The Last Yagyu, Soujirou the Willow-Sword versus Rosclay the Absolute.
By eliminating Lucnoca the Winter without getting blood on his own hands, it seemed Rosclay’s victory was certain. But Hiroto the Paradox, with his obsidian eye, still wants to rip out his throat. Amidst a chaos where everyone is seeking to triumph with their respective ideals, a sword of a battle-hungry willow cuts through the “absolute.”
Things are moving with lightning speed now in Ishura (of course with the addition of some new characters), and alliances shift around rather confusingly, with some very surprising results in this volume. We finally get to learn about Rosclay's background and why he's the way he was. Fightings broke everywhere between different factions, and even though Ishura has never shied away from brutality, I think the level in this volume is high even by this series' standards.
And to think that something Dakai the Magpie did in book I has an effect (a profound effect, I presume!) in book 8! Can't wait for volume IX to enjoy the tale of this fucked-up world.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.