Deadpool: Samurai · review
Who knew that Japanese author/s could do a nuanced take on a Canadian character created by an American? If a nuanced Deadpool take is the fourth wall breaking character talking like a Jump editor who wrote the entire script of the series after bingeing the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe catalog from Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame (including the now MCU canon Fox X-Men movies) and peppered with a bunch of manga inside jokes. Then yes, this is a nuanced take on Deadpool. This manga is a decent take on Deadpool and feels similar tonally to the movie version made popular by Ryan Reynolds. That is because ofthe backstory and the jokes.
Manga Deadpool is still the Merc with the mouth, and this series is still violent, but toned down if your Deadpool experience is by the way of Ryan Reynolds or Marvel comics. He is still the regenerating degenerate, but the gore is dialed down as well.
If you're a manga reader and this is your first Deadpool, you might enjoy it.
If you discovered Deadpool by the way of Ryan Reynolds, you might enjoy it.
If you're a Deadpool fan from way back, from Rob Liefeld, to Joe Kelly, to Gerry Duggan, you will get this Deadpool.
Deadpool is an unpredictable agent of chaos that would give you more than you expect. If you keep your expectations realistic, manga Deadpool should surprise you. Or not. There are better takes on the character, and better stories. Still, this is the only manga Deadpool, and it's as Deadpool as its going to get.