The Story So Far
Author’s Bio
Hideyuki Kikuchi was born in 1949 in the city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture. He graduated from Aoyama University. His auspicious debut came in 1982 with the publication of Demon City Shinjuku.
In 1985, the classic Makaikou was published in three volumes, elevating him to the ranks of bestselling authors. Since then, his supernatural thrillers have sold over 6.5 million copies, and this explosive enthusiasm shows no sign of stopping.
Now, after three years of work, Hideyuki Kikuchi has poured his heart and soul into the conclusion of this epic series.
Yashakiden: The Demon Princess Vol. 5 Omnibus Edition
Yashakiden:The Demon Princess vol.5 - Yashakiden 4 (c) Hideyuki Kikuchi 1997. Originally published in Japan in 2007 by SHODENSHA Publishing Co.,LTD. English translation copyright (c) 2012 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All other material (c) 2012 by DIGITAL MANGA, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the copyright holders. Any likeness of characters, places, and situations featured in this publication to actual persons (living or deceased), events, places, and situations are purely coincidental. All characters depicted in sexually explicit scenes in this publication are at least the age of consent or older. The DMP logo is (tm) of DIGITAL MANGA, Inc.
Written by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Illustrated by Jun Suemi
English Translation by Eugene Woodbury.
English Edition Published by:
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available Upon Request
First Edition: Feb 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-56970-198-0
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Printed in Canada
Main Characters
Setsura Aki
The manager and owner of a Demon City senbei shop and P.I. agency. A handsome man with magical powers literally at his fingertips, he fights his enemies with strands of sub-micron thin “devil wire.”
Mephisto
It is rumored that the “Demon City Physician,” as beautiful as he is feared, can bring even the dead back to life.
Princess
A gorgeous Chinese vampire who has wandered the world for four thousand years in search of a safe refuge for herself and her followers.
Kikiou
Princess’s principal retainer, this mysterious old warlock desires to subjugate all of Demon City Shinjuku.
Shuuran
A vampire and servant of Princess, she can fashion killer vampire dolls from her own blood—and was herself killed by the Doll Girl.
Ryuuki
This vampire general from ancient China plays the mesmerizing ghost koto Silent Night and has a powerful qi at his command.
Takako Kanan
A college student specializing in ancient Chinese history, she is swept into supernatural conflict because of her obsession with the mysterious “Daji” from the Hsia Dynasty.
Yakou
A vampire who lives in Demon City’s Toyama housing project, he is the grandson of the Elder, who was defeated and killed by Princess.
Tonbeau Nuvenberg
One very fat witch, and currently a resident of Demon City’s Magic Town, she’s the younger sister of the Czech Republic’s greatest wizardess, Galeen Nuvenberg.
The Doll Girl
Together with an obnoxious raven, the surprisingly powerful Doll Girl serves the witch Galeen Nuvenberg.
Mayor Kajiwara
The mayor of Demon City Shinjuku, he’s pulling out all the stops to keep things from getting any weirder than they already are.
The Story So Far
The immortal vampire known as Princess is quickly turning Demon City Shinjuku into a vampire metropolis. Setsura infiltrates her manor house alone and is met by the puppet paramours and picture soldiers of Princess’s servant, the powerful warlock Kikiou. He is saved in the nick of time by the wizardess Galeen Nuvenberg, but only at the cost of her own life.
Meanwhile, fearing a vampire apocalypse, the Japanese government plans to hit Shinjuku with a nuclear bomb supplied by the U.S. military. Except that in a befitting irony, Prime Minister Kongodai himself has become one of Princess’s slaves. In order to retrieve the missile abort codes from him and save Shinjuku, Setsura must once again face off against Princess, this time on her home ground.