by Joseph Carlson
Ogami Itto's path continues with a stack of more bodies. The true nature of what happened to him to make him and his son Diagoro take the Assassin's Path becomes more clear. We learned that he was framed by a clan that wanted to take his position as the Shogun's executioner.
They do this by killing his wife and almost killing his son. After the plot is revealed Ogami takes to the highway and begins his adventures again traveling from city to city taking money for kills. His legend continues to grow and more and more people are becoming aware of Lone Wolf and Cub.
This doesn't stop Ogami, in fact the opposite, he embraces what people call him and actively goes into situations which he knows are dangerous. Which is interesting to read. You get to find out just how resourceful the man is and what lengths he will go to to kill people. One of the more interesting aspects of Lone Wolf is that he actually throws his sword at his enemies. This is unheard of for Samurai, but as Ogami points out, he is no longer a samurai and although the sword is suppose to be the soul of the man Lone Wolf tells people that he no longer has a soul so it doesn't matter.
Each kill is almost like a training regiment. The Assassin pair keep meeting people from different walks of life. Some are samurai that study different sword school techniques, some are bandits and some are traveling performers. How the Lone Wolf and Cub deal with everyone is amazing. It will be exciting to see how he deals with new challenges coming up in more volumes.
Lone Wolf and Cub is available from Amazon and digitally.