#KATANA SUICIDE SQUAD 2 SERIES#

Takeo started training for sometime and planned to use it to finally get revenge on his brother and his new family. Takeo went on with a desire for exotic weaponry and acquired a pair of katana's, however one was the mystical Soultaker, a ancient sword with magical abilities. While in the employment of the Yakuza for several years now Takeo had tattooed his chest with the symbol of the dragon and he grew in their ranks. The happy couple had two children who happened to be twins, boys they named Yuki and Reiko. While he was planning his revenge on Maseo, Tatsu and Maseo married and sometime later Tatsu found out she was expecting. He also complicated ties of honor for Tatsu and Maseo with the rest of the Yamashiro clan and soon had the whole family hating them both. Takeo however didn't take this turn of events well and soon after Tastu and his brother announced their marriage he left and joined the criminal gangs of the Yakuza. The two shortly proclaimed their love for each other and soon announced of their immediate wedding plans.

With the beginning of sad turn of events in Tatsu's life her parents both passed away from unknown reasons. Tatsu had gotten to know the brothers for sometime and cared for both to some extent, however she had realized that she had started falling in love with Maseo. Tatsu would catch the eye of two young men, the Yamashiro brothers, and was admired by both Yamashiro brothers, Maseo Yamashiro and Takeo Yamashiro. As matured into a young woman Tatsu gained extraordinary skills in various types of Martial Arts. Always drawn to her homelands ancient teachings of the Samurai belief structure, she read much on the age old warriors. Very serious about her studies and dedicated to her teachings she grew quickly in her teachings and art of hand to hand combat. Tatsu was born and raised in Japan and was allowed to follow her interest in the arts of combat at an early age by her parents. While it’s mostly flashback it’ll resonate for those looking to understand the character a little bit more.Tatsu Yamashiro has a tragic history, having lost all she held dear to her heart, she became an instrument of vengeance. The Deadshot story continues to carry this book with a solid story, strong character development and fantastic art. Thankfully it ends as I said above at a place that’ll be a lot more fun next month.

#KATANA SUICIDE SQUAD 2 SERIES#

It’s like reading a series of events that don’t matter or have much to do with each other aside from a cursory transition. Then Katana runs off to catch a random van (who has a cop driving it that shot his co worker for no real reason but to make it okay for Katana to hurt him I guess) and from there her actions and the events seem more and more nonsensical. Take for instance the opening which spends 4 pages showing us Katana taking on the boss only to have her flee. The Katana story however is dragging along with very little purpose. It hammers home the weight on him and improves the story’s emotional weight. Take for instance a moment where Deadshot kills someone and as he’s reflecting we see a shot of him inside a panel shaped like the dead bodies silhouette. The art continues to be stellar here with some inspired layout design thought. If you think you have family issues read this and feel better. This story is rather villainous too and reminds us he’s no hero as he does some very bad things. Considering he’s an assassin it’s going to be messed up, but a mistake he made makes his childhood a rather tragic one. The Deadshot story written by continues to be the stronger of the two and delivers a surprising take of Deadshot’s childhood. That’s one of the best elements of this issue as both stories wrap with a “can’t wait for the next issue” cliffhanger. The title “Most Wanted” begins to make a lot of sense by issue’s end and it turns out to be a solid reason for this Katana/Deadshot combo. It’s done in a detailed style reminiscent of Greg Capullo and may just make the whole thing worth it alone.įine, you have my attention.

This issue picks up where the two left off.Īside from the obvious reason that DC will be giving this extra attention in anticipation for the Suicide Squad film - the Deadshot story is gorgeous. Meanwhile Deadshot is training a new recruit but on their first mission he goes AWOL to pay a visit to family. Last month Katana entered a country run by Kobra and aimed to extract someone, which ended with her taking on Kobra’s leader.

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