“Unrelentingly dark medieval drama of a boy's brutal survival during war and famine.”
Asura
アシュラ
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Unrelentingly dark medieval drama of a boy's brutal survival during war and famine.
Asura is an unrelentingly dark drama that follows the struggles of a young boy who did whatever it took to survive during a time of war and famine in medieval Japan.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 42 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 36m approx
- Published Jul 1970 – May 1971
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M40768 catalog