“Swordsman Nagahisa Amachi seeks war-torn lands for work while hunting his family's killer who stole his father's sword.”
Hoshi no Ken
星の剣
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Swordsman Nagahisa Amachi seeks war-torn lands for work while hunting his family's killer who stole his father's sword.
Nagahisa Amachi is a master of the sword working as a hired sword in search of countries involved in a war to make a living. Besides that, he's also searching for one thing. A man!! A man with a scar on his face!! A man who stole his father's precious sword!! A man who brutally murdered his family with that very sword!! (Source: MU)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 5 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 40m approx
- Published Sep 1991 – Jan 1992
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7885 catalog