is a Japanese

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series written by

Kazuo Koike was a prolific Japanese manga writer ( gensakusha), novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and entrepreneur. He is best known for his violent, artful ''seinen'' manga, notably ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' (with Goseki Kojima, 1970–6), '' Lady Snowblood'' ...

and illustrated by . It was published by

Shogakukan is a Japanese publisher of dictionaries, literature, comics (manga), non-fiction, DVDs, and other media in Japan. Shogakukan founded Shueisha, which also founded Hakusensha. These are three separate companies, but are together called the Hit ...

since 1978 on and lasted until 2003. It was followed by two sequels, ''Shin Nijitte Monogatari'' and ''Shin Nijitte Monogatari Tsurujirō''. It is one of the manga series with most volumes, with 110 volumes.

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* Kazuo Koike 2003 comics endings 2005 comics endings 2012 comics endings Shogakukan manga Seinen manga {{manga-stub