I'm a sucker for all things related to the samurai, but this manga left me with a decidedly "meh" impression.
You may have read that the samurai came to an end in the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877, but in truth they many 'deaths' and 'rebirths' before that. The samurai class served many different roles throughout Japanese history, ranging from tax collectors, to bureaucrats, to soldiers, to military aristocrats. These two stories deal with samurai caught in the culture shift as the Sengoku period became the Edo period.
The first 'Snow Ridge' is the more interesting of the two. It deals with a clan forced to relocate
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 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Yuki no Touge, Ken no Mai, Snowy Ridge, Dance of the Blade Japanese: 雪の峠・剣の舞 InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 9
Status: Finished
Published: 1999 to 2000
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
None Authors:
Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #107232 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #18151
Members: 734
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