Lupin III Volume 05 GN

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Lupin III Volume 5 Graphic Novel

Introduction: Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise follows the exploits of master thief, Lupin III, and his fellow partners-in-crime, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko. Over the 35 years since the first installment of Lupin's exploits appeared in print in Japan, the franchise has spun off a total of 3 separate manga series (comprising dozens of volumes) and hundreds of animated TV episodes, theatrical features, and original video productions.
Take a healthy dose of James Bond, add a splash of The Thomas Crown Affair, filter through the warped prism of Mad magazine ... stir thoroughly ... and multiply by about 12 ... the resulting cocktail might just begin to capture the irrepressible lunacy of Lupin III.

This Volume's Story: Lupin III is a rogue to make any father rogue proud, but not if that father, recently escaped from prison after being presumed dead for years, thinks his son is a scurrilous imposter, and that son is stunned by the fact that his father is alive. Craftiness, skill and a taste for tail definitely run in the family. And the Lupin family gets larger when he finally encounters the samurai Goemon, a warrior who feels he can learn more from this master thief than from his own master; also into the ranks of the Lupin clan comes his arch rival Fujiko, though he'd be best advised to watch his back - especially when his life becomes a random and suspicious string of preposterous events. Lupin gets the feeling he's being toyed with for someone else's sick amusement ... almost as if his world was being captured and cartooned in sequential panels ...