“Handsome poison taster Mondo protects eighth shogun from Koga ninja assassination plot in unstable Edo.”
Kawaite Sourou
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Handsome poison taster Mondo protects eighth shogun from Koga ninja assassination plot in unstable Edo.
A few days ago the eighth Tokugawa had inherited the shogunate in the midst of an unstable political situation, a striking man entered Edo. He had a shocking beauty eyes, and was so handsome that seemed to have come from an engraving. It was Kainage Mondo, the new poison taster newly employed by the family of the shogun. However, some Koga ninja had hatched a plot to attack the lives of Yoshimune and Mondo.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 39 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 12m approx
- Published Dec 1980 – Jul 1982
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M31539 catalog