 If you liked
Berserk
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 ...then you might like
Azumi
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These two black swordsmen bear kindred spirits.
Claymore, Sengoku Youko, and much of Tezuka's work come close I suppose, but there is really nothing I can fully liken Azumi to other than Berserk. Berserk is darker, bloodier, grander in scope to be sure - but it is fundamentally about the same thing. A lone warrior carrying all the spirits of their passed comrades through a violent world, relying only on their skill - but slowly warming, slowly brightening, slowly making a path for themselves. Grooming, war, duty, companions; betrayal, purpose and the mundanity of death. A very genuine and principled discussion on the lasting damage that
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