Issue: #14
As the Juppongatana or "Ten Swords" move to attack those at Aoi-Ya (Kaoru, Yahiko, Misao, and the rest of the Kyoto-based spy clan), Kenshin -- accompanied by Sanosuke and Saitô -- squares off against one of his most powerful opponents yet: Shinomori Aoshi, former Okashira or "head" of the Oniwabanshu. Bound by promises to both return Misao's "Aoshi-sama" to her safety, and to face Shinomori himse...
First appearances: Sojiro, Usui, Shishio, Hōji
Creators: Steve Dutro, Kit Fox, Yumi Hoashi, Liza Coppola, Avery Gotoh, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Alvin Lu, Rika Inouye, Elizabeth Kawasaki, Gerard Jones, Kenichiro Yagi, Hyoe Narita, Noboru Watanabe, Matt Hinrichs
Characters: Sanosuke Sagara, Sojiro, Usui, Hajime Saito, Kenshin, Shishio, Aoshi Shinomori, Hōji