Juukyouden

May 1936. This was the year when the February 26 Incident and the Xi'an Incident occurred, and the Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded. Kantaro, the son of Yanagi Kankuro, returned to Japan from the continent. At his mother Komako's request, he became a student of Yazaki Shosuke. Following in the footsteps of his father, Kankuro, who had flown to China as a ronin, he became a horse bandit, but left Japan halfway through his dream... This is the story of the turbulent youth of the innocent Kantaro! ------------------ Juukyouden series: 1) [Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=112750) 2) [Shouwa Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=110020) 3) [Gendai Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=110699) 4) [Otoko Yawakyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=124612) 5) [Nippon Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=114814) 6) [Shin Juukyouden](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=50845)

This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Natsume Fusanosuke and contains excerpts and stand alone short works that represents the greatest action and sports manga of the 1960's-70's 1. Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) [Sanpei Shirato] 2. Tachimochi Umanosuke (太刀持右馬之介) [Hiroshi Hirata] 3. Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星) [Ikki Kajiwara & Noboru Kawasaki] 4. Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー) [Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba] 5. Karate Baka Ichidai (空手バカ一代) [Ikki Kajiwara & Jirou Tsunoda] 6. Otokogumi (男組) [Tetsu Kariya & Ryoichi Ikegami] 7. Juukyoden (柔俠伝) [Baron Yoshimoto] 8. Nikudan Jidai (肉弾時代) [Kazuhiko Miyaya] 9. Tomo yo Isoge (友よ急げ) [Akihiro Takadera]