At times, extreme and horrifying, at others, awe-inspiring and beautiful, but does 2019’s Blade of the Immortal anime capture the strange magic of Hiroaki Samura’s chanbara epic? Strange beginnings I think it’s fair to say that Blade of the Immortal has an extreme beginning: I’m thinking of Sabato Kuroi, with the severed heads of Rin’s… Continue reading The End of Blade of the Immortal: a merciless fate, stained in blood
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