Chapter 109 of the Jigokuraku manga.
Summary[]
In preparation to take on the transformed monster, Jikka loses his clothing, as a way to maintain his spiritual focus, and asks Gantetsusai for his sword. Gantetsusai finds that they do not have the right weapon to cut down the Zhu Jin-fused Banko, but, after witnessing bodies and a baby of Zhu Jin sprouting out of vines, Gantetsusai chooses to follow with Jikka's plan and gives him his sword. Using his own special intuition, Jikka senses all the fatally wrong moves he could make but manages to find a good position with the right factors to take down the monster similar to how he took down the Wadatsumi in the past. Jikka then swings Gantetsusai's sword and successfully cuts down the head of the Zhu Jin-fused Banko from a distance. Gantetsusai becomes astonished by what he witnessed from Jikka and remembers the time he believed in that defeating monsters would lead him down to the path of legends. He also thinks back to the time Fuchi freed a Dōshi and refused to explain why. As a baby clone of Zhu Jin approaches him, Gantetsusai states that he started to understand where Fuchi was coming from and that fighting monsters, in order to give him a thrill in his old age, doesn't affect him anymore. Jikka steps up to the tanden and prepares to destroy it. However, Gantetsusai warns Jikka that if he should proceed then it might also have an affect on Gabimaru and Chōbei since their Tao are connected with the monster. Despite being told this, Jikka ignores the risks and cuts the tanden.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Yamada Asaemon Jikka
- Tamiya Gantetsusai
- Zhu Jin (Clones)
- Yamada Asaemon Fuchi (Flashback)