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“Cold samurai Shurannosuke rescues Princess Mayu from Seki Ninja with deadly crossed-scythe mark.”
Sword for Truth
修羅之介斬魔劍 死鎌紋の男
4.86
14,328 rank · 5,599 viewers · 3 favorites
Action
Supernatural
Suspense
Gore
Historical
Samurai
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Synopsis
Cold samurai Shurannosuke rescues Princess Mayu from Seki Ninja with deadly crossed-scythe mark.
Shurannosuke Sakaki is a masterless samurai with a razor-sharp katana and a cold-hearted personality. Whenever you see the mark of two crossed scythes on his back, death is sure to follow. Because of his exceptional swordsmanship, Shurannosuke is hired by the Nakura Clan to rescue Princess Mayu from the Seki Ninja. In this mission, he must use his full potential to survive the Seki Ninja's notorious henchmen. (Source: ANN)
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
2.2
/10
What 9 viewers settled on.
0%
recommend
Score distribution
median 1
mode 1
σ 1.62
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.62 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 2.78
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Nov 2022
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “Cheap ass version of Ninja Scroll. That's all I could think of as I watched this and thought about the trailer I seen for this. How dare they compare this to NInja Scroll. Dub was boring and poorly...”
- 1 “Wow, what an absolute mess this is. Imagine an exploitative chanbara film from the '70s, with multiple complex plot threads, numerous warring clans, and countless opposing characters, but for some...”
- 5 “Contrary to animegorey's review, I actually found this to be better than Ninja Scroll but not so much because of the quality but because it's less fantasy and therefore comes much closer to the...”
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Short · 11%
Medium · 56%
Long · 33%
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- Format 1 × 51′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 51m all episodes
- Aired Dec 1990 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-1318 catalog
Produced by
- Toei Video Producer
Licensed by
- Manga Entertainment Licensor