This is a great manga adaptation for Deadpool. I really loved seeing the manga elements blend well with the comic elements, and I can't wait to read more of this story as it comes out.

I love the Merc with a mouth. I thought this one was interesting but not my usual Deadpool adventure. Worth it if you enjoy the Japanese influence and stylisation, but be prepared for change!

I didn't know if i'd like this and I still don't. know if i do. But one thing's for certain Deadpool works REALLY well as manga.

The idea of a Deadpool manga is an interesting one and should be very entertaining. The hard part about this particular book is that the story is very much written for a younger audience than the violence in the story will allow for. There is a lot of illustrated blood and gore, which isn't crazy for a Deadpool book, but there isn't enough plot to hold the attention of a mature reader/audience. This book lands between two different audiences and that feels like a shame because I don't know that it will really land for either.

This was fun, a bit of fluff (well, fluffy for Deadpool), with lots of little inside jokes, the usual meta stuff, some guest appearances, and some bloody violence. It's kinda slow to start out, but picked up speed with the idol story. Pick this up when you feel like some Deadpool-Lite, plus it's kinda cute listening to him fanboy over Dragon Ball Z :D

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So much fun, adequately packed with all of the meta-humor of a Deadpool comic and the action/linework of a Shonen manga. Cameos from manga’d out Marvel heroes and villains are pretty cool, and the semi-reboot characters are pretty cool too, though kind of lacking depth. But it is Deadpool, so were we really looking for depth? Worth considering.

This was amazing. It's everything that you would want from a Deadpool comic in a manga format. The fourth wall breaks, talking to the reader, Deadpool's over the top antics - everything is just as you would expect it. I loved every minute of it and I'm excited to read the next volume.

Its a fun and interesting new perspective of the Deadpool character. It is also funny and very meta that keeps you interested and laughing. Great drawings and writing!

𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞--𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫 & 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬.

A fun genre-mixing, mixing the essence of Deadpool with the styling and pacing of Manga. Feels like a halfway point between the film versions and the original comics and is a good entry point for folk looking for one.

This was a really fun read. Deadpool: Samurai has our favorite anti-hero Deadpool drawn in manga style and with a story that takes place in Japan. This was great mix of Deadpool and manga. I can't wait for the next installment.

Deadpool makes it into manga, and it was a fun ride to read. I picked this up in part because I like Deadpool comics and in part because it is manga. I am glad I read it.

Deadpool makes it to Japan, and he is soon drafted to be part of a new team Japan: Samurai Squad, along with Sakura Spider, a young woman with powers like Spider-Man. Soon they get into various adventures as Loki appears to create various problems in his quest for world conquest.

Deadpool's humor is spot on in this series. His fourth wall breaks are great, and he aims his humor at everyone up to and including his publishers-- Marvel and Shonen Jump. Reading these asides just adds to the fun. The manga overall has a pretty fast pace with plenty of action. The story has silly moments, but it is also entertaining and amusing. The manga art is very good as well.

I ended up reading this in one sitting because it was great fun to read. I could not put it down. In a time when so many comics want to be dark, moody, edgy (as if), it is refreshing to read a manga that is light, fun, and just plain entertaining. We need more manga like this.

This is a great selection for libraries with comics and manga collections. If you already collect Deadpool comics, this is a must have as well. I'd buy it for my library, and it is one I would buy for my personal library.

Everyone's favorite merc with a mouth has come to manga. Deadpool moves to Tokyo and Iron Man invites him to join the Avenger's Samurai Squad.

I love Deadpool's snarkiness and it hits so well in this book. It was really fun seeing the manga style of art with Deadpool's fight scenes. The two fit very well together. Everything felt like it was written by Deadpool. The character intros gave little hints that as a Marvel fan made me squeal several times. I immediately called my local comic shop and added this to my pull list.

Creative Team:
Story by Sanshiro Kasama
Art by Hikaru Uesugi
Translation by Amanda Haley
Touch up art and lettering by Walden Wong

This was a pretty good manga, I feel that the au5ors and artists did a good job representing the style while also being tru to the Deadpool character. I thought the ending was a little meh but I can see why with a book 2.

This is a spoiler free review.

Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 is fun, snarky, full of cameos, and very entertaining. This awesome manga left me wanting more!

Deadpool goes on an adventure to Japan where he has been asked to protect the great island nation from nefarious villains. During Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 he breaks the fourth wall so many times and always has a great pun or something mean to say. In Japan, Deadpool runs into many Marvel superheroes and evil doers. He even meets some Manga/Japanese versions of your favorite heroes. Deadpool also has a heart to heart with my favorite superhero about why he thinks he would be a good hero.

The slapstick violence in Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 is over the top but on par with most Deadpool stories. I’m not a fan of ultra-violence in comics but in a Deadpool story I don’t find the violence to be overwhelming. Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1 has so many humorous moments that I tend to overlook the violence and keep reading. I’m continually looking for the next pun or superhero cameo, including the cliff hanger ending to this fun tale which left me waiting for the next volume. I can’t wait to see what happens in Volume 2!

Make sure you read to the very end of this book, like so many superhero movies this manga has a few post-story scenes that will make you laugh and cheer for more.

If you enjoy whacky, pun filled Deadpool comics or awesome action filled manga stories you will enjoy Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1. It’s definitely worth reading just to laugh at the puns and cheer at the cameos.

Stay awesome and keep reading!

Deadpool: Samurai, Vol. 1

Creative Team:

Written by Sanshiro Kasama

Illustrated by Hikaru Uesugi

Sometimes you just need to read silly comic book metafiction with a helping of cartoonish violence. Deadpool, in either his traditional guise or in this Manga version, is never going to be world changing, but it's a silly, fun title that gets you to think explicitly about tropes and still tells a competent comic book plot that had me interested in the next installment.

Well, this was fun. I haven't read any other Deadpool comics, but thought I'd give a Deadpool manga a try and I'm glad I did. Deadpool was funny, sarcastic, and inappropriate, and it was great.

I loved how often he breaks the fourth wall and it leaves the other characters completely confused about what he's doing. I also loved all his digs at manga and anime, and using manga/anime references to make fun of the villains.

Looking forward to reading volume 2, which is sitting on my NG shelf as I type.

All the snarky meta mayhem of Deadpool joins with a new team of Marvel copy-paste characters for a gleefully self-aware adventure as Deadpool scores himself his very own manga. Both manga fans and Deadpool fans will find plenty to appreciate here as Deadpool Samurai finds a not-always-perfect, but wildly enjoyable start.

Deadpool takes a trip to Japan and becomes deputized by Captain America to protect Japan from the evil-doers there. Immediately, we get a Spider-Man stand-in, Sakura Spider, and later, another Venom-type symbiote who achieved stasis with a super popular Idol named Neiro. Neiro affectionally calls her symbiote Kage (Japanese for Shadow), but he seems to not want nicknames nor to get attached to anyone. Through plenty of fourth-wall breaks and lots of references to other manga and anime series, Deadpool and his two compatriots try to thwart the plans of the supervillain Loki.

This book is literally laugh-out-loud funny. I haven't laughed this many times reading a manga since I read The Way of the Househusband vol 1. The fourth-wall breaks are really well done, but most of the humor comes from poking fun at the manga publishing industry. On the surface, this might seem like it would be a good bridge for comicbook readers to get into manga, but I think it would actually work the other way around. Comicbook readers won't have the prerequisite knowledge about other manga series or the publishing industry itself to truly appreciate the jokes. This volume's jokes are a lot more PG than most Deadpool comics. Several times, Deadpool makes reference or pokes fun at this being a "Shonen Jump Deadpool" version, and he points out that he can't do some of his normal gags because Shonen Jump won't allow it. There is a lot less foul language and lewd jokes than normal, which means this is a volume that could definitely end up on teen library shelves.

​Uesugi's illustrations are over-the-top in a good way, taking lots of cues from Western Comics. There are some great action sequences with the characters in some really outlandish poses like Marvel fight scenes. The characters are all styled really well. Sakura Spider and Neiro/Kage are wonderful examples of blending the Marvel characters we know and love with typical manga illustrations. This could be a good series for readers who devoured My Hero Academia.

Sara's Rating: 9/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

Deadpool Manga is exactly what you would expect from "The Merch of the Mouth" in a Manga setting its filled with puns, references and has a great story.