The 2018 line-up of Ki-oon editions expands with the release of the manga Issak in March which will succeed Black Torch and Lyla and the beast who wanted to die !
Issak
Original title : イサック
Authors : DOUBLE-S (drawings) MAKARI Shinji (scenario)
French publisher : Ki-oon
Original publisher: Kodansha in Japan
Release date : 08/03/2017
Number of volumes : 2 volumes in Japan
Status : Current series
Price : 7,90 €
Synopsis :
1620. Europe is torn apart by a war between Catholics and Protestants. In the fortress of Fuchsburg, Germany, refugees are pouring in from all over the region. Among them is Issak, an outstanding warrior with unparalleled marksmanship. With his long black hair, his slanted eyes, his saber and his imposing rifle, he does not go unnoticed…
Coming from Japan, he fought as a mercenary alongside the Protestants. In reality, he has only one goal: to wash the honor of his murdered master. The murderer would have put himself at the service of the Catholics, and Issak travels the battlefields to find him! But this time, the situation is desperate: surrounded by the enemy, Fuchsburg seems doomed to destruction… Will the wandering samurai change the course of history?
Issak currently has 2 bound volumes and is still being published in Japan. Pre-published since 2017 in the magazine Gekkan Afternon of Kodansha (Mushishi, Parasite, Genshiken… ) Issak signs the return to France of Double-S, artist on the manga Until death separates us. Today accompanied by another screenwriter, MAKARI Shinji, he leaves our contemporary world to offer us a story in the heart of seventeenth century Europe, at the heart of the wars of religion. Issak the samurai leaves his native land to go to Germany where he thinks he will find the murderer of his master. Will he be able to clear his honor? His resolve would be sorely tested in the entrenched conflict between Catholics and Protestants.
