O Humanity, Why Do You Wield Swords?

It was during the Edo period, a time when strange phenomena were still more familiar than in modern times, and oni ran rampant.

In Kuzuno, a mountain village about 130 ri from Edo, there lived a miko known as Itsukihime.

Jinta, her bodyguard, wielded his sword for Itsukihime, but, unable to protect anything, he lost everything.

The miko, the woman he loved, was murdered by his own beloved younger sister.

It is said that 170 years later, she will reappear in this world as a Kishin—a demon god destined to destroy all.

Jinta, who became an oni out of hatred, sets his sights on a distant future, not knowing what he should cut down.

Though he became an oni, he could not abandon his human heart.

Edo, Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei.

This is the tale of an onijin, a being who travels through an immense span of time, wavering between his human and demonic natures.

Note: This work has also been posted on Arcadia.