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Issue Details

Issue #6
Published April 2007
Frequency [None Listed]
Cover Price 9.95 USD
Pages 324
Editing Tim Ervin; Darin Fabrick (Book Design); Lia Ribacchi
Notes ISBN-10: 1-59307-507-3 ISBN-13: 978-1-59307-507-1

Cover Details - "Life's Greatest Difficulty"

Characters Hanzo Masanari
Genre Martial Arts
Pencils Goseki Kojima
Inks Goseki Kojima
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1 page filler "Blank Page"

Notes Inside front cover.

1 page filler "Title Page"

Pencils Goseki Kojima
Inks Goseki Kojima
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1 page text article "Table of Contents"

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282 page Path of the Assassin story "Chapter on Shogyu Mujo No. 1: Life's Greatest Difficulty"

Characters Hanzo Masanari; Tsukiyama; Chisa; Tokugawa Ieyasu; Masachika; Shingen; Tsukumo; Kusei; Sakai Tadahisa; Hachiya Hannojo; Namakiri Magoshichiro; Tsuchiya Shigeharu; Igamono; Kira Yoshiaki; Arakawa Yoshihiro; Natsume Yoshinobu; Matsudaira Shichiro Masahisa; Ishikawa Hironari; Ono Nobuchika; Yada Sakujuro; Ashiya Kichidayu; Kuze Sanshiro; Kurachi Heiemon; Ozu Hanemon; Ohashi Denjuro; Ujizane; Gaiki; Tanimura Shinpachiro; Toma Eno
Synopsis Tokugawa accidentally incited his vassels to revolt. He sends Hanzo and Tsukumo to incite Ujizane to attack, hoping it will cause his vassels to re-unite with his army to battle against Ujizane's invasion.
Genre Martial Arts
Script Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (Translation); Jeff Carlson (Translation Assistance)
Pencils Goseki Kojima; ? [as Sno Cone Studios] (Art Retouch)
Inks Goseki Kojima; ? [as Sno Cone Studios] (Art Retouch)
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30 page Path of the Assassin story "Chapter on Shogyu Mujo No. 2: Changing Contenance"

Characters Hanzo Masanari; Tokugawa Ieyasu
Synopsis Tokugawa visits an old soldier who was wounded in the peasent revolt.
Genre Martial Arts
Script Kazuo Koike; Naomi Kokubo (Translation); Jeff Carlson (Translation Assistance)
Pencils Goseki Kojima; ? [as Sno Cone Studios] (Art Retouch)
Inks Goseki Kojima; ? [as Sno Cone Studios] (Art Retouch)
Letters ? [as Sno Cone Studios] (Art Retouch)
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2 page text article "Glossary"

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1 page text article "Goseki Kojima"

Characters Goseki Kojima (photo)
Synopsis Biography of Goseki Kojima.
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1 page text article "Kazuo Koike"

Characters Kazuo Koike (photo)
Synopsis Biography of Kazuo Koike.
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1 page credits

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1 page filler "Stop! This is the back of the Book!"

Synopsis Instructions on how to read manga.
Pencils Goseki Kojima
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1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Promo information on the Dark Horse Lone Wolf and Cub volumes.
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Notes Inside back cover.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Synopsis Promo information on this volume.
Pencils Goseki Kojima
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Notes Back Cover.