He also has basilisk eyes, but can only use them at night. Muroga Hyouma ( 室賀 豹馬, Muroga Hyōma) is Gennosuke's blind uncle and a high-ranking member of the Kouga.He can take on the physical appearance of another person by creating death masks of mud, and impersonate their voice. Kisaragi Saemon ( 如月 左衛門) is so completely featureless, that most people can not remember what he looks like.His body has the consistency of rubber allowing him to bounce like a ball, or roll like a boulder. Udono Jousuke ( 鵜殿 丈助, Udono Jōsuke) is extremely fat, with a barrel-like body and droopy facial features.His gelatinous and transparent body can completely blend into any solid surface. Kasumi Gyoubu ( 霞 刑部, Kasumi Gyōbu) is bald and completely hairless, resembling a monk.He has the dexterity and abilities of a spider, such as weaving a sticky web. Kazamachi Shougen ( 風待 将監, Kazamachi Shōgen) is a hunchback with gray skin, red eyes, and long appendages.He can predict the future using astrology, and keeps a spear hidden in his esophagus, that he spits out to attack. Jimushi Juubei ( 地虫 十兵衛, Jimushi Jūbee) has gray skin, an ox-like face with big ears, and lacks both arms and legs.He is in love with Oboro of the Iga clan. His " basilisk eyes" force those who attack him to attack themselves instead. Kouga Gennosuke ( 甲賀 弦之介, Kōga Gennosuke) is the grandson of Danjou, and heir to take over the Kouga clan.As a young man, he was in love with Ogen of the Iga. Kouga Danjou ( 甲賀 弾正, Kōga Danjō) is the elderly leader of the Kouga ninja clan.The novel traces the course of the conflict as both clans endure heavy losses and ultimately bring Gennosuke and Oboro to face each other on the field of battle. At the center of the conflict is Kouga and Iga's two young heirs Gennosuke and Oboro respectively who had fallen in love in the hopes of not only bringing their clans together in peace but also to mix the bloodlines of their families so as to undo the genetic damage endured by both. Following a random toss of the scrolls by Ieyasu, Kunichiyo is represented by the Kouga, while Takechiyo is represented by the Iga.ĭue to years of incestuous selective breeding, the members of the Kouga and Iga have all developed inhuman abilities at the cost of several of them being born physically disfigured or otherwise abnormally mutated. Any survivors are to return to the castle on the last day of May with the scroll, and the side with the most survivors will win. Each clan is given a scroll with all 20 combatants' names written on it. Danjou and Ogen, leader of the Kouga and Iga respectively, are summoned to Sunpu Castle and each select nine other members of their clan to participate in a battle to the death. Their no-hostilities treaty is lifted by retired shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to settle a succession dispute within the government concerning which of Ieyasu's grandsons will become the third Tokugawa Shogun, Takechiyo or Kunichiyo. Beginning in April 1614 Japan, the story centers around the Kouga and the Iga, two rival ninja clans who have been enemies for 400 years.
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