Stalemate!
Having lost two of their clan, the Seven Spears are planning a counterattack. Meanwhile, Jyuhei and one of the Hori women, Okei, have taken Lord Akinari hostage. They now have the object of their revenge, but the seven spears will not let this outrage occur without a bloodbath. Who will be sacrificed in the course of this feud?
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Last volume I said it would take some serious skill on Jyubei’s part to escape the flower pit and the arrows raining down upon him. This proved to be true as it took the craftiness of three Hori women to save Jyubei’s neck. I enjoyed seeing it take the intervention of others to rescue Jyubei, instead of him pulling off some superhuman feat to escape a sure death. Situations like these should appeal to fans of ninja stories that didn’t like all the superhuman powers wielded by the ninjas in Basilisk.