
JP title: 装甲悪鬼村正 鏖
Note: My reviews for the other two Muramasa manga adaptations can be found here: Makai-hen — Eiyuu-hen
我が身既に鉄なれば…
我が心既に空なれば…
生者必滅!
So, Minagoroshi. Never have I seen a manga title that was so frighteningly accurate in describing the contents of its story. It might be short, it might be over before you realize it and as such, there’s little room for too much character development, hell it might be even a bit predictable if you’ve read the VN, but goddammit it’s still Muramasa through and through. The basic message and pitch black, “no happy end for anyone ever” tone of the original work has been quite skillfully adapted into this quick, 200-page-long one-off volume, and managed to tear out my already bleeding heart, chew it up to shreds and spit it out to the dogs.
Allow me to elaborate.
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