Steel of the Celestial Shadows 1 Matsuura Daruma (2024)

In early 19th-century Japan, down-and-out samurai Ryudo Konosuke struggles through a hardscrabble life. His late mothers last hope was for him to become a splendid warrior, but a cruel curse repels and distorts any metal that comes near him, making it impossible for him even to wield a sword. Destitute and hopeless, he decides to end it all. When a beautiful and mysterious woman saves his life and soul, Ryudo begins a journey into a strange world of magic existing just beyond his own.