Samurai Deeper Kyo manga summaries
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Samurai Deeper Kyo manga summaries by volume.
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[edit] Volume 1
Mibu Kyoshiro is seen looking at a poster that lists out the bounty for Demon Eyes Kyo. He notices that the reward is 1 million ryo and says that the money should be used to take care of the people instead. He continues traveling. Along the way, Shiina Yuya, mistaking Mibu Kyoshiro for Demon Eyes Kyo, attempts to claim the bounty. She realizes her mistake after she catches Mibu Kyoshiro. Then she notices that Mibu Kyoshiro has a bounty of 100 mon on his head.
Yuya drags(literally) Kyoshiro to a town, hoping to claim the bounty. They are ambushed by peasant, who mistook them for bandits. Yuya agrees to help them hunt down the bandits and forces Kyoshiro (and the rest of the village to help. The bandits, Banji and Touji seemed to have picked up on their plan and brought back up. Kyoshiro is beaten up by the bandits. Right when he was about to be killed, His eyes turn red. In one swift move, he cuts one of the bandits in half. His feature change, and he now has taken the form of Demon Eyes Kyo. He effortlessly cuts through the bandits without suffering one scratch. He then threatens to Kill Yuya, but changes his mind. He says he will aid Yuya since he finds her amusing. He then appears to have a headache. He sheaths his sword and changes back into Kyoshiro. Yuya decides to follow him, hoping to claim the 1 million ryo bounty on Demon Eyes Kyo and the 100 mon on Kyoshiro.
After traveling for a few days, they finally arrive at a town. The town was ruled by a coorrupt person, who had a deadly bodyguard maned Jimon. The bodyguard mistook Kyoshiro for Kyo and attacks him. Kyoshiro and Yuya manage to get away.
[edit] Volume 2
Kyo easily defeats the Daikan's bodyguard, and then Okuni tells Kyo that "he" is alive. Kyo attempts to kill Okuni, but she escapes. There is a brief story arc where Yuya shuts down a con organization exploiting children. This is the last time Yuya does any useful fighting. Yuya and Kyoshiro later encounter an old woman who owns some property rumored to have buried treasure. Greedy Yuya agrees to help her, hoping to get in on the gold. As it turns out, the old woman has been harassed by the Three Color Gang, made up of Shiorikarasu (white crow), Kurosasori (Black Scorpion), and the mysterious Benitora (red tiger). The three color gang's leader is a man named Genma Kidou, who knows "him". When collecting wood in the forest for the unnamed old woman, Kyoshiro is attacked by Kurosasori, but manages to buy time by pretending to be Kyo, and is saved when he accidentally falls off a cliff onto a hanging branch. Kyoshiro is rescued by Benitora, who wants to spar with Kyo. Kyoshiro agrees to spar with him, thinking Benitora is a goofy weakling, but is proven wrong when Benitora effortlessly blows up boulders and splits himself into several clones ("shadows").
Things to remember from Volume 2: "him", Benitora
[edit] Volume 3
Kyoshiro seems to be in trouble, but Benitora stops his attack when he realizes he has accidentally broken his own rules to their sparring game. He then immediately joins Kyoshiro because his side looks more interesting. Benitora instantly falls in love with Yuya, but she is only interested in the bounty on his head, which is considerably large, although small in comparison with Kyo's.
Okuni permanently awakens Kyo by mentioning the name "Sakuya," who was apparently a woman who loved Kyo. Shiorikarasu (White Crow) kills Kurosasori (Black Scorpion), and then fights Kyo with an illusion, but is killed by Kyo's mirage technique, Shin, another technique from the Mumyojin school. Genma is then the only one left, but Benitora kills him effortlessly with his spear.
Afterwards, it is revealed that the only man to ever defeat Kyo was actually Kyoshiro, and according to Kyo, Kyoshiro actually has killed many people too, and deep down is also black hearted, but Yuya finds this difficult to believe. The group continues on to Edo where some men in a teahouse debate who is the strongest warrior. A drunk named Genjiro suggests Yukimura Sanada, but Kyo disagrees and suggests himself.
Kyo is about to settle the debate with his sword, when Genjiro grabs it without Kyo realizing it. Later Kyo muses about Genjiro's skills, which are considerable.
Later, in a brothel, Genjiro demands Kyo kill Ieyasu for him and that if he does, he'll tell Kyo where to get his body back. He also knows Kyo's weakness. At the same time, Hanzo, leader of the ninjas of Iga, discusses with Ieyasu the problem of Sanada Yukimura. It seems that he has escaped from prison and is nearby, plotting to kill Ieyasu. The ninjas of Iga break into the brothel and attack Genjiro and Kyo, showing that Genjiro is actually Yukimura. Kyo and Yukimura easily kill the ninjas, but a mysterious woman, Mahiro, is about to attack.
Things to remember: Yukimura, the Sanada house, Ninjas of Iga, Hanzo Hattori, Mahiro, Tokugawa Ieyasu, "him"
[edit] Volume 4
Yukimura is unable to convince Kyo to kill Ieyasu for him, even though Yukimura will tell Kyo where his body is if he does. Kyo storms off and is attacked by Mahiro, a woman from his past. Her appearance changes his mind, and after she disappears, he tells Yukimura he'll fight in the tournament for him. Kyo, Yukimura, and Benitora join the tournament, where there are a lot of shady characters. They fight with bokuto, wooden swords, and the losers are killed later. Kyo, Benitora, Yukimura, three assassins, one of which works for a warlord named Date Masamune, another enemy of Ieyasu, a swordmaster, and a strange man in a beast mask advance.
Hanzo expresses concern to Ieyasu about Yukimura's presence in the tournament, as Yukimura is Ieyasu's most feared enemy. They also discuss Ieyasu's succession. Ieyasu plans to have Hidetada as his successor instead of his other two more qualified sons. All of the main characters win their matches. Yukimura's match is with the man in the beast mask, who turns out to be his own brother working as Ieyasu's bodyguard. Kyo chases down Ieyasu into the building and demands to know where the real Ieyasu is. The one seen throughout this volume has been a body double.
Things to remember: Date Masamune, Hidetada
[edit] Volume 5
The identity of the true Ieyasu is revealed and Kyo casually wipes away many Iga Ninjas. Impressed by his skills Ieyasu proposes him to join his army at which Kyo reacts with disdain. Bombs planted by Yukimura's men explode and the hall collapses with Kyo inside, Yuya is distraught that she'll never see him again. As always Kyo appears out of the debris, quite unfazed and so does Ieyasu. Yukimura complains that Kyo has not kept his end of the bargain so he'll only tell him where his body is located if Kyo defeats him in combat. Kyo wins, though narrowly and his body is revealed to be hidden in the cursed forest of Aokigahara located at the base of Mt Fuji.
The fights are over, so Benitora wonders why Kyo is lingering in Edo and not setting out for Aokigahara. Okuni appears once again to reveal that Kyo is in fact looking for--Sakuya which Kyo denies. They finally set out for their journey to Mount Fuji and Yuya seems to be jealous of Okuni spending time with Kyo, which is a reciprocal feeling from Okuni. Okuni questions Kyo on why he has allowed Yuya to accompany him: Is it because she reassembles Sakuya in some inexplicable way or something else. She warns him that his old enemies as well one of his old friends are on his tail, and they will not spare Yuya.
Meanwhile Yuya has met a puzzling but polite blind man who is looking for Kyo. She brings him to the hotel and Benitora interrupts their conversation by claiming that the blind man is dangerous. A fight breaks, out of which Benitora comes off worse, but Akira leaves the fight in midway when three of his companions turn up. As a parting shot he tells Yuya that he knows the man with the scar on his back, but Kyo knows him even better.
Determined to follow Kyo into Aokigahara after hearing this Yuya is angry when Kyo asks her to go home. She storms away in rage and decides to go ask Akira instead on what he knows and gets lost in the forest. Meanwhile Benitora has grown tired of waiting for Yuya and complains to Okuni who tells him that she has probably gone to the forest on her own. Kyo makes a remark about how stupid she is, and goes in after her.
Yuya, after getting lost, is attacked in the forest by creatures that at first appear to be small children. Kyo comes to her rescue. During the fight, Kyo's kimono is torn, and a large cross shaped scar is seen on his back. Things to remember: Four Emperors, 12 ruling shoguns, Akira
[edit] Volume 6
Yuya asks Kyo whether it's him or Kyoshiro who has killed her brother. Kyo asks her if he says no, will she believe him. Will she believe the words of a man who has murdered 1000 people? Yuya says no, but says she'll believe in Kyo's words because she trusts him. Kyo replies that she's an annoying girl and to hurry up to follow him because if somebody else gets to his body before him it would complicate matters. He tells her to ask Kyoshiro the truth when he appears. Benitora faces Mekira, an old friend of his who is now one 12 ruling shoguns and defeats him with the Eight Sun technique.
Yukimura leaves and goes to visit Sakuya. On the way there, He is attack by bounty hunters. Yukimura easily kills them with a fishing rod.
Demon Eyes Kyo and Yuya arrive at an ice fortress. What they find is a trap made by Kubira of the 12. He knows about Kyo's weakness and sends an unlimited wave of puppets to attack Kyo. After 10 minutes, Kyo can barely stand and Kubira beats him up. Right before the fatal blow, Kyoshiro emerges and takes over the fight. Kubira sends more puppets but they are all destroyed. He then sends exact imitations of Kyo to attack Kyoshiro. Kyoshiro easily destroys the puppets and cuts Kubira to pieces. Kyoshiro and Yuya leave the cave.
But Kubira was still alive, imitating one of his puppets. Akira arrives. Kubira tells Akira that he had found out why "The Master" wants Kyo's body. Akira kills Kubira.
Kyo and Yuya have made it to the second part of the forest. There they encounter Sasuke, one of the Sanada 10. Yuya asks Kyo if Kyoshiro was the one that "killed" Kubira. Kyo answers yes and says that Kyoshiro says 'goodbye to all of them.'
[edit] Volume 7
Sasuke tells Kyo that Muramasa only made four demonblades. The others were plain swords. They both have Tenro (Sky Wolf), one of the demonblades, but only one can be real. they test the blades. Kyo's is the real one while Sasuke's is only a normal sword.
Benitora and Okuni meet Akira again in the forest. Benitora and Akira fight a little. Akira then reveals the identity of "The Master" to them.
Bikara of the 12 shows up and attacks Kyo. Kyo seems to be winning at first but loses. He was defeated for the first time in 4 years. Kyo then shows his true power and beats Bikara to near-death. Shindara and Antera show up to save Bikara and to kidnap Yuya. They disappear and head for the slope.
Benitora and Okuni meet up with Kyo and Sasuke. Benitora and Sasuke are about to kill each other when Sanada Yukimura appears! They continue to travel when assassins appear. The assassins were easily killed. Haira and Makora of the 12 show up and challenge them. One assassin is still alive and Yukimura lets him run. Haira kills the assassin and says all hinchmen are to be discarded after use. This angered Yukimura. He jumps up and cuts off Haira's arm.
[edit] Volume 8
Yukimura faces Haira in a fight to the death. Haira tries to kill Yukimura by tossing a giant boulder at Yukimura and then running behind the boulder. If Yukimura tried to dodge, he would be killed by Haira. But Yukimura does something else, he cuts the boulder and Haira in half with one attack.
On the slopes of Hell, Yuya remembers that Kyoshiro was the one that killed her brother. Akira arrives and wakes all of them from an illusion created by the slopes of hell. They continue to travel and arrive at the Land of the Fire Lotus, a place that looked like a paradise.
Kyo, Yukimura, Sasuke and Benitora face Makora of the 12. Makora reveals himself to be Sasuke's friend, Kotaro. He then escapes. The group continue and finally arrive at the gates of hell. the gates open and people who had been living there greet them. They were invited to a feast, but Kyo sees through their illusion. The humans were actually forest dwellers and the gates were fake. Kyo easily emits an aura and stops them from killing anyone.
The gate keeper to the real gates of hell arrive and tell them that a man called the Crimson King showed the forest dwellers how to live. They arrive at the gates, only to be attacked by 4 statues which had keys to the gates of hell. Kyo easily defeats the 4 statues. The gate keeper says that Kyo is the Crimson King. Kyo says he isn't the Crimson King.
One of the forest dwellers arrive and say that the entire village had been destroyed. The forest dweller falls to the ground and dies. The Master is behind the forest dweller. He is accompanied by Basara and Santera. Kyo and the Master fight. Okuni is revealed to be Indara of the 12. The Master delivers a fatal strike to Kyo, but Okuni blocks it. Kyo then continues to fight the master while the others treat Okuni's wound. The Master reveals himself to be Oda Nobunaga.
[edit] Volume 9
The battle rages on in Aokigahara! Kyo unleashes the Mizuchi on Nobunaga. Using his Chi, Nobunaga blocks the Mizuchi and uses the Demon hand of Bone, which sneds a wave of energy at Kyo. Kyo barely survives the attack. Benitora steps in to take Kyo's place while Kyo recovers.
Yukimura dodges Basara's hails of arrows. Each time he dodges barely in time. Yukimura charges at Basara, only to be hit by arrows falling from the sky. Sarutobi Sasuke sees this and blocks the next wave of arrows fired at Yukimura. Sasuke takes two arrows in the stomach.Fueled by anger, Yukimura fights on. Basara fires over 50 arrows at Yukimura at a time. Yukimura easily blocks them all and cuts Basara in half. Sasuke sneaks behind Santera and knocks her out.
Benitora, exhausted from fighting with Nobunaga, uses his ultimate technique, the Reverse Hassun. The attack kills Nobunaga's horse and knocks Nobunaga to the ground. Kyo takes over. He exchanges blows with Nobunaga, until Kyoshiro takes control! Nobunaga reveals Kyoshiro to be one of the Mibu, a secret clan that has been manipulating the world from the shadows. Kyoshiro says he has already left the Mibu Clan. Nobunaga angers Kyoshiro and suffers several attacks. Kyoshiro raises his sword and prepares to kill Nobunaga.
[edit] Volume 10
Kyoshiro and Nobunaga battle on, and Kyoshiro has the advantage. He is dodging all of Nobunaga's blows and is hitting with every one of his own. Still, blinded by ambition and power, Nobunaga fights on as if he will win despite his disadvantage. Kyoshiro then unleashes the Mizuchi, but unlike Kyo's, he is not limited by his body or soul and is able to call forth a Mizuchi from the True Mumyoujinpu Ryuu. He hits Nobunaga full on. Gravely wounded, Nobunaga kneels while Kyoshiro prepares to deliver the deathblow. Just then, however, Demon Eyes Kyo suddenly begins to fight for control, and Kyoshiro loses. Suddenly unable to fight, Kyoshiro falls to his knees and Nobunaga, declaring that Heaven is on his side, raises his arm to strike. They are interrupted, however, when the Gates of Hell open and Bikara appears, who is quickly frozen by Akira coming out from behind him. He claims to have taken Kyo's body; and the life of Shiina Yuya as well.
Angry, the newly surfaced Demon Eyes Kyo strikes at him, and Akira and Kyo duel. Nobunaga interrupts and uses the Tenma Mukurode on Akira, but Akira easily throws aside the attack. He turns to kill Nobunaga, but is impeded by Shindara. Yuya and Antera then enter from the Gates, very much alive. A flashback to the cave occurs, and Yuya is seen freeing Shindara and Antera from Akira's ice with a large boulder. Akira then leaves, disappearing in a column of ice, telling Kyo to pursue him and recover his body if he can. Kyo and Nobunaga finish their duel, with Kyo the victor. During the celebration, however, Nobunaga's head is suddenly found to be missing. The book cuts to Shindara, Antera, and Kotaro, who are travelling to the heart of the forest to the Mibu Clan.
Later, Kyo and the others are seen walking down a street and night when they are greeted by Shindara, who is revealed to be the Former Sarutobi Sasuke. He tells them of their plan to resurrect Nobunaga, and that Kyo and Kyoshiro would die. After he leaves, Yukimura tells Kyo that he has learned that Akira is headed to Kyoto with Kyo's body.
In Mt. Kudo, Kosuke looks for Sakuya, but finds a note-Sakuya has gone to Kyoto.
Benitora and Sasuke also meet a mysterious figure who identifies himself as Bontenmaru. Sasuke takes him on, but Bontenmaru is apparently very powerful and deflects Sasuke away like a fly.
[edit] Volume 11
As Yukimura suddenly interrupts Bontenmaru and Sasuke's fight, Bontenmaru is revealed to be Date Masamune, the "Oda Nobunaga of the North." Kyo suddenly appears on the scene, and the two seem to know each other. They proceed to battle and Bontenmaru amazingly appears to have the upper hand, despite the fact that he is using nothing but a bokken. He then reveals himself to be one of the Four Emperors, right along with Akira. Kyo then gets angry and cleaves Bontenmaru's wooden sword in half, and the battle ends for the moment. He then tells Kyo that a person named Muramasa has summoned him, and that he is dying.
Once they reach Muramasa's house, they are suddenly attacked by a large number of Mibu assassins, who are obliterated by Kyo and Bontenmaru. A Mibu suddenly appears at Muramasa's door, and is promptly killed by a Mizuchi, though Kyo did not use one. Muramasa then appears behind him, and scares everyone with his uncanny ability to read minds (Satori). He reveals himself to be one of the Mibu, and the master of Kyo and a current master of Mumyoujinpu Ryuu.
Kyo travels into the forest, and Muramasa follows him. There, they are assaulted by Shinrei, one of the Mibu "Five Stars:" an elite band of Mibu warriors. He proves himself to be vastly superior to Kyo's followers, and he and Kyo begin battle. Kyo appears to have the upper hand, but somehow, Shinrei hits him with a strike that Kyo appeared to have dodged.
The book then cuts to a side story of Yukimura, in which he tells of a tale of his past. He loved a girl named Mizuki, when he was a carefree samurai who was happy-go-lucky and had no intent of becoming a leader. However, when the Tokugawa suddenly attack their town, Mizuki is killed and Yukimura realizes that what he had been living was nothing more than a foolish dream. He commits himself to becoming a powerful samurai and a master tactician, and defeat the Tokugawa in the name of the Sanada.
