Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Volume 1

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Hiroaki Samura's massive manga series spawned two anime adaptations, a spinoff novel, an art book, and a live-action film! Readers will be drawn into this epic tale, even when there are moments they would prefer to look away. It’s a rich and complex drama with a strong core relationship between the immortal Manji and the young Rin, and a constantly shifting moral high ground, where shades of grey and immediate practicality predominate.

Manji is a master swordsman whose life is saved by an old woman who introduces bloodworms into him, mystical creatures that can sense when he’s badly wounded and rapidly heal those wounds. Dishonored military leader Kagimura must destroy Anotsu and the hated Itto-ryu school, so he forms the new Rokki-dan gang of odd criminal misfits to help him track Anotsu down. Samura’s stark black-and-white drawings combine precision and a gritty, gestural line in riveting, powerfully expressive illustrations .

Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 1 to 3 in the original 7x10 serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. At the same time the Ittō-ryū swordsmen are on a mission to close down all other sword schools that won’t adopt their more broad based methods. Samura is a master of movement, and the characters really sweep across the pages during the incredibly choreographed action sequences. Samura's storytelling tour-de-force also won Japan's Media Arts Award, several British Eagle Awards, and an Eisner Award, among other international accolades. Blade of the Immortal is a monumental achievement to rank alongside the greatest comics, with the total of it better than the sum of its 219 chapters, almost none of which are individually unsatisfying.

The omnibus spines are really cool but it will most likely bend and curve if they are read multiple times.