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| Publication Date: March 26, 2025 | |
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Manga Summaries
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269: 相打ち
Aiuchi
(Mutual Destruction)
Ayame attempts to attack Kagari with the shikigami of the Fox Spirit Needle, however her sister's shikigami reveals itself as a hedgehog and fires off countless needles to counter the attack. The needles stab Ayame, but Nanoka uses Akanemaru to create a shield of blood to protect her from any further injuries. Ayame fights back and uses her own shikigami to imbed needles into Kagari's hand while Mao performs a curse on Kagari's hands, causing them to burst into flame whenever she attempts to touch another needle. Mao hopes this will cause her to be of no further use to the Goko Clan, but Kagari simply laughs his attack off and says that Shiranui will undo the curse. As Kagari escapes, Mao rushes to tend to Ayame's wounds. Ayame asks the attack of the Fox Spirit Needle hit Kagari. When Mao confirms that it did, Ayame says that it will poison her sister, eventually killing her when it reaches her heart. Meanwhile, Kagari clings to her hedgehog as it returns to Hakubi's base. Mei intercepts the wounded girl and tends to her, but the poisonous metal energy is quickly travelling through her body to hear heart. Hakubi wastes no time in ordering Mei to prepare Seeds of Haku to use.
Chapter
270: 無力
Muryoku
(Powerless)
Hakubi directs Mei to use the seed of haku on Kagari to ensure that the curse placed on her by Ayame does not reach her heart and kill her. Mei tells Hakubi that the needle's curse is metal-infused and so he should be the one to exorcise it. However Hakubi says it is too late for him to do anything about it. Hearing this stuns Kagari as she lays in bed suffering slowly as the black lines race up her arm towards her heart. Back at the Hosho family home, Mao treats Ayame's wound as she reflects on the idea that she has had to curse her sister to death. She feels remorse for having to do it, but says she could not tolerate the shame of Kagari becoming an assassin for the Goko Clan. Mao too admits that he feels he has failed in protecting Soma from the Goko Clan. Back at their headquarters, Hakubi asks a weak and dying Kagari what she wants them to do for her. She wheezes and says she wants to live, and Hakubi once again asks for Mei to use a seed of haku. Using the seed, it quickly wraps around Kagari's arm and removes the curse before the vines fall away. Having been saved, Hakubi tells Kagari how proud he is of her for working so hard and surviving. Days later, Mei calls on Sasuga and asks if he can remove the fire curse placed on Kagari's hand that Mao cast to ensure she could no longer handle a needle. Sasuga is happy to try, as he is still angry at Mao for destroying his conch shell. With shocking ease, Sasuga blows on Kagari's hand and lifts the curse, ensuring she can once again use her needle tools. Mei asks Kagari to reconsider putting herself in danger but as she picks up her needle she says that she has to repay her debts to the clan. Meanwhile in a dark and lonely room, Soma, now monstrous in appearance writhes on his bed in pain.
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| Publication Date: April 2, 2025 | |
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Chapter
271: 弟たち
Ototo-tachi
(Little Brothers)
Weak and struggling in bed, Soma thinks back to Daigo's words, revealing that Hakubi knew Soma's execution of Daigo was nothing but a facade due to Soma not being a part of the Goko Clan battle for succession. In another room of the Goko compound, Soma's bothers, Mitsuma and Shizuma decide that they want to go and see how Soma is doing. The boys know that after Soma's room was damaged, Soma was moved somewhere secret within the compound. They saw Mei taking food to a small room in the basement and try to go see if he is there. Finding the door locked, they send their beast inside to check on Soma. Soma is stunned to see his younger brother, Mitsuma, using a beast and realizes that Hakubi is planning to possibly replace him. The next day when Mei goes to the room, she finds the door has been knocked off its hinges and Soma has escaped. Soma has dressed himself, covered his disfigured face and gone to meet with Mitsuma and Shizuma. He summons his beast and flees with his younger brothers as Mei and Kagari watch. While Mei feels relief that Soma has helped his siblings, Kagari smirks cruelly thinking that Soma is a coward. At Mao's office he sees the flitter of metallic energy and uses a paper talisman to catch some, revealing that it is an iron rat, the creatures created from Soma's body. As Mao and Nanoka chase after the trail of flying iron rats, Hyakka joins them. While Soma and his brothers fly through the air on the beast, a portal opens and Hakubi's metal tendrils flash out as Hakubi appears and asks Soma what he is up to.
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| Publication Date: April 9, 2025 | |
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272: 兄の思い
Ani no omoi
(Brotherly Love)
Soma tells Mitsuma to take Shizuma and escape as he stands off against Hakubi. Soma summons his beast and Hakubi smirks, saying if that if Soma is healthy enough to summon the creature he is still worth keeping in the Goko Clan. Hakubi easily tangles Soma in his metallic sashes and Mao leaps in, cutting them to shreds. Mao asks Soma if he sent out his iron rats to try to bring him to his aid and Soma confirms that he did. Hyakka, Nanoka and Otoya arrive to take Mitsuma and Shizuma to safety as Soma explains how he was tricked into beheading Daigo. Hiding behind an embankment, Kagari watches, remembering that Hakubi told her to retrieve Shizuma and Mitsuma while he distracts Soma. Mao asks Soma if he wishes to leave the Goko Clan, and Soma tells Mao that he came to detest his elder brother, Ichima, for his selfishing in hoarding the beast and refusing to give it to Soma. Now, Soma explains, he knows that Ichima was simply trying to protect him from becoming corrupted by the beast. He tells Mao that Hakubi has given a beast to Mitsuma and asks Mao to exorcise the creature. Hakubi again tells Soma that he is still useful to the Goko Clan as Hyakka attacks. Hakubi summons his own tiger-like beast and it devours Hyakka's flames as Mao leaps in to battle to help protect Soma.
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| Publication Date: April 16, 2025 | |
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Chapter
273: 反逆
Hangyaku
(Traitor)
Mao battles against Hakubi, realizing that he will use Kagari and Soma as expendable pawns. Hyakka joins the battle, tossing his flames as Hakubi summons his beast to counter the fire-wielder. Hyakka leaps right into the mouth of Hakubi's beast and destroys it by heating up from within the creature. Hakubi ask Mao what he will do after he rescues Soma, implying that if the beast within Soma is exorcised Soma would die. Mao says he only cares about helping Soma aid Mitsuma and Shizuma's escape from the Goko Clan. Soma rushes in to help Mao and Hyakka when it looks like Nanoka is going to join the fray. He tells her to stay back and that she should learn to be more feminine before he summons his beast, envelopes it in Hyakka's fire and has its jaws clamp on to Hakubi's arm. Mao slashes Hakubi as the beast holds him in place, badly wounding the soldier. Hyakka attempts to burn him to death but Hakubi teleports away as Soma collapses, his body disintegrating and being pulled piece by piece into Hakubi's portal.
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| Publication Date: April 23, 2025 | |
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