Audience reviews
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13ad
The manga is one of the best in its style, about samurai and that historical period. It is a very bloody, ruthless story about revenge and about... the journey of the Immortal Manji.
But the anime smooths over some of the brutal moments from the manga. Plus, the anime removed the ENTIRE storyline, but cut out enough scenes and some scenes are not always clear, because if the manga talks about something in detail, then in the anime it all goes faster and you have to follow the events even more closely so as not to get confused.
As for censorship, yes, they don't show us in detail, for example, how a person is eaten alive, but they still left the brutality itself, especially in the fights, when they cut off arms, legs, fingers, throats, etc. The mangaka is still pretty good at such details…
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I saw the cover of this anime, it seems interesting because of the story setting, in ancient times.
I found some scenes uncomfortable to watch, too much abuse of cute girls and boys, this anime has no morals, the main character is too selfish and childish.
At that time I watched this anime at the beginning of covid, because I had free time and was curious because it seemed like it would be exciting, there would be action or sword fighting, it would definitely make me in a good mood at that time, but it didn't.
It took me 3 weeks to finish this anime and 4 months to overcome my depression, then I went to a psychologist. thankfully I can still distinguish between reality and anime.
Read at the sourceOniChanImOnly12
One of the most surprising aspects of this anime is the complete absence of fanservice. For a series that delves deeply into mature themes and doesn't shy away from graphic violence and gore, the lack of fanservice feels out of place in the context of typical anime tropes. Many fans expect at least a degree of fanservice to balance the darker elements, and its absence here makes "Mugen no Juunin: Immortal" feel somewhat sterile and incomplete as an anime experience. The decision to focus solely on gore without the lighter, often expected elements of fanservice is both surprising and disappointing.
On the visual side, the anime does not disappoint. The fight scenes are beautifully choreographed, and the animation quality is top-notch, capturing the brutal and bloody nature of the story. Th…
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tl;dr: An anime that has a few highs and points of interest, but is largely a mess that doesn’t handle anything its trying to do well.
This anime is a very strange one. It starts off simple enough. A girl named Rin wants revenge on a school of samurai known as the Itto-ryu, particularly its leader Anotsu, for the murder of her father and rape and kidnapping of her mother. She’s not strong enough to accomplish this, so she is advised to hire someone to fight alongside her. She ends up hiring Maji, a swordsman that seems to be pretty laid back due to how he’s somewhat lazy and constantly making jokes, but is actually the immortal Hundred Man Killer, who killed a hundred innocent men and was cursed to wander the Earth until he killed one thousand evil men in repentance.
Though reluctant at…
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This is one of those animes that you would enjoy if you studied a bit about the history revolving around the period. Though I cannot confirm the costumes' accuracy nor the protagonist's Rin's mindset to be accurate, the overall picture of seeing how the samurai is represented is told very well.
Starting with a few points to cover, the buildup of the tale is pretty average, there are the major heroes, there are the villains with empathetic backgrounds, and there are the average "hero's journey" conflicts along.
The art is actually quite well done. I enjoyed the unique way of depicting the characters and the colors to be put giving a raw and bloody feel to feudal Japan. However, how often the fights occur is a bit absurd. What I must comment on is that this anime is not afraid to show som…
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Edo period. Decapitation. Evisceration. Disembowelment. The breaking of Gods weld. Interchangeable arms. Good guys (are there really any?!?) cavorting with bad guys. Powerful women. Not like the stronger they are the less clothes they wear power but true powerful, intelligent, skilled women who are looked upon as equal threats. The Japanese version of Dr. Frankenstein. And romance. Yes I said it, romance. The blood saturated snow is soaked in romance.
Mugen no Juunin: Immortal makes the Godfather Trilogy look like a birthday party at your mother-in-laws house. Not your cup of tea? Go back and watch another season of Pokemon.
Nice ending. Not like Cowboy Bebop ending but nice.
Read at the sourceDisfemisef
Sigh... Where do I start? Mugen no Juunin follows a young girl named Rin who is out for revenge after her parents were killed by a shadowy figure who heads a rogue fighting school. To help with her revenge, she enlists the help of a man called Manji. See, Manji is immortal and is therefore the perfect bodyguard. However, their journey doesn't go as smoothly as hoped and they face many problems on the way. With the synopsis out of the way, how about the anime itself.
First off, the characters. Mugen no Juunin has a fairly large cast of characters with various motivations. I was pleased to see the development of the major characters especially Rin who matured into a lovely young lady. We also saw Manji warm up a lot more during the trip. Also of note Is the amazing cast of villains this sh…
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English Version:
General: (6.65 / 10)
Honestly, the best phrase that comes to my mind to describe this adaptation at the moment is "Whoever embraces little presses." I mean, it is a show that can be easily entertaining for anyone who is interested in a Sumarai / Historico plot (as in my case), but nevertheless it lacks a lot of depth in the characters, most of them are very forgettable and only a few will remember their names at the end of the series.
One always puts on the table the over-understanding of "cut to adapt" but at the end of the day when you want to convey some empathy to the viewer with your characters and at the same time it is precisely the section that you neglect the most, is where inconsistencies arise in the history.
Clearly they applied this serialization as a produc…
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This is my first review. I like to keep things brief and to the point. No spoilers. 1-4=don't like 5=indifferent 6-10=like These are my thoughts on this anime.
Story 7:
I think the overall story is really well done. The execution could've been a lot better though. The reason it wasn't that good was because of all the other elements. The story sits with you and the ending solidifies the feeling of the entire anime, the bitter-sweetness of an era in your life, in the world, coming to an end. I don't know whether I'm just slow in my head but there where a bunch of parts that were a little too convoluted and unnecessary. And a lot of the characters meet one another at random points which, again, made no sense. It would make sense if "you can't escape fate" was a big theme of this anime but…
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The story is great, its dark and have amazing characters. I never read the manga, so I was a bit confused about the story because they dont explain everything, they avoid showing some important things (maybe because this is just 24 episodes to an manga with 200+ chapters).
But... The animation is just terrible, they dont even show the fight scenes, sometimes when someone is fighting, we just see a black screen with some sword's sounds. not even in the final battles there was a fluid animation. At least the character design is beautiful.
Its worth watching, if you ignore the animation.
Read at the sourceJiangHaoyi1979
Well, this was quite unique ONA, given that its title was Mugen No Juunin or Blade of the Immortal, but it was a bit of a disappointment when the ONA itself doesn't live up to its title, so here are my ratings:
Story- Good 7: For a while it does have a very good story plot when it involves a girl who was the daughter of a certain samurai master that was killed by them Itto Ryu antagonists. But, that just as good as it get, cu'z as one gets to the middle of the series it becomes a disappointment.
Art- Good 7: It does have mild nudity but most of it were artistic, however there times that when it comes to the fighting scene one would get blindsided as if if you'd like to ask "How did he/she do that???", also there time that some illustrations were just too distorted that it would take a…
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if only the studio had been given couple of episode more to build up a Cohesive story instead of cutting both the story and the importance of character dialogue hence a lot of the times i didn't know what is happening in story, another thing that left a little bad taste in my mouth is the fighting some fight needed to be longer in addition to being a real fight not couple of frames changing and thats just it , o but that doesn't take away that BOA has a story that tops most other anime's and im glad that i watched it , hope more people acknowledged it .
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This is one of those adaptations that take a lot of creative liberties when it comes to direction. Hamasaki's imprint is very apparent with this one, with many scenes preferring stylized compositions over cohesive ones. And when it comes to a simple samurai story, I believe this is one of the most interesting ways to do it.
With the source material being this graphic and revolting, the use of effects like static, rapid frame changes and outlandish imagery drives these moments home and makes them more memorable overall. This also includes the fight, while mostly stylized in direction, they don't compromise on animation quality and good choreography.
The soundtrack of the show also fits the bill, with it being very simplistic yet very fitting to the era ascribed to it. The opening on the o…
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The silver blade cleaves the skin, ripping, tearing through broken flesh. A sea of scarlet spews, transforming into rain dancing amidst the blade that released it. The body broken in two, now covered by a cascade of carmine droplets as numerous as the lives cut short by the sword and its wielder. The loud eruption is followed by silence as the chaos settles into tranquility. It’s a scene characterized by its duality.
There’s a strange sense of serenity to Blade of the Immortal 2019. For all of the vile horrors it presents as rape and death are littered across the show’s 24 episode run, there’s a strange sense of tranquility and naturalism to be found in much of it. The world presented by this show is a cold, often quiet one where almost everyone will die or suffer immense pain and bloodsh…
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This was a great show. It started out rough. I didn't like the first three episodes that much, but I was drawn to the character and the concept so I stuck with it. I like the more adult/violent stuff... And this has an immortal wisecracking samurai. What's not to love? I couldn't be any happier about my decision to stick with the show more so than how I feel today having watched the finale. That was excellent. From episode 4/5 to the end I had a blast watching this every week alongside Vinland Saga in the fall, and alongside Dorohedoro this season. It was consistently great every week.
So, the main problem with this adaptation for most viewers should be the story. I haven't completely read the manga (I've only just begun) but I am aware that they have cut some material out and have rushed…
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24 episodes is a long ride and even though I binged the first 10, I had troubles remembering the story and connecting names to faces. The art style is quite good, there are some misses, but overall it is well done, animation at times are smooth as butter, others not so much, so it felt like a well balanced anime considering its production.
Voice acting overall was quite good, however I am disappointed with Sakura Ayane, I heard three different voices for the same character she gives life, Rin's "normal" voice feels natural, however at times when she projects her voice to sound more imposing that was amateur-ish and there were moments when those voices were misplaced, Sakura Ayane is a great seiyuu of this generation, but this was one of her worst roles.
A despicable thing about this anim…
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Blade of the immortal is one of my favorite manga. 30 volumes condensed into 24 episodes didn't cut it. The character development is one of the best things about this story the amount of details given about the historical context, the numerous gory battles that get you wanting to read more, the moral and philosophical aspect to the story, the finality... All gone. The OST is horrendous I would actually prefer silence.
Don't get me wrong some of the episodes where enjoyable (shira vs magatsu)and had my interest but then they announced they were making it into a 24 ep adaptation. And then said they will adapt the 'new' Blade series that only has 1 volume out to this day. What the actual f* where they thinking ? An epic story with lots of potential and a 30 volume saga and they decide to end…
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I never thought I'd ever say this. Go watch the live action movie, don't waste your time with the anime. Spoilers ahead.
I love anime set in the samurai era, unfortunately this one was a mess. I can't tell if it's because the source material is awful or the adaption was awful because the live action which was extremely trimmed down was pretty enjoyable, but the anime which had far more content (that was still rushed), was far less enjoyable, and frankly sucked. Here's why.
The fundamental story of BoTI is solid and very fitting. The arcs and the villains however are pathetically executed. First the arcs. BoTI tries to, and fails, hard, in imitating the iconic atmosphere Monogatari has for one very simple reason. The pacing is shit. BoTI rushes around, drags on, and gets lost each and eve…
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I feel like this took a turn for the worse
Aight hear me out. I originally gave this a 9 but after the show went on I fell off the tracks and I didn't understand anything that happened and the story wasn't anything that great. Some episodes were just super boring. The start was nice and some episodes near the end but most of was just kinda boring for my liking. If anything the art and the animation were fucking good.
The characters are just there I think. Lets start with Manji. He is this immortal samurai who has killed over 100 dudes. Manji now acts as Rins bodyguard. Manji is just a badass samurai whose fighting style is charging aggressively towards his opponent without care and and trying to hit a blow. He doesn't care about blocking or dodging since he can just tank it. Rin just man…
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What defines a disappointment isn’t what you got, it’s what you expected.
Blade of the Immortal is one of the most illustrious manga titles to date on the back of its artwork alone. No critic worth their salt has ever paraded Blade of the Immortal on the quality of its writing, characterization, storytelling—none of it. It’s all on the art. And rightfully so, so when I see it getting adapted by LIDENFILMS, a studio whose prettiest production to date, Hanebado!, had to rely on the trusty ol’ rotoscope to stay standing for even a single cour, the last thing I expected was an anime which had even a whole percentage point of the visual fidelity the source material made itself famous with. What I did expect though—and certainly not from the LIDENFILMS name—was an utterly irresistible tone onl…
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