Shamo is a Japanese action manga with a really dark theme. It doesn’t exist anymore because the company called Weekly Manga Action went out of business. The story behind this is a boy who killed his parents and somehow became a murderous martial artist. The plot was later used in 2007 for a film produced in Hong Kong. The basic story behind the shamo manga is that after killing his parents, he commits all kinds of horrible crimes, including murder and rape.

The theme throughout this story is how once someone gets into the criminal system, reform never really happens. The criminal simply skates through existence without any help with reform. He also points out how society is immune to criminals needing help and, as many societies do, avoids it. This story was actually based on a true event that happened in 1997. In 1997 there was a series of serial murders of children and the person who committed these crimes was a fourteen year old boy. It is said that he not only killed the children, but in many cases beheaded them.

The shamo manga hasn’t been sold since 2007 and this is partly because the artist and creator are in some sort of battle. The two creators are fighting in court over writing issues and are fighting over who created what and who came up with the concepts.

You can still find a lot of great information for Shamo Manga. Manga drawing is especially popular if you want to learn how to draw in this creative way.