Yaiba: Samurai Legend, Vol. 3

The first full-length adventure from Gosho Aoyama, the legendary creator of Case Closed!

Yaiba Kurogane is an energetic young swordsman who’s grown up in the jungle, training to be a samurai with his father, Kenjuro. When they return to Japan, chaos seems to follow wherever Yaiba goes! Destined to be a legendary hero, Yaiba must learn to be a true samurai and save the world!

Armed with his new special move Lightning Slash, Yaiba and his allies launch their assault on Onimaru Castle! But standing in their way are Onimaru’s dreaded Four Devil Kings--Yakitori the Anglerfish, Chameleon Bonaparte, Super Gorilla, and Tortoise Europa! After Yaiba battles through these foes, it’s time for the showdown with Onimaru himself! When these two warriors unleash the power of the Wind God and the Thunder God through their swords, will either of them still be standing?

Gosho Aoyama made his debut in 1986 with Chotto Mattete (Wait a Minute), which won Shogakukan’s prestigious Shinjin Comic Taisho (Newcomer’s Award for Comics) and launched his career as a critically acclaimed, top-selling manga artist. In addition to Case Closed, which won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2001, Aoyama created the popular manga Yaiba: Samurai Legend, which won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1992. Aoyama’s manga is greatly influenced by his boyhood love for mystery, adventure, and baseball, and he has cited the tales of Arsène Lupin and Sherlock Holmes, along with the samurai films of Akira Kurosawa, as some of his childhood favorites.