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So, these three samurai walk down the street, and…

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“So, these three samurai walk down the street, and…”

…a neighbourhood in Osaka suddenly, and randomly, bursts into a scene from Westside Story.

Manga may be a silent medium, but the scene is so well constructed you can almost hear the hushed tone, the shuffle of the dancers’ feet, the click of the katanas in their scabbards, and the clack of the geta sandals smacking the ground.

Of course, who but Tezuka would event attempt to pull off a such random musical number in the middle of a tale about the murderous “Wolves of Mibu”, better known as The Shinsen-gumi (1963).

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