"Oooohhhh, the Master is sooo coool!
We'll research! We'll research! We'll reseaaaarch!"
"uh... Dowa..."

They continue on, and we see a scene of Hyakurin laying beacefully (passed out?) on a bench.

Rin, Isaku and Dowa go walking along. She mentions that she doesn't have any leads yet on Manji. "How about you guys? Have you found your man yet?"

Isaku kinda blushes at that. I genuinely forget now if they shared that they were looking for (and working for) the guy who killed Rin's parents, but probably not. He's all like, "Uh... well.. um..."

They keep walking, and run right into a patrol of a samurai/magistrate and his goon squad (all armed with sai, or sword-catchers).

"Huh?"

Dowa whips out her knives and gets ready to fight, but Isaku grabs her and tosses her behind him. He doesn't want to fight with them, but rather talk it out. The magistrate isn't having any, though, and keeps waving his sai in Isaku's face.

...and that's about when Dowa grabs the guy's nuts.

"And a one and a two and a..."

SPLURT. (pukyuu)

As a guy, I totally do not want to think about what that "Splurt" means. Owie.

Lord! Are you ok?

The guard whip out sai, mancatchers, and a few swords.

"R... ROUND UP ALL THREE OF THEM!"
Rin: "What? They're including me?"

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Sentimental. Funny. Very pretty and well drawn, too. I'm giving this month's episode

Five out of Five Manjis!