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• Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi

Story Synopsis

The great sea-battle of Dan-No-Ura will begin with the dawn. Ama-Gozen the Emperor's grandmother, and Kei-chan exchange their thoughts and concerns as they stand on a Heike ship; Benkei the warrior-monk and Lord Yoshitsune have a similar exchange as they wait on a Genji ship for the battle to commence.

The Emperor's uncle Munemori watches the battle as the morning passes, but the tide turns, and the battle begins to go against the Heike. By battle's end, most of the Heike are dead, the Genji have the Star-hand Mirror and the sacred Jewel, but Grasscutter was lost with the young Emperor, and none have recovered the sword from Shimonoseki Strait.

But the leader of the Conspiracy of Eight has a plan...