The reassembled Obsidian Eight have launched an all-out assault on the Land of the Setting Sun. After speaking to Lord Hojo, Musashi and his friends learn that their best hope may lie in special black blades forged from the body of a demon god. Musashi and Kojiro then set off on a perilous journey into the bowels of the earth itself in search of the precious dark metal.
Shinobu Ohtaka (大高 忍, born May 9, 1983 Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for the creation of the manga series Sumomomo Momomo and more recently, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic.