Shidima

[Maverick]

Well, a pseudo-samurai story made by Dreamwave Comics. It's a good story, the plot centers around the empire called Shidima, and the rebellion to overthrow the emperor. A man named Aldaran, and his companion, Kazuo became involved through a woman that Aldaran loves, Kameko, who is leading the new rebellion. Aldaran is captured by the rebels for his traeachery three years before, and is almost killed by the man guarding him before the two powerful princes of Shidima. Aldaran and his guard are brought to the emperor, and before his guard could give the emperor any information on the rebellion, Aldaran kills him with a hidden dagger. Aldaran is released after the typical bad guy story about how the emperor came to power, and he meets up with Kazuo, in which Aldaran wants to leave Shidima, after Kazuo tells him that the only way Kameko can be out of the conflict, is to overthrow the emperor, in which Aldaran gathers up the forces, many of them were distrusting of him, esspecially their leader Goyo. Well, as you know, Aldaran's plan suceeds, the Feudal Lords are dead, as well as the Emperor. Aldaran, and Kameko leaves Shidima on a boat, leaving Goyo in charge.

The end of the Graphic Novel has a side story to it with Aldaran's first victory that he never speaks of. The background is great, and despite the gory nature of the comic, it doesn't lose it's great plotline.

Heh, it also includes some humor, such as these lines,

Goyo: "Who do I have to kill to get any respect around here? Even if we pull this off people are going to call us 'those two strangers with Aldaran'..."
Kazuo: "The eternal curse of the sidekick I'm afraid..."
Goyo: "Sidekick? Now I'm really insulted..."

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