Divine Talent

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| ***Yaiba* Chapter 248** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Divine Talent |
| Japanese title: | 天与の才   (Tenyo no Sai) |
| Original release: | September 22nd, 1993 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #43/1993 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24 "Yaiba Volume 24") |
| Pages: | 16 |
**Divine Talent (天与の才 ,*Tenyo no Sai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the 248th chapter of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*. It was written by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") and drawn by him and his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") and first released in [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") #43/1993 on September 22nd, 1993 and later on reprinted as the fifth chapter of [volume 24](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24 "Yaiba Volume 24") on February 18th, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
+ [4.2 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 See also](#See_also)
* [7 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita") | |
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|  | * 14 years old[](#cite_note-1) * Extremely gifted samurai/kendoka |
- | [Soji Okita](/wiki/index.php?title=Soji_Okita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Soji Okita (page does not exist)") | |
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|  | * Samurai/Member of the Shinsengumi * Ancestor of Soshi from 6 generations ago * Mention/Panel background |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Kojiro Sasaki](/wiki/Kojiro_Sasaki "Kojiro Sasaki")
[Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")
[Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane")
[Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")
[Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")
[Kenjuro Kurogane (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Yoroi Island](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoroi_Island&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoroi Island (page does not exist)")
+ [Bamboo Forest](/wiki/index.php?title=Bamboo_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1 "Bamboo Forest (page does not exist)")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Plot")]
After winning every previous round, [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") and his friends [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and [Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto"), as well as Yaiba's younger sister [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane"), trudge through some sort of bamboo forest on the artificial, skull-shaped island of [Yoroi](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoroi&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoroi (page does not exist)"), on which the Oda Nobunaga Tournament is held. Yaiba literally stumbles over [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita"), who's sleeping in the tall grass, which extremely upsets the former. Only then do both realize that they are in the semi-finals, and are the next mutual opponents.
It quickly becomes clear however that Yaiba is remarkably inferior to Soshi, who's around his age, but way more experienced. With his precise and inescapable attacks, Soshi is constantly hurting Yaiba more and more, while he doesn't land one single hit. Musashi thinks that he recognizes the movement of Shinsengumi member [Soji Okita](/wiki/index.php?title=Soji_Okita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Soji Okita (page does not exist)") in the boy's fighting style. Soshi confirms Musashi's suspicion that he is a descendant of Soji and shows the back of his uniform, which he inherited from his ancestor.
But there is something else: he actually only participates in this tournament because he made a bet with his grandfather. The latter wants to raise his grandson to be a modern samurai, but Soshi has no interest in this at all, he doesn't want to live the life of a swordsman. He is even bored about the mere idea of traveling around ​and never finding anyone who could offer him a real challenge and it wouldn't gain him much money to boot, so he'd rather like to devote his life to another vocation. His grandfather made the offer that he partakes in this tournament and if he won, he was free to choose his own path in life, but should he lose, he must continue to follow the path of the sword.
At this point it looks like Soshi is going to win his bet - he gives little Yaiba a lot of trouble and even manages to instantly and successfully imitate a sword technique Yaiba just tried and failed to use after practicing it for a long time...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine") and [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane") wear Winter school uniforms (worn from October 1st-May 30th).
* Chapter 11 of what the fandom calls the "[Oda Nobunaga Tournament Arc](/wiki/index.php?title=Oda_Nobunaga_Tournament_Arc&action=edit&redlink=1 "Oda Nobunaga Tournament Arc (page does not exist)")" (Manga: Chapters 237-254).
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **Secret Sword of Illusion (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Volume_24#Secret_Sword_of_Illusion "Volume 24")):** This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **The Poster Child of Battle (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#The_Poster_Child_of_Battle "Yaiba Volume 24")):** The next chapter is a direct continuation of this one.
* **A Samurai's Pride (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#A_Samurai.27s_Pride "Yaiba Volume 24")):** [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") reminisces about several big confrontations he had in recent times, one of them his encounter with [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita"), which started in this chapter.
* **Hands Off! (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_93#Hands_Off.21 "Volume 93")):** Yaiba is indirectly mentioned by Okita as "another one, a real strong guy I can't lose ta!" during this chapter, based on his experiences with him from these chapters.
* **The Dark Crimson Omen (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_95#The_Dark_Crimson_Omen "Volume 95")):** Yaiba is mentioned again by Okita and seen in the panel background. The latter also confirms that he's got a crush on his sister [Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane"), which [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") confirmed he started having back when he fought her brother during these chapters.[](#cite_note-2)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Divine_Talent&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* [Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita")'s introduction panel from this chapter is recreated during his debut in [File 990](/wiki/Volume_93#Today_I_Settle_the_Score "Volume 93") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*.