About the book: buddha: the four encounters (volume 2) the second volume in the eight part of an epic graphic novelseries by osamu tezuka, buddha: the four encounters (volume 2) isthe story of gautama buddha, the founder of buddhism in the eightbooks, the story follows the life of gautama buddha as he grows up,gets married, discovers his true faith and starts a religion with amillion followers the world over in these graphic novels, tezukapresents a curious blend of themes and styles beautifully detailedlandscapes are marked by cartoon-like characters and the book isfilled with silly whimsy, fictional and non-fictional stories fromthe life of buddha and a whole host of characters from modern dayfiction like et and yoda in the second book, osamu tezuka takes off from where book onefinished he takes the reader through siddhartha’s youth as aprince siddhartha is opposed to the caste system, the way thelower casts are treated and hates being a prince but is tornbecause of his responsibil