I know I read this when it first came out, but I literally have no memory of it, other than sitting in my buddy's living room, actually reading it.

This time, I had to actually force myself to keep picking it up and reading more. The art was good, at times. But it was also terribly confusing at times as well.

The less said about the overly-long, unnecessarily convoluted story the better.

Overall, this was just a big ol' heapin' helpin' of meh. ( )

I really wanted to like this, since I do enjoy most of Frank Miller's other work, but in the end, it just quite did not work for me. The premise of a feudal samurai transported to the future to confront his nemesis was an awesome one. The future dystopic setting was pretty good as well I thought, and the way the spirit of the ronin samurai taking over the limbless test subject was pretty good too. However, a lot of the plot is a pretty disjointed mess, and the art at times is extremely cluttered. The clutter at times did make it difficult to read at times. I am glad to have read it, since this is considered a classic, but I honestly do not think this is his best work when compared to his Batman graphic novels for instance. The graphic novel is definitely a product of the late 1980s given the style in the art.

Fans of Frank Miller's work may want to seek out his other works, especially the Batman works. Also, if you want something different, Miller's vision of Robocop is also a very good read. Fans of works like Akira and Aeon Flux (actually, Ronin reminded me a lot of the Aeon Flux) series from MTv)may find this work by Miller appealing as well. ( )

Interesting. Not sure what the big deal is about the art. I couldn't tell what I was looking at on some of the pages. It's true-I don't read graphic novels. I tried however. ( )

I really don't know what happened in this book. Its supposed to be Blade Runner with a Samurai. Its not, but it certainly is weird. ( )

This was pretty darn awesome. I had no idea what it was about before I started but I definitely liked the merging of the futuristic with the ancient. I loved the art when it came to backgrounds and huge scenes but thought the rest of it looked kinda crappy. Very retro stuff that reminds me of Mobius (Heavy Metal) but maybe Miller came first (didn't do my research - sorry super comic geeks). I'm very interested how they're going to adapt it for the movie.

It was a little too surreal at times and I got a little lost with some of the characters but it was definitely interesting and worth my time.

No didn't this Miller guy write something about Batman? Maybe I'll read that next. :) ( )