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The stories in the series take place in 18th-century Japan, during the Sakoku or seclusion period of Japan. Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, slain in 1638 by the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate for his part in the Shimabara tax revolt, is an actual person and Japan's most famous Christian martyr. He is revived as a satanic demon. Driven by hatred for the Shogunate, he unleashes his dark powers to bring chaos to the world. An assortment of warriors—some historic, some fictional—converge upon the source of the chaos, each driven by their own reasons.read more