Blade of the Immortal, Volume 1: Blood of a Thousand
To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking...
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To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies! Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers...and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has been spilled!
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781569712399 (1569712395)
Publish date: March 16th 2010
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 136
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Japan,
Action,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Manga,
Supernatural,
Comics Manga,
Seinen
Series: Blade of the Immortal (US) 5 (#1)
A good manga that just isn't for me. I don't think I've read a samurai manga yet that I've loved, so I should probably give the genre a rest for now. Still, I can acknowledge that the art here is uncommonly good, often highly detailed and with a unique flavor. The story seems, from this volume at le...
This is a very fun, very good manga, though one that's exceptionally violent.
Amazing storytelling, it pulls no punches, is absolutely brutal, and poses interesting moral questions.
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