The Immortal Demon in the Blood #1 eBook Ian Edginton José Luis Rio Vincenç Villagrasa
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Wrongly branded a traitor by his fellow samurai, Amane is attacked and left for dead. When he is found by a mysterious tattoo artist, his life is savedand changed forever! Connected to an immortal oni through a mystical tattoo, he creates a new life for himself as Enma, an apprentice tattooist. But Enma's new life comes at a price he has yet to realize Based on an acclaimed novel, Ura-Enma by Fumi Nakamura, from Japan.
The Immortal Demon in the Blood #1 eBook Ian Edginton José Luis Rio Vincenç Villagrasa
The Immortal: Demon in The Blood combines miniseries comics 1-4 into one volume, completing the story. The book features gorgeous full color art with both historical Japanese elements (the Shinsengumi!) with an alternate universe steampunk type Victorian Tokyo with supernatural elements. The results are stunning but the writing is uneven and characterization is the casualty of such a short 96 page book.Story: At the end of the 1800s, Shogun controlled Japan is fading and a new era is dawning: one of a steam empire. For betraying the Shinsengumi, Amane is hunted and then attacked by his colleagues. Left to die, he is found by a tattoo artist who saves him - but the price is that Amane now houses a demon and is immortal. Changing his name to Enma at the death of the his tattoo master, he spends decades looking for the master's previous apprentice - a man who also houses a demon and who murdered Enma's sister. Taking the responsibility of caring for his former Sinsengumi colleague's now orphaned daughter Natsu, Enma lives through the transition of Japan from feudal entity to steampunk nation. All the while searching for the other murdering apprentice; as fate would have it, the former apprentice will find him.
As mentioned above, the illustration work in this volume is absolutely gorgeous. If the story had been given more time to unwind (as with the original Japanese novel, Ura-Enma by Fumi Nakamura, from which this was taken), a lot of the story would have made much more sense and surely would have been more poignant. As it is, this felt very much like a Reader's Digest condensed version of a really good story. We never get to know most of the other characters well and therefore never become invested in them (especially in the case of Natsu the daughter, Kuro the cat, and gaijin Jack).
There are clever twists to the plot and I was hooked from page one. The payoff at the end, though, came out of left field and really needed a Chekov's gun in the first act to make sense of it. But all the same, it's a novel I will enjoy rereading and simply enjoying the wonderful steampunk and feudal Japan illustrations.
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The Immortal Demon in the Blood #1 eBook Ian Edginton José Luis Rio Vincenç Villagrasa Reviews
The Immortal Demon In The Blood may be best graphic novel of the year.
In Japan a popular novel, Ura-Enma, naturally got the manga treatment. It was a hit. Now Dark Horse has given us their spin on the book, penned by Ian Edginton from Fumi Nakamura's original work. Set in the latter part of the 19th century, at the time when Shogun and Samurai were on the way out, The Immortal Demon In The Blood follows the tale of Amane, a young Samurai who has betrayed his order and finds himself bleeding out at the feet of an old heavily tattooed man asking "Am I going to die?"
"Probably." The tattooed man answers. "That's a lot of blood."
"I want to live. I'll do anything... Please..."
"That's too bad. If that's what you truly want, then perhaps I can help you."
And off we go, on a magical, steam punk light, journey of a man turned immortal by a taking on an Oni-Gome, a demon, that displays his mark as a tattoo on the palm of the dominant hand. The tattooed man takes Amane as an apprentice. As time passes, the tattooed man shares that he once had an apprentice who added an Oni-Gome on himself to become immortal, becoming a cannibal who devours the hearts of others to stay alive. Apparently if you create an Oni-Gome on your own person the demon you bound must be fed, or it will eat your soul.
Amane finds the remnants of the clan he betrayed under attack, and comes to their aid, managing to keep one alive, Okazak. Recognizing the traitor, Okazak hunts down Amane and in battle discovers Amane's immortal nature. Amane convinces Okazak that the traitor named Amane is dead, he died on the night he betrayed his clan. Amane takes on the name Enma Housho and, with the death of his master, sets out on his own.
That's just the set up.
The tale twists along from here in the early 1880's as Housho becomes a famous tattooist. He crosses paths with past again, when Okazak's daughter seeks out Amane's help. Of course, this intertwines Housho in a complex tale involving his mentor's cannibal killer that is so fun to follow I'll not spoil it here. The world we see in The Immortal Demon In The Blood is not the exact past of our own world. There are wielders of magical talents, though rare, and steam operated robotic servants and machines dominate the society. The artistic effort from inker to colorist favors realism, giving the whole a top quality look. This is a book worthy of purchase on the artwork alone.
The characters are well developed, intriguing, and layered into the story like a lattice that builds from a solid base. There are political overtones, complex relationships, and an array of support characters that each end up serving a greater purpose to the story than initially believed when the character is introduced. I am hard pressed to find a better endeavor in 2012 - The Immortal Demon In The Blood certainly is in my top five for the year, with a strong story and character development rivaling Bill Willingham's efforts, and currently leads the pack on one-offs from the Graphic Novel bin.
The Immortal Demon in The Blood combines miniseries comics 1-4 into one volume, completing the story. The book features gorgeous full color art with both historical Japanese elements (the Shinsengumi!) with an alternate universe steampunk type Victorian Tokyo with supernatural elements. The results are stunning but the writing is uneven and characterization is the casualty of such a short 96 page book.
Story At the end of the 1800s, Shogun controlled Japan is fading and a new era is dawning one of a steam empire. For betraying the Shinsengumi, Amane is hunted and then attacked by his colleagues. Left to die, he is found by a tattoo artist who saves him - but the price is that Amane now houses a demon and is immortal. Changing his name to Enma at the death of the his tattoo master, he spends decades looking for the master's previous apprentice - a man who also houses a demon and who murdered Enma's sister. Taking the responsibility of caring for his former Sinsengumi colleague's now orphaned daughter Natsu, Enma lives through the transition of Japan from feudal entity to steampunk nation. All the while searching for the other murdering apprentice; as fate would have it, the former apprentice will find him.
As mentioned above, the illustration work in this volume is absolutely gorgeous. If the story had been given more time to unwind (as with the original Japanese novel, Ura-Enma by Fumi Nakamura, from which this was taken), a lot of the story would have made much more sense and surely would have been more poignant. As it is, this felt very much like a Reader's Digest condensed version of a really good story. We never get to know most of the other characters well and therefore never become invested in them (especially in the case of Natsu the daughter, Kuro the cat, and gaijin Jack).
There are clever twists to the plot and I was hooked from page one. The payoff at the end, though, came out of left field and really needed a Chekov's gun in the first act to make sense of it. But all the same, it's a novel I will enjoy rereading and simply enjoying the wonderful steampunk and feudal Japan illustrations.
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