Sword of Illusion

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Yaiba Chapter 250
Information
Title:	Sword of Illusion
Japanese title:	幻の太刀 (Maboroshi no Tachi)
Original release:	October 6th, 1993
Shōnen Sunday issue:	#45/1993
Volume:	24
Pages:	16

Sword of Illusion (幻の太刀 ,Maboroshi no Tachi) is the 250th chapter of the manga of Yaiba. It was written by Gosho Aoyama and drawn by him and his assistants and first released in Shōnen Sunday #45/1993 on October 6th, 1993 and later on reprinted as the seventh chapter of volume 24 on February 18th, 1994.

Characters

Featured

In order of appearance:

Characters
Soshi Okita Yaiba Kurogane Musashi Miyamoto Sayaka Mine Moroha Kurogane Kenjuro Kurogane

Settings

Featured

In order of appearance:

• Yoroi Island
  • Bamboo Forest
  • Central arena of Yoroi Island

Plot

Just when Yaiba Kurogane breaks down and Soshi Okita walks past his friends to the finale because he believes he has won, Yaiba stands up again and prepares another attack. Sorely shocked and deeply impressed by Yaiba's perseverance and his will to win this fight, even in danger of his own death, Soshi asks him to stop and expresses his deepest respect. From his point of view, he has finally found in Yaiba Kurogane what he was looking for all the time: a worthy opponent. No matter how the fight would go on, neither of them would give in and be ready risk their own lives.

Musashi Miyamoto explains that the phantom swords Soshi sensed are the so-called "Tōjin", which manifest themselves in a battle between two swordmasters and become more numerous the more experienced they are. Soshi cedes his victory to Yaiba and technically gives up, which effectively enables Yaiba to reach the finale instead. After saying goodbye to Yaiba and his friends his joy in being a modern samurai is reinvigorated and he hopes to see him again one day for a rematch when he is stronger.

Yaiba and his friends enter the main arena of Yoroi Island, greeted by a cheering crowd, where a 1 to 1 replica of the house Oda Nobunaga died in has been constructed. The group doesn't have much time to contemplate the surroundings, because all of a sudden, Yaiba's and Moroha's father, Kenjuro Kurogane, shows up, too...

Continuity

• Sayaka Mine and Moroha Kurogane wear Winter school uniforms (worn from October 1st-May 30th).
• Chapter 13 of what the fandom calls the "Oda Nobunaga Tournament Arc" (Manga: Chapters 237-254).

Referencing

• The Poster Child of Battle (Yaiba Manga: 249): This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one.

Referenced in

• Reunion with Father (Yaiba Manga: 251): The next chapter is a direct continuation of this one.
• A Samurai's Pride (Yaiba Manga: 253): Yaiba Kurogane reminisces about several big confrontations he had in recent times, one of them his encounter with Soshi Okita, which started in this chapter.
• Hands Off! (Manga: 991): Yaiba is indirectly mentioned by Okita as "another one, a real strong guy I can't lose ta!" during this chapter, based on his experiences with him from these chapters.
• The Dark Crimson Omen (Manga: 1005): Yaiba is mentioned again by Okita and seen in the panel background. The latter also confirms that he's got a crush on his sister Moroha Kurogane, which Gosho Aoyama confirmed he started having back when he fought her brother during these chapters.

Trivia

• The concept of the Tōjin sword(s) seems to be derived from Zatoichi, who was mentioned by Musashi Miyamoto in previous chapters. Soshi Okita also mentions him in Detective Conan, showing himself to be a fan of the blademaster.

See also

• Manga
• Yaiba Manga Volume 21-24
• Yaiba