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I love manga, and I am always looking for a series to pick up to add to the three or four that I read. Hense why I grabbed the Hand of Recca when it came up at the library recently.
Interesting manga about a young man (Recca) who wants to be a ninja. In this volume, he finds his princess, fellow student Yanagi Sakoshita, to whom he pledges his undying loyalty. This irks his fellow classmates, because Recca has always said he would be the slave of the first person who could beat him in combat. Particularly upset are lifelong friend Fuko Kirisawa, who has fought with Recca since they were children, and classmate Domon Ishijima, who is jealous of the attention that Fuko lavishes on Recca. Added to the mix is Kagehoshi, Mistress of the Shadows, who claims that Recca is the one destined to kill her.
Not the most engaging first volumes of manga I have read, but there is enough there to keep me reading to see how this story develops.