VIZ, San Francisco, CA, 2003, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 1-59116-249-1.  Trade size soft cover, 189+ pages.  Unread copy, pages lightly tanning.  Rated Teen +.  ‘When the chief of the Police Sword Corps himself comes asking for favors, things must be bad.  Hitokiri Udo Jin-e-a black-hatted, crazy-eyed slayer who fells both targets and innocent bystanders alike – is steadily working his way through a list of former Ishin Shishi patriots now ensconced within positions of power in the Meiji government.  Can Kenshin withstand the hypnotic, paralyzing effect of Jin-e…? (from rear wrap)