Shigurui looks at the merciless atmosphere of swordsmanship schools, its strict rules, politics in between and two women who get lost in these politics with a surreally ‘realistic’ point of view. Sometimes just looking at the visuals and listening to its soundtrack is enough.The ending is abrupt as I said previously but it should not discourage you taking up the anime. If you are comfortable with seeing blood, I recommend the series. Of course I consider the genre difference when I do the comparison, in the end the different approach is always interesting for me.
Of course there are some parts that were surreal, even so comparing it to Rurouni Kenshin or Hakuoki (or any other samurai era anime), instead of overly carismatic characters that almost never get hurt, seeing ones who are blind, crippled, scarred or gone mad is definitely refreshing (or as refreshing as it gets). Got me thinking while watching, if I were to live among those people and in that era I would surely witness what I saw in anime. Don’t get me wrong, I do consider anime and manga as an art form but Shigurui’s subtle surreal structure got me hooked, I’m sure you will agree with me after seeing it yourself. I was amazed by the characterization and expression of the movement, different from what I’ve seen so far and the style is so artistic. Latter episodes are focused on their back stories, how they met and what lead these two to chop each other up.įirst thing that stands out in Shigurui is that the music and visuals are outstanding. Thus we meet our two main characters as the first combatants: Fujiki Gennosuke and Irako Seigen. Even though the feudal lord’s consultant cries ‘If it is blood you seek, you shall have it!’ and spills his guts out (literally) fails to convince the lord. This, of course, means that a lot of skillful master will die during the tournament and there will be discomfort among people and swordsmanship schools. Our ‘beloved’ feudal lord demands real swords to be used in the annual tournament between the sword masters. In the first episode, for the first time in my life I felt a tiny bit grossed. May need trigger warning, contains a great deal of blood and some nudity.
Shigurui puts on a time machine to were honor tradition is all thats matter, nothing is. Anime started to air in 2007 by Madhouse. after reading dozens of manga I was looking for something more mature in nature, a manga that doesnt cover the blood, and really show just how brutal a sword fight could actually is. Shigurui is adapted as a manga by Takayuki Yamaguchi from a novel Suruga-jo Gozen Jiai by Norio Nanjo. However, the episodes started to connect and I got used to the manner of the story-telling, then it suddenly hit me: The animation of Shigurui in one season needs stories equal to around seven mangas. For the first couple of episodes, I didn’t know what to feel about Shigurui feels interesting on one hand but the strange pace and expression of the anime made me feel a bit detached. The latest manga, Vol 9 was published in August, 2007 in Japan, and the manga is set to be published every 5 months.
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