Blade of the Immortal TPB (1997-2015 Dark Horse) comic books in grades to FN

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. "The Gathering!" Collects Blade of the Immortal (1996-2007) #43-50.

Story and Art by Hiroaki Samura.

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!

Softcover, 208 pages, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., B&W.

Cover price $15.95.

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Volume 11 - 2nd and later printings. "Beasts!" Collects Blade of the Immortal (1996-2007) #66-72.

Story and Art by Hiroaki Samura.

After traveling a long and perilous road together, Rin and her immoral bodyguard, Manji, have become separated, Rin risking life and limb in her pursuit of her family's murderer, the ruthless Anotsu Kagehisa, leader of the outlaw Itto-Ryu sword school. Manji is slowly recovering and reassembling after being dismembered by Itto-ryu thugs, and has set off to find Rin. Meanwhile, both friends and enemies are also assembling. Manji's ally, the beautiful assassin Hyakurin has put a lot of Itto-ryu swordsmen under the dirt, but the tides are turned when she falls under the hands of a group of Itto-ryu killers who will go to any length and spare no agonies to get her to talk.

Softcover, 192 pages, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Scarlet Swords!"

Story and Art by Hiroaki Samura.

To atone for the atrocities committed under his watch, Habaki Kagimura is no longer the top general for Edo castle and the shogunate, and he must commit ritual suicide. While his replacement gave the despised Itto-ryu gang a reprieve and an order to leave Edo and remain in exile, Kagimura still has one shot to redeem himself. Desperate and with very little time left, he's assembled his Rokki-dan warriors-with Kagimura's own daughter among their numbers-and he now seeks to hunt down and wipe out the Itto-ryu for good. But in his haste, will he fall for a string of traps planned by Anotsu, their devious leader? Freed and unfazed by his time in Edo's dungeons, Manji searches for his missing limb, and a few old friends return to the pages of this action-filled, epic manga series.

Hiroaki Samura's widely acclaimed Blade of the Immortal manga series has won awards across the globe, including the Eisner Award in America, the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan, and several British Eagle Awards! Samura is the creator of the enchanting Ohikkoshi manga anthology and the hardcover The Art of Blade of the Immortal - also published by Dark Horse Manga!

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 232 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

Cover price $19.99.