“1930s samurai Kumomaru in Europe battles Nazis to protect Kusanagi sword and China, befriending Hemingway and Picasso.”
Samurai Crusader
王立院雲丸の生涯
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1930s samurai Kumomaru in Europe battles Nazis to protect Kusanagi sword and China, befriending Hemingway and Picasso.
The story follows Kumomaru, a Japanese samurai who travels to Europe in during the 1930s and becomes embroiled in a plot to steal the legendary Japanese sword Kusanagi. While in Europe, Kumomaru befriends Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso and attempts to stop Major General Kamishima and his Nazi allies from conquering China. -Wikipedia
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A Manga Publication
- Format 34 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 32m approx
- Published Jan 1991 – Jan 1992
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3369 catalog