The Sword of Shibito


The Sword of Shibito is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Missile Kakurai. It was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Comic Birz from 1998 until 2002. Originally, the series was released by, however, the company went bankrupt in 1999. The Sword of Shibito was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis.
The manga takes place in the Edo period of Japan.

Characters

;Saezuki Shibitei
;Kinzō
;Yurihime
;Ranken
;Oda Nobunaga
;Takeda Shingen
;Tobi Katō
;Sarutobi Sasuke
;Katagiri
;Two Monks

Media

Original Series

Originally, the series was published by Schola, however, the company went bankrupt in 1999, publishing only one volume, Gentosha began to publish the series from then on in Comic Birz.
#Original release dateISBN
116 September 1998
229 July 1999
329 January 2000
429 August 2000
527 February 2001
629 August 2001
723 March 2002
821 November 2002

The New Sword of Shibito

A sequel series titled The New Sword of Shibito was released by Gentosha and serialised in Comic Birz.
Vol.Release dateISBN
1August 24, 2003
2March 24, 2004

Reception

Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess". Animefringe's authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this".