(W/A) Hiroaki Samura. To atone for the atrocities committed under his watch* Habaki Kagimura is no longer the top general for Edo castle and the shogunate* and he must commit ritual suicide. While his replacement gave the despised Itto-ryu gang a reprieve and an order to leave Edo and remain in exile* Kagimura still has one shot to redeem himself. Desperate and with very little time left* he's assembled his Rokki-dan warriors-with Kagimura's own daughter among their numbers-and he now seeks to hunt down and wipe out the Itto-ryu for good. But in his haste* will he fall for a string of traps planned by Anotsu* their devious leader? Freed and unfazed by his time in Edo's dungeons* Manji searches for his missing limb* and a few old friends return to the pages of this action-filled* epic manga series. Hiroaki Samura's widely acclaimed Blade of the Immortal manga series has won awards across the globe* including the Eisner Award in America* the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan* and several British Eagle Awards! Samura is the creator of the enchanting Ohikkoshi manga anthology and the hardcover The Art of Blade of the Immortal-also published by Dark Horse Manga! Copyright 2010 by Hiroaki Samura. All rights reserved. New and adapted artwork and text copyright 2010 Dark Horse Comics* Inc.