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The first thing id like to say is if you are put off from reading this manga because of the anime of the same name don't be, the difference between the anime and the manga's attempt to recreate the visual novel are worlds apart. Now on to the actual review.

Story: 10
For anyone who does not know the story for Tsukihime there is one phrase that i use that i believe describes it effectively. That is that Tsukihime has "the biggest characters you can imagine in the smallest story possible". The reason i use this phrase is because the story simply involves a young high school ... teen who gets involved in vampire like murders around his town. With a small plot layout like that you wouldn't expect characters to be bigger than the story itself but the characters include the princess of the true ancestor, the top assassin from the church and a member of the group of the most powerful group of vampires in existence while the story doesn't change to anything bigger. And if that isn't appealing enough the main reason for anyone to pick up Tsukihime is the amount of plot that is continuously uncovered thought the entire story. Although it would be impossible to recreate the exact story from the visual novel, i love the direction the manga takes.

Art: 8
The art is the only complaint i can make about this manga is the art. Although the art has gotten better with each volume its still not up to par with most others out there and during the first volume it felt like it lacked alot of appeal. Although the action in this manga rivals the action of even most animes i have seen.

Character:10
For anyone who has played Tskihime you can understand why i believe the characters are perfect. Like i said earlier the characters could be considered bigger than the story which for me adds great appeal to them. Even with all the anime i have seen most of my favorite characters ever come from Tsukihime and i assure you that you'll have at least one character from this manga added to your top favorite characters.

Enjoyment:10
Its without saying that i love this manga and it started my addiction to all Type-Moon related projects.

Overall: 10
Even with its one flaw this manga makes up for it tremendously with its unique approach of recreating the visual novel.

Slightly edited review from Critics and Connoisseurs club.

Animation
The animation fits perfectly with the historical theme to Tsuiokuhen. I can honestly say that the style of art in Tsuiokuhen could not work with almost any other anime.Also, the more serious tones used in Tsuiokuhen are more fitting towards the the more serious story in this ova than the Kenshin tv seres.

Sound
I don't usually pay attention to the music happening during an anime but it was different for Tsuiokuhen. The historic Japanese style music gives every scene a greater emotion whether its action or tragedy. The Japanese voice acting is truly great and its one ... of the few anime that i can get through dubbed.

Characters
Even though the anime focuses on Kenshin and his story, the other characters are represented through there own ambitions and hardships. But Kenshin is represented very well as having the deepest and by far saddest past and personality that you will ever see.

Story
The story stands above any other historical samurai anime because of its focus on the characters and there hardships rather than a greater plot that the characters are only involved in. I loved the story because i personally prefer an anime that is character driven and not plot driven.

Enjoyment
As you can tell i really enjoyed this anime. I was also able to go back and watch it several times because of how powerful it is emotionally.