Eight pages remain!
For now, have a little glimpse into the political nonsense of the setting, and get ready for the next big fight.
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Image description:
An eight-panel, black-and-white comic page.
Panel 1: Three Takazaki samurai stand shoulder to shoulder. The first among them, still smirking, speaks. The man to his left is taller and stone-faced; the one to his right glances to the side with suspicion.
Takazaki samurai 1: A rumor you’re spreading, against the direct order of the daimyō.
In his wisdom, he has decreed: there are no demons on Fuyushima.
Panel 2: The Atagi samurai looks up in dawning horror, his pupils contracted.
Takazaki samurai 1 (off-panel): Repeating such lies will frighten the common folk and foment discord on our harmonious isle, wouldn’t you agree?
Panel 3: The Takazaki samurai draws his sword and holds it out to indicate the room.
Takazaki samurai 1: In fact, by allowing this to continue unchallenged, all of you present are complicit in this rebellion against our lord.
Panel 4: Ichiro and Resunotek, standing by the front door. Ichiro looks straight ahead, his face grim. Resunotek looks at him, innocently clueless.
Ichiro: We have to go.
Panel 5: The Atagi samurai get to their feet, and we see three of them reaching for their swords. In the foreground, a cup has been upset, spilling liquid on the low table.
Atagi samurai 1: How dare you.
Panel 6: Kazu, the monk with the shamisen, turns to look at the impending fight. He looks blandly surprised.
Kazu: Oh, dear.
Panel 7: Kazu turns back to the table, takes the shamisen from his shoulder, and begins to tune it. He has one hand around one of the tuning pegs; his other hand and the body of the shamisen are out of frame. Two musical notes in the air indicate the sound.
Panel 8: Tanki, sitting across from him, looks at him with utter confusion. Tanki’s fists are clenched, and his posture is tense.
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