Sekiro is getting a manga spin-off that’s set to launch on the finish of May and has been created below the supervision of FromSoftware.
Sekiro Gaiden: Shinazu Hanbei, or Sekiro Side-Story: Hanbei the Undying, has been created by Shin Yamamoto. It’s not Yamamoto’s first time engaged on a manga based mostly on a video game IP, having supplied the art work for Monster Hunter: Flash Hunter.
Publisher Yen Press introduced he information on its Twitter account and shared a panel of a youthful, blood-splattered Hanbei, which you’ll be able to try beneath.
Players of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will know Hanbei from the Dilapidated Temple, the place he hangs round providing himself up as a sparring accomplice so that you can prepare with, and he appears barely extra worse for put on in comparison with his manga incarnation.
“The Sengoku Era…A time when losing a battle meant losing it all. The Sword Saint, Isshin Ashina, aims for world domination…That is, until he encounters a certain Samurai…,” reads the synopsis from Yen Press’ website.
This isn’t the primary time one in every of FromSoftware’s games has had a spin-off. A Bloodborne card game was announced in 2016 and there’s a really profitable Kickstarter campaign for a board game occurring proper now.
A Dark Souls board game was additionally Kickstarted and raised over £3 million shortly after it was fully funded minutes after going live.
Anime News Network experiences that the Sekiro manga is ready to launch on May 27.
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