(W/A) Hiroaki Samura Anotsu Kagehisa has turned his Itt -ry into the most famous sword school in Japan* a dojo of outcasts and eccentrics who`ve slaughtered their way to the top of Japan`s world of the blade. But as the old Japanese saying goes* The nail that sticks up gets hammered down* and now Anotsu must relearn that ancient lesson when he discovers the existence of the Akagi* a mysterious organization formed from the survivors of the many rival sword schools destroyed by the ruthless Itt -ry . The Akagi are sworn to vengeance against Anotsu`s dojo* but what Anotsu doesn`t know is that the Akagi are wooing the immortal samurai* Manji* to join them in their war to exterminate the Itt -ry !