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Synonyms: Wolf's Mouth: Wolfsmund, Ookami no Kuchi

Japanese: 狼の口ヴォルフスムント

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 37

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 14, 2009 to Oct 15, 2016

Genres: Action, Drama

Themes: Gore, Historical

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Fellows!

Authors: Kuji, Mitsuhisa (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.17¹ (scored by 2,396 users)

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Ranked: #6454²

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Popularity: #2219

Members: 9,128

Favorites: 66

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"Clenched teeth, meet cruel smile."

The author(ess) of Wolfsmund, Mitsuhisa Kuji, was once Kentaro Miura's assistant. So, it should come as no great shock to learn that her debut work shares a number of similarities in terms of its medieval setting, grim tone and brutal, 'EVERYONE DIE!' approach to storytelling. But Wolfsmund truly comes into its own with its sketchy art style and a medieval depiction so realistic that it is one of very few series that could accurately be described as a 'bad guy wins' series. Although there is, eventually, a hero of sorts, there is no Guts here: just a villain so wonderfully sharp and intelligent that his trademark sinister smile/smirk used when exposing the truth will remain with me.

Unlike Berserk, which has fantasy/monster elements and no real world setting, Wolfsmund is historical fiction focused on one very specific point: a checkpoint pass separating Switzerland and Italy. Austria are occupying the land and trapping the locals in their own borders. The pass is the only viable escape route, which leads to many trying to deceive the infamously cruel governor of the checkpoint, Wolfram. But none have ever managed to deceive their way past him, for the checkpoint has become known as Wolfsmund: 'The Wolf's Maw/Den'. read more 

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Well both of then are set in the Middle Ages and have interesting storylines. Although Ookami no Kuchi is a little bit tragic, its still a great read and will appeal to the readers if Vinland Saga becuase both stories are about vengence and retribution. 

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Two sexy sketchy art series set in medieval Europe, built around the theme of episodic suffering. Don't expect to smile and laugh whilst reading... unless you happen to be sadistic, that is. But do expect to 'enjoy' something a little different from the norm. Wolfsmund is worth reading for the most hate-love worthy villain in recent memory. Bradherley? The artist of Blade of the Immortal, Samura, created it. Enough said.
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Wolfsmund wastes no time showing readers what type of series it is as it set the tone by opening with an execution where a man asks to be killed by a sword instead of an axe - with honour - only to get the back of his knees kicked in response and is killed with an axe anyway. Some hope is then given by the author for the characters he introduces, but the medieval period was a brutal one: there are no happy ends. Bradherley, in contrast, starts without revealing what kind of series it is, before potentially traumatising readers. Both have been described as 'torture porn', but emotional torture aside, that only applies to Bradherley, in truth: it was serialised in 'Manga Erotics F', after all. Wolfsmund just tries to represent history with brutal accuracy.
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Characters / potential protagonists are introduced  in both and then cruelly discarded. If it is unflinching realism you are looking for in order to escape the happy end NO seen in other generic vanilla series, search no more: enjoy Wolfram mentally breaking those trying to get through his checkpoint by lying. Spoiler: it never ends well. Once he smiles, it is over. read more 

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It is not often one comes across a TRUE 'bad guy wins' series. Usually, not long after a dastardly deed or two that sets up a character as evil incarnate, justice is done and the heroic heroes prevail. In Wolfsmund? The villain, Wolfram, cruelly smiles as he sees through ALL ploys of those trying to get through the checkpoint he governs; leaving their bodies outside the gate as a warning for those that dare to follow. Sadistically toying with people is what he lives for, and his checkpoint is called 'The Wolf's Maw' by locals for good reason.

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Ikigami has no bad guy, per se, since it is the government and a law that plays the role of villain. But the structure of the two series is so similar that the recommendation is an obvious one, regardless. Both series - initially, anyway - consist of episodic arcs where lead characters are introduced. Then, each arc ends with the characters (increasingly predictably) dying: brutally murdered in Wolfsmund's hellish medieval Switzerland setting. In Ikigami's modern Japan setting, the characters simply die after being notified that they have only got 24hrs left before death due to something everyone was injected with as children; 1% later dying 'for the greater good' of a Battle Royale-esque society, at predetermined dates. You get to know the characters, feel attached/pity... then, tragically, DEATH.  read more 

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The main characters are similar in their desire to unseat the man in power by violent ways. They also share a quite dark history theme and an evil character prepared to everything. 

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The dark side and art of these two mangas are quite similar, representing every detail of the deaths. They also both take place in the middle-age 

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  Both works are based on historical events from the Medieval times in the region of Europe, which is usually a rare setting for a manga. While in both works there surely are a lot of exaggerations for the character's strengths , the battles, strategies and the siege techniques are very accurate, which shows that the authors were interesting even in the smaller details, concerning the period.
  If you are interested in one of these works, it's highly possible you'd enjoy the other one as well, it's a fine, standalone story, with decent chunk of swashbuckling, coated with good layer of historical references and facts, so I do think you'd have a good time if you're interested in any of the above mentioned topics.  read more 

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Both have the theme of breaking enemy's defense line. Kingdom shows a battle to infiltrate other nation while Wolfsmund shows a battle to taking down castle. Both shows large scale war scene in detail where sacrifice of comrades  is shown as desperate act to achieve victory. The difference are that Wolfsmund have very short storyline compared to Kingdom, since their aim is clearly different. The setting also different, and Wolfmunds focus even less in single main character. 

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Both feature cat & mouse games of skill, with death awaiting the loser. Wolfram plays a character similar to Light in the roll of L. 

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Reiri is a story of war set in Japan. It features war tactics, samurai and legendary characters like Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu. And it’s damn short, only 35chapters.

Wolfsmund is a historical manga, about the fight of the mountain people of the 3cantons for their freedom against the Habsburg rule. It’s a dark, cruel story.....and true story. It features European war tactics, knights, pikemen, William Tell and more.
And is only 37ch long.

Both these historical fiction are amazingly well written and can be finished in a single sitting.

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