Big talk and bigger action propel a young, shounen protagonist to take down classroom bullies, unite rival schools, and tap his wealthy roots to form a big alliance- and ultimately overthrow a homegrown dictator. Oobora Ichidai 大ぼら一代 (A Generation of Big Lies) marked the third Weekly Shonen Jump serialization from Motomiya Hiroshi 本宮 ひろ志, following the relaunch and ultimate conclusion of the magazine’s first big hit, Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou 男一匹ガキ大将 (and his less successful historical action series Musashi 武蔵 that ran in-between). Oobora Ichidai launched in 1973 and ran […]
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