Oldboy: Vol. 1


Oldboy: Vol. 1
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too early to tell

6 years, 5 months ago at Dec 15 19:34
I was a bit hesitant about purchasing it because it was wrapped and it's a dark horse release and those tend to be on the graphic side, but because I saw it on sale for $2; I figured I couldn't go wrong.

It's only the first volume and it's really hard to see where this is going. I can't really tell if it's going to be good or bad, but I liked the movie and the story has plenty going... read more
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Description: Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voice of his jailers. In time, he lost himself... changed... transformed himself into something else... something hard.. ... (more)
Manufacturer : Dark Horse
Release date : 19 July 2006
ISBN-10 : 1593075685 | ISBN-13: 9781593075682
Dark Horse (1), Seinen (1), Manga (1)
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chibiyusa posted a review 6 years, 5 months ago

too early to tell

“I was a bit hesitant about purchasing it because it was wrapped and it's a dark horse release and those tend to be on the graphic side, but because I saw it on sale for $2; I figured I couldn't go wrong.

It's only the first volume and it's really hard to see where this is going. I can't really tell if it's going to be good or bad, but I liked the movie and the story has plenty going for it. After all, a guy is seemingly randomly locked up for decade and suddenly released for no apparent reason either, well, to be frank, that's rather interesting.

It could go either way, this series could be good, or it could be bad, but I'll keep reading it because the movie adaptation was simply so wonderfully done I can't help but hope the source material is equally amazing. I would” read more