Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den
Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru
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Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Samurai Eight
Japanese: サムライ8 八丸伝
English: Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 43
Status: Finished
Published: May 13, 2019 to Mar 23, 2020
Genres: Action Action, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Samurai Samurai
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Kishimoto, Masashi (Story), Ookubo, Akira (Art)

Statistics

Score: 5.721 (scored by 73137,313 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #197622
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1287
Members: 15,816
Favorites: 157

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Chapters: /43

Synopsis

He can't run! He can't eat hard food. You can't get any weaker than the boy named Hachimaru. But his dream is to become a samurai. For a boy who can't even survive without the help of his father, that dream seemed impossible. But when a samurai cat appears before him, his whole life will change! A legendary manga creator and a rising star come together to bring you this science fiction samurai epic!

(Source: MANGA Plus)

Background

Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den was simulpub in English as Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published by VIZ Media from March 3, 2020 to February 2, 2021.

Characters

Daruma
Supporting
Ata
Supporting
Furuta
Supporting
Goku
Supporting
Benkei
Supporting

Reviews

Sep 16, 2020
Samurai 8. Done. 43 Chapters. I could've probably squashed in 2.5 hrs but here I am. I almost a year later. Rushed climax aside, the heart of Kishimoto's second main title isn't one to be dismissed out of hand.

The story really did have the foundation to go far and maybe, clearer and more concise than Naruto got to be. If I presume there were reasons why Samurai 8 didn't succeed and if I had to guess I'd wager it was:

- The Aesthetic of the world of Samurai 8. There is a initial density of visual information combined with the amount of clear negative ...
May 2, 2022
Mixed Feelings
Normally, a review of a manga should discuss elements of a work, but most of that has been said by other reviews already. Samurai 8 is mediocre, with weak character designs, motivations that aren't fully explored, and is artistically disconnected from what the writing is trying to achieve. You can feel that Okubo doesn't understand the story on the level Kishimoto did, and there is something missing from the way Kishimoto envisioned the work. Not all that different from the progression in the later volumes of Naruto where Kishimoto takes a back seat to Okubo. You gotta wonder if all the Zetsu art, Sai, etc ...
Feb 27, 2024
It's unfortunate this got cancelled because when I read the first volume or two it wasn't great but it wasn't bad. I was actually interested in how Masashi Kishimoto develops this world. Because he was told after that point it was being cancelled, he spends the last 3 volumes rushing to the end. As it stands, we get a pretty bad manga. All the redeeming qualities it started with are lost and we get a lot of plot holes, confusing art, and a very incomplete lore. There's a character who is introduced in the beginning, doesn't seem to reappear, but then he does at the ...

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