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Samurai Deeper Kyo (manga)



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Alternative title:
Samouraï Deeper Kyo (French) 
鬼眼狂刀KYO (Chinese (Taiwan)) 
Genres: supernatural 
Themes: swordplay 
Objectionable content: Significant 
Plot Summary:
Kyoshiro Mibu is a traveling medicine man. Even though he isnt all that great at it. Along the way he runs into a bounty hunter named Yuya Shina. She claims he is Demon Eyes Kyo and tries to take him in to get his bounty. For Kyo is the slayer of a thousand men and his head fetches quite the price. Soon when they are in a dangerous situation Demon Eyes appears. Yuya is given a choice follow through with her goals or be killed by this man. Soon enough madness and many battles follow them. 
Mibu Kyoshiro is a wandering apocothery who is inhabited by Demon Eyes Kyo. When Kyoshiro fights, Demon Eyes Kyo comes out and kills as much as he can. Meanwhile, Shinna Yuya follows Kyoshiro/Kyo around for the bounty. Over fights, Red Tiger, or Benitora, s up with them as well. Demon Eyes Kyo is trying to get his own body instead of sharing one and he seems to be at everyone's attention for demons keep coming to him either to fight or to ally. (The plot is still going...) 
Ratings: 288 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 27 votes (Eng:12, sub:9, dub:4, ?:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Excellent: 78 votes (Eng:29, sub:26, dub:14, ?:3, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:4
1 Danish
1 German dubbed
1 Korean subtitled
1 German
)
 Very good: 70 votes (Eng:41, dub:14, sub:13, ?:2)
 Good: 48 votes (Eng:22, dub:9, sub:8, ?:4, others:5
1 Swedish
1 Indonesian
1 French
1 Danish
1 Swedish dubbed
)
 Decent: 26 votes (Eng:19, sub:3, dub:2, others:2
1 French
1 Swedish subtitled
)
 So-so: 20 votes (Eng:10, sub:4, dub:4, others:2
1 Danish
1 French
)
 Not really good: 8 votes (Eng:5, dub:2, sub:1)
 Weak: 4 votes (Eng:2, sub:1, dub:1)
 Bad: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Awful: 4 votes (Eng:2, dub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 773 s, rank: #91 (of 6966)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.556 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.883, rank: #2022 (of 7832)
Weighted mean: 7.437 (Good+), rank: #2675 (of 7832) (seen all: 7.94 / seen some: 7.51 / won't finish: 5.45)
Bayesian estimate: 7.441 (Good+), rank: #1678 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 38 
Number of pages: 182 
Chapter titles: We have 275
Vintage:
1999-10-15
2003-06-10 (North America) 
Release dates: We have 244
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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Graphic novel
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 1) 2003-06-10 (from $28.92)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 2) 2003-08-12 (from $4.99)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 3) 2003-10-14 (from $15.96)
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    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 31) 2008-11-11 (from $2.30)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 32) 2008-12-30 (from $108.33)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 33) 2009-03-10 (from $99.49)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 34) 2009-04-07 (from $99.49)
    Samurai Deeper Kyo (GN 35-36) 2009-11-24 (from $99.95)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Akimine Kamijyō 
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha 
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matthew Alford 
Translation:
Takako Maeda 

Adaptation:
Rich Amtower (vol. 19) 
Additional Translation:
Yukiko Nakamura 
Associate Editor: Steve Grest 
Copy Editing:
Suzanne Waldman (vol. 13, 14) 
Cover Design:
Seth Cable (vol. 11-18) 
Editing:
Katherine Schilling (vol. 20, 21) 
Editorial Director: Jeremy Ross 
Graphic Design:
Tomas Montalvo-Lagos (vol. 3) 
Lettering:
Patrick Tran (vol. 7, 8, 9, 10) 
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney 
President: John Parker 
Production Artist:
Lucas Rivera 
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro 
Production manager: Jennifer Miller 
Retouch:
Patrick Tran (vol. 8-15) 
Script Editing: Rich Amtower 
VP of Manufacturing: Ron Klamert 
VP of Production: Ron Klamert 
(none)
English companies
Licensed by:
Tokyopop (vol. 1-34) 
Retouch And Lettering:
Star Print Brokers (vol. 21) 
French cast
French staff
Translation: Misato 

Adaptation: Misato 
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Kana 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation:
Marc Bernabé (Glénat España) 
(none)
Spanish companies
Publisher: Glénat España 
Translation: Daruma Serveis Lingüístics (Glénat España) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Claudia Baglini 

Lettering: Lara Iacuzzi 
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Panini Comics (Planet Manga) 
German staff
German cast
Translation: Christine Steinle 
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Heyne 
Danish staff
Danish cast
Translation: Alex Joergensen 
(none)
Danish companies
Publisher: Mangismo Danmark 
Swedish staff
Swedish cast
Translation: Fredrik Strömberg 
(none)
Swedish companies
Publisher: Mangismo Sverige 
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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