Corpse Princess: Kuro

Synopsis

Continues the story of Corpse Princess: Aka

Ouri Kagami lives at a shrine among other orphans and is used to handling corpses. Yet he is utterly stunned when he sees the shrine's patron, Keisei Tagami, seemingly bring back to life the mutilated body of schoolgirl Makina Hoshimura. Fascinated by the strange circumstances surrounding Makina, Ouri discovers she is a Shikabane Hime—an undead being tasked with destroying others of her kind that threaten society. As Ouri goes about his daily routine, his interactions with Makina grow increasingly unusual. Each encounter intensifies, pulling them closer together and possibly revealing the secrets of the Shikabane world.

In this installment

A direct continuation of Shikabane Hime Aka, set six months after Tagami Keisei's death at the hands of the Shichisei (Seven Stars), an elite group of Shikabane who act on more than just regrets. Following Keisei's dying wish, Kagami Ouri formed a temporary contract with Makina to prevent her from degenerating into a Shikabane. Since then, Ouri has been training to become a proper monk so he can remain contracted to Makina and assist her in fighting the Shichisei—the ones who originally killed Makina, the entire Hoshimura family, and now Keisei. However, the traitorous monk Shishidou Akasha has aligned with the Shichisei in an attempt to destroy all Shikabane Hime and the entire monk organization that uses them—the Kougon Sect.