The story is about a Kendo school club and events around them. There are no supernatural things, characters with superhuman strength nor any kind of fantastic things. The story is merely from a slice of life and absolutely realistic; don't expect something like Rurouni Kenshin. Some scenes are really funny, which prevents you become bored. The battle & match scenes are not excellent but good enough. Fighting scenes contain nice details about the Kendo technique. This is a good anime for you if you like Kendo, otherwise you might become bored, but I guaranty that it won't be a total waste of time. (show less)

I really enjoyed watching "Bamboo Blade". I caught six episodes (dubbed into English) on cable, and came here to find the rest of them. I like the characters and the way the Kendo team support each other. In fact, I even tracked down a local Kendo group and have started attending classes myself. It's a little too soon to say whether Kendo as presented in the anime is portrayed accurately, but from what I've seen and read so far, it's pretty much on the mark. And the people really do seem to be enjoying themselves in class, just like the Muroe Kendo Club in the anime do. (Could've done without the obnoxious American girl in the anime though, but you gotta take the bad with the good, I suppose.) (show less)