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Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Volume 8
It's time for the epic showdown fan have been waiting for—Manji against Shira!
Despite having lost one of his arms, Manji's rapid healing abilities mean he's still a formidable opponent, but the sadistic Shira has some incredibly depraved tricks up his sleeve. Manji will have his work cut out for him taking down his greatest foe. Meanwhile, Anotsu embarrasses the shogunate.
Blade of the Immortal has won numerous awards across the globe, including the Eisner Award in America, the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan, and multiple British Eagle Awards—among many other international accolades. Samura’s manga epic was made into a complete anime series in 2008 and was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2017.
Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 23 to 25 in the original 7" x 10" serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.
Despite having lost one of his arms, Manji's rapid healing abilities mean he's still a formidable opponent, but the sadistic Shira has some incredibly depraved tricks up his sleeve. Manji will have his work cut out for him taking down his greatest foe. Meanwhile, Anotsu embarrasses the shogunate.
Blade of the Immortal has won numerous awards across the globe, including the Eisner Award in America, the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan, and multiple British Eagle Awards—among many other international accolades. Samura’s manga epic was made into a complete anime series in 2008 and was adapted into a live-action film by Takashi Miike in 2017.
Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 23 to 25 in the original 7" x 10" serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.
672 pages, Hardcover
Published March 7, 2023
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Hiroaki Samura
475 books246 followersHiroaki 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.
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
November 30, 2025
A lot slower then previous volumes but that’s mainly due to a lot of build up and set up for plot reasons. The last couple volumes taking place in the prison den was top notch stuff and this slows the momentum a little. The 3 separate story lines keep you thinking and wondering whats next. The Itto-Ryu some how are being rooted for by me which is crazy and kagimuras squad I’m hating(what a turn of events). Shira is still number 1 scumbag big time! So happy to have such a hated character in this, a good villain really adds so much intensity!
Great volume overall and I really liked the massacre chapters!
Stay Nerdy!
Great volume overall and I really liked the massacre chapters!
Stay Nerdy!
April 1, 2023
(Zero spoiler review) 4.5/5
I wish, I truly wish that more manga was like Blade of the Immortal. The haunting beauty of the artwork and the stark fragility of the writing is so far above anything else within the medium (and not just because of the sublime Dark Horse deluxe editions), as to make anything else I've found within manga utterly fail in comparison. That said, if there are any manga as well written (firstly) and as maturely and artistically drawn as this, then please let me know. Then I could exorcise the agony inside me, and leave western comics in the dirt where their cultural marxism and ideology has driven them. A medium that values fans and gives them stories they want sounds oh so appealing. I really do wish more manga was like BotI.
To say this was a rollercoaster would be an unfair use of a considerably overused analogy. But it bloody was, and its (as usual) really bloody good. The cast is probably at its most expansive here, and that doesn't bother me one bit. I love it. The ongoing central theme running throughout the book since page one, that of Rin's quest for vengeance with the aid of Manji is still present, but now has numerous other interweaving characters and plot threads. The results of which are, as mentioned, bloody fantastic. I like every single one of them for various reasons, regardless of where their allegiances lie, what their motivations are, or their morality. Their are some pretty heinous people still left here, yet they are all unique and interestingly executed. There was even a little humor thrown in here, something that is far more miss than hit in comics, but Samura pulls it off with aplomb. To have created such a majestic, long running story, with the same breathtaking art is something that can never be understated or underappreciated. And the cliffhanger that this volume left me on... I wasn't paying attention to the pages disappearing, so engrossed was I with the final arc, that when I ran out of pages and realised I would be waiting months for the next instalment, I was crestfallen. The man is seemingly without peer.
To get the same artist on a modern western comic for more than six issues seems a rare thing, but Samura will have given us more than 6000 pages of HIS story and HIS art when this is all said and done. Please read this, and please buy the deluxe editions. I promise you won't regret it. 4.5/5
OmniBen.
I wish, I truly wish that more manga was like Blade of the Immortal. The haunting beauty of the artwork and the stark fragility of the writing is so far above anything else within the medium (and not just because of the sublime Dark Horse deluxe editions), as to make anything else I've found within manga utterly fail in comparison. That said, if there are any manga as well written (firstly) and as maturely and artistically drawn as this, then please let me know. Then I could exorcise the agony inside me, and leave western comics in the dirt where their cultural marxism and ideology has driven them. A medium that values fans and gives them stories they want sounds oh so appealing. I really do wish more manga was like BotI.
To say this was a rollercoaster would be an unfair use of a considerably overused analogy. But it bloody was, and its (as usual) really bloody good. The cast is probably at its most expansive here, and that doesn't bother me one bit. I love it. The ongoing central theme running throughout the book since page one, that of Rin's quest for vengeance with the aid of Manji is still present, but now has numerous other interweaving characters and plot threads. The results of which are, as mentioned, bloody fantastic. I like every single one of them for various reasons, regardless of where their allegiances lie, what their motivations are, or their morality. Their are some pretty heinous people still left here, yet they are all unique and interestingly executed. There was even a little humor thrown in here, something that is far more miss than hit in comics, but Samura pulls it off with aplomb. To have created such a majestic, long running story, with the same breathtaking art is something that can never be understated or underappreciated. And the cliffhanger that this volume left me on... I wasn't paying attention to the pages disappearing, so engrossed was I with the final arc, that when I ran out of pages and realised I would be waiting months for the next instalment, I was crestfallen. The man is seemingly without peer.
To get the same artist on a modern western comic for more than six issues seems a rare thing, but Samura will have given us more than 6000 pages of HIS story and HIS art when this is all said and done. Please read this, and please buy the deluxe editions. I promise you won't regret it. 4.5/5
OmniBen.
April 18, 2023
A bold assault on Edo castle. Several duels. Excellently drawn sword work.
June 12, 2023
Damn...what a volume! A tale of two men and the women tied to both. While the first third is mostly our three parties literally moving into position, once they all have lost something, the gloves come off. A sadistic and hated face returns, and deals out punishment I could have done without seeing.
The entire middle chapter dealing with Anotsu and his three strongest carving a bloody path into the stronghold just to send a message was a bloody piece of art. Not to mention the 4 pages of bloody rampage before the giant splash showing the carnage!? Artistic violence at its finest.
The final third is agonizing torture, as we get out long, and shocking rematch between Manji and Shira. Harkens back to the days of the hero fighting from underneath, all odds stacked against him, with a ticking time bomb to work against. I need vol 9 to come soon, as this ends right on a cliffhanger. The end is getting close!
One small thing I could do without, is the disgusting scne of sexual violence on a woman in the first third, I get it was to show how depraved the villain was but it turned my stomach
The entire middle chapter dealing with Anotsu and his three strongest carving a bloody path into the stronghold just to send a message was a bloody piece of art. Not to mention the 4 pages of bloody rampage before the giant splash showing the carnage!? Artistic violence at its finest.
The final third is agonizing torture, as we get out long, and shocking rematch between Manji and Shira. Harkens back to the days of the hero fighting from underneath, all odds stacked against him, with a ticking time bomb to work against. I need vol 9 to come soon, as this ends right on a cliffhanger. The end is getting close!
One small thing I could do without, is the disgusting scne of sexual violence on a woman in the first third, I get it was to show how depraved the villain was but it turned my stomach
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