Shishi no Mon
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Shishi no Mon (獅子の門 (ししのもん), Shishi no Mon; literally: "Gate of the Lions") is an action novel series by Baku Yumemakura. It appeared serially in the monthly magazine Shousetsu Houseki "Novel Jewel" (Koubunsha Publishing) from 1984. The novel was withheld from publication for a long period, but in recent years has once again been appearing serially. The novel has been tagged as the "super violent novel". The cover art and illustrations are done by the manga artist Keisuke Itagaki. As of 2014, eight books have been published by Kappa Novels (Kobunsha Publishing) finishing serialization.
Plot[edit]
The story revolves around four young boys who all have strange personalities and come from usual hometowns. They acquire discipline through martial arts and before long get to know each other and are in fierce competition. The main plot is intertwined with several side stories that are driven by sub-characters original to this series. In addition to these original characters the karate practitioner Juumei Kuga who appears in the manga version called Garouden ("Legend of the Hungry Wolves"), also written by Yumemakura and illustrated by Itagaki, has been changed to an original character of the novel and does not practice Karate but an ancient Japanese martial art.
List of volumes[edit]
- Wolf Group Saga (群狼編) (1985)
- Black Tortoise Saga (玄武編) (1986)
- Azure Dragon Saga (青龍編) (2002)
- Vermilion Bird Saga (朱雀編) (2002)
- White Tiger Saga (白虎編) (2004)
- Unryuu Saga (雲竜編) (2006)
- Werewolf Saga (人狼編) (2010)
- Demon God Saga (鬼神編) (2014)
Characters[edit]
- Kikuchiyo Akuta (芥 菊千代): A junior high school student who lives in a town by the seashore with his violent tempered mother. He isn't much of a conversationalist, has an introverted personality and has anthropophobic tendencies.
- Kan Takechi (竹智 完): The lowest member in a yakuza gang, that prowls the nights of Tokyo. In addition to his natural born motor reflexes, Kan uses a peculiar fighting style that he has modified from karate he learned in the past, more geared towards real life fighting.
- Reiji Shimura (志村 礼二): A teenager who attends the Matsumoto high school in Shinshuu (he former name for Nagano prefecture). He is an extremely good-looking boy, but has been tagged as a bad egg as he has a violent temperament.
- Takeshi Muroto (室戸 武志): A young boy who lives alone in Hokkaido. Takeshi has a large build and a strong body. Following the teachings of his father who was a professional wrestler, he never neglects his daily training.
- Hikoroku Hashiba (羽柴 彦六): Hikoroku is an expert marital artist of unknown age, with an unknown history, who appears here and there. Although he mostly uses Chinese Kempo, his array of attacks such as using pebbles as weapons, and breaking his opponents’ arms in an instant is unfathomable.
- Juumei Kuga (久我 重明): Juumei is a practitioner of Hagio-ryuu, an ancient Japanese martial art. His body is completely black from head to toe. He's described as an iron man and is also known as "the hidden weapon".
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