Corpse Princess Vol 22

The mad salvation has come at last, and with it, the despair of many. There is but one path of resistance. The final hope lies with the Ryuuge Tree.

Fight corpses with corpses!! Reanimated corpses called Shikabane walk the earth, but the Kougon Sect of the Grand Marshal School of Shingon Esoteric Buddhism has a means to combat them. Enter the Corpse Princesses! Undead-killers (usually young women) stand as humanity's first line of defense against the evil that lurks in the shadows, but can humanity tolerate defenders who are corpses themselves...? One Corpse Princess, Makina, may be the first to find out!

"I'm recruiting shikabane in order to crush the Kougon Sect." So says the former chief Gonshou-soujou of the Kougen Sect -- Akasha Shishidou -- a name to be feared and loathed. And like it or not, encountering him means nothing but death. As events begin to unfold, others are mercilessly caught up in his game. Even the girl who embodies death is no exception. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 96.

"This is my best chance to confront the Seven Stars again!"So says Makina Hoshimura. She trusts in Ouri's decision to participate in Operation Sealed Deity--the mission to defeat the Unclean Bunch's king. Meanwhile, the young contracting monk struggles to rise to the occasion in the face of the founder's assault. The head temple is in chaos as the fight against Milam intensifies. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 92.

"Shall we......lend you a hand?" So says the black cat--Ouri's constant companion who calls him an "ominous death omen." Makina is powerless before an awakened Hokuto, and Ouri is out of options. In this dire moment, the cat appears. Ouri needs the power to escape this predicament, and what he gets is a startling transformation. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 90.

"I remembered that I'm a Corpse Princess," says Makina Hoshimura. She's ready to stand up again and fight, even if it's against her inescapable destiny. Even if it means forgetting the name of the one she loved most. But the darkness whirls, and the Unclean Bunch's supreme king violates heavenly laws and breaks boundaries as he writhes into existence once again. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 95.

"I'll take it, Mr. Contract Holder," says Makina Hoshimura to her partner in the struggle, Ouri Kagami. They're both determined now, and it's no token gesture out of mere pity. But the shikabane have the last laugh as inescapable regrets hasten the coming of their Land of the Dead experiment. Leading them is the cornerstone shikabane swarm and tartget of Makina's Revenge -- the Seven Stars. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 95.

"I'll take everything. Until......there's nothing left of you!!" so says Makina Hoshimura. Such is her grim determination in the face of the Seven Stars, for they are now bound to each other as "enemies." So she struggles to stand against them. That's all she knows how to do, even if the despair-filled Land of the Dead lies ahead. Shikabane kills needed for Corpse Princess Makina Hoshimura to ascend to heaven: 92.