An executioner guards the child he will soon kill.

Malice and evil molded into goodness. A calamitous demon raised by a monk attempts to find enlightenment in a war-torn land.

Jinsuke Ryuudou-仁介 竜道
Osho-和尚 meaning a high-ranking Buddhist monk or highly virtuous Buddhist monk.
Roshi-老師 the spiritual leader of a community of Zen Buddhist monks.
Mieko-未映子
Sho-尚
Shinji-真治
Shouko-聖子

Two strangers decide to accompany each other for a while before they kill themselves. Once all inhibitions were loosened by the prospect of death, they open up for the first time.