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is a manga series written and illustrated by Takao Saito, published in Shogakukan's ''Big Comic'' magazine since October 1968. In 1975, the manga won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga. The series follows the titular character, a professional assassin for hire. ''Golgo 13'' is the oldest manga still in publication, and its ''tankōbon'' edition has the third highest number of volumes. It has sold over 280 million copies in various formats, including compilation books, making it the second best-selling manga series in history. It has been adapted into two live-action feature films, an anime film, an original video animation, an anime television series and six video games. ==Story== Golgo 13, also known by the pseudonym , is a professional assassin. His age and birthplace are unknown and there is no consensus in the worldwide intelligence community as to his true identity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Golgo 13 profile )〕 Most of his jobs are completed through the use of a customized, scoped M16 rifle. Besides Duke Togo, Golgo 13's other aliases include and . Duke Togo has a very quiet personality and will only talk when he needs to, he shows very little to no emotion when carrying out an assassination and is willing to kill anyone who will threaten to expose him. He accepts many different assassination jobs from anyone who can afford his services. From simply shooting a violin string to taking out powerful organized crime bosses and political figures, these killings have often attracted retaliations against Golgo 13, even at one stage having both the FBI, CIA and even the United States military out to kill him, causing Togo to always have to watch his own back and pay attention to his surroundings in order to stop other assassins and contract killers employed to kill him in often creative ways. Golgo 13 also employees many different people himself to assist him in his assassination jobs, such as in providing extra information on his targets to modifying weapons, vehicles and gadgets. The name "Golgo 13" is a reference to the death of Jesus Christ. ''Golgo'' is short for Golgotha, the place of Jesus' crucifixion.〔 The number 13 is considered an unlucky number because there were thirteen participants at Jesus' Last Supper before his execution. Also, Golgo 13's logo is a skeleton wearing a crown of thorns. Duke Togo's past is a mystery. Although his Asian appearance suggest that he may be of Japanese origin, many of Golgo 13's stories have presented many different speculations about his true identity, such stories always cast doubt on their own theories as well as presenting contradictory information, leaving the audience uncertain whether which information presented to them is true. It is known that he may be the biological father of many different children all over the world from the many sexual encounters he has had with women throughout the series, such as a 4-year-old son from an ex-Provisional Irish Republican Army terrorist Catherine McCall named Joey, and also another living son from a random previous sexual encounter seen in Episode 48. With respect to the character's age, a large number of stories are dated as they are centered around current events of the time. However, Golgo 13's age has not increased significantly to account for these events. He has also suffered multiple injuries throughout the series leaving many different scars around his body. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Golgo 13」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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