is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by . It has been serialized in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' since June 2020. An

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television series adaptation produced by

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premiered in July 2025.

Plot

Shiki Ichinose is a rebellious teenager who lives with his adoptive father, Tsuyoshi. One day, they are suddenly attacked by an assassin. Shiki soon learns the shocking truth that he is an Oni and Tsuyoshi was previously an Oni-hunting Momotarou before he left to raise him. After Tsuyoshi is killed, Shiki finds himself in the middle of the longstanding conflict between Oni and Momotarou as he vows to survive and have his revenge.

Characters

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by , ''Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood'' started in

's manga magazine ''

'' on June 11, 2020. Akita Shoten has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on October 8, 2020. As of July 2025, twenty-five volumes have been released. In March 2024,

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announced that they had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume released on September 17 of that same year. A

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manga by Dōma Oda, titled , started serialization in ''

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'' on June 6, 2025.

Volumes

Stage play

In December 2023, it was announced that the series would receive a stage play adaptation, which ran at the Tennozu Galaxy Theater in

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from February 17 to 24, 2024, and at the

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's Theater Drama City in

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from February 29 to March 3 of the same year.

Anime

In May 2024, it was announced that the series would receive an

television series adaptation. It is produced by

and directed by Ato Nonaka, with Hiroyuki Hashimoto serving as assistant director, Yukie Sugawara handling series composition and writing the screenplays, Ryoko Amisaki serving as character designer, and

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composing the music, with music production by

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. The series premiered on July 11, 2025, on the Friday Anime Night block on

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and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Overnight", performed by The Oral Cigarettes, while the ending theme song is "What is Justice?", performed by

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. Remow licensed the series and is simulcasting it on

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and other services such as

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(North America), Anime Onegai (Latin America), Bandplay (Brazil), Animation Digital Network (several European territories), Anime Generation (Italy) and Anime Key (Middle East and North Africa).

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and

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are also streaming the series worldwide outside of Mainland China.

Episodes

Reception

By February 2022, the manga had over 1.2 million copies in circulation; over 1.85 million copies in circulation by November 2022; over 2.2 million copies in circulation by March 2023; over 2.6 million copies in circulation by December 2023; and over 3 million copies in circulation by May 2024. The manga was nominated for the 2021

Next Manga Award The is an annual award for manga series presented by Kadokawa Corporation's '' Da Vinci'' magazine and Niconico streaming website. It is divided into two categories: one for print manga, and one for web manga. Overview The award was originally ...

s in the print category. The manga placed seventh in

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's second E-book Award in the "I Want to Deliver It to the World! Top Recommended Manga" category in 2024.

Notes

References

External links

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