Mature (May contain sex, drugs, and extreme graphic violence)
Vintage:
July 13, 2008
Status:
Completed
Summary:
Manji is a crass, violent samurai with a special ability: he cannot die. Cursed with immortality by the nun Yobikuni as punishment for his ruthless deeds, he has grown weary of his ageless life. The only way to lift the curse is to slay 1,000 evil men. So Manji wanders Japan, shedding the blood of the wicked on his quest to finally die.
Mugen no juuin isn't just a good sword fighting anime, it have a deeper meaning than that. It indicates on meaningless revenge and that there is no good and bad people, there is only a good and a bad deeds and through the story characters confims that. So, there is a one antagonist Anotsu, but he is not all that bad. You will know him better and you will love him. Action and bloody gore scenes isn't best part of the anime. What I most liked are the plenty of enjoyable dialogues and very charismatic characters (Manji, Magatsu, Anotsu..) and one very beautiful musical theme.
Probably the anime is not very the best adaptation of the manga, and this is my biggest complaint. I yearn for the second season!