BUDDHA (Box Set) Volumes 1 - 8 by OSAMU TEZUKA, published by Harper Collins Publishers INDIA Ltd. 2014

I first borrowed this series from our local library and enjoyed it so much, I bought it to read again. I have now read it twice, together with my daughters (aged 5 and 9) and my 9 year old likes it so much she is reading it a third time! Word of warning to parents, there are the odd few bad words here and there, which I skipped when reading to my youngest and that ship has already sailed for my 9 year old! There is also a bit of violence and bare-chested ladies, in keeping with the historical dress of the era, but nothing gratuitous, lewd or hugely inappropriate for children - perhaps you read it first and decide if/when you can introduce it to your young ones. Where do I begin with how good it is? It is full of laugh-out-loud humour, pathos and such profound wisdom. There are so many delightful, small moments - each time you read it you find something new. You fall in love with the characters. I'm not really a graphic novel fan, mainly because I haven't found any I like as much as this one! It is quite simply perfection, from start to finish. Just get it - you won't regret it.

Item is for Indian market only but content is same as any other markets. Books are new, English language, quite happy.

Great

Superb condition, totally thrilled with this purchase , the price and what a lovely overall product, friends are already wanting to borrow !! But me first!

Haven't opened this up yet but I know I'm in for a treat as I love these graphics and this particular story of the Life of Buddha.

This is a classic and should be on the reading lists in schools across the UK - absolutely brilliant !

The story itself is brilliant. And the box set is both affordable and beautiful.

Excellent

Was as good as expected, packace arraived without damage but a bit more bubble wrap would have been good as a corner was slightly crushed on the box. But overall very happy.

Ik was altijd fan van de hardcovers met dezelfde print, maar deze zijn super out of print dus dit is zeker een geweldig alternatief

手塚作品の意図をちゃんと伝えている英訳。

Breathtaking! Had my mind & brain wrapped around this brilliant manga series last few days - of course, one doesn't need that much time to complete 8 manga volumes, but once started, I simply had to savour every bit of this great saga, well illustrated & written by the grandmaster of mangas Tezuka. To say the least, at the end, it felt like I have landed back in this world (with a thud & all that:-), straight from that turmoil filled world of Budha's times, in the centre of the love-hate politics triangle and relationship complications that existed among Kosala, Kapilavastu & Magadha regions. It is in these turbid settings that the great master had to bring in his pristinely pure teaching of compassion, of the interconnectednedd of the entire universe, of his famous tenets of 'suffering exists', 'there is a cause for suffering' and 'there is a solution out of suffering' and of his suggested eight fold path of right seeing, thinking, speech et al. A wonder journey and many 'lessons learnt' later, towards the end of the series, I, in fact, found myself wishing to restart the journey again, if at all to 'sort out' some of the jigsaw puzzle of the storyline with it's multitude of real & imaginary characters, each of whose lives kept weaving in & out of others'! Such an irreverant yet delightful treatment of a great biography, all with Tezuka's own quirks like throwing us off once in a while with his time machine tactics of fitting some modern lingo into the dialogues or with an 'untimely author's appearence', of course somehow giving all due reverence to the great master who walked this earth, his life and teachings - but for this latter bit, the series may not have been classic it is, for decades! Would not recommend for kids though, parents be warned - at max an UA rating is what one can accord to this manga when it comes to your kids. Need to mention specifically how specially delightful is the depth with which the author seems to have understood & conveyed the great master's teaching, especially in the last few volumes. One of the best mangas ever from a grandmaster - a definite must read!

Packaging was great, box looked good and everything was fine, except 1 volume had a crease at the back. That was because it was folded in the box. Probably not because of the sellers. Excited to start reading it.