Title: Blade of the Immortal.
Volume: 2.
Writer(s): Hiroaki Samura.
Illustrator(s): HIROAKI SAMURA.
Translator(s): Dana Lewis & Toren Smith.
Letterer(s): Tomoko Saito.
Publisher: Black Horse Manga.
Format: Hardcover – Deluxe Edition.
Release Date: February 23rd 2021.
Pages: 536.
Genre(s): Comics, Fantasy, Historical Fiction.
ISBN13: 9781506721002.
My Overall Rating:
Previously in the Blade of the Immortal Manga:
Blade of the Immortal (Vol. 1) by Hiroaki Samura.
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Love that hardcover edition, looks great! As for the content, looks definitely interesting, but it seems to me to be something for the right mood. Great review, Lashaan!
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Very wise of you to say that! 😛 It is indeed something that needs to be read in the right midnset. Otherwise, you’ll spot way too many flaws and get drowned in them along the way. 😀 Thanks for reading, Ola!
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I’m waiting for my copy of Fullmetal Alchemist right now, so this might linger on a while… Good to know, though! 😀
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I am always a fan of larger format manga. I think that is why I like Akira so much 😀
How heavy is this book anyway?
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I agree! It’s also much cooler on a bookshelf than the traditional tankobon format hahah They weigh around 1.5kg. Nothing too insane. 😛
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Awesome, glad to hear the series continues to deliver. Definitely still one I’d love to read one day. When you’ve collected them all it’ll make quite an impressive addition to your book shelves. 🙂
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Speaking of your book shelves, I see the first volume resting atop Watchmen. 🙂
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Hahahah I need to rearrange my shelves soon; it’s a bit chaotic nowadays. I told myself I’ll do that when I make my big move soon! 😀
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I look forward to discovering how the rest of the manga goes. It was definitely interesting how the fantasy elements were suddenly gone for the span of the three volumes included in this one. Hope you’ll enjoy this manga when you get the chance, Todd! 😀
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I like ‘character going on journey and learning things along the way’ trope. This sounds great and that pencil art looks amazing. Fantastic review, Lashaan!
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Yes! It’s easy to blindly go after someone out of vengeance but when you got time to think about it, you start asking yourself a lot of questions! Thanks for reading, Yesha! 😀
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Well I don’t know what to say except that this seems like amazing art!
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I’m glad to hear your appreciation of the art! It is indeed impressive! 😀
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I don’t think, you’ll persuade me to try manga, but I really like the art work, both the cover and the black and white drawings.
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Hahah no worries! I’m glad that you still took the time to read this review even if you don’t have any interest in the medium though. I appreciate it! 🙂
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I like how the black and white sketch seems to focus the reader’s attention on the content more than on the “flashy.”
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Exactly. It’s the upside of manga and some black-and-white comic book/graphic novels! 😀
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Funnily enough I recently just started watching the Amazon anime series that adapts these manga – which I guess you haven’t watched since you’re making your way though the manga volumes?
As with Invincible, I highly recommend it and based on your review I think I’ll be checking out the manga when I finish the anime series (that art is fantastic, gladly the anime adopts the same sort of style) – great stuff Lashaan, I think I missed your review of volume 1 so will check that out now!
P.S. Tangent alert! Have you seen Batman: The Long Halloween Part One yet? It’s ACE. Warners/DC are knocking it out of the park with this new line of DC animated films, Superman: Man of Tomorrow was really good, Justice Society: World War II was flippin’ great and now this…I am HAPPY.
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Yep. I have a great who finished watching the Amazon anime adaptation and mentioned that it was pretty cool. Like Invincible, I’ll probably save them up for after I finish through the source material but I’m glad to hear how it has caught your attention though!
I’m a bit ashamed to not have gotten through any of those but I’m extremely happy to hear your quick thoughts on them (where are them exquisite review at, sir???) 😀 I definitely got them queued up for viewing though and am convinced that they’ll be pretty good! 😀
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Haha, yeah I know man, I just consume that much that I get a bit lost/overwhelmed and don’t find time to review them. Hope you enjoy, I really do think DC are doing exceptionally well with these recent animated efforts.
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