Samurai8
| Manga | |
|---|---|
| title | Samurai8 |
| Original title | サ ム ラ イ 8 八 丸 伝 |
| transcription | Samurai8 Hachimaruden |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Masashi Kishimoto |
| Illustrator | Akira Ōkubo |
| publishing company | Shueisha |
| magazine | Shūkan Shōnen Jump |
| First publication | May 13, 2019 - March 23, 2020 |
| expenditure | 5 |
Samurai8 ( Tagline : The Tale of Hachimaru ; Japanese サ ム ラ イ 8 八 丸 伝 , Samurai8 Hachimaruden ) is a manga series by author Masashi Kishimoto and illustrator Akira Ōkubo . It was released in Japan from 2019 to 2020 and can be classified into the genres of Shon , Science Fiction and Adventure.
content
The boy Hachimaru finds it harder to achieve his dream of becoming a samurai than almost anyone else. He is very weak from birth and tied to a machine that his father designed for him. He continues research in order to one day build a machine for his son with which he can get out of the house and even become a samurai. But that's what Hachimaru has been waiting for a long time while he spends his internet time playing an online samurai game and with his mechanical dog Hayataro. One day he brings a Daruma into the house, which Hachimaru paints in the eye. The Daruma comes to life and announces to the boy that he has been chosen through the game to become a real samurai. At that moment they are attacked by a Rōnin who takes Hachimarus father hostage and demands the samurai sword "Dojikiri Takatsuna". In order to bring out the blade and save his father, Hachimaru must kill himself. The sword appears from his body and to everyone's surprise, Hachimaru is reborn through the sword. He gets a new body with which he can become a samurai. So he can finally go on a journey with Hayataro and get to know life as a samurai.
publication
The manga was published in Shūkan Shōnen Jump magazine from May 2019 to March 2020 . Its publisher Shueisha also brought out the chapters in five volumes, although the publication of the fifth volume is still delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A German translation has been published by Carlsen Manga since March 2020 . Planet Manga publishes the series in Italian, Planeta DeAgostini in Spanish and Planeta DeAgostini Comics publishes an English version.
Web links
- Official website of Shōnen Jump magazine (Japanese)
- Entry in the Incomplete Manga Guide
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Other Jump Manga Delay New Volumes Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Concerns. Anime News Network, April 9, 2020, accessed April 18, 2020 .