the lord. As a test, the lord tells him to give the order to open the castle gates. Piipii rides back to visit his family, only to learn about their deaths. On the lord's wedding day, his double is supposed to replace him during the wedding ceremony to protect him from any attempts on his life. During the switch, Piipii murders the lord and consummates the marriage with the lady Sasa instead. When she learns of his identity, the lady has an affair with a syphilitic beggar, and kills herself. The disease spreads to Piipii and Sasa gets her revenge. "Lady of the Rhine" A Japanese woman accompanies her husband on a business trip to Düsseldorf. She catches him having an affair, and when she confronts him, he leaves her. As she desperately searches for him in the streets, the woman is hit by a car and is hospitalized for a month. When she recovers, she visits her benefactor Lady Rathwood, the owner of a castle they had visited earlier. As she lives with Lady Rathwood, the woman learns of her hatred for men and her hatred for her husband is kindled. One day she discovers that the car she was hit with belongs to Lady Rathwood and she witnesses Lady Rathwood taking off the disguise of the woman who seduced her husband. Lady Rathwood calls her husband to the castle and gives the woman a knife, telling her to take her revenge. The woman refuses and goes back to her husband. "The Thief Akikazu Inoue" (The Mountain of Fire) See also List of Osamu Tezuka manga Osamu Tezuka References External links "The Thief Akikazu Inoue" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World "The Thief Akikazu Inoue" manga publications page at TezukaOsamu@World "The Thief Akikazu Inoue" manga close-up from the publication gallery, containing details on the stories at TezumaOsamu@World Osamu Tezuka manga Seinen manga 1979 manga