Mugen no Juunin

Description

"To end his eternal suffering, he must slay one thousand enemies!" Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality. To rid himself of this curse and end his life of misery, he must slay one thousand evil men! His quest begins when a young girl seeks his help in taking revenge on her parents' killers... and his quest won't end until the blood of a thousand has spilled.

Note: Won an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival. Won the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material in 2000.

Type

Manga

Mugen no Juunin - Bakumatsu no Shou (Sequel)

Associated Names

A halhatatlan pengéje

Blade - A Lâmina do Imortal (Brazilian Portuguese)

Blade of the Immortal

Hoja Del Inmortal

Klinge des Unsterblichen

L'Habitant de l'infini (French)

L'Immortale

Lame de l'immortel

Lưỡi Kiếm Bất Tử

Miecz Nieśmiertelnego (Polish)

Oštrica Besmrtnika - Samuraj Dvanaest Sječiva (Croatian)

Η Λεπίδα του Αθανάτου

Клинок Бессмертного

Անմահության բերան

شفرة الخالد

むげんのじゅにん

无限之住人

無限の住人

無限之住人

불멸의 검

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Latest Release(s)

v.30 c.206 (end) by HappyScans! 12 years ago

v.30 c.198-205 (v2) by HappyScans! 12 years ago

v.30 c.205 by HappyScans! 12 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

30 Volumes (Complete)
15 Volumes (Shinsouban, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (2008 / Immortal)

Ends at Vol 6, Chap 24 (2008) / Vol 30, Chap 206 (Immortal) Highly abbreviated

User Reviews

Blade of the Immortal by mrsatan

Forum

11 topics, 55 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (970 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.53 / 10.0

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Last Updated

February 16th, 2025 3:33pm PST - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Historical Martial Arts Mature Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha (1993; 2016)

Serialized In (magazine)

Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Dark Horse (31 Vols - Complete | 10 3/4-in-1 Omnibus - Complete; Print | 7 3-in-1 Deluxe Omnibus - Ongoing; Print)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #734

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Monthly Pos #1481

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3 Month Pos #2359

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6 Month Pos #2748

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Year Pos #2690

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List Stats

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On 2000 wish lists

On 1197 completed lists

On 184 unfinished lists

On 626 custom lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Question about the end (In the Forgotten, Fluttering Snow)

4 years ago

Afternoon Lists New Anime for Blade of the Immortal

6 years ago

Blade of the Immortal Slices Back with Sequel Manga

6 years ago

Kimutaku Stars in Takashi Miike's Blade of the Immortal Film

10 years ago

Blade of the Immortal to End After 19 Years

12 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Overhyped, but still decent

by Zantam03
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

An 'ok' manga. Artwise it's very very good, but the story is lacking and the main character is kinda lame, because he is immortal. This results in what I think are kinda lame action scenes. Manji (main character) is actually kinda bad at fighting and is always getting his heart pierced, his brain shot, his limbs cut off etc etc etc but still ending up as the victor because he can't die. He needs to kill 1000 men to be cured of his immortality, how lame is that?

... Last updated 15 years ago

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Meh

by Kagrath
17 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Read up to the current release and have to say, not as good as the hype. Art and story are okay, but I hate the main character. He's a talentless freak of nature who can barely handle himself. If he wasn't immortal then a decently trained monkey could kill him. He relies on it way to much and after a while it just starts to grind your nerves.

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blade of the immortal

by kaya21212
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I adore this series. Art is among the most amazing as is artist Hiroaki Samura and the characters are great-splash pages gorgeous, plot/story awesome etc. they're comming out with an anime! isn't that crazy?

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Good but not Great.

by shavonescales
17 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

I've read 15 volumes and I will break down what my views are on this manga.

Firstly and most importantly the art is incredibly good, definately up there among the greats of this genre. Only gripe I had was on a rare ocassion some action scenes were hard to follow.

The plot is great, it's detailed and unpredictable, but kinda tries too hard creativly at some points which can confuse readers. Only real gripe I had was there were some long scene of discussions that they could have done without.

The characters are easy to understand and are built up with emotional value. You will feel for the main female lead and you will admire the main male lead. Friendship and mateship is more dominate than romance in this manga, even though there are glimses of the main lead's relationship going beyond friends.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, not as great as I expected but over all worth the read and definately will be something I'll keep track of with releases. I can't rate this high for the fact that I have read vagabond and that is still superior in my opinion.

Your friendly neighbour Shavone.

p.s The anime series for this manga which comes out in July 2008 will definately be a must watch! I have a good feeling it will be exciting to watch.

... Last updated 17 years ago

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Beautiful but not that great a story

by Lally
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

The art is really something. I love the way Samura-sensei frames the deathblows with Japanese style ornaments and flowers. It's really gorgeous. If I could afford it, I would buy the manga simply for the artwork.

Few gripes I have with the manga:
First of all, Rin is really not my kind of girl. I know she's supposed to be weak and all but I find her actions really stupid and bordering on pathetic.

Second, I don't like how Dark Horse flipped the whole thing. What's the point in cutting it all up and sticking it back in the same order? They may as well have just done it right to left like everyone else. I have spotted some inconsistencies as a result of this. And it's probably why the books cost so much.

Which bring me on to the third gripe.

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This, and berserk are the only mangas ive given a 10 to.

by Nomad
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

Best manga ever, Samura is my favorite mangaka.

Everything about this manga is excellent, what else is there to say?

It's perfect.

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Award Winner!

by lynda-chan
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

Haven't been this obsessed with a manga in a long time. 🙂

Hiroaki Samura has an obvious background in classic art and figure drawing... It makes reading this manga a pleasure at every panel.
The setting of Fuedal Japan has been reworked as a bright and honorless fashion that is unique to the genre, and there is some unparalleled character development through the course of this series.

The content speaks for it with gore and violence, but this is an incredibly mature read in themes and direction alone.
I recommend it. 🙂

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Good!

by Arsenico
18 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

This manga is very good, but actually i dont like manji too much! He won all the duel so far only thx to the fact that he was immortal... but the other have always crushed him in skill 😐
Aniway the story and the arts are great 🙂

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yep

by Mayokiss
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

definately one of the greater manga out there : ) the drawing is more realistic than most other manga and, bloody as it is, it's funnier than some comedy i've read XD Beware vol. 11 though O_O

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my favourite manga

by darkgenio
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I love everything in this manga and I am generally very picky. Dialogues are deep and amusing, art is unique. The story is original (in some volumes it got a little redundant). The Characters are interesting and deeply human.If you like martial arts comics this is a must read.

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