Wounded Man, Volume 2

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Kazuo Koike: Wounded Man

Author	Kazuo Koike
Made	ComicsOne
Date	2001-09-28
Media	Paperback
Catalog	Book
Sales Rank	560778
List Price	US$14.95

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Reviews:

Rating 2.0/5 from 3 reviews

Good, filthy fun

Rating: 4/5 (2 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2007-11-05

This book is intense to the point of insanity. As you can see from the other reviews, this is not everyone's cup of tea. It is a trashy pulp story and is completely successful from that perspective. I don't think it's as "good" as the creators' other books, but I may actually like it even more. It's just good, filthy fun. Once you realize what you are getting into, the ride is incredible. It is a hard-core man's adventure story. If you are a fan of these creators, check it out and see for yourself. If you aren't easily offended you will find an exciting story here. I would recommend reading the "Offered" series first, it is only two volumes and is very much in the same vein as this story.

This was written by the guy who gave us Lone Wolf and Cub!?

Rating: 1/5 (2 out of 2 think this is helpful) 2004-05-11

Imagine for a minute if John Waters and Andy Sidaris teamed up to make a movie. Now imagine if instead of producing a film they moved to Japan to create a really trashy manga. The end result would probably be something like Wounded Man. The whole thing is brimming with such insane amounts of misogynistic sex and violence I'm tempted to say it's one of those "so bad it's good" kitsch artifacts.

disapointment

Rating: 1/5 (3 out of 3 think this is helpful) 2004-01-27

After reading a good portion of the Lone Wolf and Cub books I was very curious to see what else Kazuo Koike had written. While Lone Wolf and Cub had very intelligent and interesting writing this book is totally childish (ex. The heroin pissing in the hero's eyes to wash away blood) and not worth a second glance. I read through the entire thing looking for some sort of redeming quality. There was none. The entire point of the book seems to be Rape and Showing the heroin naked as often as possible. Unless you are looking for several hundred pages of badly scripted porn I cannot recommend this book to anyone. I really hope this book is not an example of the rest of Kazuo's writing.

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Product Description

Flash back in time as Keisuke tells Yuko of his painful past and what's fueling his desire for revenge. Explore the love Keisuke feels for his high-school sweetheart, Natsuko. You'll learn the motivations behind GPX's twisted porn industry and how they find their perfect porn stars. Both are locked in a life or death struggle against GPX as they bring in porn stars to try to force them to have sex with various people while it's getting filmed. Both Keisuke and Natsuko would rather die than be forced into making the film and GPX starves the two of them in order to make them succumb. When the pain becomes too unbearable, Natsuko bites off her own tongue to prove her love for Keisuke will never be tarnished. Flash forward to Keisuke and Yuko's trip upriver to Galimpo where gold is to be found; as well as a means to fund his vengeful plans. However, the local natives have other plans for the outsiders who're exploiting their territory

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