Blade of the Immortal #25

Volume 25 of Hiroaki Samura's *Blade of the Immortal* arrives in this 2010 Egmont Ehapa edition, its cover rendered in Samura's characteristically painterly, muted tones — two weathered figures dominate the frame, one looming behind the other, both carrying the weight of a world where survival is never guaranteed. The atmospheric composition, all dusty earth tones and quiet menace, captures perfectly the mood of one of manga's most visually distinctive action series.