New Lone Wolf and Cub
New Lone Wolf and Cub is a Japanese manga series written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Hideki Mori. It is a sequel to Koike's manga series Lone Wolf and Cub. It was serialized in Shogakukan's from November 2003 to December 2006, with its chapters collected in 11 volumes. It was licensed in North America by Dark Horse Comics. A sequel series, titled Soshite Kozure Ōkami: Shikaku no Ko, was published in s Jin and s digital manga magazine Katana, with its chapters collected in five volumes.
Plot
In this series, which picks up immediately after the climactic battle of the original series, the bodies of Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo are left lying on the battlefield with Daigoro left alone standing over his father's body. A bearded samurai, Tōgō Shigetada of the Satsuma clan and master of the Jigen-ryū style of swordsmanship, wanders onto the battlefield and assists Daigoro with the cremation/funeral of Ogami Itto and Yagyu Retsudo. Tōgō, who is on a training journey and also carries a dotanuki sword similar to Ogami's, then assumes guardianship of Daigoro, including retrieving the baby cart and teaching/training Daigoro in Jigen-ryū.The two soon become enmeshed in a plot by the Shogunate conceived by the ruthless Matsudaira Nobutsuna and spearheaded by his chief henchman Mamiya Rinzō to topple the Satsuma clan and assume control of that fiefdom's great wealth, using Tōgō as an unwitting pawn. When Tōgō discovers that he has been tricked and used, he and Daigoro embark on the road of meifumado in a quest to kill the Shogun. However, Rinzō, who is not only a master of disguise but also Matsudaira's natural son, may have an even more devious plan of his own, including subverting the Shogun's own ninja and using opium to ensnare and enslave the Shogun himself.