Lets play a game of word association with the Punisher. Merciless. Dark. Cold. Kinky. Murderer. Wait, what? The Marvel Mangaverse was an interesting endeavour; cash in on the anime and manga boom of the early 2000s by creating an East meet West universe featuring the Marvel characters. Naturally, each portrayal boasted a healthy dose of Eastern stereotypes but the Punishers was the only one to incorporate a healthy dose of BDSM. Dubbed Tokyos Kinkiest Superhero, this female version of the Punisher is a high school principal by day and vigilante geisha by night. Armed with a whip and spanking paddle, Sosumi Brown terrorizes Yakuza and Oni alike by sullying them into submission. Trading firearms for feathers and claymores for canes, the Mangaverse Punisher playfully digs at the perceived sexual deviancy of our Eastern brethren. Hits; Though in no way as iconic as the haunting skull that Frank dons as he doles out his interpretation of vengeance, the design of Sosumi Brown as a geisha with skull-inspired face paint is eye-catching. Sosumi appears almost ethereal, reminiscent of a yurei (Japanese ghost). Until she starts spanking Korean gangsters, that is. The Onis method of attack is basically Bulbasaurs Razor Leaf. Sosumis parents were killed in a freak pogo stick accident. Yes, you read that correctly. Misses; Frank Castle doesnt use a safe word.
