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Yaiba Volume 3 was released on August 18, 1989 in Japan.
 
Yaiba Volume 3 was released on August 18, 1989 in Japan.
  
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== Cast ==
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= Cast =
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char|Yaiba Kurogane}}
 
{{Char|Yaiba Kurogane}}
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{{Char|Musashi Miyamoto}}
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{{Char|Sayaka Mine}}
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{{Char|Gerozaimon Geroda}}
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{{Char|Kagetora}}
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{{Char|Shonosuke}}
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{{Char|Gosho Aoyama}}
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{{Char|Takeshi Onimaru}}
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{{Char|Sayaka's Grandmother}}
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{{Char|Raizo Mine}}
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{{Char|Shizuka Mine}}
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{{Char|Kenjuro Kurogane}}
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{{Char|Takeshi's Grandfather}}
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{{Char|Ayame Onimaru}}
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{{Char|Raijin}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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= Chapters =
 
== Evil Demon - Yaiba ==
 
== Evil Demon - Yaiba ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|4|The Eight Demons: Frog Man's Assault}}
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=== Chapter 20 ===
 
=== Chapter 20 ===
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The thunder god [[Raijin]] slowly gains complete control over [[Yaiba Kurogane]]'s body, telling [[Musashi Miyamoto]] and [[Sayaka Mine]], as well as [[Gerozaimon Geroda]] and his [[Oni Minions|minions]] that he won't tolerate anyone standing in his way, announcing to destroy them. Musashi concludes that there's only one way to protect everyone present: to cooperate with Gerozaimon and kill Yaiba before he fully becomes possessed by the demon like [[Takeshi Onimaru]] did, which would destroy the universe.
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After a heated battle, Musashi hits against the crossguard of the [[Raijin-ken]], which seems to lose an orb which was stuck in there that seems to contain the thunder god, freeing Yaiba the instant it gets disconnected from the sword. [[Sayaka Mine]] takes it and starts to argue loudly with Yaiba, who obstinately wants to have it back to be able to beat Gerozaimon. In the end he manages to beat the frog man anyway by a certain whistling, which attracts lots of snakes who are crawling all around Gerozaimon, who, as a frog, is extremely afraid of them. His minions escape and Yaiba and his friends manage to take him hostage, dragging him back to Musashi's house.
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Back there, Yaiba still persuades Sayaka to give him back the thunder god's orb, which she continues to decline.
  
 
== Onimaru's Strategem ==
 
== Onimaru's Strategem ==
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{{ref ova||Yaiba (pilot OVA)}}
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{{ref Yaiba episode|5|Special Attack Whirlwind Sword}}
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=== Characters introduced ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{NewChar|name = [[Gosho Aoyama (Character)|Gosho Aoyama]]|image = Gosho Aoyama.jpg|description =
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* Mangaka}}
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{{EndBox}}
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=== Chapter 21 ===
 
=== Chapter 21 ===
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It's starting to snow in [[Tokyo]]. Just when its citizens are enjoying it, [[Takeshi Onimaru]] appears over [[Minato]] with his [[Onimaru's airship|airship]] and destroys the [[Tokyo Tower]] to prove his power and subjugate all of [[Japan]].
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Meanwhile on [[Mount Tengu]], it also started to snow and [[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]], [[Kagetora]] and [[Shonosuke]] are playing outside, before Yaiba wants to drag the captured [[Gerozaimon Geroda|Gerozaimon]] outside to punish him for everything he did, but then gets scolded by [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]] for being way too energetic and violent. While a new argument arises, a strange young lady appears at Musashi's house who gets welcomed to stay inside and warm herself in the cottage. Gerozaimon quickly realizes who she really is before she makes the mistake of grabbing into the open fire without flinching, deciding to give up the masquerade and reveal herself.
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=== People ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{People|Announcer|YV3 Announcer.jpg|
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* TV Announcer}}
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{{EndBox}}
  
 
==  True Form Revealed ==
 
==  True Form Revealed ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|5|Special Attack Whirlwind Sword}}
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=== Characters introduced ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{NewChar|name = [[Hebi-Otoko]]|image = Hebi-Otoko manga.jpg|description =
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* aka Julius Zupopotamasu III
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* Humanoid snake
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* Second of the [[Eight Demons]]}}
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{{EndBox}}
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=== Chapter 22 ===
 
=== Chapter 22 ===
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The mysterious young lady reveals herself to be [[Hebi-Otoko]], the snake man and another of [[Takeshi Onimaru]]'s [[Eight Demons]] and mortal enemy of frogs like [[Gerozaimon Geroda]], who he wants to kill for his failure, too. After a lengthy discussion and [[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]] and [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]] making fun of Gerozaimon's and Hebi-Otoko's real names, the latter summons the [[Oni Minions|minions]] to finish Yaiba off, who seemingly can't stop laughing. Sayaka is confused by Yaiba's behavior, but [[Musashi Miyamoto]] quickly realizes that he is doing it on purpose to throw off his opponents.
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Gerozaimon, who is depressed that Onimaru abandoned him and wants to see him dead, gets freed by Yaiba, before the boy gets thrown outside the house. There he finds a way to spin the [[Raijin-ken]] like a circular saw when he puts his fingers inside the perforated crossguard where the thunder god's orb was stuck in before.
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=== People ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{People|Woman|YV3 Yuki Onna.jpg|
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* Fake Yuki-Onna
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* Hebi-Otoko in disguise}}
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{{EndBox}}
  
 
== Birth of a Killer Technique ==
 
== Birth of a Killer Technique ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|5|Special Attack Whirlwind Sword}}
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=== Chapter 23 ===
 
=== Chapter 23 ===
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[[Yaiba Kurogane]] starts to attack [[Hebi-Otoko]] and his [[Oni Minions|minions]] with his new spinning sword technique by slicing some trees to fall down on them. [[Gerozaimon Geroda|Gerozaimon]], still sad about being abandoned, starts to cry and aimlessly punches around, which causes him to unintentionally finish off several of the Oni minions. Yaiba accidentally loses his spinning sword, which flies away and lands directly on the snake man's tail, severing it. An enraged Hebi-Otoko gets dragged away by his minions, swearing revenge.
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In the evening, Yaiba still practices his spinning sword technique (while almost hitting Musashi), which [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]] uses to cut some vegetables. The group starts to discuss what this new technique should be called, with Musashi preferring "Senpuken", but the consensus being "Rolling Thunder Special", which seems to be too difficult for Yaiba to pronounce. In the end, he stays up all night, trying to say it correctly.
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Hebi-Otoko found himself a new tail in the meantime: A tree branch tied to his severed end, greatly embarrasing him.
  
 
== Bring It On! ==
 
== Bring It On! ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|5|Special Attack Whirlwind Sword}}
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=== Chapter 24 ===
 
=== Chapter 24 ===
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[[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]] is still trying to figure out how to say "Rolling Thunder Special", while [[Hebi-Otoko]] and his [[Oni Minions|minions]] use the distraction to set Musashi's house everyone is in on fire. When they realize what is happening, Yaiba cuts the cottage into little pieces, with the burning remains setting themselves on fire, panicking and running aimlessly towards Hebi-Otoko, whom they burn with this action, too. After extinguishing the fire in the snow, they escape to a rock ledge, which of course breaks off and slides down the mountain.
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Further down, in the snowy forest, Yaiba and his friends prepare some traps for Hebi-Otoko and his minions, resulting in a battle between the two during which Yaiba finally manages to cut the snake man in two halves - causing him to transform back into a regular snake and fleeing into the woods. With this problem out of the way, but no house to stay at anymore, [[Musashi Miyamoto]] suggests that they visit a nearby village he knows.
  
 
== The Suspicious Village ==
 
== The Suspicious Village ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|6|Frightening Slug Man Appears}}
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=== Chapter 25 ===
 
=== Chapter 25 ===
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[[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]] makes fun of friends that they are already exhausted from the walk, causing [[Musashi Miyamoto|Musashi]] to give him two extremely high [[Wikipedia:Geta (footwear)|Geta]] (wooden shoes) to train his balance again, which greatly impedes him. Fed up with his manners, the others can now go forward and reach the village, leaving Yaiba behind.
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The group gets a really warm welcome in the village, a warm bath, drinks and beds for the night, but it seems like the villagers are preparing to kill them while they are asleep, which Yaiba notices when he arrives. They explain to him that there's an old [[Wikipedia:Tengu|Tengu]] visiting and raiding their community for three centuries now, asking Yaiba to finish him off for them, to which he agrees. He tries to kill the "Tengu" before realizing that it's actually the sleeping Musashi, clearing up the situation. Thinking that he's a friend of the "Tengu", the villagers try to attack Yaiba too, but he defends by kicking his opponents away with the high Geta.
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After showing him a photo of Musashi getting caught in the act, Yaiba and his friends have to accept that they are telling the truth about the old man, having to flee and leaving that village behind, reaching a larger town in a valley.
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=== People ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{People|Man|YV3 Villager.jpg|
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* Mountain village resident}}
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{{People|Old Woman|YV3 Leader.jpg|
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* Village elder}}
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{{EndBox}}
  
 
== Catch Me If You Can ==
 
== Catch Me If You Can ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|7|The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?}}
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=== Characters introduced ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{NewChar|name = [[Kumo-Otoko]]|image = Kumo-Otoko manga.jpg|description =
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* Humanoid spider
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* Third of the [[Eight Demons]]}}
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{{EndBox}}
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=== Chapter 26 ===
 
=== Chapter 26 ===
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[[Takeshi Onimaru]] sends out another of the [[Eight Demons]] again, who seems to be really fond of calculating the probabilities of his plans. Meanwhile, [[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]] and his friends reach the town from the end of the previous chapter, being extremely hungry, until they notice that there are tables with food standing around on the street. They quickly realize it's a trap, with one of the tables being the disguise of a new demon Onimaru sent out: [[Kumo-Otoko]], the spider man - but the group doesn't really care, since they are busy eating. When he still doesn't leave them alone, Yaiba angrily stomps on the ground, frightening Kumo-Otoko a lot because of the vibrations he causes, which he, as a spider, is way more sensitive to.
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Kumo-Otoko tries to escape to [[Onimaru's airship]], but Yaiba and his friends follow him until they reach the top of the balloon filled with hot-air. Yaiba tries to stomp on the ground again, but because of the soft surface, it's impossible. He just solves it by stabbing into the balloon with his [[Raijin-ken]], which expectably causes the airship to crash - unfortunately with Kumo-Otoko, his minions and [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]] on board, who now have her in their clutches.
  
 
== Tasty Trap ==
 
== Tasty Trap ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|7|The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?}}
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=== Characters introduced ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{NewChar|name = [[Eiichi Yamagishi]]|image = Eiichi Yamagishi.jpg|description =
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* [[Gosho Aoyama (Character)|Gosho Aoyama]]'s assistant}}
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{{EndBox}}
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=== Chapter 27 ===
 
=== Chapter 27 ===
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While [[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]], [[Musashi Miyamoto|Musashi]], [[Kagetora]] and [[Shonosuke]] are wandering around the town to find [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]], they use the opportunity to steal food from several restaurants. [[Kumo-Otoko]] reads about their exploits in the newspaper and prepares a new trap, with Sayaka hanging inside a web, getting fed with [[Wikipedia:Takoyaki|Takoyaki]] by the [[Oni minions]].
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Kumo-Otoko takes over a restaurant, disguising as the head cook and places signs that "everything's free" all around it, attracting three unwitting customers ([[Gosho Aoyama]], [[Eiichi Yamagishi]] and [[Yutaka Tani]]), whom he chases away with a bunch of kitchen knives, since they are not the people he aims for. Yaiba and his friends take seat themselves inside the restaurant before the spider man again reveals himself. Yaiba throws his plate to the ground to frighten him again, but this time, Kumo-Otoko wears earmuffs. The group now develop a ruse that they are whispering a good joke to each other, causing Kumo-Otoko wanting to listen to it, too. He takes off his earmuffs, followed by Yaiba and his friends throwing all the dishes on the ground they could get their hands on, shocking the spider immensely, while the group escapes.
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The spider demon wants to give chase, but the actual restaurant owners present him the bill of the 400 plates that were destroyed thanks to him, so he is forced to work off his debt first.
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=== People ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{People|Mr. Oshima|Mr. Oshima.jpg|
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* Ramen Oshima owner
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* Kicks Yaiba out of his restaurant}}
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{{People|Chef|YV3 Chef.jpg|
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* Restaurant Moku-Moku chef
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* Kumo-Otoko in disguise}}
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{{EndBox}}
  
 
== Find Sayaka ==
 
== Find Sayaka ==
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{{ref ova||Yaiba (pilot OVA)}}
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{{ref Yaiba episode|7|The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?}}
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=== Chapter 28 ===
 
=== Chapter 28 ===
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[[Yaiba Kurogane|Yaiba]], [[Musashi Miyamoto|Musashi]], [[Gerozaimon Geroda|Gerozaimon]], [[Kagetora]] and [[Shonosuke]] still haven't found [[Sayaka Mine|Sayaka]]. Now the rest disappears one by one after naively following food trails in dark alleys and getting knocked out, until just Yaiba is left. He finds everyone seemingly floating in mid-air over the street and starting an attack, not realizing that there's a web spun across the street, getting entangled in it, too.
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After getting the advice by Musashi to walk on the vertical threads, since those aren't sticky, he manages to throw [[Kumo-Otoko]] off of it during their battle, who gets carried away by his [[Oni minions]], again swearing revenge. [[Takeshi Onimaru]] punishes him by tieing him up and hanging him upside-down from [[Onimaru Castle]].
  
 
== Slug Man Visits ==
 
== Slug Man Visits ==
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{{ref Yaiba episode|6|Frightening Slug Man Appears}}
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=== Characters introduced ===
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{{BeginBox}}
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{{NewChar|name = [[Namekuji-Otoko]]|image = Namekuji-Otoko.jpg|description =
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* Snail demon
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* Fourth of the [[Eight Demons]]}}
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{{EndBox}}
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=== Chapter 29 ===
 
=== Chapter 29 ===
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[[Musashi Miyamoto]] calmly travels across a pond with the rest of the group and fishes, bothering [[Yaiba Kurogane]] who's eager to go back to [[Tokyo]] and battle [[Takeshi Onimaru]]. Suddenly, a giant snail with arms surfaces and introduces himself as [[Namekuji-Otoko]], the "snail man" and the next of Onimaru's [[Eight Demons]].  Yaiba and [[Kagetora]] attack him, but don't really stand a chance, hence the group escapes back into the town, where Namekuji starts to rampage.
  
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The gang gets thrown into a retail during the tumult, where they find lots of salt packages, which they throw above the snail man and Yaiba slices open with his "Senpuken" technique, causing him to shrink to the size of a regular snail, forcing him to flee - but not without swearing revenge, of course.
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= Trivia =
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* The drums [[Yaiba Kurogane]] plays on the volume cover are those the thunder god [[Raijin]] traditionally is depicted with, causing the sound of thunder.
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* The racing car Yaiba drives on the paperback release containing Chapters 24-48 is the vehicle he drives during the "Chiki Chiki Grand Prix" in a later story arc.
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* Considering he is yellow with brown stripes (in the Manga) and from [[Japan]], [[Kumo-Otoko]] seems to be a [[Wikipedia:Trichonephila clavata|Trichonephila clavata]] spider (also known as "Jorō-Kumo", which in turn inspired the mythological [[Wikipedia:Jorōgumo|Jorōgumo]] demons). The color scheme and their mythological counterpart would usually indicate a female specimen. He also speaks with an [[Wikipedia:Kansai dialect|Kansai-ben]] for some reason.
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== Locations ==
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{{main|Setting}}
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Settings appearing in this volume:
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* [[Wikipedia:Nagano Prefecture|Nagano Prefecture]]
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** [[Lake Suribachi]]
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** [[Mount Tengu]]
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*** [[Musashi Miyamoto's residence]]
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** Unnamed village from chapter 25 (Introduction)
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** Unnamed town from chapter 26-31 (Introduction)
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* [[Onimaru's airship]] (Introduction)
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* [[Tokyo]]
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** [[Wikipedia:Minato, Tokyo|Minato Ward]] (Introduction)
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*** [[Tokyo Tower]] (Introduction)
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== Cameos ==
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{{main|Gosho Aoyama (Character)}}
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* [[Gosho Aoyama]] and his [[Gosho Aoyama's assistants|assistants]] appear several times from this volume on. [[Yutaka Tani]], [[Masaki Negishi]] and him, wondering about the snow, stand in front of [[Tokyo Tower]] in Chapter 21, before it gets destroyed by [[Takeshi Onimaru]]. Gosho is the one wondering aloud about the snow beforehand.
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* Later on, in chapter 27, [[Eiichi Yamagishi]], Tani and him accidentally enter [[Kumo-Otoko]]'s restaurant trap and get chased away.
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* There's also a "Yamagishi Store" in the final chapter of this volume.
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= Editions Gallery =
 
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 3f.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France]]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 3g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 2 cjd.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Hong Kong (JD Comics, combined volumes 3 and 4)]]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 3i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 2sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (combined volumes 3 and 4)]]</div>
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<div class="left">[[File:YaibaVolume 3v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
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== See also ==
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= See also =
 
* [[Yaiba Manga Volume 1-10]]
 
* [[Yaiba Manga Volume 1-10]]
 
* [[Yaiba]]
 
* [[Yaiba]]
  
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 19 December 2023

Chronology
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Volume 3

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Information
Release date: August 18, 1989
July 15, 2004 (reissue)
ISBN: ISBN 4-09-122273-0
Publisher: Shogakukan

Yaiba Volume 3 was released on August 18, 1989 in Japan.

Cast

Chapters

Evil Demon - Yaiba

Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 4: The Eight Demons: Frog Man's Assault

Chapter 20

The thunder god Raijin slowly gains complete control over Yaiba Kurogane's body, telling Musashi Miyamoto and Sayaka Mine, as well as Gerozaimon Geroda and his minions that he won't tolerate anyone standing in his way, announcing to destroy them. Musashi concludes that there's only one way to protect everyone present: to cooperate with Gerozaimon and kill Yaiba before he fully becomes possessed by the demon like Takeshi Onimaru did, which would destroy the universe.

After a heated battle, Musashi hits against the crossguard of the Raijin-ken, which seems to lose an orb which was stuck in there that seems to contain the thunder god, freeing Yaiba the instant it gets disconnected from the sword. Sayaka Mine takes it and starts to argue loudly with Yaiba, who obstinately wants to have it back to be able to beat Gerozaimon. In the end he manages to beat the frog man anyway by a certain whistling, which attracts lots of snakes who are crawling all around Gerozaimon, who, as a frog, is extremely afraid of them. His minions escape and Yaiba and his friends manage to take him hostage, dragging him back to Musashi's house.

Back there, Yaiba still persuades Sayaka to give him back the thunder god's orb, which she continues to decline.

Onimaru's Strategem

OVA Episode: Yaiba (pilot OVA)
Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 5: Special Attack Whirlwind Sword

Characters introduced

Gosho Aoyama
Gosho Aoyama.jpg
  • Mangaka

Chapter 21

It's starting to snow in Tokyo. Just when its citizens are enjoying it, Takeshi Onimaru appears over Minato with his airship and destroys the Tokyo Tower to prove his power and subjugate all of Japan.

Meanwhile on Mount Tengu, it also started to snow and Yaiba, Kagetora and Shonosuke are playing outside, before Yaiba wants to drag the captured Gerozaimon outside to punish him for everything he did, but then gets scolded by Sayaka for being way too energetic and violent. While a new argument arises, a strange young lady appears at Musashi's house who gets welcomed to stay inside and warm herself in the cottage. Gerozaimon quickly realizes who she really is before she makes the mistake of grabbing into the open fire without flinching, deciding to give up the masquerade and reveal herself.

People

  • Announcer
    YV3 Announcer.jpg
    • TV Announcer

    • True Form Revealed

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 5: Special Attack Whirlwind Sword

    Characters introduced

    Hebi-Otoko
    Hebi-Otoko manga.jpg
    • aka Julius Zupopotamasu III
    • Humanoid snake
    • Second of the Eight Demons

    Chapter 22

    The mysterious young lady reveals herself to be Hebi-Otoko, the snake man and another of Takeshi Onimaru's Eight Demons and mortal enemy of frogs like Gerozaimon Geroda, who he wants to kill for his failure, too. After a lengthy discussion and Yaiba and Sayaka making fun of Gerozaimon's and Hebi-Otoko's real names, the latter summons the minions to finish Yaiba off, who seemingly can't stop laughing. Sayaka is confused by Yaiba's behavior, but Musashi Miyamoto quickly realizes that he is doing it on purpose to throw off his opponents.

    Gerozaimon, who is depressed that Onimaru abandoned him and wants to see him dead, gets freed by Yaiba, before the boy gets thrown outside the house. There he finds a way to spin the Raijin-ken like a circular saw when he puts his fingers inside the perforated crossguard where the thunder god's orb was stuck in before.

    People

  • Woman
    YV3 Yuki Onna.jpg
    • Fake Yuki-Onna
    • Hebi-Otoko in disguise

    • Birth of a Killer Technique

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 5: Special Attack Whirlwind Sword

    Chapter 23

    Yaiba Kurogane starts to attack Hebi-Otoko and his minions with his new spinning sword technique by slicing some trees to fall down on them. Gerozaimon, still sad about being abandoned, starts to cry and aimlessly punches around, which causes him to unintentionally finish off several of the Oni minions. Yaiba accidentally loses his spinning sword, which flies away and lands directly on the snake man's tail, severing it. An enraged Hebi-Otoko gets dragged away by his minions, swearing revenge.

    In the evening, Yaiba still practices his spinning sword technique (while almost hitting Musashi), which Sayaka uses to cut some vegetables. The group starts to discuss what this new technique should be called, with Musashi preferring "Senpuken", but the consensus being "Rolling Thunder Special", which seems to be too difficult for Yaiba to pronounce. In the end, he stays up all night, trying to say it correctly.

    Hebi-Otoko found himself a new tail in the meantime: A tree branch tied to his severed end, greatly embarrasing him.

    Bring It On!

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 5: Special Attack Whirlwind Sword

    Chapter 24

    Yaiba is still trying to figure out how to say "Rolling Thunder Special", while Hebi-Otoko and his minions use the distraction to set Musashi's house everyone is in on fire. When they realize what is happening, Yaiba cuts the cottage into little pieces, with the burning remains setting themselves on fire, panicking and running aimlessly towards Hebi-Otoko, whom they burn with this action, too. After extinguishing the fire in the snow, they escape to a rock ledge, which of course breaks off and slides down the mountain.

    Further down, in the snowy forest, Yaiba and his friends prepare some traps for Hebi-Otoko and his minions, resulting in a battle between the two during which Yaiba finally manages to cut the snake man in two halves - causing him to transform back into a regular snake and fleeing into the woods. With this problem out of the way, but no house to stay at anymore, Musashi Miyamoto suggests that they visit a nearby village he knows.

    The Suspicious Village

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 6: Frightening Slug Man Appears

    Chapter 25

    Yaiba makes fun of friends that they are already exhausted from the walk, causing Musashi to give him two extremely high Geta (wooden shoes) to train his balance again, which greatly impedes him. Fed up with his manners, the others can now go forward and reach the village, leaving Yaiba behind.

    The group gets a really warm welcome in the village, a warm bath, drinks and beds for the night, but it seems like the villagers are preparing to kill them while they are asleep, which Yaiba notices when he arrives. They explain to him that there's an old Tengu visiting and raiding their community for three centuries now, asking Yaiba to finish him off for them, to which he agrees. He tries to kill the "Tengu" before realizing that it's actually the sleeping Musashi, clearing up the situation. Thinking that he's a friend of the "Tengu", the villagers try to attack Yaiba too, but he defends by kicking his opponents away with the high Geta.

    After showing him a photo of Musashi getting caught in the act, Yaiba and his friends have to accept that they are telling the truth about the old man, having to flee and leaving that village behind, reaching a larger town in a valley.

    People

  • Man
    YV3 Villager.jpg
    • Mountain village resident
  • Old Woman
    YV3 Leader.jpg
    • Village elder

    • Catch Me If You Can

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 7: The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?

    Characters introduced

    Kumo-Otoko
    Kumo-Otoko manga.jpg

    Chapter 26

    Takeshi Onimaru sends out another of the Eight Demons again, who seems to be really fond of calculating the probabilities of his plans. Meanwhile, Yaiba and his friends reach the town from the end of the previous chapter, being extremely hungry, until they notice that there are tables with food standing around on the street. They quickly realize it's a trap, with one of the tables being the disguise of a new demon Onimaru sent out: Kumo-Otoko, the spider man - but the group doesn't really care, since they are busy eating. When he still doesn't leave them alone, Yaiba angrily stomps on the ground, frightening Kumo-Otoko a lot because of the vibrations he causes, which he, as a spider, is way more sensitive to.

    Kumo-Otoko tries to escape to Onimaru's airship, but Yaiba and his friends follow him until they reach the top of the balloon filled with hot-air. Yaiba tries to stomp on the ground again, but because of the soft surface, it's impossible. He just solves it by stabbing into the balloon with his Raijin-ken, which expectably causes the airship to crash - unfortunately with Kumo-Otoko, his minions and Sayaka on board, who now have her in their clutches.

    Tasty Trap

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 7: The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?

    Characters introduced

    Chapter 27

    While Yaiba, Musashi, Kagetora and Shonosuke are wandering around the town to find Sayaka, they use the opportunity to steal food from several restaurants. Kumo-Otoko reads about their exploits in the newspaper and prepares a new trap, with Sayaka hanging inside a web, getting fed with Takoyaki by the Oni minions.

    Kumo-Otoko takes over a restaurant, disguising as the head cook and places signs that "everything's free" all around it, attracting three unwitting customers (Gosho Aoyama, Eiichi Yamagishi and Yutaka Tani), whom he chases away with a bunch of kitchen knives, since they are not the people he aims for. Yaiba and his friends take seat themselves inside the restaurant before the spider man again reveals himself. Yaiba throws his plate to the ground to frighten him again, but this time, Kumo-Otoko wears earmuffs. The group now develop a ruse that they are whispering a good joke to each other, causing Kumo-Otoko wanting to listen to it, too. He takes off his earmuffs, followed by Yaiba and his friends throwing all the dishes on the ground they could get their hands on, shocking the spider immensely, while the group escapes.

    The spider demon wants to give chase, but the actual restaurant owners present him the bill of the 400 plates that were destroyed thanks to him, so he is forced to work off his debt first.

    People

  • Mr. Oshima
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    • Ramen Oshima owner
    • Kicks Yaiba out of his restaurant
  • Chef
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    • Restaurant Moku-Moku chef
    • Kumo-Otoko in disguise

    • Find Sayaka

    OVA Episode: Yaiba (pilot OVA)
    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 7: The Eight Demons: Spider Man's Weakness!?

    Chapter 28

    Yaiba, Musashi, Gerozaimon, Kagetora and Shonosuke still haven't found Sayaka. Now the rest disappears one by one after naively following food trails in dark alleys and getting knocked out, until just Yaiba is left. He finds everyone seemingly floating in mid-air over the street and starting an attack, not realizing that there's a web spun across the street, getting entangled in it, too.

    After getting the advice by Musashi to walk on the vertical threads, since those aren't sticky, he manages to throw Kumo-Otoko off of it during their battle, who gets carried away by his Oni minions, again swearing revenge. Takeshi Onimaru punishes him by tieing him up and hanging him upside-down from Onimaru Castle.

    Slug Man Visits

    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Episode 6: Frightening Slug Man Appears

    Characters introduced

    Namekuji-Otoko
    Namekuji-Otoko.jpg

    Chapter 29

    Musashi Miyamoto calmly travels across a pond with the rest of the group and fishes, bothering Yaiba Kurogane who's eager to go back to Tokyo and battle Takeshi Onimaru. Suddenly, a giant snail with arms surfaces and introduces himself as Namekuji-Otoko, the "snail man" and the next of Onimaru's Eight Demons. Yaiba and Kagetora attack him, but don't really stand a chance, hence the group escapes back into the town, where Namekuji starts to rampage.

    The gang gets thrown into a retail during the tumult, where they find lots of salt packages, which they throw above the snail man and Yaiba slices open with his "Senpuken" technique, causing him to shrink to the size of a regular snail, forcing him to flee - but not without swearing revenge, of course.

    Trivia

    • The drums Yaiba Kurogane plays on the volume cover are those the thunder god Raijin traditionally is depicted with, causing the sound of thunder.
    • The racing car Yaiba drives on the paperback release containing Chapters 24-48 is the vehicle he drives during the "Chiki Chiki Grand Prix" in a later story arc.
    • Considering he is yellow with brown stripes (in the Manga) and from Japan, Kumo-Otoko seems to be a Trichonephila clavata spider (also known as "Jorō-Kumo", which in turn inspired the mythological Jorōgumo demons). The color scheme and their mythological counterpart would usually indicate a female specimen. He also speaks with an Kansai-ben for some reason.

    Locations

    Main article: Setting

    Settings appearing in this volume:

    Cameos

    Main article: Gosho Aoyama (Character)

    Editions Gallery

    • Original

    • Re-release

    • Paperback release (contains chapters 1-23)

    • Paperback release (contains chapters 24-48)

    • Wide release (contains chapters from Volumes 3-4)

    Cover in other countries

    France
    Germany
    Hong Kong (JD Comics, combined volumes 3 and 4)
    Italy
    Spain (combined volumes 3 and 4)
    Vietnam

    See also

    v • d • e
    Yaiba
    Main Characters Yaiba Kurogane • Sayaka Mine • Musashi Miyamoto • Takeshi Onimaru • Kojiro Sasaki • Jubei Yagyu • Shonosuke • Kagetora • Gerozaimon Geroda • Namako-Otoko
    Secondary Characters Kenjuro Kurogane • Raizo Mine • Shizuka Mine • Grandma Mine • Moroha Kurogane • Michiko Kurogane • Soshi Okita • Kumo-Otoko • List of minor Yaiba characters
    Manga Yaiba Manga Volume 1-10 • 11-20 • 21-24 • Volume 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24
    OVA adaptations Yaiba (pilot OVA) • Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!
    Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba List of episodes • Staff
    Games Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Super Famicom) • Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Game Boy) • Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Sega Game Gear) • List of games
    Crossovers The Kendo Tournament of Love and Mystery • The Scarlet School Trip • List of crossovers
    Related Articles Swords used in Yaiba • Yaoya • Ekoda High School • Play It Again • K∀ITO
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