Tag: Motoo Nakanishi

Blade of the Guardian For generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation

STALKING SPIRITS IN THE RESTLESS CITY Jinta’s path is set: in one hundred and seventy years, he will face the

HAZY DREAMS, HONEYED SNOW Edo, the winter of 1856. The city is abuzz over a liquor known as Snow’s Memory.

AN UNLIKELY PACT It is year two of the Bunkyu era. Six years have passed since the alcohol craze that

MODERN WORLD, ANCIENT PROBLEMS It’s 1872, year five of the Meiji era, and the world is rapidly changing, long leaving

BRIGHTER LIGHTS, DARKER SHADOWS As time marches on, relics of the past are cast away and the people of Japan

FAMILY REUNION It is now year 16 of the Meiji era (1883 AD). 43 years have passed since Jinya left

A PARADE OF DEMONS It’s 1877, and both the Meiji era and Jinya’s daughter, Nomari, are coming into adolescence—and all