Based on the popular Japanese film series, Kazuo Koike and Shotaro Ishinomori's manga pays homage to Bannai Tarao, a famous detective who can take on seven different faces to catch and outwit his foe. Published after the success of Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub, this manga tells the story of an aging Bannai Tarao desperately seeking a young and worthy man to become his successor.