I'm learning so much and it never knew that the samurai carried guns! This is an amazing historical manga!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for this ARC.

Set during the Thirty Year War, this manga follows a warrior named Issak who's sworn to find the man who murdered his master. I enjoyed this manga, but I don't think it's for me personally. I liked the historical aspect of this manga. I wasn't aware of this war or period of history so reading this manga made me want to look up a some information about this war. While I did enjoy the historical aspect, I had a hard time really connecting to what was happening. I could definitely see people who are fans of historical manga series being into this one.

I received an ARC though NetGalley for an honest review.

Maybe I'm cynical, but this read like what if, instead of having an ultra greatsword and crossbow hand, Guts was a samurai sniper with a long gun, and instead of a medievalish world with monsters and demons, it was Europe during the thirty years war...like, from the gross classic trope of showing an awful ye olde setting by having a young girl being sexually assaulted by a bunch of solideds and out bad arse protagonist nonchalantly coming to the rescue...

Some of the art was great, but otherwise there was nothing particularly interesting or original, besides the historical setting.

This just didn't grab me.

Issak offers impressive artwork and intense battle scenes, but I found myself not really intrigued by the historical theme. While the setting during the Thirty Years' War is unique, it didn’t fully grab my interest or feel as engaging as it could have. The story has its moments, especially in the action, but overall, I couldn't really get into it.

Thank you, NetGalley for an advanced ARC of this manga

This was an enjoyable read to an extent but it felt a little dry when it came to the main character and I did not care much about their revenge tale, but I definitely can see others enjoying this

Issak is a historical manga set during the Thirty Years War. It follows Issak, a Japanese mercenary, who travels to Europe in search of revenge. This is definitely an unusual setting for a manga, but I thought the story and art style worked really well together. I will be interested to continue reading this series. I am especially curious to see Zetta if will continue to be a major character in future volumes.

This Omnibus will be the first print edition of Issak available in English. I received an ARC from Kodansha Comics in exchange for an honest review.

I want to say thank you for being able to read the first volume of this story. I am intrigued to read volume 2 to find out what happens with Issak and the soldiers that attacked him on his journey back to the castle. I thought the art was nicely done for the story, very appealing to the eyes, especially the full-color pages in the very beginning. I do hope that Zetta is someone who becomes important to the story, someone who helps Issak along the way.

A manga set during the 100 Years war and I really enjoyed it. The art work was fantastic and the action scenes were top tier. The thing that brought this down a star is because some of the scene changes were really jarring and the scene placements were off on the digital version.

Such a great story!
There are not a lot of graphic novels regarding this period of time in history, so this was a great surprise. I thought this would be related to a samurai, I could have never imagined it's about a marksman. I need to read the next volume!