An โoriginal mangaย .ย .ย . story of revenge, brutal and primalโ with action scenes โbrimming with power and dramaโ and โstrikingโ characters. (Publishers Weekly)
In this land of ice and deathย .ย .ย . where often the only warmth to be found is in the salty splash of blood from your enemyย .ย .ย . a lone warrior treks across the snow-covered wasteland. His entire body wrapped in bloodstained bandages, at first glance he looks like an escaped nightmare, a macabre creature animated by unnatural means.ย
But this is no walking corpse. Oh, noโa heart beats strong and true within its skeletal cage, and the eyesย .ย .ย . one look at the piercing eyes of this man, and you know he is more alive than most in this forsaken land. Whateverโwhoeverโignited the fire behind his bloodshot eyes will rue the day he crosses their path.ย
Gyakushu!ย is a glorious lullaby to fans of the blood-soaked samurai story. The Thief, the tragic lead character in this tale, is a bandaged shell of a man whose sole purpose for living is to kill his way to the ones that destroyed all he loved. If revenge is a forest filled with treesโthe Thief will not stop until they are all reduced to kindling!