Samurai Executioner, Vol. 3: The Hell Stick

Samurai Executioner, Vol. 3: The Hell Stick by Kazuo Koike. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781593072094.

Readers of Lone Wolf & Cub came to know a samurai of such high honor that he was not only able to perform but enjoyed and, in fact, learned from basic daily tasks. Cutting wood, cooking food. That wasnt something a samurai did back in feudal Japan. These same human elements are apparent in Kubikiri Asa, the main character in Samurai Executioner. Hes a man of the people, though his job is to separate many of those same people from their heads. In this volume, however, were treated to three fantastic stories of amazing weapons skill, both on the part of Asa and those around him.