From the author of Gunslinger Girl comes a manga set in ancient Japan.>The Edo period has ended, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world. Not even the promise of rebellion can cure him of his desire for death. But after an assassination gone wrong, Haruyasu finds himself at the mercy of his intended victim's bodyguard, an intriguing young woman with the power to heal–so intriguing, in fact, that he decides he wants to live in order to learn more about her. But what will she ask in return for saving his life?Previous chapter:Chapter 1 to 3>>291698837Chapter 4 and 5>>291779696
Interesting way of thinking
>>291823269>Slapping the bad guys with a chairWhat is this a Jackie Chan film? Really cool fight choreography.
And so the chapter ends!Will the sword be used first on the brother?
>>291824810Isn't it a suicide sword that kills you once you kill with it or am i speedreading?
>From the author of Gunslinger Girl>>291822985Yeah I can see that. But where is the shota
>>291825225Yes, maybe someone will die next?>>291825247Hopefully in the next chapters
>>291824582She is such a cute miko
>>291823150>>291823243>>291823269>>291823327Didn't bring a sword to a sword fight, won anyway.
>>291827500It's the Musashi Myamoto way of the sword: Be late and beat 'em with a stick.
>>291827643If it works, why change it?
>>291824599I don't know, would you want a second in this situation?If you're framing yourself it's a hard sell when you also seemingly decapitate yourself
>>291825247>But where is the shotaThere are no shotas in gunslinger girl
>>291822980Do you think she's a good heroine?
>>291822985how smol?
>>291829298The whole tail end of the plot got started because there was no longer a shota in GSG.
>>291822985Damn. They're really tiny
>>291831187Shino is wearing heels even, I'd be really funny if Onikuro or whatever his name is was really short as well (I think 160cm/5'1" is the average for a male in meiji japan.)
>>291831132Huh good point
Who is the protagonist in this one?
>>291832367I think it's tiny white-haired girl on the cover. Or maybe her new blood husband since the manga starts with im.
>>291832675I think its the guy
It must be the white haired girl since she is on the cover. Henrietta was the MC after all, wasn't she?
>>291822985I've never read GSG, but I just want to say I am following this because I fucking love hakam over kimono with boots. Normally I associate that look with Taisho Romance, but god it's so fucking good. I love it. It's the best, just the best.
>>291800297>>291822985Is Shino smol or Haruyasu just tall? Must be like 40cm difference.
Bump
>>291834727I think she's slightly taller but they're all quite small
>>291834727Everyone was smol back thenGod imagine just how tiny Shino is...Henrietta is probably ~135cm looking at her scale figures, so Shino might be 5cm taller than her at 140cm? >>291833485
>>291836552Such a perfect time. I want to go back!
>>291824810Thank you for posting.
>>291822985nice page
>>291838305Right? Feels so in theme with this
Isn't this just inuyasha?
>>291839483No, its far better and more complete
>>291831299He is supposed to be about 5'11 or something, it's mentioned later in the story that he is tall and I think his height is vaguely state in old measurements.
bumping with new art from Aida!
>>291842436best girl!!
>>291839483Maybe.
There will never be enough good, 'realistic' sword fightan & samurai manga.
>>291831132pino was a man
>>291839483it's nothing at all like inuyasha
Next chapter, lets see if they kill the brother
brb!
He seems quite capable given his experience
Don't bring a sword to a gunfight!
Here it goes!
And so it ended! Will post last chapter now so we can start off with next volume tomorrow.Chapter 8 "Iba Hachiro Hidesato"
Victory!
>>291846801>kill my brother>using this sword that will kill you>so i can kill my mother laterthis bitch cold as ice
Thanks for posting, OP. Enjoyable mango.
>>291851197My pleasure anon, now the last pages of this volume.
>>291848101>Shino went silverOh FUCK. She really went silver
>>291850129Insane what these guys can do in wooden flip flops
And so it ends!
So how capable is the protagonist really?
>>291852280So far it looks like your average shitter that can punch above his weight because he can tank sword swings.
>>291852280High tier human since he survived the war.
>>291851626>>291851647Previews, that's nice.>>291851749Thanks for dumping. I read 1 or 2 chapters years ago but never continued.
>>291851749Thank you for posting.
>>291850842Didn't exactly capture his likeness
>>291854728He needs to be cute and hot for the perverted female readers.
>>291854044My pleasure, anon!
>>291854861Basically this
How good do you think she compares in the sword?
>>291847043>cutting gives you superpowersThis is going to ruin a whole generation of chuunis isn't it?
>>291858233I'd rather have this over gatchatards
>>291822985She is tiny!
>>291822985I like the big titties one
>>291851280Just 3000 in the "most vicious confrontation" of a civil war, which lasted for a whole month?
>>291860073looking at the wikipedia article it was just a slow siedge of a castle that ended in a negotiated surrender and the defenders were mostly a professional army rather than peasant levies or conscripts.
>>291860073They were an almost sure death and population wasn't nearly as large as today
>>291822985Do you like the popularity of guns in this setting?
>>291863177Its interesting to see a world where swords are getting phased out. Only thing that would make it more realistic is the prominence of spears
>>291863845Yeah but also a bit sad
>>291852280Very. There are only a few characters in the sort, as far as translations go, who are as skilled/physical as him or more so.
>>291851749Thank OP
>She know>ShinoSo I know, but why kill?
>>291868877Because All You Need Is Kill
>>291850531she's old, has had time enough to get jaded
>>291868587Cute couple.
>>291863177feels more true to life to a samurai tale
Alright time for a new volume!
Uuooooooooooh! This is advancing faster than Gunslinger Girl as relationships go.Is this a Petra x Sandro situation?
>>291872119>>291872217Huh. Thought she was going to press her throat against his mouth, but the connotations are more romantic this way.
>>291872338Yeah, didn't expect her to choose that route.
For some reason 2 pages were empty between these. Maybe the author ran out of things to draw? Anyway this is the last one of this chapter.And so it ends, will our heroes recover?
>>291872715Interesting how much they care about honor.
>>291822980Is this any good? What tone does it have?
>>291873380Its like Inuyasha. The author of Gunslinger Girl enjoys serious works with lots of detail, and its similar just a bit more romance.
>>291873488Is it action heavy or more drama heavy?
>>291874056A good balance. It gets you invested in the characters, relationships and story/adventure/drama but never goes long without action.
>>291874201Yeah that's what I like about Yu Aida's works
>>291875498I read everything translated of this manga over the summer and can safety say it's already in my top 5 samurai manga. It could fall out of that ranking, but I suspect it won't.
>>291872507She slings that gun good
hehe an adashino named shino
>>291877893You could call her a gunslinger girl.
>>291872507good thing the americans opened Japan up to FREEDOM because she probably could not shoot a bow properly with those tits.
>>291872752Either I have been speedreading or my lack of Japanese history knowledge is making this difficult, but I'm rather confused about the factions in play. Weren't the Aizu rebels against the new government? If this kid has any loyalty to them, why is he in a military academy (presumably run by the new government)?
>>291872217Jesus Christ... Would that actually work irl?
>>291879310Lovely irony
>>291884135I think she's pushing the blood in using her tongue
Is it realistic for Japanese women to have breasts this big in the 19th century?
>>291886399No I don't think so, she might have foreign blood
>>291822980>ancient JapanAnon...
While we're on the subject, how big is Shino? Nicely small is my guess but it's hard to tell.
>>291872771Thank OP
>>291872771Thank you for posting.
>>291872217>spoilerthe dynamics are extremely different
>>291873488>Its like Inuyasha.???Not at all. It's not like inuyasha in tone or in setting.I really fail to see why you would eve think that.
>>291890717There's aesthetic similarities, both are shoujo-esque battle romance stories set in feudal japan and feature a young (sometimes) white-haired love interest with supernatural powers rooted in Japanese folklore.
Next chapter here we go!
>>291891539Inuyasha is way closer to shonen, and is the only one of the 2 actually set in feudal japan.It's like saying a pilgrim settler story is the same as an american revolutionary war story just because both of them are old timey american
She's back!
>>291891732Is it really called "going silver"? This rustles me jimmies.>>291891932She got it bad...
>>291891799early meiji is still feudal until the reforms kick in, you can say it doesn't match the feudal vibes because there's a lot of guns and the story hasn't visited any rural areas thus far but qualifying the valiant must fall as feudal japan is still technically correct if barely.
>>291892296I looked at the raws and Yamakawa and Haruyasu use Aizu (or rather Fukushima nowadays) dialect here, with the standard JP right behind. Not even acknowledging that with a note is sad.
Chapter end!
>>291891539This manga has appeal to both men and women but nothing specifically 'shoujo' about it. I would guess it's in a seinen mag, which may not mean much now when readers cross the traditionaldemographics divide. What I mean is, yes, Shino is a young(lol) pretty girl who has acquired devoted, but extremely violent, size difference husbando that she goes all horny maiden for. But look at it the other way - Haruyasu is tall, strong and a badass but done had a hard life and just found a pretty JK(lol) who cares about him and has an intimate and trust based relationship with him. The guys aren't ikemen enough, edgy enough, or uncanny enough to be shoujo guys.
>>291822980Does it have age gap romance?
>>291893082Yea. Shino a 'groomer diddy P ong fr'
>>291892643Romance beneath the full moon.>>291893082Yes, but the woman is older this time.
>>291893352Truly beautiful
No Haruyasu don't get in the van! don't trust the loli.
>>291893352>the woman is older this time.H-how experienced is she?
Next chapter when?
>>291892747thankee
>>291893728It's a honeypot!
>>291894870I think she's got a few decades on our hero.
>>291898713But is she also experienced in bed?
>>291899205You keep asking this, yet the answer is obviously "no".
>>291899205I wouldn't know about that, sir.
>>291891954This Youkai needs to be exterminated
>>291891954TL note: keikaku means plan
I'm really enjoying this, though I'd say their attachment to each other feels a little too fast and unearned. I'm starting to feel like Aida just wanted to get to the good stuff asap. GSG was much better in that sense. Triela and Hillshire's relationship had the perfect pace.
>>291892747Thank you for posting.
>>291899205Clearly not
>>291903565I admit I was surprised by how fast they went for the kiss. Then again it feels like the author took the ideas from Sandro and Petrushka who also kissed fairly quickly and not out of romance itself but as part of a mission.Here they also kiss out of an outer need to survive (since he wasn't drinking the blood)Ever since Sandro and Petra were introduced (and Henrietta was sidelined) I felt like they along with Triela and Hillshire became the author's favorite characters
>>291907132Will this have sex?
>>291908279Yes.
>>291908279I don't think this will
>>291903565>>291907132There's a nice bit of development in how she at first wants to use him as a sacrificial tool but later doesn't want it to be like that. It would be neat if they reached the point where neither wanted to die anymore beause they now had the other, but of course they are now in deep trouble and still need to use the suicide sword.
