“Boy Gai gains demonic sword-arm, battles cruel fate in noir tale of weapon and humanity.”
Sword Gai
ソードガイ 装刀凱
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Synopsis
Boy Gai gains demonic sword-arm, battles cruel fate in noir tale of weapon and humanity.
A woman died a suspicious death in the forest. Beside her, the sword-smith Amon finds a new-born boy with a tragic fate and takes him in. About 10 years later, this boy who is named Gai and who has become Amon's apprentice, loses his right arm in an accident while making a sword. Amon decides to take a sword called "Shiryuu," which is a sword with demonic powers that has been passed down for generations, and fashion it into an artificial arm for Gai. That was the beginning of it all... The story of this boy, who has become one with a demonic weapon and is drawn into a cruel fate in which he must face countless battles, can be seen as either the story of "a beautiful weapon and an ugly person" or of "the cruelty of weapons and the beauty of humans." This is a completely new world of comic noir. (Source: MU)
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Running avg · Jun 2020 → Sep 2020
- 9 “I did not read the manga but saw the anime version on netflix, honestly loved it because it was quite unique, sad to see there were no reviews at all! Also can not find the anime version on here :(...”
- 10 “Sasuga Inoue-sensei, he's back with actual good stuff after his burnout in the early 2000s. Story, i'd give a 9/10, it is overall enjoyable and very good, but i feel like there is still space for...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 33 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 24m approx
- Published Nov 2012 – Sep 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M24292 catalog