But is the most important question hanging over Immortal as it reaches a conclusion really which of those two is the superior fighter (especially since Makie is obviously stronger than anybody)?Īh, well – we can’t control the things we can’t control. So was the final showdown between Habaki and Kagehisa. Was Arashino and Manji a good battle? Sure – it was interesting and as you’d expect, beautifully staged. And there are a lot of human stories here that can’t possibly have justice done for them in the finale – there simply isn’t enough time. Even allowing for that, though, there’s a monotony to this final battle that I think would still be an issue even if we had a firmer grounding with all the participants. It’s obvious that some of this comes down to so much backstory having been lost in cramming too much manga into too little anime. Can you imagine someone like Arashino (the wonderful Kusonoki Taiten) just showing up in the penultimate episode of the Kyoto Arc and dueling Kenshin? With Immortal things just tend to get muddled together, and that reduces the buy-in factor by an awful lot.
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Somehow in a series like Rurouni Kenshin, even with its huge cast every conflict, every battle feels crystal-clear and distinct. And I’m assuming the ending we’re getting here is more or less in-line with his. I know Samura is capable of more, because he’s demonstrated that in this series already.
That’s a high bar I know, but the difference in artfulness and subtlety really is striking. If you look at the way Watsuki Nobuhiro brought the epic Kyoto Arc to an end, as an example, the action never drowned out the character drama – and in fact it was the latter that drove the former. It’s a seinen that seemingly has a shounen ending, and I rather prefer the other way around. Frankly what we saw in the first part of the series, episodic and character-driven, was a lot more interesting than what’s happening now. I am rather glum, though, that it seems to be concluding in very conventional battle mode, with the too-large cast systematically cutting each other down in a seemingly endless montage of brutality. This is a series with a sizable following and a following to match, and it’s only right that it should have the chance to finish its story in anime form. Hamasaki Hiroshi has delivered some of the most exquisite direction we’ve seen in anime for a long time, and it would have been a shame if we’d never gotten to experience it. It’s entirely possible I’d never have had any exposure to the series if it hadn’t been remade, and there’s a lot in here that’s genuinely interesting. Due to a change in YouTube's policies, all links to almost all un-starred characters are dead for the foreseeable future.I’m heartily glad Mugen no Juunin: Immortal exists, for a few reasons. If you click their name, you'll be directed to links to every tournament they appeared in. Character List for the Pointless RI MUGEN Tournament series! Using the following links you can quickly browse characters by TIER LISTING-a rough gauge of how effective they're predicted to be in tournaments-or by SERIES if you wish to see all characters from a specific Game.Ĭharacters that have appeared in a tournament are marked with an asterisk (*).
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