Souls in the Moonlight

First part of the famous Daibosatsu toge trilogy based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels 41 books written from 1913 to 1941 Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke a nihilistic swordmaster who doesnt hesitate to kill anyone bad or good Despite the authors explicit refusal the series were later made into plays and movies several times