Y'all know I love historical manga a lot, and I've always had a fascination with the French Revolution and the time period around it, so this manga in particular was practically made for me.
INNOCENT (Inosan), by Shin'ichi Sakamoto. First published in 2013 and first published in North America in 2023.
PLOT:
Charles-Henri Saison is the heir not just to his noble family but to their terrible role in the French royal court: executioner. They are outcasts among both the nobility and the peasantry, and Charles wants no part of their grim legacy. Charles struggles in vain against both the literal and spiritual torture he is subject to, but in the end he submits. On that day he vows to become the last executioner of the family, taking the first steps towards becoming the man behind the guillotine in the bloody revolution to come.
