Mao manga volume 14 features story and art by Rumiko Takahashi.

Nanoka makes progress controlling her sword, Akanemaru, but when Mao’s life is on the line, will it be enough? Then, our friends come between a jealous pair of sisters. Don’t they know it’s dangerous to interfere with a domestic dispute? Plus, an ambiguous hug and then an unofficial date... at the public baths?!