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 Shamo (lit. Gamecock) is the story of Ryo Narushima, a promising, talented teenager that is imprisoned after brutally murdering his own parents. In prison he learns Karate as a form of self-defense and becomes a highly skilled MMA fighter. As such, his violent, merciless nature -the thing that put him behind the bars and made him a social pariah- is tolerated, almost celebrated.  http://www.batoto.net/comic/_/comics/shamo-r973 Unlike other stories with Byronic characters looking for redemption, Ryo is an unrepentant, unsympathetic monster. There are moments of goodness, and flashes of redemption in him but, in the end, his life is one of depravity and violence and he has embraced it. If you want to read a gorgeously drawn fighting manga with an unique protagonist who will surprise you at every turn with how low can he sink, Shamo is for you. BTW, there is a section of the manga where he travels to China and learns wacky king-fu bullshit stuff but even the authors pretty much tell you to ignore it. Ignore it. trucutru fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Dec 1, 2013 |
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