This issue was like watching a professional wrestling match. You know who's going to win, but before all is said and done . . the tide of the battle swings back and forth so many times you feel like your going to become sea-sick. Basically, Daken is setting up the X-Men. He's after the Murumasa blade. The X-Men know that it's the only thing capable of taking down Wolverine, so they've surmised that it'll work on Daken. He's presented himself as enough of a threat that they feel like they have no other choice. But, what Daken really wants is to draw them and the blade out into the open. Much as Wolverine was changed and upgraded by bonding the Adamantium to his skeleton . . Daken wants to be upgraded by the metal in the sword. This will make him the ultimate weapon as he'll then be the only one capable of taking out Wolverine. The question then lies though, who then will be able to take out Daken? At the end of the issue it appears that Scott has taken out Daken with an optic blast, but then as he's boarding the jet, Daken stabs him in the arm and takes the blade. The final scene is Scott on the ground, Daken ready to go at Scott with the sword, and Logan in the background jumping towards Daken with claws extended. I was wrong. It's not a wrestling match. It's a tag-team event. Overall I thought this was a pretty decent issue. I just don't see this one ending well for anyone involved. I have a feeling it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. Daniel Way is steering this book on it's course, with Doug Braithwaite doing the pencils. Except for the current story-line in Wolverine, I actually like this book better than the solo book. I think because of all the various characters that we see here. I hate to say it, but . . I'm starting to get bored with Daken. I'm just sayin'.
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