Dororo - Tezuka, Osamu

Synopsis

A samurai lord has bartered away his newborn son's organs to forty-eight demons in exchange for dominance on the battlefield. Yet, the abandoned infant survives thanks to a medicine man who equips him with primitive prosthetics—lethal ones with which the wronged son will use to hunt down the multitude of demons to reclaim his body one piece at a time, before confronting his father. On his journeys the young hero encounters an orphan who claims to be the greatest thief in Japan.

(Source: Vertical Inc.)

Background

Dororo was published in English by Vertical Inc. in 3 volumes from April 29 to August 26, 2008 and again in a complete omnibus on March 20, 2012.

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