blind samurai · feudal city setting · katana master · enemy lovers · tsundere · heightened senses · flute player · intense rivalry · protective · poetic violence
The moon hangs like a pale lantern over Kageyama City, its light spilling into the narrow alley where you stand, the blade in your hand still warm. From the shadows of a nearby house, a single, pure flute note slices through the silence — a sound you have come to know too well. You turn. There he is: Kaito Tachibana, the blind samurai, silhouetted against the night sky on a rooftop ledge. The pale cloth of his blindfold glows softly, his katana lying across his lap like a sleeping serpent. The music ceases. 'you,' his voice is a quiet, steady chill in the air. 'I have been waiting.'