Chidaruma Kenpou: Onorera ni Tsugu (Bloody Stumps Samurai)

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Synonyms: Bloody Daruma Swordsmanship: Heed my Words

Japanese: 血だるま剣法・おのれらに告ぐ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 2

Status: Finished

Published: 1960

Genre: Drama

Themes: Historical, Martial Arts, Samurai

Serialization: None

Authors: Hirata, Hiroshi (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.02¹ (scored by 479 users)

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Ranked: #19519²

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Popularity: #15026

Members: 1,087

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MangaHirata, Hiroshi (Story & Art)

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This manga follows the unfortunate life of an extraordinary swordsman - Inoko Gennosuke. Gennosuke was born into a social group called "buraku" that was considered to be the filth of society, and because of that, he was forced to live a life of misery.

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Due to protests by the Buraku Liberation League, Chidaruma Kenpou: Onorera ni Tsugu was recalled and out of print for approximately a month following its original publication.

The series was published in English as Bloody Stumps Samurai by Retrofit Comics in August 2019.

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Aug 19, 2024

Logical_Leo

Recommended

I think the enjoyment with this manga hinges on whether one views it as discriminatory or not. From my understanding, it seemed that the author was objecting to the discrimination against the Buraku. If you look past whether you view the story as derogatory or not, the story and characters are decent enough for a revenge plot, with fleshed out motives and well drawn art. The only flaw I really found in it was how ridiculous the crippled fighting was. Also, the inspired story Shigurui, shows just how much better this work could have been with the crippled factor majorly toned down, therefore the 7/10.

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Oct 20, 2022

WallahSous

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A very short tragedy manga about a Samurai's plea and vengeance.

The manga was released in 1960 and it uses the feudal era at its setting to essentially testify an outcast's life and his resentment towards the classes that discriminate him.

What makes the main character an outcast is his status as the son of Buraku, a real class of people that exist(ed) in Japan.

"Buraku describes a large minority group in Japan, historically descendants of outcast communities of the feudal era, which mainly comprised those with occupations considered "tainted" with death or ritual impurity (such as executioners, undertakers or tanners), and traditionally lived in their own secluded ... hamlets and ghettos."

The translator also left this note about the controversial publishing of the manga:

"Chidaruma Kenpou: Onorera ni Tsugu is a very controversial manga that was published in the '60s and was soon removed from shelves after being protested against by Buraku groups for its arguably negative portrayal of a Buraku main character. In recent times, it was restored and republished in this new version, but derogatory statements connected to Buraku and their history have still been blanked out. These missing bits have been restored as much as possible in this English translation."

Story-wise (8/10),
The story stars Gennosuke, the son of Buraku parents who died. He makes his way through a Dojo and is portrayed as being very persistant and recklessly relentless. His ultimate goal is to plea for the law of the land to be changed in order to make Buraku a protected class. This plan gets discovered and people realize he's a Buraku himself. This doesn't sit well among Dojo members and causes a cascade of events that end up with him carrying out an ultimate plan of vengeance. The story itself has nice minor twists but it's also fairly predictable and extremely short (even though it spans over more than a decade within the story). There's nothing particularly wrong with the story, it just wasn't exceptional and life during the time-skip should have had more story development. The time-skip almost felt practically useless given how few "changes" were portrayed after it passed. The ending is also a very nice twist that's a bit poetic. He's ended by someone of his caste, eliminating each other in the end, which only benefited the "bad guys" in the story.

Character-wise (10/10),
Gennosuke is very impulsive and intense. You see the emotions he goes through particularly well; you can feel that he's very troubled by what he's living. Fits of violent rage and fits of crying rage constantly on display, with no room given to "normal" scenes. There are basically 2 other important characters which make up his immediate circle, with nice twists to both of them.

Art-wise (7/10),
It's clearly very old but it's not bad by any means. It's simply underwhelming compared to newer art styles, it lacks detail and has this grainy texture. During fights, it can have some nice strokes that give the impression of speed/swinging but it can be bland or messy.

Overall, the manga is short and sweet. Enjoyable.

It was most definitely an inspiration for Shigurui

Gennosuke...Gonzaemon...crippleness...challenge to inherit Dojo...Irako son of "filth"...a distaste of the caste system...the revegeance plot...slay the tiger...even the sword style at some point...

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Mar 29, 2010

deralte

Not Recommended

Preliminary (Unknown/2 eps)

An outcast, who's been persecuted his whole life, vows to become a ranking samurai and save his people from persecution. Unfortunately, his rage and inability to think lead him to a massive killing spree, culminating in he and his victims (all missing limbs) fighting to the death.

In short, nice art. Awful story. Blatantly racist, and more than a bit stupid.

At first I really enjoyed the first pages of this manga because the art is gorgeous with the subtle use of colour in the first section really adding an extra pop to all the panels. Then it presented and descended into racist propaganda that ...

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