Blade of the Immortal Crack Theory Post

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sesame_seed's description of the manga: is here. Also includes scans from Dark Horse's translation for the first five volumes. I'd call it violent samurai horror with philosophical overtones, sort of like if you crossed Lone Wolf and Cub with Tenjou Tenge minus the big-breasted fanservice

Comments

[sesame_seed]

ah, sorry, i saw sabato and immediately tossed in my ballot; had forgotten about shira. my vote TOTALLY goes to him.

[sesame_seed]

Wouldn't it be sort of neat if, when the worms are re-constructing bits of Manji's exploded brains, they got it wrong sometimes?

...i'm seeing a hundred crackfics born of this premise. YOU SHOULD WRITE THEM. XDXD

"...manji?"

"call me QUEEN manji."

(also, i thought he only survived the poison because the guy hadn't intended to kill him? gave him just enough to make him uncomfortable for a bit. assumed that he /would/ have died even then if he'd received the full dosage, since he'd been using his body as a swordcushion for a while even before he met rin, hadn't he?)

[sesame_seed]

i WEEP for your wallet (but cheer for everything else!)

see, at least attaching extra heads to yourself doesn't actually hurt you after the initial sewing, and, y'know, you get these nice permanent shoulder pads into the bargain. benefits outweigh disadvantages! which makes more sense than doing umm a certain thing where the disadvantages are so huge that it's hard to imagine what kind of benefits could ever ever outweigh them.

also, sabato's kind of nice. :D a broody poet, even! he's just an lj-er born a few hundred years before his time, when you think about it.

[tongari]

was about to vote for Shira until I remembered, yeah Anotsu must be the battiest of them all because MAKIE IS CRAZY IN LOVE WITH HIM AND HE DOESN'T CARE. actually I think Dowa / Tattoo Girl is the nuttiest of the um, supposedly normal-looking people? but she shows up much later, so uhhh. *twiddles thumbs*

ohhh and Manji actually goes "Oh god not that arm again! *cusscusscuss*" at one point. :D

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Yes! Anotsu's got way too many weird principles for someone who says he doesn't believe in 'em. And Makie, it's heartbreaking how he looks at her like a skillset not a person.

*longs for later volumes* TATOOS YUM.

Hahahaaaa Manji. One of these days he'll lose an arm and NEVER FIND IT. ("Have you checked your other kimono?" "Shit yeah, five times!" "Maybe you left it in that tea shop, then?")

Also nice to meet you I LOVE YOUR ART. *__* (contemplates stealing interests, yours are so cool)

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Volumes 1-15.

XDDDDDDD it actually gets better after the first two volumes.

[fickletastictot]

Guuuuh, my god. I only downloaded up to volume 11. Will steal the rest from you then instead of killing myself by trying to find it via IRC. *shudder*

By the way, I don't remember thanking you for leading me to the Eternal Sabbath download page. Insanely appreciated. ^^

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No problem! Although, umm, the gmail account is down temporarily. Seems like the guys at google noticed what was up. Should be back up in a day or so, thought!

(Did you finish ES? What did you think of the ending?)