Blade of the Immortal

BAD187 · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 15, 2005 Posts: 59

didnt mean to post as a guest, didnt know i was ofline. for the vagabond readers, i got it till volume 18 so its out and ready to be dl'ed or bought. cant wait for 19 and 20.

jiroubu · newbie! Joined: Mar 12, 2005 Posts: 5

YES. ,, , , YES YES i totally agreee wit this being one fo te bloodiest mangas i've read in ages! (ok, dat wouldnt be rite coz i aint read that many! just about 30 odd series i think)

the story is cool and the decapitation is amazing! y do we like blood and death so much?! ahhhh, well, i enjoyed it thoroughly! Laughing

Pepius · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 55

Now this is a great manga, probably one of the best samurai manga around, along with the great classic that Lone Wolf and Cub is. (I think it also depends if you consider Usagi Yojimbo to be manga or not (which I don't, btw))

And yes, the art is simply amazing, and there's a lot of blood in there, but if you read it for those things, you really are missing the point. The thing about BotI is it's story, it's well rounded characters and the overall realistic feel of the manga. (little worms aside ;p) Most characters have their own motivations, and they're not black or white, but move in shades of grey. Also, they don't relay on single flashy attacks like in the typical fighting series, and the story advances so that fights come along naturally, and doesn't have that videogame feel when the main character seems to be going from one stage to another killing bosses and gaining secondary characters... ;p

Oh, and you can't deny that the fact that the main character gets his arse kicked so much is something to appreciate in a world filled with unbeatable protagonists...

oldskldoood · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Apr 11, 2005 Posts: 89

great art

GWYN4 · Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:37 am Post subject:

I found a page from which I can download volumes 1- 14:

http://bizual.free.fr/boi.php

How much of the series it is? As I understand this still not finished... (damn why so many good things are not finished, I swear I will not read anything that I cannot get a whole at once so I can read as much as I want till the end and not wait for next chapter for 2 or 3 weeks Confused

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Kiffer · newbie! Joined: Apr 19, 2005 Posts: 27

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enygma · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Apr 05, 2005 Posts: 348

Geez, I've been reading this in bookstores but for some reason, there's been nothing since vol. 12. Does anybody know if there are more English translated volumes out? Because if there are, then the local store isn't doing a good job stocking them.

yukari_yukino · newbie! Joined: Jun 11, 2005 Posts: 11

I really love the distinctiveness of the manga style. The plot is pretty cool and excessive violence and blood is always a plus! Laughing

Maglad · Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:03 pm Post subject:

I dont know if excesive violence is a plus or not, but i dont know if there is excesive violence in this manga either. The figths are not there just to show blood, they are there as part of the plot and that is important to me. The figths are usually over decorated with backgrounds and motives around the characthers, and a few of the weapons are made up by the artist, who ahs recognized who doesnt knows nothing at all about weapons, martial arts or samurai.... but he sure knows a lot about writting and drawing, definitively. A bgreat manga if you are reading it for its awesome history, a poor manga if you expect realism or well represented figthing styles.
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surelol · newbie! Joined: May 29, 2005 Posts: 10

any website to d/l this manga ?

Bambi · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject:

http://www.xappy.com/eternalleech/newsscript/blade.php

It has Blade of the immortal upto vol 9 i think.

cola · newbie! Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 35

woah I love this manga. Maybe the main plot is nothing new. (Samurai-revenge-slice and dice yada..yada yada.) But superb artwork, cool characters, and nice twists.

And like Pepius said, the characters are not black and white, each has their own motivation. Just how I like it Very Happy

It's better than Lone Wolf and Cub too.

I am starting to like Anotsu now. can't wait to read the next volume!
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Swiftstorm · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 78

How many volumes is this going for so far? (got 1-14 from site mentioned above...read it and liked it a lot)

shodan · newbie! Joined: May 28, 2004 Posts: 18

yea im not too sure either as to how many volumes they will come out with. i need to start reading it again Cool

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