Samurai Shodown (manga)

Samurai Shodown is a manga that takes place during the events of Samurai Shodown and before Samurai Shodown II. The graphic novel was produced by writer, Kyoichi Nanatsuki, and artist, Yuki Miyoshi. It had a serialized run in the now discontinued Game On! magazine and later finished in Animerica. It was then compiled and published into novel form by Viz Media in August 1997.

It establishes an original character, Yui Minbunosuke Shosetsu, as the main antagonist. Game characters Haohmaru, Nakoruru, Hanzo, Charlotte, and Genan remain the focal characters to the plot. They often interacted with several original characters in the story; the most prominent perhaps is the Koga kunoichi, Nagiri, who believed Haohmaru had killed her father during his travels and sought to avenge him.