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Blade of the Immortal is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from June 1993 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in 30 tankōbon volumes. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the cursed samurai Manji, who has to kill 1,000 evil men in order to regain his mortality.
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A story of revenge against unspecified number of villains affiliated with certain group/organisation responsible for killing protagonist's family. The immortal is a supporting character with very strong regenerative ability. Many characters, all scarred, all seek revenge, all burdened by trauma, all strong fighters, almost all have reasons to kill each other. Show manages to create a dark, heavy and borderline depre…More
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I'm honestly surprised I gave this show until the twelveth episode to review it, as by episode six I was already struggling to find a reason to continue (For those unaware, my review policy is that I will stop watching an anime to review it if it gives me no reason to keep watching, a minimum of six episodes), but since I had already started watching it when it was eighteen episodes in, I figured I'd give it a bit l…