【Nige Jouzu No Wakagimi】We will look into the charm of “Nige Jouzu No Wakagimi,” an authentic historical manga from the author of “Ansatsu Kyoshitsu” and “Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro!!

2023-05-29
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Hello all! It’s Hana from Manga Republic!!
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In Japan, the cherry blossoms have fallen and we are gradually beginning to feel the signs of summer!
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This pleasant time of year, just before the hot summer months, is also a good time for a short trip!
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I just recently went to Kamakura near my office for fun~~! It was a very comfortable place with the ocean nearby!
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By the way, do you know that the capital of Japan used to be located in this place called Kamakura?
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It became the capital around the year 1200 and the Houjo clan ruled the area and Japan until the rebellion in the mid-1300s!
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There is a manga about the life of the last survivor of the Houjo's! That is here!
Nige Jouzu No Wakagimi
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This is the latest work by the hit maker Matsui Yusei, the creator of the very popular manga “Anatsu Kyoshitsu” and “Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro”! It is currently being serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine!
“Ansatsu Kyoshitsu”
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“Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro”
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Like “Anatsu Kyoshitsu” and “Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro,” it will be made into an anime for TV. It is the hottest historical manga of the moment!
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If you think, “I'm not good at studying” when you hear the word “history”, then you are the one who should read this manga!
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Let's check out what the story is about right now!

Nige Jouzu No Wakagimi

This is a story of a time when honor was based on a brave death in battle or a graceful suicide.
Okay, let's get out of here!
There was a boy who became a hero by escaping and a legend by surviving.
Kamakura, 1333.
People who saw off Ashikaga Takauji, who raised his army to quell a rebellion in Kyoto, far from Kamakura, praised him.
“Takauji-dono!”
“The young guardian of the Kamakura Shogunate!”
Later called a hero, his charisma was absolute.
When Takauji spotted a boy among the people, he called out to him.
“I will now go to Kyoto to quell the rebellion of Emperor Godaigo.”
“Let my loyalty be seen by the future head of the Hojo clan.”
The name of the boy called “the future head of the Hojo family” by Takauji is Houjo Tokiyuki.
He is the protagonist of this manga.
“Mr. Tokiyuki! It's time for bow practice!”
The retainer tries to take Tokiyuki, who is chatting with Takauji, to the training hall. He quickly disappeared and ran away.
“He is good at running and hiding......”
“He is a samurai, but he is not of the same caliber as Takauji-dono......”
The retainers felt dismayed at Tokiyuki's lazy and cowardly character and his quickness to flee.
However, Tokiyuki did not care about such things.
He loved the peaceful city of Kamakura.
“All I want is to live peacefully in this town.”
One day, a priest and a priestess appear in front of him.
The priest's name is Suwa Yorishige, a priest of Shinano no Kuni, located in what is now Nagano Prefecture, who is said to have the power to see into the future.
“When you are ten years old, you will be a great hero who will shake the world.”
“You will even change the future of Japan.”
Yorishige predicted this.
However, Tokiyuki, who was not expected by any of his retainers and was aware of his own lack of talent, was fed up with the stinking Yorishige and fled the scene.
But two months later......
His family and many of his retainers were killed, and those who escaped with their lives committed suicide. The reason was that Takauji, who had gone to Kyoto to suppress a rebellion, had rebelled, and the warriors, drawn by his fame, had revolted against the Kamakura shogunate one after the other.
A hellish picture unfolds before the eyes of Tokiyuki, who had loved the peaceful Kamakura.
Tokiyuki was speechless, but Yorishige appeared in front of him again.
Yorishige said,
“Your talent for running and hiding comes from the fact that your survival instincts are monstrous.”
“You have the gift of survival better than anyone else, and your survival makes you a hero.”
“Until the day you are able to defeat Lord Takauji, run and hide from him as he pursues you...... and gain the strength to defeat him!”
Tokiyuki was awakened to the joy of being alive by Yorishige's words.
As Yorishige first predicted, Tokiyuki shocked the whole of Japan two years later.
In an era when dying gracefully was the norm, Houjo Tokiyuki ran for his life, surviving at all costs, and continued to aim for the head of the shogun!
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It is a little difficult to understand the culture of “death with grace = justice” that took root in old Japan, but I think Matsui Yusei's light drawings and easy-to-understand story cover this point perfectly in his manga!
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This is an unusual historical manga for Weekly Shonen Jump. And as we mentioned at the beginning of this article, it is a popular manga that is also going to be adapted into an anime! The easy-to-understand story and the interesting life of Houjo Tokiyuki must be the secret of its popularity!
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Once you read it, you will definitely want to read more! Please check this manga out before the anime airs!
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Okay! That is all for today! I will see you soon! Bye!!

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