(W/A/CA) Hiroaki Samura. As Rin frets over her bodyguard Manji's disappearance* she is surprised by the arrival of two traveling warriors* the feisty* headstrong D a Yoshino and her huge* brutish companion* Isaku Yasono- kami. Rin quickly regrets her decision to let this strange couple stay with her* but her detective work takes priority when she returns to the stronghold of Habaki Kagamura to search for Manji. Meanwhile* Kagimura's medical examiners begin to test the seemingly immortal Manji* who is imprisoned* chained* and a very unwilling toy in their merciless hands! Hiroaki Samura's acclaimed Blade of the Immortal has won awards across the globe* including the Eisner Award in America and the prestigious Media Arts Award of Japan. Intense and audacious* Blade takes period samurai action and deftly combines it with a modernist street idiom to create a style and mood like no other work of graphic fiction. * Dark Horse has sold over 300*000 Blade of the Immortal graphic novels. FOR MATURE READERS