Hakkenden -Eight Dogs of the East-

八犬伝 -東方八犬異聞-

Five years after a plague wiped out the village of Otsuka, its only survivors are childhood friends Shino Inuzuka, Sosuke Inukawa, and a girl named Hamaji, who take shelter near a wary neighboring village. Shino carries Murasame, a demon blade sealed within his body, and when the Imperial Church comes to claim it and refuses to leave empty-handed, Hamaji is taken. Shino and Sosuke set out for the Imperial City to bring her back, drawn into the Church's designs on the blade.