In this era-spanning fantasy epic of humans and demons, a warrior in feudal Japan must hunt a demon through time--a tale soon to be an anime! Don't miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas! For generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime—its shrine maiden—and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God will threaten all people, everywhere, and it claims that the the Demon God's rise to power springs from this very time and place, in the village of Kadono. So begins the centuries-spanning journey of a man tainted by demons, hunting through time to seek justice for what he's lost, and to find a reason to keep on fighting.

Edo period, Japan. A young warrior, Jinta, has dedicated his life to the protection of a priestess in a remote mountain village. When demons appear and threaten the shrine, Jinta is tasked with entering the forest to hunt them down. But the mysteries he uncovers there change his fate forever, and send him on a journey traversing space and time. Jinta's dark destiny will carry him through hundreds of years of history, as he struggles to answer a single question: why does he wield the sword?

After the two demons attacked the village, the people of Kadono are sucked into the turbulent tides of fate. A vengeful Jinta waits for a time in the future when prophecy tells that the demon god will appear. He spends a decade wandering with his sword, and now, in the city of Edo, a rumor follows him: A yasha guardian has been hunting demons.

Jinya, now settled in the town of Edo, has been hunting down demons to make a living. Always alert to new rumors of incidents involving demons, he hears about a peculiar case of street murders while eating at his usual soba shop. He goes to investigate at once, but what awaited him there was a demon who could make himself invisible. Faced with Jinya and his demon strength, the stranger cries innocence--Is there really something else afoot in Edo?

As Guardian of the Shrine Maiden, the elimination of demons falls firmly into Jinta's hands. He takes his responsibility to Shirayuki and the village of Kadono seriously, so when two demons appear in the forest, Guardian Jinta leaves for the hunt immediately. Behind his back, a demon approaches his little sister, Suzune, waiting and supposedly safe within the village...Blind to the threat lurking close to home, Jinta charges forward into a trap!

Upon Miura Naotsugu's request to find his elder brother, Jinya visits the Miuras' family home to investigate his disappearance. But as soon as Jinya and Naotsugu step into the missing brother's room, they are pulled into a strange, other world. There, they discover a little girl playing with a ball and the elder brother by her side... Was the brother spirited away by a demon, after all? A surprising truth awaits them as they unravel the mystery of his departure...

In this era-spanning fantasy epic of humans and demons, a warrior in feudal Japan must hunt a demon through time--a tale soon to be an anime! Don't miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas! For generations, a shrine has stood in the mountain village of Kadono, and for each generation the shrine has had an Itsukihime—its shrine maiden—and the maiden has had her guardian. During the Edo period, a young man named Jinta protects the town and the Itsukihime. When he confronts a strange demon in the nearby forest, it tells him that in the distant future a Demon God will threaten all people, everywhere, and it claims that the the Demon God's rise to power springs from this very time and place, in the village of Kadono. So begins the centuries-spanning journey of a man tainted by demons, hunting through time to seek justice for what he's lost, and to find a reason to keep on fighting.