The Poster Child of Battle

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| ***Yaiba* Chapter 249** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Poster Child of Battle |
| Japanese title: | 戦いの申し子   (Tatakai no Mōshigo) |
| Original release: | September 29th, 1993 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #44/1993 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24 "Yaiba Volume 24") |
| Pages: | 16 |
**The Poster Child of Battle (戦いの申し子 ,*Tatakai no Mōshigo*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the 249th 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") #44/1993 on September 29th, 1993 and later on reprinted as the sixth chapter of [volume 24](/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24 "Yaiba Volume 24") on February 18th, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
+ [4.2 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
* [6 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita")
[Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")
[Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")
[Musashi Miyamoto](/wiki/Musashi_Miyamoto "Musashi Miyamoto")
[Moroha Kurogane](/wiki/Moroha_Kurogane "Moroha Kurogane")
[Soji Okita (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/index.php?title=Soji_Okita&action=edit&redlink=1 "Soji Okita (page does not exist)")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
* [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)")
Okita vs. Yaiba
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Soshi Okita](/wiki/Soshi_Okita "Soshi Okita") continues to beat poor [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") to a pulp with his "Five-pieces thrust" technique and another skill sending out energy waves from the ground, which brings the young samurai in grave danger. Meanwhile, Soshi is increasingly becoming aware of the presence of mysterious phantom swords that seem to attack him...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=6 "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 12 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=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **Divine Talent (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#Divine_Talent "Yaiba Volume 24")):** This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Poster_Child_of_Battle&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **Sword of Illusion (Yaiba Manga: (/wiki/Yaiba_Volume_24#Sword_of_Illusion "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-1)