(Paperback)

Long before Sensei Ki-Yaga built the Cockroach Ryu, he travelled to China and studied at the Shaolin Temple in the north-western Song Shan Mountains. Sensei promised to return to help the abbot in the Temple's time of need. When the Samurai Kids learn that the abbott has a treasure in need of safekeeping, they set off on a journey to China.

(Paperback)

The eighth and final instalment. The samurai kids are finally back in Japan, but not at their ryu in the Tateyama Mountains. Instead, Sensei has taken them to the snowy lands of Ezo -- the place of his birth where he must face his demons and right the terrible wrong that has tormented him.