Stories in shonen action titles often tend to be mere vehicles for fighting. Hitogatana is no exception. What makes it special is that it's so good at 'getting out of the way' of the fighting. While some action titles make half-hearted attempts at world building and emotional depth, Hitogatana is largely honest about it's identity as a android fighting manga. The author's best qualities are clearly art and pacing, and in those areas the manga shines. The first chapter's seventy pages fly by in a flash. Even the lazy 'save the princess' arc works because the author doesn't try too hard to make the reader care. Stale cliches blow by so fast that they don't annoy. The fact is that they don't really matter- cool action is the core of the title. And what cool action it is! Androids smash things, chop each other, and occasionally explode. If that interests you, then that's all you need to know.
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