This volume (and the On Silent Wings story as a whole) takes the next great step in developing the radicals as more than just terrifying villains. This volume includes a flashback that shows us more of what happened to Rin's household than we probably wanted to see, but provides vital insight to the activities of Itt-Ryu's assassins that night. The art has been compelling and interesting the whole time, but I feel like the emotional complexity of the stories themselves has lifted the whole series. The writing gets strong and the stories get deeper as it goes along. This story has come a long way from it's first volume. He shows her both his faces and it's up to Manji to save her in the end. She doesn't want to take him from his son, she knows the pain of losing parents. Rin finds a lot of conflict within herself and claims she isn't here to kill him, simply to get an apology and look for remorse. One as a former member of the Itto Ryu school and one was a single father trying to raise his son after the mother died. Araya, the mask maker, is living two lives. Trigger warning: Rape - Rin recounts the story of how her mother was killed and there are flashbacks in this volume to that time. Rin finds a lot of conflict within herself and claims she isn't here to kill him, The second half of the "On Silent Wings" story arc, Manji comes to save Rin from the mask maker who murdered her mother. The second half of the "On Silent Wings" story arc, Manji comes to save Rin from the mask maker who murdered her mother.
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The balance found here is the reason this series isn't just good, but award winning.more The pacing and handling of the action sequences is downright cinematic. The art consistent and imbued with the perfect amount of drama, movement, and emotional subtlety. The storytelling throughout the entire "On Silent Wings" arc (part I and part II) is fantastic. The story gets its first chance to move away from its central, establishing conceit (he can't die until he's repayed his karmic debt, she wants revenge for her parents' murders), leaves its hack-n'-slash emphasis, and starts to explore the deeper implications of Rin and Manji's journey. The story gets its first chance to move away from its central, establishing conceit (he can't die until he's repayed his karmic debt, she wants revenge for her parents' murders), leaves its hack-n'-slash emphasis, and starts to explore the deeper implications of Rin a Where the series until this point was a bit inconsistent (though absolutely necessary to establish character background and motivations), it's here, with this arc that Samura's flashes of brilliance coalesce into a masterful whole. Where the series until this point was a bit inconsistent (though absolutely necessary to establish character background and motivations), it's here, with this arc that Samura's flashes of brilliance coalesce into a masterful whole.
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