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デッドプール:SAMURAI
29
4
Finished
Dec 10, 2020 to Feb 26, 2026
6.0/10
Average Review Score
50%
Recommend It
2
Reviews Worldwide
Who knew that Japanese author/s could do a nuanced take on a Canadian character created by an American? If a nuanced Deadpool take is the fourth wall breaking character talking like a Jump editor who wrote the entire script of the series after bingeing the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe catalog from Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame (including the now MCU canon Fox X-Men movies) and peppered with a bunch of manga inside jokes. Then yes, this is a nuanced take on Deadpool. This manga is a decent take on Deadpool and feels similar tonally to the movie version made popular by Ryan Reynolds. That is because ofthe backstory and the jokes. Manga Deadpool is still the Merc with the mouth, and this series is still violent, but toned down if your Deadpool experience is by the way of Ryan Reynolds or Marvel comics. He is still the regenerating degenerate, but the gore is dialed down as well. If you're a manga reader and this is your first Deadpool, you might enjoy it. If you discovered Deadpool by the way of Ryan Reynolds, you might enjoy it. If you're a Deadpool fan from way back, from Rob Liefeld, to Joe Kelly, to Gerry Duggan, you will get this Deadpool. Deadpool is an unpredictable agent of chaos that would give you more than you expect. If you keep your expectations realistic, manga Deadpool should surprise you. Or not. There are better takes on the character, and better stories. Still, this is the only manga Deadpool, and it's as Deadpool as its going to get.
Wade Winston Wilson does not consider himself a hero despite sporting a superhero-like black-and-red costume and fighting under the name "Deadpool." Rather than following a strict moral code, Deadpool's actions are dictated by money. When billionaire Anthony "Tony" Stark offers the mercenary a job in Tokyo, Deadpool is fully primed to take down an evil organization headed by the God of Mischief, Loki, who aims to seize control over Japan. As Deadpool travels to his next zany escapade, he encounters Sakura Spider, a young girl with a familiar yet unimpressive backstory. She is by no means a fan of Deadpool and his unconventional methods, but in the face of a formidable enemy, her strong sense of responsibility and inability to fight alone outweigh any hesitation to join forces. With Sakura Spider on board, Deadpool caps off his team with Neiro Aratabi, a popular idol housing a symbiote in her body. Combining their powers, the trio must work together to save Japan—so Deadpool can safely collect his paycheck. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Before I read the first volume, I was excited to check it out, a Marvel x Jump manga with All might as a cameo? That sounds good.. but unfortunately, when I finished it, I was left feeling underwhelmed. So one of Deadpool: Samurai's characteristics is obviously its comedy. Breaking the fourth wall, meta and unconventional jokes, deconstructing tropes, etc. But that's it. There's no other thing going for it: no interesting story or characters and anti-climatic action sequences. I get that it's making fun of tropes and that the story is pratically non-existant, because it's a comedy, but when your shtick is making fun ofsomething and doing cameos althroughout the story, 1. the story falls flat without any balance and becomes one-dimensional and 2. it becomes its own trope, so in other words: making fun of tropes becomes the trope of the story and when it repeats it all the time. it becomes boring and predictable. So basically, it's on the same level as a generic fantasy/isekai story except that Deadpool is self-aware of tropes, but isn't aware of its self-awareness if that makes any sense. Also, I'm pretty sure Thanos, the Avengers and All Might were just thrown in there just to say that they were in the story. To finish it off, don't take this review too seriously, Deadpool Samurai is meant to be stupid and funny, it's just that I don't think it's that good of a story. So that's why I think Deadpool Samurai is a You're not going to die if you don't read it/10