I’m not saying the book is predictable, but that it’s a known storytelling structure. It’ll follow that the robot will need to break the laws for the good of a human, but can’t, or that he’ll need to find a way to work around one of the rules while still observing it to save someone or something. But like Asimov’s rules, they’ll be used as the keystone for the story. Writer/Artist Sylvain Repos is purposefully vague about the details, but the general outline is that robots have their own set of rules that they need to live by, though they’re not quite the same as Isaac Asimov’s most famous ones. “Story” is the thing that attempts to glue together the really cool fight scenes we’re all looking forward to in a book like this. It’s a seriously cool start to the book if you’re into this kind of thing. The rain - of course there’s rain! - bounces off their metal heads, and the sound effects get more jagged and erratic. The two take out their swords and we’re off to the races! The backgrounds drop out, the speedlines ramp up, and things start looking seriously cool. The first 20 pages of the book are silent, as we see Yojimbot walking into what I think is an abandoned theme park and confronting another robot warrior.
It starts very strongly with that same cinematic feeling. If you said “yes” to any two of those, you’ll want to give this book a chance. Does a comic that feels so strongly influenced by Japanese feudalism and the movies that depict it appeal to you or not? Did you like “Lone Wolf and Cub,” “Ronin,” or “Usagi Yojimbo”? Did you like “Samurai Jack”? Translator: Matt Madden Published by: Dargaud/EuropeComics Number of Pages: 60 Original Publication: 2021 What’s Going On? Writer: Sylvain Repos Artist: Sylvain Repos Colors: Noiry Letterer: Cromatik Ltd.
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