Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru Vol. 12, The

TO BE HUMAN Hyakkimaru has been slaying demons one after the other and, in doing so, has restored much of his body and spirit that had once been stolen from him. However, with humanity also comes weakness. Can a mere human defeat Daigo Kagemitsu once and for all? What’s more, Dororo has been kidnapped and sent into battle! It’s a war on many fronts as humanity launches its assault on the demons.
Series Overview: During Japan’s tumultuous Sengoku period, one man sells his son to a pack of devils in exchange for the power to rule. Forty-eight devils take forty-eight pieces of young Hyakkimaru, and the boy is left for dead. But through the assistance of a sage and a series of inventive prosthetics, Hyakkimaru survives. Together with the young thief Dororo, the now-grown Hyakkimaru embarks upon a quest to slay all the demons and retrieve the stolen pieces of his body. This classic story from Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga, is now reimagined in this gorgeous new adaptation by Satoshi Shiki.