Revenge of the Bakeneko
VB Scott
- A
- dice
- game
- in
- the
- hands
- of
- Takana
- Gozen
- is
- anything
- but
- a
- matter
- of
- chance.
- Takana
- covets
- golden
- ryo
- coins
- almost
- as
- much
- as
- she
- hates
- yakuza,
- and
- she
- is
- a
- master
- at
- manipulating
- both
- as
- she
- hosts
- backroom
- gambling
- events
- to
- pay
- off
- her
- deadbeat
- father's
- debt.
- She's
- spent
- the
- last
- eight
- years
- wandering
- the
- Nikko
- Kaido
- highway,
- living
- the
- life
- of
- a
- homeless
- vagabond—stealing,
- cheating,
- and
- killing—all
- in
- the
- never-ending
- pursuit
- of
- coin.Instigated
- by
- the
- lowliest
- of
- prostitutes
- in
- the
- brothel
- Takana's
- mother
- runs,
- a
- series
- of
- brutal,
- deadly
- events
- break
- Takana
- out
- of
- debt,
- and
- she
- earns
- the
- power
- to
- oppose
- the
- very
- structures
- that
- bound
- her.
- The
- found
- family
- she
- collects
- along
- the
- way
- looks
- to
- her
- for
- leadership,
- and
- together
- they
- form
- their
- own
- yakuza
- clan—the
- most
- prosperous
- and
- feared
- in
- all
- of
- Eastern
- Japan:
- The
- Bakeneko
- Clan.Takana
- has
- trained
- her
- whole
- life
- to
- survive
- deadly
- encounters,
- but
- the
- risks
- that
- come
- with
- being
- a
- clan
- head
- come
- in
- more
- forms
- than
- katana
- and
- kunai.
- Protection,
- love,
- compassion,
- friendship,
- and
- sacrifice
- will
- all
- be
- necessary
- if
- she
- is
- to
- survive
- her
- new
- life—a
- life
- that
- proves
- to
- be
- more
- dangerous
- and
- unfulfilling
- than
- the
- old one.
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