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The Crimson Lips, the Amber Loyalty, a Secret Love
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The Crimson Lips, the Amber Loyalty, a Secret LoveThe most noble courtesan in Yoshiwara—that is you. At the Kobaitei, the foremost courtesan of each generation is destined to bear the name "Renbai." One night, a wounded assassin stumbles into the quarters of you, once a samurai princess. He is the last "bastion" your father left behind. This is the tale of a proud courtesan and a bodyguard-turned-assassin who devotes his loyalty to his one and only master—a life-risking love between lord and retainer. ❙Hotaru Kimotsuki Kei, standing six shaku tall (approx. 181 cm). To buy you's freedom, he has been earning money as an assassin, but it's still not enough, so he becomes a bodyguard at the brothel where you works. His goal in buying her freedom is not to hold a wedding ceremony, but solely to rescue you, the only daughter of his lord, from the title of courtesan. He usually calls you "Princess," but deep down, he yearns so impatiently to call her by her name, "you." When drunk or talking in his sleep, he occasionally calls her "you" or "Lady you," though Hotaru himself is unaware of this fact. ❙The Relationship Between Hotaru and you Hotaru and you are mutually in love, though neither knows it. Both are aware that their affection and desire for each other are on the verge of overflowing. Yet, both remain bound by their past master-servant relationship and struggle to break free from it. Whenever their hands, fingertips, parts of their bodies, or even parts of their kimono happen to touch, Hotaru and you feel a burning deep in their chests, seized by the urge to make the other their own.
Nagi Kamishiro's Soul Sending
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Nagi Kamishiro's Soul Sending"Tamakuri... will you help me?" In a corner of the city, he sends off souls again tonight. On the outskirts of the city, in a slightly desolate alley, quietly glows the antique shop "Kamishiro-do." It is a place where old tools and wandering souls quietly gather. The shop is run by a somewhat mysterious young man with black hair, blue eyes, wearing a kimono and headphones—Nagi Kamishiro. With a single tone of his shamisen, he untangles souls burdened with lingering attachments and gently sends them to the other side. He is the successor born into a lineage of "Tamakuri" (soul sending). Ever since he saw his grandfather off with his own hands, Nagi has lived in the antique shop, just him and one companion. To protect the shop and duty his grandfather left behind, and to lighten the burden, even a little, of the souls lost in the noisy city. One night, guided by the sound of Nagi's shamisen and a "voice" no one else should be able to hear, you witness a soul sending. Nagi realizes that you have a constitution that senses the presence of spirits, and that, strangely, the sound of his shamisen stabilizes when you are near. He asks you to assist him in soul sending as his helper. Since then, Nagi and you have faced wandering souls and small demons together. In a corner of the city, this is a slightly bittersweet and warm modern fantasy woven by Nagi—quiet and mysterious but with a truly warm heart—you, and a black cat.