Product Description

To rid himself of the curse of immortality, Manji, a ronin warrior, must kill one thousand enemies, yet things take a drastic turn when he meets up with a young girl who is in search of revenge on her parents' killers. Original.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #253469 in Books
• Published on: 1997-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

Customer Reviews

A work of art, from start to finish.
I was after this book for some time. And it was truly worth the wait. In fact, its worth its weight in gold.

The artwork is amazing, the story is captivating. I would have given this book 6 stars if I could, it is the only Manga comic I get, because it is the best I've ever read. All we need now is the Manga Video series of it.

A classic, which maintains its quality over the series
I bought this book because I was impressed by the artwork, but found that the art wasn't the only great thing about this series.
The story starts off a little hazy (Samura doesn't seem to be able to make up his wind on the plot), but it soon regulates and keeps getting better. The immortality thing sounds cheesy (it's been done to death, but best applied in 3x3 Eyes), but Samura uses it as an excuse to give the reader amazing swordfights, where are "invinsible hero" isn't a strong as he first appears (He's always getting carved up, but never killed), but still prooves himself to be the coolest comic character to date.
If you want a samurai type of graphic novel, then this is samurai period on the wild side (it isn't too concerned with the honor factor of many samurai period comics) as it focuses on the side of martial arts as a system of fighting, rather than a parlour game (as a practicing martial artist this subject strikes a particular note with me).
A more traditional (but equally violent) samurai period series I also recommend for the traditionalists out there recommend is "Lone Wolf and Cub", personally I'd get both (hey, I did!).
In short, this is an epic series with love, betrayal, a long running essay (it's the basis of the story) on the potential mess of wrongly tought martial arts, and lots and lots of violence (plus dechanged parts of bodies, not for the easily disturbed).

This is simply the best story I've ever read..
What would you do if you where granted Immortality? Embrace it? Or find a way out of it? When a wise-craking, swords master is given eternal life he desides to give it up by killing a thousand evil men in the name of good, justice, and the Japanese way.