the day have finally come for me to witness the perpetuation of azumi fate a an assassin and fruition of her character and the ultimate attempt to draw me deep into the world she rampage through so mercilessly during the first saga . that as poetical a i will get when talk about azumi 2 represent death or love and because when i cringe over the heavy sentimentality of house of fly dagger and complain about the credibility of aya ueto portray a blood drive assassin and after watch azumi 2 i start to appreciate the previously mention shortcoming more than ever before . not only do the determination of each assassin feel sluggish and uninspiring but also many important element be omit from the entire experience . in azumi 1 we saw the assassin use various stealth tactic ( which be their number one priority ) as well a logic to make easy work of their mark with swift execution and quick ability to escape . but i would not hold that against this movie too much since the story be slightly tweak this time around and many more obstacle be plant in azumi way to prevent her from reach the warlord and display any sign of charisma . by the way and chiaki be foolishly shelve for the most part of the film and be basically play a tone down version of go go and minus the cool weapon and sense of menace . this bring me to the final blow which be the action and simply disguise in the title a the death side of the epic . in the first half of the film we see the debut of many promising adversary with flashy look and even flashy weapon . to no one surprise they meet their end one way or another but the film fall short when each of them start die too fast and too easily . in azumi 1 and the young assassin be mostly overpower the opposition with quick but somewhat satisfying battle and the final showdown between azumi and bijomaru in comparison to the fight in azumi 2 be at least climaxed and worthwhile . some interesting effect be introduce but they be unable to achieve innovation due to the shortness of each encounter . i be in no way knock down the conventional style of samurai film with their quick and realistic battle but character in both azumi film be so imaginative and straight out of anime that the rule could have be break and the action should have be far enrich . the romance side of azumi be there to fill in time between the fight scene and unfortunately at the end it serve no purpose nor provide a much need resolution . a a fan with an open mind for wide variety of movie and animation and i would not lie and i will admit to my neutrality and unimpressiveness towards the first azumi film and but i will step right up and say that after watch azumi 2 and the original be make to look like a flawless masterpiece . for what it worth and azumi 2 represent death or love could have go straight to video and with it invisibly richer budget and a failed potential to add or even expand on the bumpy journey of desperate assassin and do their best to restore the peace and with an unwavering courage to die try .