The Elusive Samurai Vol. 17 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

Faced with Toki Yorito's overwhelming brute strength, even Tokiyuki's signature art of escape fails, and Akiie's army is driven into a hopeless corner. Then, amid the gloom hanging over the battlefield, elegant music suddenly rings out. Kitabatake Akiie—the supreme commander who had slipped away from the front—returns to the heart of the fighting in a dazzlingly graceful form. The battle turns into an all-out festival racing toward a triumphant conclusion. Yet once Tokiyuki and his allies cross the Fuwa Barrier, an ice-cold assassin dispatched from Kyoto rises to block their path.