ieyasu's strongholds falls to the Takeda Army as it advance west—and at Mikatagahara, Ieyasu is handed a crushing defeat by Shingen's forces. But though Ieyasu is outmanned and his position is weakening, he still has at his command the master ninja Hattori Hanzō, who has brought him though any number of delicate—and deadly—situations. But with enemy armies on the march and spies and assassins at Ieyasu's doorstep, can even Hanzō's matchless skills keep Ieyasu alive long enough to fulfill his destiny? From the legendary creators of Lone Wolf and Cub, Path of the Assassin blends martial action, courtly intrigue, and bold eroticism within the historical context of sixteenth-century feudal Japan. For mature readers.
300 pages
Volume 15
Path of the Assassin Volume 15: One Who Rules the Dark
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3.5K views • Sep 10, 2024
With Tokugawa Ieyasu on the brink of uniting Japan under one ruler for the first time in history, a dark conspiracy is set in motion to break his alliance with Nobunaga Oda, and even Ieyesu's trusted ninja Hattori Hanzō may not be able to defuse the plot that could send Japan back into chaos! More suspense, intrigue, and action await in the explosive conclusion to Path of the Assassin! • From legendary Lone Wolf and Cub creators Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, Path of the Assassin is adult manga at its most challenging—violent, complex, and boldly erotic. Published in right-to-left reading format, as originally published in Japan. • For mature readers.
