Blade of the Immortal Volume 19: Badger Hole (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
The time for reconnaissance, planning, and waiting is over! Rin and Doa, desperate to be reunited with their friends (or even reassured that they're alive), take their first bold steps in penetrating Edo Castle's defenses and foiling Kagimura's foul "immortality" experiments! A trip to an old doctor, a chance encounter with a high-strung peasant, and an appearance by a strange, all-new Itto-ryu warrior combine to make this volume an important series of encounters in persistent Rin's quest to find Manji and Isaku-and in her own growth as a warrior! The "Badger Hole" is a dank passageway that leads to an underground tunnel system beneath Edo Castle. With some new skills and tricks, these two young ladies brave darkness and the promise of death to run headlong towards Kagimura's cruel prisons, where Manji hangs drugged and helpless!
Blade of the Immortal Volume 18: The Sparrow Net (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
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!
Blade of the Immortal Volume 20: Demon's Lair (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
A massive, 280-page volume brings readers back into the "Badger Hole" with Rin and Doa, as they make some shocking discoveries and finally find their missing companions! When Rin bumps into Toraemon, the unfortunate assistant to crazy Doc Burando and witness to his disgusting "immortality experiments," it seems that breaking Manji free will be a breeze. Not so. Getting Manji out of Edo's nightmarish underground cells and dank tunnel systems will be just as arduous as the ordeal of locating him was!
Blade of the Immortal Volume 17: On the Perfection of Anatomy (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
Manji, the immortal swordsman, lies imprisoned in the bakufu stronghold of the mysterious Habaki Kagemura. Seeking to impart the life-extending powers of the Manji's kessen chu bloodworms to other humans, Kagimura orders his medical examiners to discover the secrets of Manji's amazing regenerative abilities. Using a series of convicts as live subjects in an increasingly grisly series of twisted experiments, Burando, Kagimura's lead medical examiner, begins to grow more desperate and sickened with each horrifying failure. And through it all, Manji lives, and regenerates, and bides his time for the moment that he can pay back his tormentors... limb by limb!
Blade Of The Immortal Volume 16: Shortcut (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
As Rin frets over her bodyguard Manji's disappearance, she is surprised by the arrival of two traveling warriors, the feisty, headstrong Doa Yoshino and her huge, brutish companion, Isaku Yasono-okami. Rin quickly regrets her decision to let this strange couple stay with her, but her detective work takes priority when she returns to the stronghold of Habaki Kagamura to search for Manji. Meanwhile, Kagimura's medical examiners begin to test the seemingly immortal Manji, who is imprisoned, chained and a very unwilling toy in their merciless hands!
Blade Of The Immortal Volume 15: Trickster (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
Blade of the Immortal: Dreamsong
from Dark Horse
Makie is a natural-born killer bred to be a geisha. Splitting her life between servitude and slaughter could lead to an untimely death, so it`s time she chooses a path, but her choice could mean trouble for Manji, the immortal samurai. It`s round two for the man who gave up his right to die and the woman who gave up her right to dream. And this time, there`ll be no winners.
Blade of the Immortal: Dark Shadows
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
Anotsu Kagehisa has turned his Ittö-ryü into the most famous sword school in Japan, a dojo of outcasts and eccentrics who`ve slaughtered their way to the top of Japan`s world of the blade. But as the old Japanese saying goes, The nail that sticks up gets hammered down, and now Anotsu must relearn that ancient lesson when he discovers the existence of the Akagi, a mysterious organization formed from the survivors of the many rival sword schools destroyed by the ruthless Ittö-ryü. The Akagi are sworn to vengeance against Anotsu`s dojo, but what Anotsu doesn`t know is that the Akagi are wooing the immortal samurai, Manji, to join them in their war to exterminate the Ittö-ryü!
Blade of the Immortal: The Gathering
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
The immortal samurai, Manji, and his charge, Rin have lost their best chance to avenge the death of Rin`s parents at the hands of Anotsu Kagehisa`s renegade sword school, the deadly Itto-ryu. Manji and Rin`s alliance with the mysterious Mugai-ryu assassins has failed, and now for Rin to pursue her parents` killer, she must pass through the Shogun`s checkpoints that control the roads out of Edo, a task she must perform without Manji, who is one of the most wanted men in all Japan and she is sure to be detected. When Manji discovers Rin has gone, he faces the impossible choice of storming the checkpoint by force or leaving Rin to face Anotsu and his trained killers alone. And when Rin is falsely named as an accomplice in a savage murder, the stakes are raised ever higher as she faces even greater odds to fulfill her blood oath! Collecting issues #1-8 of The Gathering series.
Blade Of The Immortal Volume 13: Mirror Of The Soul (Blade of the Immortal (Graphic Novels))
by Hiroaki Samura
from Dark Horse
Anotsu Kagehisa, master swordsman and leader of the rogue Itto-ryu dojo, has sheathed his blade for the moment to join in marriage with the daughter of yet another dojo soon to be brought under his dark wing. But for a man of action, the formal traditions of feudal Japan can be just as tense and fraught with hidden agendas as the battlefield. And while Anotsu may indulge in a moment of peace, his enemies are not at rest, among them Rin, who has stalked him for years to take revenge for the murder of her parents. Anotsu had best make sure that if he stops to smell the flowers, he doesn't end up losing his head!
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