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Wow. The story with Koun's group and their battle with Kojiro was amazing. Easily my favorite part of this manga, along with Musashi's rematch with Inshun, and the Musashi-Baiken fight. Although I knew it was inevitable that these guys were going to die, it didn't make it any less painful to watch them go one by one. Inoue did a great job developing them, even more so considering they were around only for a short time. My one question is whether or not Shinjiro survived. He kind of slumped over at the end, so...
For now, it looks like the story is getting back to Musashi.