This long-running 18th-century samurai manga series manages to handle very difficult, dark material in what is essentially a side narrative to the main story line. Throughout the Blade saga, the ...

Set in feudal Japan, Manji (Kimura) is a master swordsman wracked with guilt for failing to save his sister from mercenaries. Given immortal powers by a roaming witch, loner Manji, one-eyed and battle ...