This is basically a Romeo & Juliet story. Only difference is that it takes place in Feudal Japan, and that the characters have some crazy ninja skills. If you like stories with a tragic ending due to a love that was never meant to be, then I definitely suggest you read this.

What I also find great about this manga is how these characters are actually all reasonable and nice people. As long as you're from their clan. But when you pair them up with the other clan they literally want to kill them.

It shows that there isn't really a good or bad side because each clan has those moments. Even the side-characters who you don't expect anything from leave an impact with their story.

It's a great read and its anime equivalent is a good adaptation. The fight scenes are dynamic and unpredictable.

The art is great too, especially the covers of the volumes.

Bottom line: This is a tragic love story(with fighting) about two people who are not meant to be together.

... Last updated on May 21st, 2014, 5:59pm

Awesome manga! The main plot is the relationship between the leaders of two ninja clans but what you basically see is ninjas fighting ninjas with incredible skills. The art is superb! Definitely a must-see seinen.

This one was just a regular remoeo and juliet story, which I totally despise. The only twist would have to be the fact that there deaths weren't accidental. Really good fighting scenes, background art, not that great; although, I really enjoyed the character art, I just hated the story.... -_-. Well If you like MASS suicide in stories this one is for you . +4 for the art +1 for the story...

This is basically a manga focused mainly on the clash of two major ninja clans and the major excitement source are the variety of techniques used. Here is a quick review:

-Art: Frankly speaking I have to heavily disagree with other people saying that the art in the manga is great. Frankly speaking the characters are drawn very mediocre and there is an overuse of computer drawn backgrounds. Usually I have not any complaint using the advances of computer for graphics... but simply the styles (characters VS background) does not match. This is not evident all the time but for me became annoying at some parts.

Plot/story: Since the main topic of the manga is the fight between the clans the main plot simply is an excuse for it. So don't expect a masterpiece regarding the plot. On the other hand the story is not as bad since you can see both sides of the behavior of the ninja clans and their relations between them. That's a good point.

Characters: Most of them are well depicted and the difference in fighting techniques/style are the major source of this manga.

Overall it is a fighting manga with a simple plot and some good depth for some of the characters.

Oh, and in this case I would recommend the anime since it follows the manga all the way around.

... Last updated on November 5th, 2008, 9:43pm

In my opinion it was right to keep it short. I agree with the comment of Zeidrich, although I would not call it awesome.
Interesting, quick paced, predictable.
Not at the level of Blade of the immortal, but still worth a read

... Last updated on July 11th, 2007, 4:07am

Gorey action story with tragic love. Quite enjoyable if not for the fact that the ending is oh-so depressing. Pretty fast paced fights, especially compared to other ninja battles coughnarutocough that span several chapters. You're not missing anything though with that. I was surprised by the amount of blood and graphic detail in the story. The ending was depressingly tragic in my opinion.
The art detail is amazing. Everything is given such a specific touch, it can get scary at times. The story is very interesting and had me hooked throughout. An interesting variety of ninjutsu, and character personalities as well.
A great read. Go for it if you're not offended by vast amounts of blood pouring from large open wounds.