Complete Monster/Blade of the Immortal

Being a series where the hero has to kill 1000 bad men to rid himself of his curse, this wasn't really much of a surprise


 * Blade of the Immortal brings us the truly despicable Shira, who's just around the level of Yujiro Hanma in his depravity. He murders a Hooker with a Heart of Gold, because he enjoys cutting up women and making their muscles seize up during sex. After that, he . After losing both of his hands to Manji, Shira is saved by his employer, who asks if he's chosen a new set of hands yet; he raped a hooker (to death) and young boy (who provides his new pair of hands) all night long in his cell. Later on, he mutilates and brutally cuts a woman to pieces, gags her with her own dismembered hand, impales her through the breasts, and rapes her to death, while eating parts of her corpse. After finding , he strips her of everything but an open shirt, tied huge rocks to her feet and left her tied to a dock, half submerged in water during winter. Eventually, Shira gets saddled with one of the most satisfying ends ever written for a manga.
 * It's exceptional how well Shira can execute numerous Bait the Dog moments while actually appearing sincere. A heartfelt speech to Rin?  Helping Renzo seek revenge?   Truly emotional pleading of Renzo to call off his revenge?