Kubikiri Asa
Samurai Executioner

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Samurai Executioner is an episodic prequel to Lone Wolf & Cub that follows Yamada Asaemon, a very minor character who confronts Ogami Itto on the Shogun's orders. Samurai Executioner has the same writing art style as Lone Wolf & Cub, and has a very similar tone. If you're a fan of Lone Wolf & Cub it's worthwhile to also read Samurai Executioner. There isn't the same kind of story arc, but as a companion piece it's phenomenal. 

An easy recommendation. Both series were created by the same duo of Koike/Kojima. The art style of both mangas is virtually the same, in that it has the feel of a Chanbara but in the format of a comic/manga. Samurai Executioner is a prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub, but the two aren't that connected. The same careful attention to historical detail is present in both works, and this detail is one of the major selling points and crowning achievements of the two series. Lone Wolf and Cub, however, is a much longer series than Samurai Executioner. And while Lone Wolf and Cub eventually snowballs into a long and epic concluding story arc that roughly takes up the last third of the series, Samurai Executioner never really strays away from its episodic format. If you've only read Lone Wolf and Cub and enjoyed that, I can easily recommend this. If you've only read Samurai Executioner, you owe it to yourself to read Lone Wolf and Cub. read more