ORIENT (2021) DIGEST-SIZED TRADE PAPERBACK #1

The new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the world and overthrow the demons. But life intervenes, and five years later, he finds himself about to become a miner. Yet can Musashi truly be satisfied with a normal life? At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiros father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent, and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world and But as they grow up, Kojiro turns cycnical, and Musashi comes to realize that he cant turn back 150 years of demon rule on his own. Hes being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and hes almost ready to settle for a life of labor. Yet he cant shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act…and, soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand…