Absorbing, complex, set in feudal Japan. Story deftly weaves youth Tomasu (raised in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, his mother's peaceful people) into the treachery of clan wars and the secretive Tribe (people of his assassin father). Loyalty, revenge, and heritage drive a difficult bargain down a path that denies first love and heir to his adoptive father, Lord Otori Shigeru.
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Across the Nightingale Floor. Episode 2, Journey to Inuyama