Blade Of The Immortal Tp Vol 20 Demons Lair

(Note: I'm not reviewing this volume, rather than reviewing the series to this point)

The story of the immortal Swordfighter is about to get ready for its last chapter. For a manga, who normally tend to drag in the middle part, it is keeping the pace as well as its tension.
The story revolves around Rin who is trying to avenge her parents with the help of Manji. The translation is using modern slang to deliver the atmosphere, which is also the approach that used by the Japanese author. In addition, some characters underlie the modern system of values, which makes it able to take part in interesting dialogues between them.
However, the most attracting aspect of the series is the art, which continues to stay fresh and appealing after twenty volumes. Samura's sense of anatomy and the usage of black and white depict the story realistic and give it a chilling atmosphere. His style really unfolds in the fighting scene that contains his trademark. In certain points of the book, he hides all the gruesome surrounding of the battle and focuses of one character striking a fatal hit. Instead of blood and guts, you see the character in a pose in front of a beautiful background. Those moments stand out art wise from the rest of the book and intensify the experience.
Blade of Immortal is maybe one of the biggest achievements in manga in the last ten years and sets an example for Japanese comics of the next generation.