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"Edo period, Japan. A young warrior, Jinta, has dedicated his life to the protection of a priestess in a remote mountain village. When demons appear and threaten the shrine, Jinta is tasked with entering the forest to hunt them down. But the mysteries he uncovers there change his fate forever, and send him on a journey traversing space and time. Jinta's dark destiny will carry him through hundreds of years of history, as he struggles to answer a single question: why does he wield the sword?"--

STALKING SPIRITS IN THE RESTLESS CITYJinta’s path is set: in one hundred and seventy years, he will face the Demon God and attempt to prevent a catastrophe. He has changed his name to Jinya and left his adopted home behind. It is the Bakumatsu period, and the city of Edo is bristling with unease. As a demon hunter in the city, Jinya encounters a warrior in search of his missing brother and finds demons hiding among the people. Among these meetings and partings, he seeks a reason to wield his blade.

As Guardian of the Shrine Maiden, the elimination of demons falls firmly into Jinta's hands. He takes his responsibility to Shirayuki and the village of Kadono seriously, so when two demons appear in the forest, Guardian Jinta leaves for the hunt immediately. Behind his back, a demon approaches his little sister, Suzune, waiting and supposedly safe within the village...Blind to the threat lurking close to home, Jinta charges forward into a trap!

HAZY DREAMS, HONEYED SNOWEdo, the winter of 1856. The city is abuzz over a liquor known as Snow’s Memory. The craze sparks an incident, and demon hunter Jinya finds himself embroiled in intoxicating affairs. Amid the intrigue and rumor, he uncovers signs that point to his long-lost younger sister. But does Jinya want to find her, when their future looms and their past is inescapable?

AN UNLIKELY PACTIt is year two of the Bunkyu era. Six years have passed since the alcohol craze that stole yet more loved ones from Jinya’s life, but as time marches forward, so must he. The new era keeps Edo on edge as the anti-shogunate movement gains momentum with each passing day. Meanwhile, Jinya investigates rumors of a demonic sword and meets Hatakeyama Yasuhide—a samurai who serves the feudal lord of Aizu and has sworn loyalty to the shogunate. But just how far will this samurai go to prevent the shogunate from becoming just another relic of the past?

"Jinya, now settled in the town of Edo, has been hunting down demons to make a living. Always alert to new rumors of incidents involving demons, he hears about a peculiar case of street murders while eating at his usual soba shop. He goes to investigate at once, but what awaits him there is a demon who can make himself invisible. Faced with Jinya and his demon strength, the stranger cries innocence--is there really something else afoot in Edo?"--

MODERN WORLD, ANCIENT PROBLEMSIt’s 1872, year five of the Meiji era, and the world is rapidly changing, long leaving the samurai behind—but some things aren’t content to remain a memory of the past. Now in Kyoto with his daughter Nomari, Jinya runs a soba restaurant by day and patrols the streets at night hunting demons, which have strangely been increasing in number. As Jinya investigates the cause, it seems someone known as Magatsume is secretly responsible, but who could they be? And what do they want?