The Elusive Samurai, Vol. 10

In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyukis peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, hell have to do what he does bestrun away! Tokiyuki and his loyal retainers, the Elusive Warriors, take on the members of the Kanto Hisashiban, Takauji Ashikagas stewards in charge of the defense of Kamakura. The members of the Hisashiban possess almost superhuman skills and abilities, as well asunique personalities. Kojiro faces off against Shibukawa, the most formidable of the Hisashiban warriors, in a duel he must winfor if he loses, Tokiyukis head will be forfeit! Tokiyuki himself must face the mad warrior Imagawa in a desperate contest of horsemanship to raise the morale of his entire army!