Shigurui Half-Box Ryu [Limited Edition]

[Machine Translation] Bushido is Sigurui! The popular comic "Sigurui", which was said to be impossible to make into an anime, has been adapted into an anime by Madhouse! HALF-BOX Volume 2 "Ryu" has been released! The popular comic "Sigurui" by the genius Takayu Yamaguchi is based on the original story "Suruga no Jou Gozenga" by the Akutagawa Award-winning author Norio Nanjo. This is a cruel and gruesome historical drama that depicts the process of the Gozenkachi match between the students of Iwamoto Toragan, a swordsman who was said to be the best of his kind in Nobuo Nobuo's school, and other students with overwhelming artistic ability. --The time is the beginning of the Edo period, a time of peace and tranquility. By order of Suruga Dainagon Tokugawa Tadanaga, an Imperial Match, which would normally be held with a wooden sword, is about to be held with a serious sword. Gennosuke Fujiki and Kiyogen Irago confront each other in this imperial match. Fujiki had lost one arm and Irago was blind. The two were former classmates at the dojo of Iwamoto Toragan, who was said to be an unparalleled swordsman. Irago adopts an unusual stance. The two met, both rose to prominence, and both aspired to the pinnacle of bushido as heirs to Toragan's dojo. However, there is only one person who can make it to the top. This is a story of destiny woven around the vertical axis of their conflict and the horizontal axis of their strange destiny. Contains the seventh to twelfth scenes. Box specification. Picture label. Enclosed 24-page commentary. [Limited manufacturer's shipping period: December 7, 2007 - May 31, 2008].

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武士道はシグルイなり! アニメ化不可能と呼ばれた人気コミック「シグルイ」がマッドハウスによりアニメ化!! HALF-BOX第2巻「竜」リリース!! 芥川賞作家、南條範夫による「駿河城御前試合」を原作にした鬼才、山口貴由が描く人気コミック「シグルイ」。濃尾無双とうたわれた剣客、岩本虎眼の門弟らによる同門同士の御前試合へいたるまでを圧倒的な画力で描いた残酷無惨時代劇。 ――時は江戸時代初頭、天下泰平の世の中。駿河大納言・徳川忠長の命により、通常は木剣によって行われるべき御前試合が、真剣をもって行われようとしていた。この御前試合で対決する藤木源之助と伊良子清玄。藤木は片腕を失い、伊良子は盲目であった。この二人は、不世出の剣士とうたわれた岩本虎眼の道場でのかつての同門。異様な構えをとる伊良子。二人が出会い頭角を現し、虎眼の道場の跡継ぎとして目指す武士道の頂点。しかしその頂点に立てるものは一人しかいない。この二人の葛藤を縦軸に、数奇な運命を横軸に、織り上げた運命の物語。第七景から第十二景までを収録。ボックス仕様。ピクチャーレーベル仕様。解説書24P封入。[メーカー限定出荷期間: 2007年12月7日～2008年5月31日]