Jushin no Katana 4 (Weekly Shonen Magazine KC)

[Machine Translation] At last, the "Beast Swordsmen" of the Rabbit have come together! The five strongest members of the group, carrying the fate of their people and their own beliefs on their swords, challenge the proxy war "Matsuri"! The twelve races with special abilities are the Child, Ox, Tiger, U, Dragon, Snake, Noon, Mi, Shin, Rooster, Dog, and Boar. Twelve races with special abilities are at war for national supremacy. The emperor, concerned about the endless warfare, announces the holding of the "Festival," a 5 vs. 5 proxy war between the fighters of each race, the "Beast Swordsmen. The princess of the weakest tribe, the "U", Ibusuki, in her search for the best swordsman to whom she can entrust the fate of her people, meets the legendary Hidemaru of the "Shishi" tribe. This chance encounter was the beginning of a dangerous turn of events! The Twelve Zodiac Signs survival fantasy begins! Hidemaru, the lion people, decides to gather five fellow beast sword fighters to fight for the weakest people of the "Rabbit" in the "Festival" to protect the "Rabbit" emperor, Ibusuki. With three of the five, Kamisoku, Jyuryaku, and Jyusshi, he only needed one more beastmaster to fight in the festival. Kamisoku brings along Ao-kun, a researcher of the 12 ethnic groups, but Hidemaru insists that he "will never join this one". At last, the beast sword fighters representing the 12 ethnic groups gather together... The "Festival," the death struggle of the beast sword fighters who bear the fate of their own ethnic group, begins...!

ついに揃った卯の"獣刀士"！　民族の命運と己の信念を刀に乗せて最強の5人で代理戦争「祭」に挑む！！子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥。特殊能力を持つ12の民族が、国の覇権をかけて戦争を繰り広げていた。終わりなき戦を憂いたある帝は、各民族が擁立する闘士"獣刀士"による5vs.5の代理戦争「祭」の開催を宣言する――。最弱の民族"卯"の姫・指宿は、己が民の命運を託せる獣刀士を探す中で、伝説の民族"獅子"の日出丸と出会う。その邂逅こそ、番狂わせの狼煙であった！　十二支サバイバルファンタジー、開帳!!獅子の民・日出丸は、"卯"の帝・指宿を護るべく、最弱の民"卯"のために5人の仲間の獣刀士を集め、「祭」で戦うと決めた。神足、路暴、寿詞の3人を仲間にし、必要な獣刀士は残り一人。神足が奇怪極まる12民族の研究者・蒼君を連れて来るが、日出丸は「こいつだけは絶対に仲間にしない」と断言…何故!?　そして遂に、12民族代表獣刀士達が一同に集結…己の民族の命運を背負いし獣刀士達の死闘、「祭」が始まる――!!