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Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.

A chillingly vacant stare guides this nihilistic journey through the blood-soaked twilight of the samurai era. Every razor-sharp duel pushes a cold-blooded killer closer to a fractured, hallucinatory insanity.

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