Kamui Gaiden (More Legends of Kamui) deals with the adventures of the fugitive ninja Kamui as he befriends a fisherman's family and battles antagonizing ninjas.
 
Notes: 
- An incomplete version was published in May 1966 containing 16 chapters. 
- The current chapter count reflects the complete work that ended its serialization in January 1967 with 20 chapters.

Kamui is a ninja from the Edo period who has decided to leave his clan. After doing so he is pursued relentlessly by the members of his former clan; who consider him to be a traitor and therefore wish to kill him. Kamui then wanders around Japan to escape from them by using his intelligence and great abilities to survive. In the course of the series Kamui begins to suffer from paranoia because of his status as a persecuted man. Kamui then started to believe that everybody wished to murder him and became distrusting of everyone he came across. 
(Source: Wikipedia)

It’s the 17th century in Japan. Child outcast Kamui lives on the fringes of a miserably stratified society. Fueled by pure grit, rage, and a dash of cunning, his only way out is to take up the mantle of ninja. Follow scrappy peasants, cold-blooded ninja, and warriors both disgraced and exalted as they navigate the unforgiving hardships of a violent yet hopeful age. With its vivid and critical attention to social injustice and environmental issues against a backdrop of heart-pounding action and romance, this multilayered gekiga drama not only redefined ninja and samurai fantasy, it also offers astonishing parallels with the modern day. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly)

Part 2 of the Kamui Gaiden saga serialized in Big Comics. In Part 2, the theme of "Gaiden" is not to focus on the battles between ninjas and their special moves, but rather to focus on the grander theme, which is about the thoughts and hopes of those who are hunted and who question the status quo.
 
(Source: Wikipedia Japan, translated)
 
Note: "Kamui Gaiden Part 2" is a continuation of the previous series. In the Japanese edition, the first three volumes recollected the stories from the first part while the ones from Part 2 where included from volume 4 onwards.

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