Issue: #21
Sugimoto and Asirpa (and Shiraishi too) have been reunited and head south across Karafuto with the goal of returning to Hokkaido. But after so much time apart and all that has happened, Asirpa’s feelings about the Ainu struggle have changed. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Tsurumi begins trying to decipher the code in the tattooed skins and sends a double agent into Hijikata’s group. But Hijikata is no fool...
Creators: Satoru Noda
Characters: Saichi Sugimoto, Asirpa, First Lieutenant Tsurumi, Shiraishi Yoshitake