Blade of the Immortal 19
Posted: June 10, 2011 Filed under: Blade of the Immortal 2 Comments »Hiroaki Samura – Dark Horse – 2008 – 27+ volumes
This was a short volume, and also a transitional one. It was all Rin and Doa sneaking into the underground tunnels to try and infiltrate Edo castle to rescue Manji.
It’s obvious by the scope of what they’re doing that this is a dry run (plus Rin mentions it just before they go in), so even though there’s some danger of being caught, it was less dramatic than I liked since I knew there would be another, better sneak attack coming after this.
What else? There’s some more character development for Hyakurin. I like that she is sticking around. She’s playing a less active role in the story due to her injury, but she’s still got an interesting part to play. I liked her talk with Anotsu last volume, and a very serious issue comes up in this one that… it’s a tough call to make indeed. Giichi helps her with it. She also gets to fuel the flames of unrest among the women of Edo, hoping that it helps draw the terrible experiments to light and leads to Manji’s freedom.
But nothing’s that easy, of course. The next volume should be amazing after all this exposition.
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I actually found this volume to be the start of Rin really kicking so much butt. Her character really seems to grow during the whole “rescue Manji” ordeal.
I wrote about this particular arc and how it relates to people craving immortality. You can read it at: http://www.mangatherapy.com/post/9678924119/blade-of-the-immortal-immortality
The “Prison” arc is really, really good and intense. Two little girls causing so much trouble for the Shogunate never has been so much fun to read.