Mare Mi No Bun (Shodensha Bunko Tsu 5 - 33 Fu No Ichibe 2 - 26)

[Machine Translation] The family of the assassin who was avenged by Karaki Ichibei swore revenge and began a search for Ichibei's family. Meanwhile, Koharu, who is reluctant to leave for Edo because of her feelings for Osaka, is visited by Omo, a close friend of her late sister. She says that her childhood friend was killed in a roadside slaying and that she is now in a dilemma between life and death. Ichibei begins a search for the culprit, but his whereabouts are discovered by assassins. Ichibei sends Ryoichiro and the others to leave first, but then jumps into a death trap of his own...

唐木市兵衛に返り討ちにされた刺客の一族が、復讐を誓い市兵衛の身辺探索を始めた。一方、大坂に情が移り江戸への出立を渋る小春を、亡姉の親友お茂が訪ねてきた。幼馴染みが辻斬りに遭い、生死の境をさ迷っているという。犯人捜しを始めた市兵衛だったが、己れの居場所を刺客に突き止められてしまう。良一郎らを先に発たせた市兵衛は、自ら死の罠に飛び込み...。