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HMM... THAT'S PROBABLY THE "PATH TO THE SHRINE." Read the first page
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"What will these hollow men be good for?",
By Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blade of the Immortal Volume 10: Secrets: Secrets v. 10 (Paperback)
Due to the accident of the order I read this series in, the last several have been horrendously violent. There can be a certain elegance to the dealing of death, but Hiroaki Samura goes beyond the surface ritual and frequently reminds us that it is not graceful technique, but winning that determines survival. This is an ugly lesson, and Samura never fails to make it clear. In any case, I'd gotten to inured to pieces of people flying all over that I was quite surprised upon reaching 'Secrets' to find the events focused on character development. No doubt, this was intentional on the part of the storyteller, and quite effective.The book opens upon Anotsu Kagehisa making he was through Kaga on his way to the Shingyoto-Ryu sword school. Its master, Ibane Kensui, has decided to offer the school to Anotsu if he will accept one certain condition. Ibane wants Anotsu to marry Hisoka, his ward. This opens a series of interchanges between Anotsu, Ibane and Hisoka that are quite revealing. Anotsu has actually never been portrayed as an completely evil man, and now we discover that he as some very positive reasons for his actions, nor is he the sort to take thoughtless advantage of Hisoka. Back in Edo, Manji is recovering (actually, reassembling himself) at Master Sori's painting studio. Sori was the man who originally funded Rin's quest for revenge, and recently Manji has realized that the painter in blood is one of the Shogun's spies. Manji is, as usual, something of an ingrate, and he still cannot bring himself to trust Hyakurin, the woman spy who rescued him from his last disaster. As Manji puzzles this out, he discovers that there will be one more guest at Sori's home, Magatso Taito of the Itto-Ryu, who Manji has fought more than once. In fact, each man thought the other was dead. Manji discovers that Magatso has left the Itto-Ryu and is searching for the swordsman who killed the woman he loved. Surprisingly, Manji knows the killer as well - Shira, who has a grudge of his own against Manji. The two swordsmen find themselves drawn together against a single enemy. With all this happening, Samura still takes time to show Rin, who is having her own struggles making her way to a showdown in Kaqa. Taken in total, this is one of the best of the series, reinstating the sense of story line and helping the reader to see some of the characters in a different light. Some mysteries are resolved, and some new questions allowed to surface. This is truly a showpiece of illustration and narrative.
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swwish! swwosh!,
By themysticanimal "themysticanimal" (dubai,uae.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blade of the Immortal Volume 10: Secrets: Secrets v. 10 (Paperback)
man ,what a cool cover!it deserves a five star for that only.unfortunately it's my first blade book,and that made the book unenjoyable ,storywise.as for the art,i tell you this ,the japan media arts award 1998 and will eisner comic industry award wasn't given to it for nothing,the art is as the cover indicates,blalance,swift,elegant.topped with an approaching excitement. the story starts with anotsu ,a young swordsman ,a master in that field as we're shown later,arriving at a dojo he's supposed to take charge of ,but greeted with school yard bollying kind of welcome.then we visit the immortal one, manji,recovering from fatal wounds,and his feelings toward rin ,his charge,and hers towards him.there is also a visit from an old acquaintance of minji,and some comic countryside traveling. it's not a bad book ,a lot of enchanting images,but it shouldn't be your first purchase of this series.
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The Series Continues...,
This review is from: Blade of the Immortal Volume 10: Secrets: Secrets v. 10 (Paperback)
Hiroaki Samura does it again, with the tenth part of the Blade of the Immortal series. As ever the story and fight scenes are top notch, but don't buy this if you want a whole novel about Manji as he is healing. This is mainly about Anotsu Kagehisa (but that's no big loss he's cool too).An essential buy for manga fans and followers of the series, though it would be wise to buy some of the earlier novels first if you're new to this series because you'll get confused otherwise.
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