Shigurui flawlessly captures the ferocity and the fury of two singularly gifted men whose lives are consumed by conflict on an inexorable path to ruin. Fujiki is quiet, stoic, and near inhumanly tenacious in his pursuit of perfection. Irako is arrogant, calculating, and ruthless, and his ambition to rise above others is all consuming. Irako's initial sparring match with Fujiki, the expected successor to the Kogan style, is the beginning of a harrowing saga of death, desire, and destruction.įujiki and Irako develop a co-dependent relationship characterised by their intractable hatred for one another. His mind now ravaged by progressing dementia, and without a male heir, Kogan is consumed by a single desire, to ensure the styles continuation in the hands of the strongest successor he can find. Shigurui is a deep and intelligent anime that focuses as much on developing the complex relationships between its characters as it does on displaying their extraordinarily lethal sword skills.Īdmittance as a pupil to the legendary Kogan school of swordplay requires the applicant to spar against two senior exponents in order to have the opportunity to present themselves before its founder and master, Kogan Iwamato. Exceptional swordsmen who are both driven to excel, no matter what the cost. Based on the manga by Tajayuka Yamaguchi, Shigurui depicts the bitter and bloody rivalry between Fujiki Gennosuke and Irako Seigen.
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