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365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice

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The art was really nice (sort of in the vein of Jeff Smith and Scott Morse), but the book was such a fast read and the story so slight (the story seemed mostly there as an excuse to rehash those fantastic samurai fight scenes in "Lone Wolf & Cub") that I couldn't completely recommend it. I'd be shocked if it took me 15 minutes to read this entire nearly 400 page book. It's the comic book equivalent of cotton candy, which is fine if that's what you're in the mood for.

This is a mostly silent OGN made of single panel pages. The story is a classic story of a samurai out for revenge for his master's death. The art work is where it gets interesting. The style is very clean and simple with heavy lines and the faces are all caricatures, so it looks a lot like Jeff Smith's work. The pages are more like a series of paintings than a comic book and there is a lot of play with the composition of the images. There is a lot of interesting angles and poses. Unfortunately, this makes reading the book a little difficult. The transitions from page to page don't quite work well as each is a separate entity. Also, a lot of the "camera angles" are closeups of single features (like a hand or a foot). After the first fight, the novelty wears off of bit.