Oštrica besmrtnika 2

無限の住人 [Mugen no Jūnin] #2

by Hiroaki Samura, Dunja Ilić (Translator)

Oštrica besmrtnika je remek-delo Hiroakija Samure, perfektno osmišljena priča koja govori o periodu šogunata Tokugava i vremenu kada je Japan bio na razmeđu feudalnog sistema i modernog doba. Scene borbe Hiroakija Samure spadaju
među najlepše oslikane sekvence u istoriji japanskog stripa.

Rin i Manđi širom Edoa bezuspešno tragaju za vođom Ito-rjua. Ali na putu će im se naći Šizuma Eiku, samuraj koji čak i besmrtnika poput Manđija podseti na to kako izgleda strahovati za život.

Manđi je ronin nad kojim se nadvija prokletstvo. Odgovoran je za smrt stotinu čestitih ljudi i može da se iskupi samo ako
ubije hiljadu zlikovaca. Dotad je osuđen na život besmrtnika. Opremljen arsenalom oružja i besmrtnim telom, Manđi otkriva da je najteže breme prokletstva naći cilj za koji se vredi boriti.

Genres: Manga, Comics, Fantasy, Seinen, Action, Martial Arts, Graphic Novels

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1994

About the author

Hiroaki Samura ( 沙村広明) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for writing and illustrating the manga Blade of the Immortal (1993-2012). Among his other manga series Die Wergelder (2011-2018) and Wave, Listen to Me!, the latter serialised since 2014.

Reviews

[Tar Buendía · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un tomo dedicado a la presentación de algunas complejidades de la historia y a ahondar en los personajes.

Pero por encima de todo sale Makie por primera vez.

[Shin Donghae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pada volume dua ini, alur cerita berkembang dengan cukup baik. Sampai volume ini saya masih berdecak kagum dengan artwork Samura sensei.
Kehadiran tokoh demi tokoh dengan masa lalu yang trenyuh, dijabarkan dengan cukup baik.

[Rubén · Rating 3 out of 5]

No es un mal número, simplemente creo que los protagonistas se desarrollan bien pero los enemigos se sienten demasiado huecos y sin gracia.

[Vladimir Veškovac · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oduševljenje!
Prva polovina razbija.

[Willem van der Horst · Rating 3 out of 5]

Drawing and style are truly beautiful, though in terms of story and keeping my interest, the second volume is not doing much more for me than the first. I think I might stop here.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Estuvo agotado bastante tiempo, así que me tardé un rato en leérmelo. Por lo que veo los tomos siguen siendo bastante independientes, así que si puedo llegar a leer el #3 seguro me mandé, y si no quedará en suspenso hasta nuevo aviso, salvo que me ponga a saltear tomos.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing manga .one of my favorites

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Σαν το πρώτο και αυτό. Υπέροχα σχέδια και εκφράσεις και φυσικά πολύ αίμα.

[Jinx:The:Poet {the LiteraryWanderer & WordRoamer} · Rating 5 out of 5]

[REVIEW FOR THE SERIES...]

Blade of the Immortal (Vol. 1-31)

Blade of the Immortal (Japanese: 無限の住人 Hepburn: Mugen no Jūnin, lit. "The Inhabitant of Infinity") is a Japanese seinen manga series by Hiroaki Samura. The series is set in Japan during the mid-Tokugawa Shogunate period and follows the samurai Manji, cursed with eternal life, who now has to kill 1000 evil men in order to regain his mortality. The series ran from 1993 to 2012, and has garnered itself quite a fan following and now has several animated and movie adaptions.



The Blade of the Immortal series is perhaps one of my top favorite manga series of all time and I’ve read a lot of manga in my life. I’m still not completely sure what it is about this series that worked for me; all I know is it did. The truth is it is a very dark, violent, historical manga with elements of fantasy and mysticism. Much of it involves very gritty and gory sword fighting scenes and super fascinating cast of characters, heroes, villains and all shades in between. The story keeps you on the edge of your seat, if you manage push past the first few chapters, which can be very confusing honestly. Once you get into the meat of it though, it becomes enthralling, disturbing and even emotional. And the art...well it’s exquisite and only improves as you continue through the volumes... Check it.



WOW. Epic no? So this is Manji, our cursed yet extremely skilled samurai hero (anti-hero?) who is on a quest to kill 1000 evil men in oder to relieve himself of this curse and die peacefully. So it all starts when he is the cause of the death of 100 good samurai, due to his criminal actions, and is cursed to immortality, (by means of "sacred bloodworms" (血仙蟲 kessen-chū) that allow him to survive nearly every injury and even reattach dismembered limbs, by a 800-year-old nun. After a tragic turn of events he then vows to make amends for his sins that will allow his curse to be ended. This dark endeavor for redemption causes him much sorrow and suffering, but Manji always manages to persevere. His life only gets more complicated, however, when he meets Rin.



Manji later crosses paths with a young girl, named Asano Rin, and promises to help her avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by the mysterious and evil Anotsu Kagehisa. Anotsu killed Rin's father and his entire dōjō, making them a family of outcasts. Anotsu's quest is to gather other outcasts and form an extremely powerful new dojo, the Ittō-ryū (a school teaching any technique that wins, no matter how exotic or underhanded), and has started taking over and destroying other dojos, and threatens to defy the honorable system of the samurai realm.



Manji and Rin team up together to hunt down the savage Anotsu, which leads them on a perilous adventure, down a simultaneous path of revenge and redemption. I love the platonic dynamic between Manji and Rin. This series is a wonderfully thought out read, amazing illustrated and filled to the brim with action, excitement, mystery, and suspense and of course, a load of violent sword fighting scenes. There are a series of other interesting characters that I will not go into in this review, but suffice it to say, Blade of the Immortal is a read to remember. I highly recommend this to seinen manga fans, but not to the squeamish or faint of heart. This is a very graphic series.

[OFFICIAL RATING: 4.8 STARS]