Although, I do agree that graphical violence is greatly exaggerated.Īs you probably guessed, Shigurui is a samurai manga. I'm not really familiar with Japanese history outside anime and manga, but many customs and practices in this manga are elaborated as historical references. European feudal lords has a history of violence and caprice, and I don't see why would Japanese's would be different. As I see on Wikipedia, seppuku is still done and it was quite common in Japanese history.
But I'm quite sure that I would adore this when I was nine.Īnd let's be honest, authors didn't pull this things from their hats.
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Rigid code of honor, unyielding fighters who don't care about staying alive, majestic combat moves and even more majestic names of techniques remind me on movies of Bruce Lee. Sincerely, I don't see any girl reading this, and lots of guys, too. Nevertheless, this manga has "something" that just appeals to every guy who enjoyed Stallone's movies (like Rocky and Rambo ), ninja cartoons and Wild West comics as a kid. When two fighters meet, there are always a few "imagined" scenes they see, where each of them manages to kill the other one in most gruesome way.
And by "beautify" they mean cripple, disfigure, etc. Level of violence is extreme - one samurai-school has a way of fighting where they try to " beautify" their opponents with minimum number of contacts. But expect breasts every every now and then. Nudity and sex (heterosexual and homosexual) are common, although genitals are hidden. Every few pages someone is beheaded, has its guts spilled or is mutilated. This manga is quite disgusting, definitely in graphic way, and often in ways of the story. I will start with things that are most likely to put away a potential reader. For some reason I thought that manga was finished, but I was wrong, so now I have one more ongoing manga to wait for (others are Gantz, Berserk and Claymore ). And anime covers only somewhat half of the story, so I always wondered what happened after the end in anime. Both the anime and manga start with a scene just before conclusion and then switch to the story from the beginning. This is evident in episodes 7 and 8 where Gennosuke, in a revenge match decapitates the head of a young kosho and leaves the body for his master to find.Shigurui has an anime adaptation that I watched few years ago and liked (but with some reservations). This was an accepted practice in 15th-17th century Japan, but the relationships were more than merely sexual-they were bonds of trust and loyalty. One aspect, in particular that I found interesting were the homosexual relationships between the samurai and their kosho, young page boys who attended to their everyday needs. But that does not take away from the authenticity of this era in other aspects. So, after some quick research, while the references to daimyo and shogunates are accurate, the actual characters, like Genosuke Fujiki and Seigen Irako are not real. That is the case for this book, which was complied by Tsuramoto between 1709-1716 and consists of commentary by Yamamoto Tsunetomo as he recalls the "good old days." Often times, nostalgic memories are somewhat removed from the truth, but they make for awesome stories, which is perfect for an anime like this. Samurais were becoming obsolete during this time, but many still looked upon the times of battle with great nostalgia. But what is interesting about this line and this book is that it was written about 100 years after the start of the Tokugawa period-so a time of relative peace. Rightly so, this anime is all about desperate men. Common sense will not accomplish great things. "The way of the Samurai is in desperateness (shigurui).
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