KATANAGATARI, 2: Sword Tale

KATANAGATARI, 2: Sword TaleSwordless swordsman Shichika and self described schemer Togame are on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades. Introducing narrative curveballs that break up the structure and modulate the tempo, this hardcover edition, featuring a gatefold color insert, beautiful interior art, and copious bilingual footnotes, is the second of a quartet collecting a best selling series from the former homeland of samurais and ninjas.

Following a series of texts

Shoya’s life has changed completely

A memory from his own childhood

And when a real-world fire threatens the life of Yusuke's friend Keiko

Escaping the wolves in sheep's clothing of Wolfsschlucht

one of the toughest enemies he's ever faced

no one has been expelled after the third semester exams

Much to his surprise he wakes up without a scratch on him

It's no great surprise to find a corpse in Kashiragami Forest--the supposedly cursed forest is a popular destination for would-be suicides

and he encounters a familiar face

the test to see if he will come back to life or stay a wandering spirit forever

But as the mystery deepens