“WW2 veteran yakuza karate champion seeks death, joins Italian woman's Nazi revenge quest.”
Shin Karate Jigoku-hen
新・カラテ地獄変
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WW2 veteran yakuza karate champion seeks death, joins Italian woman's Nazi revenge quest.
A returning veteran and karateka from WW2 starts working for the yakuza, looking for a man strong enough to kill him. After becoming karate champion, he joins an Italian woman who is looking for revenge against the nazis who killed her family.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1978 – Jan 1982
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M34592 catalog