by koh_sefu
Nagasaki. Dejima.Where East brushes shoulders with West, the New Year has arrived… or so it should have. For Tasuke and his partner—the sharp-tongued antique blade Kanikichi—January 1st looks exactly like every other day.No money. No food. No dignity. Which leaves only one reasonable option: Invading their wealthy friend Kōgyū’s mansion in search of a Dutch-style New Year feast. But there’s a small problem. Thanks to a certain incident last year, Tasuke has earned himself an unspoken ban from Kagetsurō—delivered in the most dangerously polite way possible. “Please return at a more appropriate time.” Not understanding that this is Kyoto-style code for “never come back,”Tasuke charges into the new year the only way he knows how: Hungry, shameless, and completely unstoppable.
