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Shigurui is a masterpiece like none other.

From the incredibly detailed anatomy of the drawings, to the accuracy of the historical setup along with the narration style, it is a perfect portrait of a incredible story.
It is nothing like any other manga you migh have encountered. It is a seinen with the most rights, no filling, no jokes or senseless storytelling. From the beginning to the end is a continuous narration of a grueling duel by two archenemies, once students of the same school.

Fujiki Gennosuke and Irako Seigen will be part of a grueling tournament in the Sunpu Castle with real blades. This would be the ... final encounter between this once brothers.
To the public that was present for the duel, it was a farce, as one is missing an arm and the other one is blind. Unaware of the story of how the honed their skills beyond their loss and the past that made them mortal enemies, the skills of Seigen and Fujiki far surpassed what any samurai could expect.

This manga is filled with violence and gore, as the Kogan-Ryu style students performed the most inhuman trainings, showing no mercy even in their trainings and skill demonstrations agains other students, breaking and cutting is in almost every page, but justified.

Read this if you liked Vagabond or Berserk.