
The two main characters are disciples of the middle social class Samurai Iwamoto Kogan, who is known as a legendary sword fighter. The scenario is early 17th century japan in a Samurai setting. Just too good to be called real, fitting the term of "legendary warriors".)


Equally the overall scenario is very close to reality, it's basically a mix of historical facts, plausible fighting scenes and japanese myths (By myths I don't mean things like mythical creatures, but persons exceeding human limits to a certain amount in speed and power - but only very slightly, it's not really superhuman. Shigurui really not typical manga style, as the drawings are clearly aimed at close contact with reality. Latest anime and manga which really caught me definitly was Shigurui, so I thought of recomminding it:
