Innocent Omnibus Volume 1
Dark Horse Comics · Paperback · November 21, 2023
Blood, death, and duty—the title bequeathed to the heir of the royal executioner becomes a burden too heavy to bear.
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- Who it’s for
- Historical manga meets a family legacy steeped in execution, justice, and uneasy duty.
- Themes
- Execution and justice, Family duty and tradition, Conflict between duty and conscience
- Genres
- Historical Fiction Comics, General Manga, Historical Fiction
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Blood, death, and duty—the title bequeathed to the heir of the royal executioner becomes a burden too heavy to bear. In this omnibus edition collecting volumes 1-3 of the original manga series, Shin’ichi Sakamoto masterfully fictionalizes the true life of Charles-Henri Sanson, the "Gentleman of Paris," who performed nearly three thousand executions in 18th century France.
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Born into a family of executioners, Charles-Henri Sanson must take up his father’s mantle as the Royal Executioner of Paris. Conflicted between his desire to honor the family name and rebelling against the longstanding practice, he chooses to follow tradition, but vows to be the last executioner—the last Sanson to spill blood in the name of justice. Available in English for the first time and presented in a special omnibus edition collecting volumes 1-3 of the original Japanese manga series! For mature audiences.
Duty and Blood
Historical manga meets a family legacy steeped in execution, justice, and uneasy duty.
Come here for
- A fictionalized glimpse of Charles-Henri Sanson’s life
- Moral conflict bound up with inherited duty
Expect
- An omnibus collecting the original series’ first three volumes
- Mature material centered on executions and bloodshed
Where it sits
| General Manga | 80% |
|---|---|
| Historical Fiction Comics | 77% |
| Historical Fiction | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Historical Fiction Comics
- Historical Fiction
- Authors
- Shin'ichi Sakamoto
- Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics
- Published
- November 21, 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Execution and justice · Family duty and tradition · Conflict between duty and conscience
- Reading lane
- General Manga