The penultimate volume! Disgraced Edo officer Habaki faces the man he's vowed to take down-the rascally Anotsu. While Manji and Rin are forced to battle Habaki's most tenacious, frightening Rokki-dan thug in a grotesque showdown, the enigmatic Makie has to fend off several Edo Castle henchmen at once!

o Hiroaki Samura's popular manga series nears its conclusion!

"Samura's work will thrill you, engage you, and even horrify you like no other artist working in film or print today."-Geof Darrow