Story by Kazuo Koike. Art by Goseki Kojima. Cover by Goseki Kojima.
The shogun's sword tester and executioner is a position of consummate skill and great prestige. While the feared Yamada 'Decapitator' Asaemon holds the post, another sword master seeks the office, and this election can be won by only a single vote-cast in steel and certified in blood. Collects stories from volume 3 and all of volumes 4 and 5 of previous Dark Horse editions. Nearly 800 pages, value priced. 'Fully in keeping with the classic imagery of Koike and Kojima.'-Blogcritics