Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

Set in Kyoto, a samurai known as Boredom Otoko, also called Saotome Mondonosuke, emerges to shield a woman pursued by the spy Genshichi. The encounter ends tragically when the woman is fatally shot. Later, Genshichi reveals that she belonged to a band of thieves, and that her prior release led to police officer Genjuro Mazaki being demoted to a desk job. Consumed by guilt, Boredom Otoko...