Blade of the Immortal #38

Hiroaki Samura's brushwork is on full display in this fourth chapter of the "Heart of Darkness" arc, rendered in a haunting sepia-toned illustration of a feudal Japanese street scene. A solitary figure with a parasol walks away down a narrow lane flanked by wooden buildings, while distant figures linger in the background — the whole composition conveying quiet tension and scale. Dark Horse's manga line brought Samura's deeply atmospheric world to Western readers, and covers like this one show exactly why the series earned such devoted attention.