Blade of the Immortal 16
Posted: April 30, 2011 Filed under: Blade of the Immortal Leave a comment »Hiroaki Samura – Dark Horse – 2006 – 27+ volumes
Here’s another series I just can’t get enough of. Again, I find myself writing this volume up so that I can finally get on with the next one.
I was hesitant to read about Manji getting tortured in prison. Some of that happens here. But there is at least some purpose to it. Rather than just killing him over and over to get him to agree to something, he’s being experimented on to find a method to transfer his immortality to another. The things they do are excruciating, sure, but nothing like what Manji has to put up with in battle. Of course, Manji’s not helpless, either. He comes up with a rather devious escape plan with the help of the man that’s being used as his immortal guinea pig. It’s great stuff, and not quite as brutal as I thought it would be. At least, not yet.
Interestingly, Manji isn’t the one that cracks under pressure. The task of turning a man immortal drives one of the doctors insane first.
Elsewhere, Rin is frustrated with not being able to find Manji, and returns to her family home. But she is soon… ambushed by travelers, a quiet man and a vicious and very selfish little girl. Rin tries to rationalize the guests and get along with them. This is… very strange so far.
I don’t have that much to say, but I tore through this volume pretty fast. I have a feeling that will happen for a lot of these volumes to come. I’ve become pretty fanatical about this series.
