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Two scrolls with the names of the fighters are given and are to be marked in blood upon the given fighter's death. To resolve this dispute, both the Kouga and Iga are ordered to send their 10 best warriors to fight in a bloody battle royale, with each clan representing one of the potential shogunate heirs. Ieyasu's two grandsons have both claimed to be the next heir to the shogunate. But their hopes are dashed when flames of rivalry between their clans are reignited, and they are dragged into another war. Through marriage, both heirs aim to bring peace to the clans. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who. Years later, Gennosuke Kouga, heir of the Kouga clan, and Oboro Iga, heir of the Iga clan, have fallen in love. Buy a cheap copy of Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vol. I bawled when she, almost dead out of blood loss coming from having both of her.
Hotarubis death was as sad as this one as well. But when a ceasefire is ordered by the powerful warlord Ieyasu Tokugawa, the two clans are forced to put down their arms. In Basilisk, the end of the 'fight' between Oboro and Gennosuke, specially when she stabs herself to die with honor after seeing she wont be able to kill him, for not only that she loved him but their duel was unfair and completely manipulated by external forces. But none of that matters since the magic of time travel makes their meaningless deaths even more meaningless. For centuries, the Iga and Kouga ninja clans have engaged in a bitter war. They realized they had way too many characters near the climax so they got rid of them in the stupidest way possible.