ODAIJI NI IS A FANTASTIC ADVENTURE. THE ACTION TAKES PLACE IN LATE'S 19TH CENTURY JAPAN. CROW,ALIAS,COUNT VON STERBEN ,IS SET FREE BY A BRITISH COURT ,BY LACK OF PROOFS ,RELATED TO HIS ATTEMPT TO MAKE LONDON EXPLODES. HE TRAVELS TO JAPAN AND IS HIRED BY BARON KURITO,WHO WANTS NO MODERNISATION OF JAPAN AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE OLD WAYS,OPPOSING THE REFORMIST PARTY ,HEADED BY BARON ENDO. THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES ASK THE BRITISH FOR HELP AND ,THEREFORE, SIR MORTIMER HUNTER, HIS LOVELY DAUGHTER MOIRA AND ,SIDNEY OREBAR,THE BEST BRITISH SECRET AGENT ,TRAVEL TO JAPAN BY BALLOON TO GIVE A HAND TO BARON ENDO AND TRY TO STOP CROW. BESIDES FIGHTING BARON KURITO AND HIS NARA NINJAS,THEY WILL DEFY THE DEMONS AND SPIRITS OF THE NAGA FOREST. THIS ADVENTURE,FULL OF ACTION AND SUSPENSE AND HUMOUR ,IS PART OF THE SERIAL "VICTORIAN TALES " WHICH UNTIL NOW ARE 4 : FORTUNE AND MISFORTUNE, ROYAL THREAT, THE REVENGE OF CROW AND ,NOW, ODAIJI NI.