“Steel-bodied samurai Jintetsu, reborn with a talking sword, fights corruption while haunted by his past.”
Kuro Gane
黒鉄〈KUROGANE〉
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Steel-bodied samurai Jintetsu, reborn with a talking sword, fights corruption while haunted by his past.
Young samurai Jintetsu lives by the blade and by a burning sense of justice. When dark forces close in on his quiet town, he finds himself marked as an enemy of the state and hunted at every turn. Enter Genkichi, a brilliant but reclusive inventor who offers Jintetsu a second chance—an extraordinary body of steel and a mysterious, talking sword. Now armed with near-limitless endurance and a weapon that shares its own cryptic wisdom, Jintetsu walks the line between man and machine, determined to protect the innocent and confront the corruption poisoning his homeland. Yet even unbreakable armor can't shield him from the memories of those he left behind, or from the choices that weigh heavier than any sword.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 38 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 04m approx
- Published Nov 1993 – Aug 2001
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1434 catalog