num_pages: 224
description: THE BATTLE BEGINSThe Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years.But not all the clan members are in agreement. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love. Now these star-crossed lovers have been pitted against each other. Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?
language: English
title: Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vol. 1
titlecomplete: Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vol. 1
genres: Seinen, Historical Fiction, Historical, Comics, Fantasy, Comics Manga, Action, Fiction, Manga, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 1026
series: バジリスク～甲賀忍法帖～ [Basilisk: Kōga Ninpōchō]
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kodansha Manga Award
category: General
publisher: Del Rey