okay i dunno how many of you out there know blade of the immortal (i actually don't really know anyone who has heard of it, which saddens me) :[
but yeah, i made a stamp for it anyway coz i LOVE it, and i needed one 8]

for those of you who don't know, BOTI is one of my favourite comics books ever since i was in...god....elementary school? o_O; samura's art has always inspired me and blown me away. if you've never read this comic, i suggest you pick it up.

this is my first time making a stamp so please don't laugh at my horrible attempt XD here is the original art i drew for it [link] so if anyone wants to make a better one then that'd be awesome

feel free to use it in your journals!

and just so everyone knows about the symbol, i'm gunna take an explanation straight out of the book because they explain it way better than i could:
The main character in Blade of the Immortal, Manji, has taken the "crux gammata" as both his name and his personal symbol. This symbol is also known as the swastika, a name derived from the Sanskrit svastika (meaning "welfare," from su - "well" +asti - "he is"). As a symbol of prosperity and good fortune, the swastika was widely used throughout the ancient world (for example, appearing often in Mesopotamian coinage), including North and South America and has been used in Japan as a symbol of Buddhism since ancient times. To be precise, the symbol generally used by Japanese Buddhists is the sauvastika, which moves in a counterclockwise direction, and is called manji in Japanese. The arms of the swastika, which point in a clockwise direction, are generally considered a solar symbol. It was this version (the hakenkreuz) that was perverted by the Nazis. The sauvastika generally stands for night and often for magical practices. It is important that readers [or in this case, watchers!] understand the the swastika has ancient and honorable origins, and it is those that apply to this story [deviation], which takes place in the 18th century [ca. 1782-3]. There is no anti-Semitic or pro-Nazi meaning behind the use of the symbol in this story. Those meanings did not exist until 1910.
NOW BE LEARN'D