Marvel and manga fans will be glad to know about the Deadpool Samurai Manga, one of Marvel’s latest ventures. Marvel and Shounen Jump came together in a Collaboration to create this series for Japan’s market. And recently, the series got an English translation for international fans. The series drew great hype with Deadpool’s dark humor, slick Japanese setting, and the latest scrolling webtoon style. So here is everything you need to know about the Deadpool Samurai Manga.
The Marvel x Shounen Jump+ Super Collaboration project began in 2019. The mutual respect and love between Marvel and the manga creators at Shueisha were important to this tie-up. In this project, they released seven one-shots on the Shounen Jump+ app. Sanshiro Kasama got a chance to serialize Deadpool Samurai Manga on the app. This manga series was also Marvel’s best-selling comic book, with over 1 Million views online. An English translation of the series was released in February 2022.
Deadpool Samurai Manga: Development Details
Sanshiro Kasama wrote, and Hikaru Uesugi drew the Deadpool Samurai Manga. Originally it was released as a one-shot and then as a series until 2021. There are two volumes of the work. The author was excited to take on this job as he was a huge fan of Marvel and Deadpool. According to him, Marvel’s fame for guarding their characters is very real. They asked him to make a lot of changes so that Deadpool would always be in character. They even made him redo a gun because it was not in his style. However, the author had a lot of fun working with them. Although Hikaru Uesugi was the official illustrator, All Might’s creator drew the artwork for All Might.
In addition to this, the series adopts the Webtoon style that primarily caters to phone readers. Although normal manga continues to dominate the market, Webtoons are rising in popularity after hitting it off in South Korea. Netflix has also gone ahead to adapt many webtoons into Netflix Series’. This development has given the market an idea for success. Moreover, it is worth noting that this is Marvel’s third tie-up with a manga company.
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Plot Details!
Deadpool Samurai Manga is a story about Deadpool’s adventures in Japan. In the one-shot, Deadpool got on a time machine and traveled back to old Japan to fight a samurai. After those events, Iron Man asks him to join their Samurai Squad. The series introduces new characters like Spider Sakura and Neiro Shinichi and old ones like Loki and Captain America. Loki is also putting together a super-villain team. The story follows Deadpool joining Spider Sakura to get people to join their Samurai Squad. They also have to fight Loki, who is trying to steal the people they find for their squad.
One important detail fans can look forward to is the My Hero Academia’s All Might, who will show up in this project. This work has elements of Deadpool’s teasing humor, cute characters, and a sharp storyline. However, fans are already sad that the series has ended. They want to see more such projects between the two houses and more volumes of Deadpool.
Deadpool Samurai Manga: Release Details
WIth manga going global, the series is available to fans on Shounen Jump+. There is no information on whether there will be translations to other languages on the app. The English translation will now be available to the users. Let us know in the comments which part of the Webtoon excited you the most? Also, keep an eye on this page for more news like this.
