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JUNI TAISEN: ZODIAC WAR
JUNI TAISEN © 2015 by NISIOISIN, Hikaru Nakamura
All rights reserved.
First published in Japan in 2015 by SHUEISHA Inc., Tokyo.
English translation rights arranged by SHUEISHA Inc.
Cover and interior design by Adam Grano
Translation by Nathan A. Collins
No portion of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders.
Published by
VIZ Media, LLC
P.O. Box 77010
San Francisco, CA 94107
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Nishio, Ishin, 1981- author. | Nakamura, Hikaru, 1984- illustrator. |
Collins, Nathan, translator.
Title: Juni Taisen : zodiac war / story by Nisioisin ; illustrations by
Hikaru Nakamura ; translated by Nathan A. Collins.
Other titles: Juni Taisen. English
Description: San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2017] | Series: Juni taisen: zodiac war
Identifiers: LCCN 2017031743 | ISBN 9781421597508 (hardback)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Media Tie-In. | FICTION / Fantasy /
Contemporary. | COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Manga / Media Tie-In.
Classification: LCC PL873.5.I84 J8613 2017 | DDC 895.63/6--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017031743
Printed in the U.S.A.
First printing, October 2017
Haikasoru eBook edition
ISBN: 978-1-4215-9999-1
CONTENTS
The First Battle
“Even a wild boar will become a pig after seven generations.”
The Second Battle
“Crow like a chicken, steal like a dog.”
The Third Battle
“Using an ox-cleaver to cut up fowl.”
The Fourth Battle
“Even among one’s formidable enemies,
some are monkeys that scratch and claw.”
The Fifth Battle
“A wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
The Sixth Battle
“Even the fastest horse will sometimes stumble.”
The Seventh Battle
“The head of a dragon, but the tail of only a snake.”
(First Round)
The Eighth Battle
“The head of a dragon, but the tail of only a snake.”
(Second Round)
The Ninth Battle
“He who chases after two rabbits will catch neither.”
The Tenth Battle
“When a tiger dies, it leaves its hide behind.”
The Eleventh Battle
“Using another’s burdock to prepare a memorial meal.”
War’s End
“The mountain brought forth a mouse.”
