Valiant Must Fall Vol. 5, The

“TO THINK LIFE CAN BE THIS FLEETING…” Hoping to steal back the Sessho-seki, Shino and Haruyasu team up with former Shinsengumi leader Fujita Goro to confront Ikumatsu and his kinsman Kikuji. Their trap works, and a battle breaks out between the two sides! Haruyasu faces Kikuji a second time, and though kinsmen are granted long lives, will letting go of immortal life prove to be the only path forward?
Series Overview: The Tokugawa shogunate has fallen, and former samurai Haruyasu is adrift in a strange new world, searching for a place to die. But when he attempts to assassinate a government official, hoping this will bring the eternal peace he craves, Haruyasu finds himself at the mercy of the official’s bodyguard, a young woman who claims she’s the daughter of an immortal. What will she ask in return for sparing his life?