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Introduction[]

The Yorozuya and Tetsuko try to sharpen Kusanagi with little success while learning the reasons behind his weakened state and obsession. At the same time, Senbei, or actually the demon sword Maganagi, meets his match with Okita...who decides to use him in their duel.

Plot[]

Tetsuko attempts to fix Kusanagi, but was unable to do so as the sword's body has been weakened due to an old wound. Kusanagi explains that his scabbard wife once belonged to Maganagi, a cursed sword that absorbed the energy of other Excaliburlings. To save her from being his latest victim, Kusanagi fought against Maganagi and the two barely escaped with their life.

In an empty alleyway, Sougo encounters Senbei the Manslayer, who tells the policeman that he has been searching for him for years. Senbei does not recognize his name and instead calls himself Maganagi instead; the cursed sword used his wielder's body as nothing more than a tool and controls it to do his bidding. Musanagi, in Senbei's body, attacks Sougo from behind, but the younger man stabs Maganagi's eye and easily defeats him. As he walks away, the defeated sword calls out for him.

The next day, the Shinsengumi members gather by a riverbank for the duel between Sougo and Gintoki. The Yoruzuya trio are surprised to see Sougo carrying Maganagi as his new weapon of choice. Meanwhile, Hijikata visits Senbei at the hospital after hearing that Sougo was the one who defeated him. Upon seeing his mental state, the vice-chief confirms his suspicions that Senbei was not truly the manslayer. When asked about his sword, Senbei goes into a panicked state, exclaiming that it was the other man's turn to be consumed by the sword. Hearing this, Hijikata dashes out of the hospital, knowing full well the terrifying potential of swords as he was once possessed by a cursed sword. He fears the devastating consequences now that the sword has fallen into the hands of someone far more dangerous than Senbei.

Back at the river bank, Sougo explains that Maganagi had insisted that the policeman made him his weapon. Sougo uses the sword to pick up dog poop and reprimands it when the sword protested against it, shocking Kusanagi and everyone else at Sougo's ability to keep the cursed sword under control. The duel begins shortly, and the two men challenge each other to...pick up dog pool from the ground. As the fight escalates, they hurl dog poop at each other. Both of their swords are impressed by their fighting abilities, but Masanagi manages to rip Gintoki's bokuto apart. Sougo stands up and reveals that his body has been taken over by the cursed sword.

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