無限の住人 [Mugen no Jūnin] #5

A masked, dark-clad swordsman dominates this striking cover in dense pencil-like tones — his face obscured by a cloth, sword raised behind his head in a posture of coiled readiness. Hiroaki Samura's linework gives the figure a raw, sculptural weight that perfectly captures the brutal, feudal atmosphere Blade of the Immortal is known for. Volume 5 of this celebrated Afternoon Comics series continues to deliver the kind of moody intensity that made Samura's work stand apart from its era.