Very popular sword &amp; sorcery shounen series with a mixed dose of Japanese mythology and some futuristic themes. According to myth, the evil emperor Miroku will be dethroned by a young hero who's also destined to open the gateway that connects the human world to the legendary land of Agalta. When a son with tremendous powers was born to Miroku, the infant's body was cut up into eight parts to prevent the prophecy from becoming true and given to Miroku's eight evil generals for safekeeping. Then the poor baby was cast into the river but luckily was found by Tatara who gave it both its name, Madara and artificial limbs to compensate for the missing ones. Madara grew up with a girl named Kirin and when he was 15, he was given the sword Kusanagi and told to go and get his real body parts back. Along the way, he discovers the truth about his father, his lineage and his own powers. Madara also finds out that there are 3 other contenders for this prophesized hero role: Kaos, Seishinja and his own older twin brother, Kage-ou. So the series is about Madara's adventures to bring down Miroku and his final decision when he reaches the legendary portals. 
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Born of legendary origins, the young Madara has grown up in obscurity as an apprentice blacksmith. An encounter with the demonic Mouki reveals his destiny, and catapults him into the middle of a mystic quest. Madara fights for revenge with the help of freedom fighters, magical swords and Kirin, the master of the Majin. His goal is to defeat his brother and then overthrow his father, the despotic Miroku. 
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This story depicts the battle between Basara, a boy who has a demon inside his body, and Koga Saburo, who tries to guide Basara due to the karma from his previous life. 
 
Note: This is one of the sequels to the fantasy series "Mouryou Senki Madara," in which the characters fight over 108 reincarnations. Almost all of the characters are reincarnations of characters from "Mouryou Senki Madara," or beings with the same motifs. 
When it was first released, it was referred to as the "second part" of the main series, volumes 5 to 7, and was titled "Mouryou Senki Madara Madara 2" ("Madara 2" was treated as a subtitle). Later, due to Tajima Shouu's desire to separate it from the main series when it was republished, it was renamed "Mouryou Senki Madara BASARA."

The kingdom of Eden welcomes the Dew of Arles, a distant relative of the royal family, as its new king. However, he has a secret... 

Two brothers, Shunpei and Kyouhei, have very opposite characters but share a crush on their cute sister Anko. The three of them live with their excentric father, may (or may not) have diffferent mothers, have fun, lots of tantrums and try to lead a happy life in junior high school.

Volume 2 of Madara Project Official Side Stories

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