Seventeen-year-old Jirou Azuma lives a quiet life with his grandfather, utilizing his supernatural ability to speak with animals to befriend and protect them. Both Jirou and his grandfather are descendants of a long-standing shinobi clan, training in combat to keep the art of battle alive within their family. Jirou's life is thrown into upheaval after rescuing a seemingly normal black cat, Ragou, only to discover that the cat is actually a mononoke—a demonic spirit that has long been at war with mankind. When a hostile mononoke comes looking for Ragou, Jirou uses his shinobi training to jump to the cat's defense, but immediately suffers a mortal wound. Faced with the decision of whether or not to devour Jirou's fading energy and restore himself to full power, Ragou instead chooses to give his remaining energy to Jirou. Reviving the boy, the transfer also grants him great supernatural powers that complement his own shinobi fighting style. This act is witnessed by Ryousuke Shiba, an officer in the Bureau of Espionage whose job revolves around dispatching aggressive mononoke. Shiba extends Jirou and his grandfather an offer: to join the Bureau's new squad, Black Torch, and help them battle powerful mononoke who seek to devour innocent people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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Jirou Azuma
Main
Ryouta Suzuki
JP voice
Ragou
Main
Youji Ueda
JP voice
Ichika Kishimojin
Main
Sayaka Senbongi
JP voice
Reiji Kirihara
Main
Junya Enoki
JP voice
Hana Usami
Supporting
Reina Ueda
JP voice
Ryousuke Shiba
Supporting
Junichi Suwabe
JP voice
Fuyou
Supporting
JP voice
Kouga
Supporting
Nobuhiko Okamoto
JP voice
Touko Kusumi
Supporting
Yuuko Kaida
JP voice
Naruko
Supporting
JP voice
Amagi
Supporting
Toshiyuki Morikawa
JP voice
Banri Himezuka
Supporting
JP voice
Takeru Inui
Supporting
JP voice
Ibuki
Supporting
JP voice
Toshimasa Azuma
Supporting
Shinpachi Tsuji
JP voice
Roren
Supporting
JP voice
Banjuurou Tokieda
Supporting
Houchuu Ootsuka
JP voice
Tsuyoshi Takaki
Original Creator
Kei Umabiki
Director
Gigaemon Ichikawa
Series Composition
Gou Suzuki
Character Design
Masahiko Suzuki
Sub Character Design
Yumi Nakamura
Sub Character Design
Mariko Kinoshita
Sub Character Design
Shunya Kikuchi
Design Works
Seventeen-year-old Jirou Azuma lives a quiet life with his grandfather, utilizing his supernatural ability to speak with animals to befriend and protect them. Both Jirou and his grandfather are descendants of a long-standing shinobi clan, training in combat to keep the art of battle alive within their family. Jirou's life is thrown into upheaval after rescuing a seemingly normal black cat, Ragou, only to discover that the cat is actually a mononoke—a demonic spirit that has long been at war with mankind. When a hostile mononoke comes looking for Ragou, Jirou uses his shinobi training to jump to the cat's defense, but immediately suffers a mortal wound. Faced with the decision of whether or not to devour Jirou's fading energy and restore himself to full power, Ragou instead chooses to give his remaining energy to Jirou. Reviving the boy, the transfer also grants him great supernatural powers that complement his own shinobi fighting style. This act is witnessed by Ryousuke Shiba, an officer in the Bureau of Espionage whose job revolves around dispatching aggressive mononoke. Shiba extends Jirou and his grandfather an offer: to join the Bureau's new squad, Black Torch, and help them battle powerful mononoke who seek to devour innocent people. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
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