A 5-year-old revolutionary bribes a demon swordsman with romance novels. Chaos ensues.
During Ireland's War of Independence, a five-year-old girl sets out to save her village from the English army by trying to enlist the help of the rumored Black Swordsman, who only takes books of a certain genre as payment.
Direction
Eleven minutes that feel like a feature film's emotional arc compressed to powder.
Sound
The score doesn't prepare you for what you're about to witness.
Director
Kazuto Nakazawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nakazawa later directed the 'Kill Bill: Vol. 1' animated sequence, and you can absolutely feel the DNA here.
The specific Irish War of Independence setting is almost never depicted in anime—this was Studio 4°C flexing their 'we can animate anything' energy.
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