Bamboo Blade, Vol. 1
Poor, in debt, and living on instant noodles, high school kendo instructor Kojiro makes a bet with an old friend on a practice meet between the all-girls' teams of their respective schools. The prize: a year's worth of free sushi! It's too good for the desperate Kojiro to pass up! But with only...
show more
Poor, in debt, and living on instant noodles, high school kendo instructor Kojiro makes a bet with an old friend on a practice meet between the all-girls' teams of their respective schools. The prize: a year's worth of free sushi! It's too good for the desperate Kojiro to pass up! But with only one active member on the kendo team, Korjio must move quickly to put together a squad before the meet. He's got his eye on Tamaki, the daughter of a kendo master and a skilled swordswoman herself. The only trouble is...she's not interested. Kojiro's willing to try anything, but what will it take to win her over?
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780759530058 (075953005X)
Publish date: May 12th 2009
Publisher: Yen Press
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Series: Bamboo Blade (#1)
Kendo shows up quite a bit in manga and anime, but rarely in a starring role. Bamboo Blade does that, giving kendo what I tend to think of as the Bad News Bears treatment. I don't normally like that sort of movie, which is probably at least part of why I couldn't get into Bamboo Blade itself. The re...
Kendo (剣道) literally means 'the way of the sword' (or 'Japanese fencing' as my mother would explain if asked), and it's one of the most popular martial arts in Japan at junior, high school, and senior levels. I've done quite a fair bit of kendo, but unfortunately my local group disbanded two years a...
Log in with Facebook 
