Rengoku ni Warau

Laughing in Purgatory/Rengoku ni Warau (煉獄に笑う) is the prologue to Donten ni Warau, and the epilogue to Utakata ni Warau. It's published in MAG Garden's Beat's since 2014.

Synopsis
The story is set 300 years before Donten ni Warau, during the Tensho Period. At Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan, the battle with Orochi ensued.

Characters
Ishida Sakichi - Hashiba Hideyoshi’s page, on a mission to the Kumo Shrine. He’s a quick thinker, but also very outspoken, and will make enemies before he knows it.

Kumou Baren - 8th head of the Kumou family shrine, Okuni's twin, and protector of the Dokuro-Hoozuki.

Kumou Okuni -  8th head of the Kumou family shrine, Baren's twin, and protector of the Dokuro-Hoozuki.