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Its 1604, 4 years after the battle of Sekigahara, Perhaps Japan's greatest civil war.The people try to recover from its aftermath and enjoy the newly attained peace.Amid such times Yuya Shiina, a roughnech girl who earns money by capturing outlaws, mistakes a roaming and peace loving medicine seller Mibu Kyoshiro for the legendary wanted man "Onime-no-Kyo".But she soon realizes that she is wrong when she sees that Kyoshiro is just a weakling. Nevertheless, she ends up capturing Kyoshiro anyway -he is wanted for running off without a paying for a meal.As they travel together Kyoshiro tries to help Yuya catch another wanted criminal. In the proccess Kyoshiro is cornered. Then he mumbles, "Here he comes", and the color of his eyes turn deep red.He pulls his sword which he had never touched before and suddenly, Onime-no-Kyo, The legendary assassin said to have killed 1000 men with his sword,is standing there. Kyoshiro and Kyo:Two spirits in 1 body. Yuya is looking for a man with a wound onn his back who killed her older brother. The 2 head Edo together. One after another, samurai come after Onime-no-Kyo. Why do Kyoshiro and Kyo share the same body? Historical figures, such as Tokugawa leyasu and Oda Nobunaga,emerge in the story and the mystery of the 2 souls is gradually resolved. |
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