Books by Yusei Matsui

After several setbacks, Tokiyuki and his retainers retreat to the mountains of Shinano. In order to provide a safe haven for Prince Muneyoshi, Kosaka Takamune offers his secret base to Tokiyuki. Holding this mountain stronghold against Takauji’s forces won’t be easy, especially when an old enemy of Tokiyuki’s appears once again. Though Tokiyuki outwitted him many times in years past, the All-Seeing Demon, Ogasawara Sadamune, isn’t about to let Tokiyuki slip through his fingers!

The Battle of Ishizu is over, and Tokiyuki and Akiie’s forces are in retreat. Despite heavy losses, Tokiyuki’s efforts in support of the Southern Court do not go unnoticed or unrewarded, and Emperor Go-Daigo bestows an important honor upon him. Ever the optimist, Tokiyuki then joins a seaborne operation with the goal of invading Kanto and Oshu. The journey will be dangerous and made even riskier by a clash of spiritual power between Shizuku and Mima...

In the midst of the battle with Moronao’s forces, Tokiyuki crosses swords with Fubuki, his former retainer. Despite their old friendship, Fubuki is no longer the comrade Tokiyuki once knew, and is determined to not only destroy Tokiyuki, but to take over the Ashikaga as well! Elsewhere, Akiie launches a brilliant maneuver to outflank Moronao. But even if it succeeds, can Akiie’s exhausted army take on Takauji’s fresh reinforcements?

Una serie del autor de Assassination Classroom y Nogami Neuro. Dos años después de la rebelión Nakasendai, Tokiyuki y los demás, que habían estado ocultándose en Izu, obtuvieron el permiso del general de la base militar imperial Akiie Kitabatake para ser borrados de la lista de enemigos del emperador y juntos partieron a derrotar a Takauji. Tokiyuki se unió al bando de la Corte del Sur, y por consiguiente al ejército de Akiie, y partió a librar la batalla decisiva contra los hombres de Ashikaga liderados por Shiba Ienaga. ¿Cómo luchará esta nueva partida de los Escapistas tras dos años madurando a base de esfuerzos y sufrimiento?

As part of Kitabatake Akiie’s army, Tokiyuki and his retainers clash with Kono Moronao near Nara. Saddled with a cadre of less-than-effective nobles, Akiie has to bow to their authority but still try to win the battle. After Moronao’s troops launch a sneak attack and break through into Akiie’s camp, Moronao confronts Shizuku. Can Shizuku’s divine power turn the tide of battle?

The monstrously powerful Toki Yorito, who serves the Ashikaga, has brought his force to engage with Akiie’s army. His human bombs devastate Akiie’s troops, and even Tokiyuki’s retainers have trouble stopping him. The march on Kyo continues as more of the Ashikaga troops deploy to defend the capital. Then Tokiyuki must face a former friend when Fubuki returns to send Tokiyuki on a journey to the Underworld!

Kitabatake Akiie’s army, including Tokiyuki’s powerful Hojo clan contingent, begins their westward march on Kyo from Oshu. It will be a long journey and will not go unopposed, as forces loyal to Ashikaga Takauji are mobilizing to stop them. Not only will Akiie and Tokiyuki need to contend with ambushes and supply problems along the way, but the army of the renowned warrior Toki Yorito also moves to confront the Oshu army at a place that will one day become famed in Japanese history—Sekigahara.

Tokiyuki has emerged from hiding and joined forces with Kitabatake Akiie. He has also sworn allegiance to Go-Daigo’s southern court in order to seek revenge upon Ashikaga Takauji. With Akiie’s rowdy troops in the vanguard, Tokiyuki is chosen to lead the attack and attempt to seize Kamakura once again. But the pass is guarded by a former member of the Kanto Hisashiban, and breaking through will force Tokiyuki to risk his life in a one-on-one duel to the death!

Against Emperor Go-Daigo’s wishes, Ashikaga Takauji has seized Kamakura for himself. After Emperor Go-Daigo declares Takauji a rebel, a series of battles and political machinations result in the unusual situation of there being two emperors, Emperor Komyo in the north and Go-Daigo in the south. Tokiyuki, now in hiding, searches for allies who will help him gain vengeance on Takauji. When the impressive noble Kitabatake Akiie arrives, he demands that Tokiyuki swear fealty to Emperor Go-Daigo. The heir to the Hojo Shogunate finds himself once again forced to make a fateful choice...

The Hojo return to Kamakura was glorious but short-lived. Calamity has fallen upon Tokiyuki and his allies once again after losing the Battle of Sagami River. Yorishige realizes his time has come, and moves to cover Tokiyuki’s withdrawal, but the young lord isn’t giving up yet. Hoping to rescue Yorishige, he heads straight for his enemy, Ashikaga Takauji, to issue his challenge—“Kill me and you win! But if I escape, you lose everything!”

After years of training and deadly battles, the combined Hojo and Suwa army, with Tokiyuki at its head, has defeated Ashikaga Takauji’s forces and retaken the city of Kamakura! Tokiyuki and his retainers celebrate their return, then they seek the services of the legendary swordsmith Masamune, asking him to forge personalized weapons. Meanwhile, Emperor Go-Daigo, shocked and confused by the defeat, orders Takauji himself to ride forth at the head of his army to attack and destroy Tokiyuki once and for all!

Yusei Matsui, Autor von ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM, meldet sich mit genialem Samurai-Epos zurück! 1333 im feudalen Japan: Als das Kamakura-Shogunat von Ashikaga Takauji gestürzt wird, werden Tokiyuki seine Familie und sein Ansehen genommen und er muss in die Weiten des Landes fliehen, um zu überleben! Unterstützung erhält er von dem schrulligen Priester Suwa Yorishige. Außerdem schließen ihm sich nach und nach Gefährten an, die ihm nicht nur ihre Treue schwören, sondern auch gute Freunde werden. Der junge Fürst beschließt Rache zu üben und seinen Ruhm zurückzugewinnen, mit seiner einzigen Waffe: einer übermenschlichen Fähigkeit, zu fliehen und sich zu verstecken. Das erwartet dich in diesem Band: Die von Shokan angeführten Schurken starteten einen grausamen Angriff auf ein Dorf im nördlichen Grenzgebiet der Suwa-Domäne, töteten sämtliche Erwachsenen und ließen die Kinder allein im Dorf zurück. Kurz darauf begegnet Tokiyuki einem jungen Mann namens Fubuki, der zwei Schwerter gleichzeitig führt, und lernt, dass die Kinder mithilfe seiner sorgfältig ausgewählten Taktik in der Lage waren, einen Folgeangriff der Schurken zu überstehen. Fubuki lehrt Tokiyuki in Anbetracht dessen Fluchttalents eine Strategie, mit dem er den feindlichen General vielleicht besiegen kann! Reale Begebenheiten der japanischen Geschichte, verpackt als spannendes Samurai-Abenteuer! Weitere Infos: - bisher 14 Bände in Japan erhältlich - Anime in Vorbereitung - Empfohlen ab 15 Jahren

Ein gestürzter Fürst auf der Flucht – und ein Plan für Rache: Genialer Samurai-Epos der anderen Art 1333 im feudalen Japan: Als das Kamakura-Shogunat von Ashikaga Takauji gestürzt wird, werden Tokiyuki seine Familie und sein Ansehen genommen und er muss in die Weiten des Landes fliehen, um zu überleben! Unterstützung erhält er von dem schrulligen Priester Suwa Yorishige. Außerdem schließen ihm sich nach und nach Gefährten an, die ihm nicht nur ihre Treue schwören, sondern auch gute Freunde werden. Der junge Fürst beschließt Rache zu üben und seinen Ruhm zurückzugewinnen, mit seiner einzigen Waffe: einer übermenschlichen Fähigkeit, zu fliehen und sich zu verstecken. Das erwartet dich in diesem Band: Ogasawara Sadamune, der Shugo von Shinano, war auf der Suche nach den Überlebenden des Hojo-Clans, als er seine Teilnahme bei der festlichen Hundejagd des Suwa-Großschreins erzwang. Inmitten dieser Veranstaltung forderte ihn Tokiyuki zu einem brutalen Wettstreit mit Pfeil und Bogen heraus. Sadamune ist jedoch ein Meister auf diesem Gebiet... Wird Tokiyuki eine Technik einfallen, mit der er zurückschlagen kann, während er Sadamunes unerbittlichen, wütenden Angriffen ausweicht? Von Yusei Matsui, Autor von ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM Anime-Serie auf Crunchyroll Diese Serie gilt als noch nicht abgeschlossen Empfohlen für Leser*innen ab 15 Jahren Dies ist Band 2 der Serie. Reale Begebenheiten der japanischen Geschichte, verpackt als spannendes Samurai-Abenteuer!

The battle for control of Kamakura has been joined! The Hojo and Ashikaga forces clash as Tokiyuki and his Elusive Warriors take on the members of the infamous Kanto Hisashiban, and Kojiro has engaged Kagetada, a warrior twisted by Uesugi’s chemical experiments. Meanwhile, Genba skirts the edges of the battle trying to track down another Ashikaga ninja. After Tokiyuki’s inspiring race around the battlefield, his opponent, the horse-mad samurai Imagawa, moves in for the kill. Even Tokiyuki’s famed elusiveness may not save him this time...

Ein gestürzter Fürst auf der Flucht – und ein Plan für Rache: Genialer Samurai-Epos der anderen Art 1333 im feudalen Japan: Als das Kamakura-Shogunat von Ashikaga Takauji gestürzt wird, werden Tokiyuki seine Familie und sein Ansehen genommen und er muss in die Weiten des Landes fliehen, um zu überleben! Unterstützung erhält er von dem schrulligen Priester Suwa Yorishige. Außerdem schließen ihm sich nach und nach Gefährten an, die ihm nicht nur ihre Treue schwören, sondern auch gute Freunde werden. Der junge Fürst beschließt Rache zu üben und seinen Ruhm zurückzugewinnen, mit seiner einzigen Waffe: einer übermenschlichen Fähigkeit, zu fliehen und sich zu verstecken. Von Yusei Matsui, Autor von ASSASSINATION CLASSROOM Anime-Serie auf Crunchyroll Diese Serie gilt als noch nicht abgeschlossen Empfohlen für Leser*innen ab 15 Jahren Dies ist Band 1 der Serie. Reale Begebenheiten der japanischen Geschichte, verpackt als spannendes Samurai-Abenteuer!

Tokiyuki and his loyal retainers, the Elusive Warriors, take on the members of the Kanto Hisashiban, Takauji Ashikaga’s stewards in charge of the defense of Kamakura. The members of the Hisashiban possess almost superhuman skills and abilities, as well as...unique personalities. Kojiro faces off against Shibukawa, the most formidable of the Hisashiban warriors, in a duel he must win—for if he loses, Tokiyuki’s head will be forfeit! Tokiyuki himself must face the mad warrior Imagawa in a desperate contest of horsemanship to raise the morale of his entire army!

At last, Tokiyuki has revealed himself to Yorishige’s allies and supporters as the Hojo heir. The time has come for Suwa province to march against Ashikaga Takauji and the Mikado. Alongside Yorishige, Tokiyuki now rides at the head of the army in a move to retake Kamakura and restore the shogunate. But there is still much hard fighting ahead, and the next obstacle is the Kanto Hisashiban, a group of dazzling—and unusual—young warriors who serve Takauji!

The time has come for Tokiyuki and Yorishige’s allies in Shinano to make their move against their enemies, the devious governor Ogasawara and the evil kokushi, Kiyohara. But in order to get the campaign going, Tokiyuki must earn the respect of Yorishige’s warriors, and to do that, he’ll need to engage his old nemesis, the wily Shokan. Shokan is no fool, however, and Tokiyuki will have to come up with an unexpected and dangerous tactic to achieve success.

With Shinano under intense surveillance by enemy spies, Yorishige has sent Tokiyuki to Kyo, the capital city of Japan, to stay until things cool down. Accompanied by his uncle, Hojo Yasuie, Tokiyuki must learn all he can about his enemy’s intentions. Entranced by the sights and sounds of the city—and the flashy hostess of a gambling den—Tokiyuki discovers even more about his own ability to get people on his side. Surrounded by Ashikaga Takauji’s intrigues in Kyo, he’ll need all the allies he can get!

Suwa allies Shinomiya and Hoshina have lost ground in their battle with the Kokushi’s forces. But the outcome could have been worse if not for Tokiyuki’s quick thinking. And even in defeat, Tokiyuki has learned valuable lessons about strategy from his nemesis, the wily Shokan. Now new battlefields await, and with spies everywhere in Suwa, Tokiyuki must head for Kyo, the capital city of his enemy Takauji! Though the capital is the center of arts and culture in Japan, danger still lurks at every turn...

In order to seize the Suwa domain, the conniving governor of Shinano, Ogasawara Sadamune, seeks to prove that Tokiyuki, in his guise as Chojumaru, is a Hojo clan survivor. Tokiyuki must face the all-seeing gaze of his adversary, as well as Sadamune’s equally perceptive henchman. And even if Tokiyuki can escape Sadamune’s machinations, his trials are far from over. When Suwa’s hard-pressed allies come under attack from superior enemy forces, Tokiyuki and the Elusive Warriors must ride to their aid. Can they snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?

Kiyohara, the malicious and decadent governor of Shinano, is determined to crush any dissent within the province. When Hoshina Yasaburo, a member of the Suwa sect, rises up in rebellion, Suwa Yorishige dispatches Tokiyuki and the Elusive Warriors on a clandestine mission to aid the rebel leader. But how can Tokiyuki help the Suwa sect when its soldiers are more determined to die in battle than to achieve victory?