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In a world locked within the iron grip of the tyrannical Kurohata Empire, a cruel Shogun named Takakuro rules by enslaving supernatural entities known as Yokai. Amidst this reign of terror, the peaceful village of Kamikura is brutally razed to the ground. Raizen, a young boy who loses everything in that blood-soaked night, manages to escape into the wilderness, carrying only a crescent-moon silver amulet and his mother's tragic dying wish: to demand justice.
To overthrow the Shogun's unmatched tyranny, Raizen must seek a forbidden strength that transcends mortal limits. Under the brutal tutelage of Genzuru-one of the last remaining Oni-and alongside a secret underground rebel alliance called Kiba no Yoru, Raizen tempers his body and soul to master spirit energy and ancient swordsmanship. Yet, destiny demands more. His perilous quest leads him to ascend the lethal Mount Raimei, where he must endure three harrowing trials of the soul set by Takemikazuchi, the God of War, to inherit a legendary divine lightning blade.
As an unprecedented great war erupts, Raizen unites humans, Oni, and rogue Yokai to breach the enemy's iron gates. Facing bitter betrayal, deadly ice sorcery, and the Shogun himself-who has merged with a catastrophic dark deity-Yami to Hikari: Raizen no Densetsu is a cinematic, epic tale of courage, sacrifice, and destiny. It follows a broken boy who rises from the ashes of personal vengeance to restore the fragile harmony between the human world and the spirit realm.