Colleen Clinkenbeard

In a daze, Masane stumbles home from battle to get some much needed rest. But her rest is to be short-lived as forces begin to gather around her. The good news: Wado's been unseated and Takayama's taken charge. The bad news: This time the lives of everyone in Tokyo are at stake! Takayama has reprogrammed the malfunctioning I-Weapons at Doji, but there's several thousands more approaching by boat. Three twisted Cloneblades head into the fray, planning to take the Witchblade by force. Masane is not alone and her few allies are prepared to join the battle, but another apocalypse hangs on the horizon.

As Hyoma forces Kagero to take Gennosuke and flee, memories of how these two men were once master and pupil begin to surface. But in the darkness lurks the ever angering Koshiro, ready at a moments notice to finish the job he thought he started on Hyoma... If only he could find him.

Making their way to shore at long last, Jiro and Kotaro are unexpectedly rescued by Mimiko, a Compromiser, another member of the Company, but this one interested in promoting peaceful co-existence rather than simply eliminating the black bloods.

It's been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. The rise of the Kowloon Bloodline, a new breed of monsters bearing an infectious bite, set the streets ablaze under the reign of their king.