manga: Dororo

[meganbmoore]

Dororo is an Osamu Tezuka manga from the 60s, and the basis for the 2007 movie that is near and dear to the hearts of several people reading this right now.

The general plot is that a samurai makes a bargain with 48 demons that id they'll give him power, he'll let each of them have a body part belonging to his firstborn child. When the child is

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[valkyriesailor]

Do you know where Tezuka has real fun with the gender topic? MW. The story is about the priest Garai, his lifelong connection to - banker by day serial killer by night - Michio Yuki, and a chemical weapon called MW.

[meganbmoore]

Is it just called MW, or is that short for something?

[valkyriesailor]

Just MW. You can find a better description here.

[annwyd]

I keep meaning to finish this--I picked it up last Otakon at the Vertical booth and read half of it on the train back home, then kept getting distracted from it once I was home with my computer and video games (as I do). I've found it very enjoyable in a mostly lighthearted but now and then poignant way, despite, as you say, the occasional confusion. (As things stand, I'm shortly after the gender revelation, I think.)

[meganbmoore]

It got more serious towards the end, but I think you're actually about 3/4 through.