World Famous Comics: Blade of the Immortal Volume 18: The Sparrow Net (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
Blade of the Immortal Volume 18: The Sparrow Net (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
By: Hiroaki Samura Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 280 Publication Date: February 13, 2008
Product Description: The immortality of the captive Manji is being sorely tested, as the horrifying experiments commanded by Habaki Kagimura in the dungeons below Edo castle continue. One of Kagimura's doctors, Ayame Burando, has already gone half-mad, tormented by the sickening mutilations intended to unlock the secret of passing Manji's amazing regenerative powers to others, and Burando's replacements have upped the ante with their utter incompetence. Meanwhile, Manji's charge, Rin, is desperately trying to find him, but Edo's brutal police are on her trail, and the race is on for Rin to free her immortal bodyguard before she joins him behind bars!
One of the least entertaining in the series Despite being one of the longer books, this one was rather boring and inconclusive - by comparison, mind you. The art was consistent as always, but the writing seemed unusually uninspired. While not quite filler, much of the book seemed superfluous. Hopefully, this interstitial material is leading up to a thrilling plot twist in the next installment.
Blade of the Immortal gets back on track Best volume in a while. The last volume felt more like filler with such a focus on the Manji experiment. This volume is longer and has a bit of everything with something for everyone. There is a focus on Rin and Doa with some of her and Isaku's backstory. The artwork is excellent as always and has more diverse locales now that the action has moved out of the focus on the dungeon scenes of the previous volume. As the series as progressed Samura characters have become more differentiated, in some of the early volumes characters would be drawn similar enough to make it difficult of tell them apart. This was especially true in the woman who tended to have similar features. The volume is also a longer read than some of the others which was a nice change as some of the previous volumes could be almost entirely focused on long fight sequence. Which were very well drawn and composed but were very fast reads.
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