![]() How painful deceit when the warrior turns his back on fealty. The secret ninjas, also known as ‘grass’ and ‘shibumi’, are living and dying on the word of their leader, but even they start to question the twisted reasoning of Retsudo, who claims it is honourable to send others to fight his own battle. We must re-plant the great tree of the Yagyu for all time! Pardoned by the Shogun and returned to his clan residence, Retsudo takes charge of his ‘grass’ and gives them their marching orders: Retsudo, a master of spies and assassins, has no scruples about deceiving the man he claims to serve – not when his driving obsession is to destroy the Lone Wolf and to save his diminished clan, by any means necessary. Meanwhile, in the Shogun’s palace, Retsudo Yagyu puts in motion an elaborate ruse to prove his loyalty to the absolute master of Japan. When the Lone Wolf eventually returns, he acknowledges the heroism of his son and the kindness of strangers. When a major fire in Edo sends a multitude of refugees across the field of battle, Daigoro is trampled underfoot, but he has already managed to impress the many witnesses of his bushi heart. Neither wild dogs, nor artisans with solid reasons to dig around can budge the boy from his post. His father, who went to the Edo palace to remind his adversary that they have a duel coming up, has left Daigoro to guard the two samurai swords buried point down into the ground – according to bushido a solemn promise to come back and finish the battle.ĭaigoro may be small, but his determination is equal to that of his father. The penultimate album debuts with one of those wordless episodes that focus on the young boy Daigoro. It’s been such a long and eventful journey that I am pulled in two opposite directions: I am glad to have finally reached the finish line, and I wonder where will I go from here because for sure I will miss the story of honour and revenge written by Kazuo Koike and the amazing artwork of Goseki Kojima. This volume contains the following stories: Yaygu Retsudo, imprisoned in the castle of the shögun, deceives his way to freedom and commands the very last members of the Yagyu ninja to kill Itto! But knowing swords alone won't kill him, Yagyu sends a strange and fascinating weapon to the battlefield, the exploding ninja! For once, Daigoro experiences the joy of being a child, playing with the other children, but that peace won't last long. Impressed townfolk decide to stop and help him, staying for a while on the same beach. Indeed, his life is threatened when a stampede of villagers escaping a burning village almost plow him into the dirt. Two swords remain planted in the ground, awaiting the final duel between the conniving Retsudo and the vengeful Itto, and little Daigoro guards the two blades with his life. ![]() Hooooo doggy! The tension is getting so thick, a dotanuki wielded by the strongest samurai would have a hard time cutting through it! Just two more volumes left until one of the world's most classic pieces of comic-book literature reaches its exciting and emotional conclusion. ![]()
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