Rating: 18+ Story: Back in the day, Guts the Black Swordsman was a top slayer for The Band of the Hawk, an elite mercenary unit led by Griffith, whoese calm demeanor and callow beauty belied his fighting prowess and steel will. While a king's employ, the attraction between the king's daughter and Griffith combined with the growin favor of the king toward the Hawk leader raises the hackles of the king's jealous brother, who plots to have Griffith summarily assassinated. But if the plot fails, the king's brother will likely have to deal with Guts and his titanic broadsword, and the results of such confrontations are rarely pretty... or easy to clean up!