This very much felt like a "Ready, stage set, and we're....ABOUT to go." But still highly entertaining.

Everyone must split into groups to take down this big bad. It has to be taken down all at once at the same time. Of course the third in charge of the samurai turns out to be far more dangerous than expected but also...a scumbag. Everyone in this damn series feels like a scumbag at points...and I kind of love it. We also get to see some ninja on ninja action as the one in love with our main ninja hero wants to either fuck him or kill him...or both.

Overall, a highly entertaining volume with, what looks like, a main death and a push towards the end in a heroic way. Let's see how the final two volumes pan out.