Issak Omnibus 1
Kodansha Comics · Paperback · June 10, 2025
The digital hit samurai epic comes to print in 2-in-1 omnibuses!
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- Who it’s for
- A Japanese warrior’s search for vengeance meets the upheaval of Europe’s Thirty Years’ War.
- Themes
- Vengeance, Religious conflict, War
- Pacing
- Fast
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The digital hit samurai epic comes to print in 2-in-1 omnibuses! This historical action manga follows a Japanese warrior's journey to Europe in search of vengeance, at the height of the Thirty Years' War. Vinland Saga meets Shogun in this American Manga Awards-nominated masterwork. The year is A.D. 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War.
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Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak, a lone Japanese warrior wielding a matchlock gun of strange design, on a sworn mission to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world. Extra-long omnibus edition contains Vol. 1-2 of the Japanese release.
Steel and Gunpowder
A Japanese warrior’s search for vengeance meets the upheaval of Europe’s Thirty Years’ War.
Come here for
- Historical action across a Europe shaped by swords and matchlocks
- A Japanese warrior far from home, on a sworn mission
Expect
- An immersive manga omnibus collecting Japanese release volumes 1–2
- A collision of personal vengeance and continent-wide conflict
Where it sits
| Action & Adventure Comics | 91% |
|---|---|
| General Manga | 64% |
| Historical Fiction Comics | 64% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Medieval Historical Comics
- Action & Adventure Comics
- Authors
- Shinji Makari
- Publisher
- Kodansha Comics
- Published
- June 10, 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Vengeance · Religious conflict · War
- Reading lane
- General Manga