Märksõna Suffering

Meie ajastu 33. aasta. Rooma provintsis Judea hakkab salapärane puusepp nimega Jeesus Naatsaretlane kuulutama "Jumala kuningriigi" saabumist ja ümbritseb end alandlike kalurite rühmaga: apostlitega. Juudid on sajandeid oodanud Messia tulekut - ilmutuslikku kuju, kes vabastaks oma püha kodumaa ja kehtestaks uue õiglusel põhineva korra. Jeesuse õpetused meelitavad kohale suure hulga järgijaid, kes tunnevad Teda Messiana. Olukorrast ärevuses arreteerib Sanhedrin ühe kaheteistkümnest apostlist Juudas Iskarioti abiga Jeesuse. Rooma-vastases riigireetmises süüdistatuna antakse Kristus Pontius Pilaatusele, kes mõistab rahutuse vältimiseks tavalise kurjategijana ristil surma.

In the beginning, an "orb" is cast unto Earth. "It" can do two things: change into the form of the thing that stimulates "it"; and come back to life after death. "It" morphs from orb to rock, then to wolf, and finally to boy, but roams about like a newborn who knows nothing. As a boy, "it" becomes Fushi. Through encounters with human kindness, Fushi not only gains survival skills, but grows as a "person". But his journey is darkened by the inexplicable and destructive enemy Nokker, as well as cruel partings with the people he loves.

Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman", looks back upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries. Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and intelligent man named Griffith, together they battle their way into the royal court, and are forced into a fate that changes their lives.