Blade of the Immortal

Manji is an infamous swordsman in feudal Japan who is known as the "Hundred Man Killer," as he has killed one hundred innocent men. However, there is something far more frightening than his ominous reputation: the fact that he is immortal. This is the handiwork of eight-hundred-year-old nun Yaobikuni, who placed bloodworms capable of healing almost any wound in Manji's body. To atone for his crimes, Manji resolves to kill one thousand evil men. Yaobikuni agrees to this proposal, saying that if...

Mugen no Juunin won the Excellence Prize at the first Japan Media Arts Festival in 1997. The series was published in English by Dark Horse Comics as Blade of the Immortal in monthly comics issues from June 1, 1996, to November 14, 2007, but was stopped after 131 issues. The publisher also released t...