Blade of the Immortal has had a mixed adaptation history. The last anime adaptation came out while the manga was still ongoing. This past year we finally got a new anime adaptation thanks to Amazon who produced and distributed it. Readers of the blog will be familiar with the premise from my previous reviews of the work volumebyvolume reviews on my blog not posted here but a quick summary is in order. Teenage girl Rin Anotsu is the daughter of the head of the Mutenichiryuu dojo when her father is is murdered and her mother is raped and murdered as well by the students of the IttouRyuu sword school lead by Anotsu Kagehisa. Rin sets out to get revenge accompanied by Manji the titular immortal. However on the course of their journey theyll learn that as cruel and ruthless as the members of the IttouRyuu are the forces of the Shogunate are as bad or worse. One of the things Hiroaki Samuras manga was known for was intensely violent and detailed action scenes. These were accompanied by some additional sexual violence though not as regularly. Unfortunately this is where the anime falls short. The violence in the anime comes in short sharp staccato bursts that dont linker on screen. This is actually something of a problem because while the gory violence comes quickly shocks and then leaves the anime dwells on the sexual violence. In the manga the violence had room for the shock factor to sink in. Here its quite the opposite. There are exceptions in the third quarter of the series during the prison arc but not really. Im not sure if this is a case where the studio didnt have confidence in the animation of the violence or Amazon executives felt that they couldnt get away with giving the violence equal time. 220https://i1.wp.com/countzeroor.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/03/430036.jpg Rin isnt the only character threatened with sexual assault and some characters are raped but she gets threatened with it a lot. This is not helped by the fact that the show also gives short shrift to some of the members of the IttouRyu and their opposite number in the shogunate. There are characters who feel like they get more coverage in the manga but get short shrift in the anime they show up get a line and then a fight. If the show just had another 12 episodes it would have been perfect. Ultimately Im glad this show exists. Its not a perfect adaptation but Im glad its there.